Speaker reveals MPs appointed to Parliamentary committees

Speaker of the House Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana revealed the lists of members appointed to 36 committees for the fifth session of the ninth Parliament. 

The appointments were made in accordance with the motions approved by Parliament on 9 February.

The committee and its members include;

Committee on Ethics and Privileges

Dullas Alahapperuma

Kabir Hashim

R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara

Thalatha Athukorala

G.G. Ponnambalam

Hesha Withanage

Harini Amarasuriya 

Committee on Public Accounts

Tissa Attanayake

Kabir Hashim

Niroshan Perera 

J.C. Alawathuwala

Ashok Abeysinghe

Sivagnanam Shritharan

Hector Appuhamy

M. Udayakumar

Weerasumana Weerasinghe

Harini Amarasuriya 

Committee on Public Enterprises

Anura Dissanayaka

Rauff Hakeem

Dilan Perera 

Dayasiri Jayasekara

Eran Wickramaratne

Nalin Bandara Jayamaha

S.M. Marikkar

Hesha Withanage

Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

Gamini Waleboda

Prof. Charitha Herath 

Committee on Public Petitions

Imthiaz Bakeer Markar

Palani Thigambaram

Dilip Wedaarachchi

Govindan Karunakaram

Thushara Indunil Amarasena

Rohini Kumari Wijerathna

Waruna Liyanage

Nimal Piyathissa 

House Committee

V. Radhakrishnan,

J.C. Alawathuwala, 

Charles Nirmalanathan

Kins Nelson 

Legislative Standing Committee

Velu Kumar

K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera 

Committee on Standing Orders

Mayantha Dissanayake

Charles Nirmalanathan

K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera

Backbencher Committee

S. Noharathalingam

Selvarajah Kajendren

W.H.M. Dharmasena

Kins Nelson

Rohana Bandara

Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

Nayana Wasalathilake

Jagath Priyankara 

Committee on Banking and Financial Services

Udaya Gammanpila

Eran Wickramaratne

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana

Ajith Mannapperuma

B.Y.G. Rathnasekara

M.A. Sumanthiran 

Committee on Economic Stabilisation

Wimal Weerawansa

Mano Ganesan

Dr. Nalaka Godahewa

Sivagnanam Shritharan

Hector Appuhamy

Waruna Liyanage 

Committee on Ways and Means

Patali Champika Ranawaka

Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Ashok Abeysinghe

Dharmalingam Sithadthan

Wasantha Yapabandara 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies

Kabir Hashim

Dr. Harsha de Silva 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment

Rohini Kumari Wijerathna

Jagath Priyankara 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Investment Promotion

Niroshan Perera

Eran Wickramaratne 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Education

Charles Nirmalanathan

Harini Amarasuriya 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media

Gayantha Karunatilleka

Imthiaz Bakeer Markar 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health

Rajitha Senarathne

Faizal Cassim 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Agriculture

R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara

Sivagnanam Shritharan 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation

Kins Nelson

Wasantha Yapabandara 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms

Thalatha Athukorala

G.G. Ponnambalam 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Industries

Rishad Bathiudeen

Buddhika Pathirana 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Urban Development and Housing

Mano Ganesan

S.M. Marikkar 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Foreign Affairs

Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana

Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs

Tissa Attanayake 

K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Power and Energy

Chandima Weerakkody

Nalin Bandara Jayamaha 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Environment

Prof. Charitha Herath 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Sports and Youth Affairs

Harshana Rajakaruna

Hesha Withanage 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Irrigation

W.H.M. Dharmasena

Rohana Bandara

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour and Foreign Employment

Hector Appuhamy

Palani Thigambaram 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on State Plantation Enterprises Reforms

Velu Kumar

K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Technology

Mayantha Dissanayake

Imran Maharoof 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Ports, Shipping and Aviation

Tissa Attanayake

Hesha Withanage 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Fisheries

Vijitha Herath

Dilip Wedaarachchi 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development

Rauff Hakeem 

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Public Security

Dayasiri Jayasekara

Thushara Indunil Amarasena