The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (and its predecessors the National State Assembly, the House of Representatives and the State Council) who presides over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker. The current deputy speaker and chairman of committees is Rizvie Salih.
List of Deputy speakers and chairmen of committees
Parties
+ Deputy Speaker and Chairman of CommitteesNamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeLegislatureRefs Independent State Council Independent United National Party House of Representatives United National Party United National Party Independent Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party All Ceylon Tamil Congress Sri Lanka Freedom Party National State Assembly United National Party United National Party Parliament United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna National People's PowerIncumbent
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