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Pahalage Rohitha Piyatissa Abeygunawardena (Sinhala: රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන, Tamil: ரோஹித அபேகுணவர்தன) (born 21 September 1966) is a Sri Lankan politician and former notorious criminal, robber, bootlegger. He was the Minister of Nation Building. He is a representative of Kalutara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. On 27 November 2019, he was appointed as Minister for Energy On 12 August 2020, he was appointed as the minister of ports and shipping.

Early life

Pahalage Rohitha Piyatissa Abeygunawardena was born on September 21, 1966 in Payagala, Beruwala, Kalutara. Rohitha Abeygunawardena was educated at Gnanodaya Vidyalaya, Kalutara. His father unemployed and criminal. At age 8 or 10 he left school and Abeygunawardena admired the local mobsters Ediriweera Premarathna, In his early teens he robber shops and women jewellery. Premarathna enter the political career and became a Beruwala Council member, and chairman. After death Premarathna he enter the political career.

Early career

He was the driver of minister Ediriweera Premarathna and taking his trust to build his political career. Daughter of Ediriweera even stated to an article the first time to get the driving job, he came in a bicycle.

Investigations

Abeygunawardena was questioned in September 2008 on allegations of undeclared assets estimated at more than Rs. 450 million. The two officers who were conducting the investigation were later transferred out of the Bribery commission.

The Commission of Bribery and Corruption filed a case against Abeygunawardena on 8 January 2016 over undeclared and illegally earned assets worth over Rs 41.1 million. The Director General of the Bribery Commission alleged that the minister made 66 unlawful monetary transactions, constructed a house and purchased a jeep.

Reports indicate that the Kandy Crimes Investigation Division has seized a BMW worth over Rs. 60 million and a luxury SUV, which were found hidden at the residence of a relative of former minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena in the Aniwatte area..

References

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v t e ← Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2001 (2001)–2004 (2004)) →
Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake/Mahinda Rajapaksa
Central Province	Kandy Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake Dimuthu Bandara Rauff Hakeem Mohamed Hazim Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Srimathi Manthilake Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte Thilina Bandara Tennakoon Matale Alick Aluvihare Ranjith Aluvihare Sanjeeva Kaviratne Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Bandula Yalegama Nuwara Eliya Periyasamy Chandrasekaran D. M. S. K. Dassanayake Navin Dissanayake C. B. Rathnayake Piyadasa Kaladugoda Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman
Eastern Province	Ampara Ferial Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna H. M. M. Harees Anver Ismail Mohamed Ismail A. Chandranehru Karunasingha Thewarapperuma Batticaloa Abdul Cader M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Gnanamuththu Krishnappillai Joseph Pararajasingham T. Thangavadivel Trincomalee M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. A. M. Maharoof R. Sampanthan K. M. Thowfeek
Northern Province	Jaffna V. Anandasangaree Douglas Devananda T. Maheswaran Nadarasa Matanarasa Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Nadarajah Raviraj Mavai Senathirajah M. K. Shivajilingam A. Vinayagamoorthy Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen R. Kuhaneswaran Noordeen Mashoor D. Siddarthan
North Central Province	Anuradhapura S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake Lal Dharmapriya Gamage P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadda K. D. Lalkantha Polonnaruwa Earl Gunasekara H. G. P. Nelson Sydney Jayarathne Maithreepala Sirisena Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake
North Western Province	Kurunegala Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandranayake Indika Bandaranayake Rohitha Bogollagama Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Anura Gopallawa Jayarathna Herath S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Upali Piyasena Bimal Rathnayake Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Soma Kumari Tennakoon Anura Priyadarshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Milroy Fernando Neomal Perera Larine Perera Sugath Tissera Dayasritha Tissera
Sabaragamuwa Province	Kegalle Kabir Hashim Maheepala Herath Jayathilaka Podinilame Champika Premadasa Gamini Rathnayake Sirisena Rupasinghe Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Ratnapura Gamini Atukorale Piyadasa Abeynayake Achala Jagodage Asoka Jayawardena Premalal Jayasekara Susantha Punchinilame Mahinda Rathnatilaka John Seneviratne Pavithra Wanniarachchi A. A. Wijethunga
Southern Province	Galle Vajira Abeywardena Ananda Abeywickrama Baddegama Samitha Thero Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Jayantha Jayaweera Gayantha Karunathilaka Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana Athula Weerakoon Hambantota Siri Alexander Andrahennady Nihal Galappaththi Ananda Kularatne Sajith Premadasa Mahinda Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Mallika de Mel Justin Galappathi Jinadasa Kitulagoda Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province	Badulla Nimal Siripala de Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Ravindra Samaraweera Upali Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Madduma Bandara Sethapenage K. Velayudam D. D. W. Wickramarathne Monaragala R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sumedha G. Jayasena Ananda Kumarasiri A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Western Province	Colombo Tyronne Fernando A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganeshan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Chandana Kathriarachchi Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Mohomed Maharoof M. H. Mohamed Milinda Moragoda Jayantha Perera Lilantha Perera Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Susil Premajayantha Arjuna Ranatunga Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickramasinghe Gampaha John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Sarana Gunawardena Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Olitha Premathiratna Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Suranimala Rajapaksha Ravindra Randeniya Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe A. R. Anjan Umma Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Pathirage Don Abeyratne Tudor Dayaratne Nandana Gunathilake Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Mahinda Samarasinghe Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
National List (29)	JVP Ramalingam Chandrasekar Anura Kumara Dissanayake S. K. Subasinghe PA Mahinda Amaraweera Raja Collure Ronnie de Mel Ajantha de Soyza M. H. Cegu Isadean D. M. Jayaratne Athula Nimalasiri Jayasinghe Lakshman Kadirgamar Dilan Perera V. Puththirasigamoney S. Sathasivam TNA M. Sivasithamparam (K. Thurairetnasingam) UNF A. H. M. Azwer A. A. M. Bawa A. R. M. Abdul Cader K. N. Choksy Basheer Segu Dawood S. B. Dissanayake A. L. M. Hajrath Tilak Marapana Mohamed Musthaffa G. L. Peiris P. Radhakrishnan M. S. Thowfeek Jayasundera Wijekoon R. Yogarajan

