Speaker's Residence, Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
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Town or city | Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Owner | Parliament of Sri Lanka |
The Speaker's Residence is the official residence of the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, located in Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte, Sri Lanka. The current residence was built in 2000 in close proximity to the Parliament Complex.
History[]
The first official residence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mumtaz Mahal, Colombo was located at Kollupitiya, a suburb of Colombo. However once the Parliament was moved to the new Parliament Complex in Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte, plans were made to shift the Speaker's Residence to Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte as well. However this move was delayed by almost twenty years.
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Categories:
- Official residences in Sri Lanka
- Houses completed in 2000
- Houses in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Sri Lankan building and structure stubs