13th Sri Lankan Parliament
| 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka | |||||||||
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| Term | 22 April 2004 – 9 February 2010 | ||||||||
| Election | 2 April 2004 | ||||||||
| Senior parliamentarians | |||||||||
| Speaker | W. J. M. Lokubandara, UNF | ||||||||
| Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees |
Gitanjana Gunawardena, UPFA (2004–08) Piyankara Jayaratne, UPFA (2008–10) |
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| Deputy Chairman of Committees |
M. Satchithanandan, UNF (2004–06) Piyasiri Wijenayake, UPFA (2006) Ramalingam Chandrasekar, UPFA (2006–10) |
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| Prime Minister |
Mahinda Rajapaksa, UPFA (2004–05) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, UPFA (2005–10) |
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| Leader of the Opposition | Ranil Wickremasinghe, UNF | ||||||||
| Leader of the House |
Maithripala Sirisena, UPFA (2004–05) Nimal Siripala de Silva, UPFA (2005–10) |
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| Chief Government Whip |
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, UPFA (2004–08) Dinesh Gunawardena, UPFA (2008–10) |
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| Chief Opposition Whip |
Mahinda Samarasinghe, UNF (2004–06) M. Joseph Michael Perera, UNF (2006–10) |
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| Sessions | |||||||||
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| 1st | 22 April 2004 – 21 November 2005 |
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| 2nd | 25 November 2005 – 6 May 2008 |
| 3rd | 6 June 2008 – 17 May 2009 |
| 4th | 19 May 2009 – 9 February 2010 |
The 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2004 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2004 and was dissolved on 9 February 2010.
The 13th parliamentary election was held on 2 April 2004. The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), a newly formed opposition alliance, became the largest group in Parliament by winning 105 of the 225 seats. The incumbent United National Front (UNF) won 82 seats. The minority Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 22 seats. Smaller parties won the remaining 16 seats.
The new parliament was sworn in on 22 April 2004.W. J. M. Lokubandara, the opposition's candidate, was elected Speaker after three dramatic rounds of voting in Parliament. The parliament reconvened on 18 May 2004 to elect unopposed Gitanjana Gunawardena as Deputy Speaker and M. Satchithanandan as the Deputy Chairman of Committees.
The UPFA was able to form a minority government with the support of the sole Eelam People's Democratic Party MP.
On 6 April 2004, President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa, the leader of the UPFA, as the new Prime Minister. The rest of the government, comprising 30 Ministers and 31 Deputy Ministers, were sworn in on 10 April 2004. President Kumaratunga retained control of the important ministries of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order, Highways, Education and Buddha Sasana.
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