v t e ← Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2004 (2004)–2010) →
Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Central Province (24)	Kandy Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake Y. M. Nawaratna Banda M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero Keheliya Rambukwella Matale Sujatha Alahakoon Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Ranjith Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nuwara Eliya P. Chandrasekaran Santhanam Arulsamy S. B. Dissanayake Renuka Herath N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe S. Jegadhiswaran C. B. Rathnayake Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman
North Central Province (13)	Anuradhapura S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadde K. D. Lalkantha R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana Polonnaruwa Siripala Gamalath Earl Gunasekara Maithripala Sirisena S. K. Subasinghe C. A. Suriyaarachchi
North Eastern Province (31)	Ampara Ferial Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal Rauff Hakeem A. M. M. Naushad K. Pathmanathan Thomas Thangathurai William L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa Batticaloa S. Jeyanandamoorthy Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Kingsley Rasanayagam P. Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen Jaffna Douglas Devananda S. Kajendran Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Suresh Premachandran Nadarajah Raviraj N. Srikantha Mavai Senathirajah M. K. Shivajilingam Pathmini Sithamparanathan K. Sivanesan Solomon Cyril Trincomalee M. N. Abdul Majeed R. Sampanthan K. Thurairetnasingam Jayantha Wijesekara Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen S. Kanagaratnam S. Kishore Vino Noharathalingam
North Western Province (24)	Kurunegala Indika Bandaranayake Bandula Basnayake Rohitha Bogollagama Anura Kumara Dissanayake Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam M. D. Namal Karunaratne S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Bimal Rathnayaka Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Piyankara Jayaratne Weerakumara Dissanayake Milroy Fernando Samansiri Herath Larine Perera Neomal Perera Dayasritha Tissera
Sabaragamuwa Province (19)	Kegalle Kabir Hashim Maheepala Herath H. R. Mithrapala Anuruddha Polgampala Lalith Dissanayake Champika Premadasa R. M. Gamini Rathnayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Mano Wijeyeratne Ratnapura Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Deepal Gunasekara Achala Jagodage Premalal Jayasekara Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera Mahinda Ratnatilaka John Seneviratne Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
Southern Province (25)	Galle Vajira Abeywardena Amarasiri Dodangoda Chandima Weerakkody Piyasena Gamage Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Hemakumara Nanayakkara Lionel Premasiri Gunaratna Weerakoon Chandrasena Wijesinghe Thilakaratne Withanachchi Hambantota Mahinda Amaraweera Nihal Galappaththi Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Vijitha Ranaweera Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Chandrasiri Gajadeera Jinadasa Kitulagoda Pemasiri Manage Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province (13)	Badulla Nimal Siripala de Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Dilan Perera Ravindra Samaraweera M. Satchithanandan Lakshman Senewiratne Vadivel Suresh Samantha Vidyaratna Monaragala Dharmadasa Banda R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara R. M. Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera Sumedha G. Jayasena A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara
Western Province (47)	Colombo Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge T. Maheswaran Mohamed Rajabdeen Mohamed Mahroof M. H. Mohamed Milinda Moragoda Susil Premajayantha Arjuna Ranatunga Kathaluwe Rathanaseeha Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha Lasantha Alagiyawanna Siripala Amarasinghe Sarath Kumara Gunaratna John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sarana Gunawardena Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Duleep Wijesekera Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Aparekke Punnananda Thero Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Sripathi Sooriyarachchi Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero Alawwe Nandaloka Thero A. R. Anjan Umma Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Nandana Gunathilake Sarath Ranawaka Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna Athuraliye Rathana Thero Mahinda Samarasinghe S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Piyasiri Wijenayake
National List (29)	JHU Ellawala Medhananda Thero Omalpe Sobhitha Champika Ranawaka SLMC Hasen Ali TNA M. K. Eelaventhan Raseen Mohammed Imam Joseph Pararajasingham C. Chandrakanthan UNF Hussein Ahamed Bhaila K. N. Choksy Basheer Segu Dawood Rauff Hakeem Navin Dissanayake Abdul Baiz Kamardeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana M. Mohamed Musthaffa G. L. Peiris W. P. S. Pushpakumara V. Puththirasigamoney Ismail Mohammed Quddus S. Nijamudeen P. Radhakrishnan M. S. Sellasamy UPFA Ramalingam Chandrasekar D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena M. H. Cegu Isadean Mohamed Ismail Anwar Ismail Basil Rajapaksa Lakshman Kadirgamar Dullas Alahapperuma J. A. Mary Lucida Mervyn Silva Janadasa Peiris Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wasantha Samarasinghe V. Muralitharan Philipps Sri Liyanage Mohamed Mussammil Tissa Vitharana Wiswa Warnapala E. A. D. C. Weerasekera Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

