The Chief Opposition Whip is a position in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The position was first established in 1960.
| Post: | Chief Opposition Whip |
| Body: | Sri Lanka |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Incumbent: | Gayantha Karunathilaka |
| Incumbentsince: | 2 December 2024 |
| Inaugural: | J. R. Jayewardene |
| Formation: | 1960 |
| Name | Portrait | Tenure | Political party | Parliament | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament of Ceylon (1960–1972) | ||||||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1960 – 1965 | United National Party | 5th | [1] | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1965 – 1970 | |||||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1970 – 1972 | United National Party | 7th | |||||
| National State Assembly (1972–1978) | ||||||||
| !align="centre" style="background:; color:white;" | 1972 – 1977 | United National Party | 1st | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | X. M. Sellathambu | 1977 – 1978 | Tamil United Liberation Front | 2nd | ||||
| Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present) | ||||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | X. M. Sellathambu | 1978 – 1983 | Tamil United Liberation Front | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1983 – 1988 | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 1989 – 24 June 1994 | 9th | ||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | Wijayapala Mendis | 25 August 1994 – 21 July 1998 | United National Party | 10th | ||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 22 July 1998 – 10 October 2001 | United National Party | 10th 11th | |||||
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | 18 December 2001 – 5 February 2002 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12th | |||||
| Mangala Samaraweera | 6 February 2002 – 7 February 2004 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||||
| Mahinda Samarasinghe | 22 April 2004 – 26 January 2006 | United National Party | 13th | |||||
| Joseph Michael Perera | 26 January 2006 – 20 April 2010 | United National Party | ||||||
| John Amaratunga | 22 April 2010 – 20 January 2015 | United National Party | 14th | |||||
| W. D. J. Senewiratne | 20 January 2015 – 26 June 2015 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||||
| Anura Kumara Dissanayake | 3 September 2015 – 18 December 2018 | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 15th | |||||
| Mahinda Amaraweera | 18 December 2018 – 21 November 2019 | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ||||||
| 3 January 2020 – 2 March 2020 | United National Party | |||||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024 | Samagi Jana Balawegaya | 16th | |||||
| !align="center" style="background:; color:white;" | 2 December 2024 – present | Samagi Jana Balawegaya | 17th | [2] | ||||