v t e ← Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2010 (2010)–2015 (2015)) →
Speaker: Chamal Rajapaksa Prime Minister: D. M. Jayaratne/Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Nimal Siripala de Silva
Western	Colombo Sarath Fonseka (Jayantha Ketagoda) A. H. M. Fowzie Praba Ganeshan Mohan Lal Grero Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Champika Ranawaka Sujeewa Senasinghe Rosy Senanayake Duminda Silva Thilanga Sumathipala Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Pandu Bandaranaike Sudarshani Fernandopulle Sarath Kumara Gunaratne Sarana Gunawardena Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Ajith Mannapperuma Felix Perera Basil Rajapaksa Ruwan Ranatunga Athuraliye Rathana Wasantha Senanayake Mervyn Silva Upeksha Swarnamali Dulip Wijeysekara Ruwan Wijewardene Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Ajith Perera Arjuna Ranatunga Mahinda Samarasinghe Rajitha Senaratne Palitha Thewarapperuma Kumara Welgama Vidura Wickremenayake
Central	Kandy Mahindananda Aluthgamage Dilum Amunugama Sarath Amunugama Abdul Cadar S. B. Dissanayake Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Keheliya Rambukwella Lohan Ratwatte Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana Matale Wasantha Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Nandimithra Ekanayake Lakshman Wasantha Perera Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nuwara Eliya Palani Digambaran Navin Dissanayake Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam Velusami Radhakrishnan Perumal Rajathurai C. B. Rathnayake Arumugam Thondaman
Southern	Galle Piyasena Gamage Sajin Vass Gunawardena Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Manusha Nanayakkara Ramesh Pathirana Mohan De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Gunaratna Weerakoon Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Wijaya Dahanayake Chandrasiri Gajadeera Hemal Gunasekara Sanath Jayasuriya Buddhika Pathirana Mangala Samaraweera Hambantota Mahinda Amaraweera V. K. Indika Wehella Kankanamge Indika Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi
Northern	Jaffna Silvestri Alantine Murugesu Chandrakumar Douglas Devananda Vijayakala Maheswaran Suresh Premachandran Eswarapatham Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah Sivagnanam Sritharan Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen Hunais Farook Muthali Bawa Farook Noordeen Mashoor Vino Noharathalingam
Eastern	Batticaloa Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Alim Mohamed Hisbulla Basheer Segu Dawood Pon Selvarasa Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Digamadulla A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Podiappuhamy Piyasena Sarath Weerasekara Sriyani Wijewickrama Trincomalee Susantha Punchinilame M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana Rajavarothiam Sampanthan M. S. Thowfeek
North Western	Kurunegala Ashoka Abeysinghe K. W. Shantha Bandara Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Nalin Bandara Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Neranjan Wickramasinghe Nimal Wijesinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara Arundika Fernando Milroy Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Niroshan Perera Neomal Perera Victor Anthony Perera Dayasritha Thissera
North Central	Anuradhapura Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake P. Weerakumara Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Tissa Karalliyadde Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Polonnaruwa Earl Gunasekara Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Maithripala Sirisena Jayasinghe Bandara C. A. Suriyaarachchi
Uva	Badulla Lal Chamika Buddhadasa Nimal Siripala De Silva Harin Fernando Udith Lokubandara Dilan Perera Rohana Pushpakumara Lakshman Senewiratne Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Monaragala Vijitha Berugoda Sumedha G. Jayasena R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa
Sabaragamuwa	Ratnapura Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Ranjan Ramanayake Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku W. D. J. Senewiratne Ranjith de Zoysa Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Janaka Wakkumbura Kegalle Jagath Balasuriya Lalith Dissanayake Kanaka Herath Kabir Hashim H. R. Mithrapala Champika Premadasa Y. G. Padmasiri Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
National List	UPFA Dullas Alahapperuma A.H.M. Asvar Malini Fonseka Achala Jagodage D. M. Jayaratne D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena Ellawala Medhananda Thero Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan G. L. Peiris Janaka Priyantha Bandara Kamala Ranathunga Muthu Sivalingam J. R. P. Suriyapperuma Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Rajiva Wijesinha Tissa Vitharana UNF Hasen Ali M. S. M. Aslam Tissa Attanayake Harsha de Silva Anoma Gamage M. Joseph Michael Perera D. M. Swaminathan Eran Wickramaratne Ramaiah Yogarajan DNA Tiran Alles Anura Kumara Dissanayake TNA M. A. Sumanthiran

v t e ← Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2015 (2015)–2020) →
Speaker: Karu Jayasuriya Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Mahinda Rajapaksa Leader of the Opposition: R. Sampanthan/Mahinda Rajapaksa/Sajith Premadasa
Central (25)	Kandy (12) Ananda Aluthgamage Mahindananda Aluthgamage Dilum Amunugama Mayantha Dissanayake Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Anuradha Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Keheliya Rambukwella Lohan Ratwatte M. Velu Kumar Matale (5) Ranjith Aluwihare Wasantha Aluwihare Lakshman Wasantha Perera Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Nuwara Eliya (8) Palani Digambaran Navin Dissanayake K. K. Piyadasa Velusami Radhakrishnan C. B. Rathnayake Muthu Sivalingam M. Thilakarajah Arumugam Thondaman
Eastern (16)	Ampara (7) Wimalaweera Dissanayake Cassim Faizal Daya Gamage H. M. M. Harees K. Kodeeswaran Mansoor Ibrahim Sriyani Wijewickrama Batticaloa (5) Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Ameer Ali Shihabdeen G. Sirinesan S. Viyalendiran S. Yogeswaran Trincomalee (4) Imran Maharoof M. A. M. Maharoof Susantha Punchinilame R. Sampanthan
Northern (13)	Jaffna (7) Douglas Devananda Vijayakala Maheswaran E. Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah D. Siddarthan S. Sritharan M. A. Sumanthiran Vanni (6) Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen K. Kader Masthan Charles Nirmalanathan S. Sivamohan
North Central (14)	Anuradhapura (9) S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake Weerakumara Dissanayake Chandima Gamage P. Harrison Ishak Rahuman Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Polonnaruwa (5) Siripala Gamalath Sidney Jayarathna Nalaka Kolonne Roshan Ranasinghe Wasantha Senanayake
North Western (23)	Kurunegala (15) Ashoka Abeysinghe J. C. Alawathuwala Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Thushara Indunil Nalin Bandara Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Mahinda Rajapaksa Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam (8) Shantha Abeysekara Hector Appuhamy Palitha Range Bandara Arundika Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Sanath Nishantha Niroshan Perera Ashoka Priyantha
Sabaragamuwa (20)	Kegalle (9) Tharaka Balasuriya Kabir Hashim Kanaka Herath Dushmantha Mithrapala Sujith Sanjaya Perera Champika Premadasa Sandith Samarasinghe Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Thusitha Wijemanne Ratnapura (11) Thalatha Atukorale Ranjith de Zoysa Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Karu Paranawithana John Seneviratne Janaka Wakkumbura Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi A. A. Wijethunga Hesha Withanage
Southern (25)	Galle (10) Vajira Abeywardena Bandula Lal Bandarigoda Mohan de Silva Wijepala Hettiarachchi Gayantha Karunathilaka Geetha Kumarasinghe Piyasena Gamage Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Manusha Nanayakkara Ramesh Pathirana Chandima Weerakkody Hambantota (7) Mahinda Amaraweera D. V. Chanaka Nihal Galappaththi Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara (8) Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Dullas Alahapperuma Chandrasiri Gajadeera Buddhika Pathirana Niroshan Premaratne Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Kanchana Wijesekera
Uva (13)	Badulla (8) A. Aravind Kumar Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Lakshman Senewiratne Nimal Siripala de Silva Harin Fernando Ravindra Samaraweera Vadivel Suresh Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Chaminda Wijesiri Monaragala (5) Ranjith Madduma Bandara Vijitha Berugoda Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara Sumedha G. Jayasena Ananda Kumarasiri
Western (47)	Colombo (19) Harsha de Silva Anura Kumara Dissanayake Udaya Gammanpila Mano Ganesan Mohan Lal Grero Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Ravi Karunanayake Gamini Lokuge S. M. Marikkar Hirunika Premachandra Susil Premajayantha Mujibur Rahman Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Champika Ranawaka Sujeewa Senasinghe Wimal Weerawansa Eran Wickramaratne Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha (18) Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Indika Anuruddha Sudarshani Fernandopulle Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Sisira Jayakody Kavinda Jayawardena Nimal Lanza Ajith Mannapperuma Harshana Rajakaruna Ranjan Ramanayake Arjuna Ranatunga Prasanna Ranatunga Prasanna Ranaweera Chathura Senaratne Duleep Wijesekera Ruwan Wijewardene Kalutara (10) Rohitha Abeygunawardena Piyal Nishantha de Silva Ajith Perera Jayantha Samaraweera Nalinda Jayatissa Rajitha Senaratne Palitha Thewarapperuma Kumara Welgama Vidura Wickremenayake Lakshman Wijemanna
National List (29)	JVP (2) Sunil Handunnetti Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne Bimal Rathnayaka TNA (2) Shanthi Sriskantharajah K. Thurairetnasingam UNFGG (13) Sirinal de Mel Anoma Gamage M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana Sarath Fonseka A. R. A. Hafeez M. S. Thowfeek Karu Jayasuriya Tilak Marapana Ashu Marasinghe M. H. M. Navavi Athuraliye Rathana Thero M. H. M. Salman Mohamadu Nazeer Malik Samarawickrama D. M. Swaminathan Jayampathy Wickramaratne UPFA (12) Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Sarath Amunugama S. B. Dissanayake A. H. M. Fowzie M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Malith Jayathilake Faiszer Musthapha Dilan Perera Angajan Ramanathan Mahinda Samarasinghe Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa Thilanga Sumathipala

v t e ← Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2020 (2020)–2024 (2024)) →
Speaker: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ranil Wickremesinghe/Dinesh Gunawardena/Harini Amarasuriya Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa
Central (25)	Kandy (12) Dilum Amunugama Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lohan Ratwatte Anuradha Jayaratne Keheliya Rambukwella Wasantha Yapa Bandara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha Udayana Kirindigoda Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem M. Velu Kumar Lakshman Kiriella Matale (5) Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nalaka Kottegoda Pramitha Tennakoon Rohana Dissanayake Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Nuwara Eliya (8) Jeevan Thondaman C. B. Ratnayake S. B. Dissanayake Marudapandy Rameshwaran Nimal Piyatissa Palani Digambaran Velusami Radhakrishnan Mailvaganam Udayakumar
Eastern (16)	Ampara (7) A. L. M. Athaullah Wimalaweera Dissanayake Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen Thilak Rajapaksha D. Weerasingha Batticaloa (5) Rahul Rajapuththiran Kovinthan Karunakaram Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Sathasivam Viyalendiran Trincomalee (4) Shariff Thowfeek Imran Maharoof Kapila Athukorala R. Sampanthan K. S. Kugathasan M. A. M. Maharoof Susantha Punchinilame
Northern (13)	Jaffna (7) S. Sritharan M. A. Sumanthiran D. Siddarthan Gankesar Ponnambalam Angajan Ramanathan Douglas Devananda Vishwalingam Vickneshwaran Vanni (6) Charles Nirmalanathan Selvam Adaikalanathan S. Noharathalingam K. Kader Masthan Rishad Bathiudeen Kulasingam Thileepan
North Central (14)	Anuradhapura (9) S. M. Chandrasena Channa Jayasumana Uddika Premarathna S.C. Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Duminda Dissanayake K. H. Nandasena K. P. S. Kumarasiri Ishak Rahuman Rohana Bandara Polonnaruwa (5) Maithripala Sirisena Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Amarakeerthi Athukorala Jagath Samarawickrama Kins Nelson
North Western (24)	Kurunegala (15) Mahinda Rajapaksa Johnston Fernando Gunapala Rathnasekara Dayasiri Jayasekara Asanka Navarathna Samanpriya Herath D. B. Herath Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Jayarathna Herath Shantha Bandara Sumith Udukumbura Nalin Bandara J. C. Alawathuwala Ashoka Abeysinghe Thushara Indunil Puttalam (9) Sanath Nishantha Jagath Priyankara Piyankara Jayaratne Arundika Fernando Chinthaka Mayadunne Ashoka Priyantha Hector Appuhamy Niroshan Nanayakkara Niroshan Perera Ali Sabri Raheem
Sabaragamuwa (20)	Kegalle (9) Kanaka Herath Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Tharaka Balasuriya Rajika Wickramasinghe Dushmantha Mithrapala Udayakantha Gunathilaka Sudath Manjula Kabir Hashim Sujith Sanjaya Perera Ratnapura (11) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Premalal Jayasekara Janaka Wakkumbura Gamini Waleboda Akila Ellawala Vasudeva Nanayakkara Muditha Prishanthi John Seneviratne Hesha Withanage Priyantha Liyanage Thalatha Atukorale Karu Paranawithana
Southern (25)	Galle (9) Ramesh Pathirana Chaminda Sampath Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Isuru Dodangoda Shan Wijayalal De Silva Geetha Kumarasinghe Gayantha Karunathilaka Manusha Nanayakkara Bandula Lal Bandarigoda Hambantota (7) Namal Rajapaksa D. V. Chanaka Mahinda Amaraweera Chamal Rajapaksa Upul Galappaththi Ajith Rajapakse Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara (7) Nipuna Ranawaka Karunadasa Kodithuwakku Dullas Alahapperuma Kanchana Wijesekera Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Weerasumana Weerasinghe Buddhika Pathirana
Uva (13)	Badulla (9) Nimal Siripala de Silva Sudarshana Denipitiya Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Dilan Perera Chaminda Thisakutti Vadivel Suresh A. Aravind Kumar Chaminda Wijesiri Nayana Wasalathilake Monaragala (6) Shasheendra Rajapaksa Kumarasiri Rathnayake Vijitha Berugoda Jagath Pushpakumara Gayashan Nawananda W. H. M. Dharmasena
Western (47)	Colombo (19) Sarath Weerasekara Wimal Weerawansa Udaya Gammanpila Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Bandula Gunawardane Predeep Saman Kumara Dinesh Gunawardena Madhura Withanage Premnath C. Dolawaththa Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Jagath Kumara Sajith Premadasa S. M. Marikkar Mujibur Rahman A. H. M. Fowzie Harsha de Silva Patali Champika Ranawaka M. Ganeshan Anura Kumara Dissanayake Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Gampaha (18) Nalaka Godahewa Prasanna Ranatunga Indika Anuruddha Sisira Jayakody Nimal Lanza Sahan Pradeep Withana Sudarshani Fernandopulle Prasanna Ranaweera Harshani Gunawardhana Lasantha Alagiyawanna Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando Milan Sajith Jayathilake Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha Sarath Fonseka Ranjan Ramanayake Ajith Mannapperuma Harshana Rajakaruna Kavinda Jayawardena Vijitha Herath Kalutara (10) Vidura Wickremanayake Rohitha Abeygunawardena Sanjeeva Edirimanna Piyal Nishantha S.A. Jayantha Anupa Pasqual Lalith Ellawala Rajitha Senaratne Mahinda Samarasinghe Lalith Warnakumara Kumara Welgama
National List (29)	SLPFA (17) G. L. Peiris Sagara Kariyawasam Ajith Nivard Cabraal Jayantha Ketagoda Ali Sabry Jayantha Weerasinghe Manjula Dissanayake Ranjith Bandara Charitha Herath Gevindu Kumaratunga A. J. M. Muzammil Tissa Vitharana Yadamini Gunawardena Suren Raghavan Tiran Alles Seetha Arambepola Jayantha Ketagoda Basil Rajapaksa Dhammika Perera Marjan Faleel SJB (7) Harin Fernando Tissa Attanayake Ranjith Madduma Bandara Mayantha Dissanayake Eran Wickramaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Diana Gamage Mujibur Rahman NPP (1) Harini Amarasuriya TNA (1) T. Kalaiarasan TNPF (1) Selvarasa Gajenthiran OPPP (1) Athuraliye Rathana Thero UNP (1) Ranil Wickremesinghe Vajira Abeywardena

v t e ← Members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2024 (2024)–present (present))
Speaker: Jagath Wickramaratne Prime Minister: Harini Amarasuriya Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa
Central (25)	Kandy (12) E. M. Basnayaka Thanura Dissanayake Prasanna Gunasena Riyaz Faruk Rauff Hakeem Anuradha Jayaratne Thushari Jayasinghe Chamindrani Kiriella K. D. Lalkantha Jagath Manuwarna Mohomed Pasmin Hansaka Wijemuni Matale (5) Sunil Biyanvila Gamagedara Dissanayake Dinesh Hemantha Perera Deepthi Wasalage Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Nuwara Eliya (8) Manjula Suraweera Arachchi Palani Digambaran Krishnan Kaleichelvi Velusami Radhakrishnan Madhura Senevirathna Anushka Thilakarathne Jeevan Thondaman R. G. Wijerathna
Eastern (16)	Ampara (7) K. Kodeeswaran Wasantha Piyathissa Muthumenike Rathwatte Manjula Ratnayake M. M. Thahir Meerasahibu Uthumalebbe Priyantha Wijeratne Batticaloa (5) M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Kandasami Prabhu Shanakiyan Rasamanickam Ilaiyathambi Srinath G. Sirinesan Trincomalee (4) Roshan Akmeemana Arun Hemachandra Shanmugam Kugathasan Imran Maharoof
Northern (12)	Jaffna (6) Ramanathan Archchuna Karunananthan Ilankumaran Rajeewan Jayachandramurthy Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Sri Bhavanandaraja Shanmuganathan S. Shritharan Vanni (6) Selvam Adaikalanathan Rishad Bathiudeen Arumugam Jegadishwaran K. Kader Masthan T. Raviharan Selvathambi Thilakanathan
North Central (14)	Anuradhapura (9) Rohana Bandara Bhagya Sri Herath Susantha Kumara Sena Nanayakkara P. D. N. K. Palihena Susil Ranasinghe Suranga Rathnayaka Thilina Samarakoon Wasantha Samarasinghe Polonnaruwa (5) Pathmasiri Bandara Kins Nelson Sunil Rathnasiri T. B. Sarath Jagath Wickramaratne
North Western (23)	Kurunegala (15) J. C. Alawathuwala Mahammadu Aslam Nalin Bandara Wijesiri Basnayake Dharmapriya Dissanayake Sujeeva Dissanayake Ashoka Gunasena Jagath Gunawardena Geetha Herath Dayasiri Jayasekara M. D. Namal Karunaratne Namal Sudarshana G. D. Suriyabandara Chandana Tennakoon Ananda Wijepala Puttalam (8) Chandana Abayarathna Hector Appuhamy Janath Chithral Fernando Mohamed Faisal Ajith Gihan Gayan Janaka Anton Jayakody Hiruni Wijesinghe
Sabaragamuwa (20)	Kegalle (9) Sagarika Athauda Nanda Bandara Kosala Jayaweera Kabir Hashim Nandana Millagala Dammika Patabendi Sujith Sanjaya Perera Manoj Rajapaksha Kanchana Welipitiya Ratnapura (11) Basooriyage Ariyawansa Nilusha Gamage Upul Kithsiri Waruna Priyantha Liyanage Shantha Padmakumara S. Pradeep Wasantha Pushpakumara Sunil Rajapaksha Janaka Senarathna Hiniduma Sunil Senevi Hesha Withanage
Southern (25)	Galle (9) Rathna Gamage Nalin Hewage T. K. Jayasundara Gayantha Karunathilaka Nishantha Perera Nayanathara Premathilake Thilanka Rukmal Nishantha Samaraweera Chanaka Sampath Hambantota (7) D. V. Chanaka Nihal Galappaththi Athula Hewage Saliya Madarasinghe Prabha Senarath Aravinda Vitharana Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara (7) L. M. Abeywickrama Gammaddage Ajantha Chathura Galappaththi Sunil Handunnetti Akram Ilyas Saroja Savithri Paulraj Lal Premanath
Uva (13)	Badulla (9) Sudath Balagalla Raveendra Bandara Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Dinindu Hennayake Ambika Samuel Kitnan Selvaraj Samantha Vidyaratna Nayana Wasalathilake Chaminda Wijesiri Monaragala (6) H. M. Dharmasena R. M. Jayawardena Chathuri Gangani Sarath Kumara Ajith Priyadarshana Ruwan Wijeweera
Western (48)	Colombo (18) Chathuranga Abeysinghe Harini Amarasuriya Kaushalya Ariyarathne Harsha de Silva Susantha Dodawatta Eranga Gunasekara Samanmalee Gunasinghe S. M. Marikkar Harshana Nanayakkara Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Asitha Niroshana Aruna Panagoda Sajith Premadasa Mujibur Rahman Rizvie Salih Chandana Sooriyaarachchi Dewananda Suraweera Sunil Watagala Gampaha (19) Chrishantha Abeysena Upali Abeywickrama Lasith Bashana Stephani Fernando Vijitha Herath Champika Hettiarachchi Ruwanthilake Jayakodi Anil Jayantha Mahinda Jayasinghe Kavinda Jayawardena Chaminda Lalith Kumara Prageeth Maduranga Ruwan Mapalagama Muneer Mulaffer Amila Prasad Harshana Rajakaruna Asoka Ranwala Hemali Weerasekara Dharmappriya Wijesinghe Kalutara (11) Rohitha Abeygunawardena Nihal Abeysinghe Chandima Hettiaratchi Nalinda Jayatissa Nilanthi Kottahachchi Nandana Padmakumara Ajith Perera Sanjeewa Ranasinghe Dhanushka Ranganath Oshani Umanga Jagath Vithana
National List (29)	NPP (18) Abubakar Adambawa Ramalingam Chandrasekar Sugath Wasantha de Silva Sunil Kumara Gamage Lakmali Hemachandra Najith Indika Punya Jayakody Aruna Jayasekara Anura Karunathilake Janitha Kodithuwakku Upali Pannilage Ruwan Ranasinghe Bimal Rathnayake Gamini Rathnayake Upali Samarasinghe Harshana Sooriyapperuma Sugath Thilakaratne Eranga Weeraratne SJB (5) Mano Ganesan Muhammedu Ismail Nizam Kariapper Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sujeewa Senasinghe NDF (2) Ravi Karunanayake Faiszer Musthapha SLPP (1) Namal Rajapaksa ITAK (1) P. Sathiyalingam SB (1) Dilith Jayaweera SLMC (1) M. S. Naleem

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