1988 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Sri Lanka.
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Incumbents
- President: J. R. Jayewardene
- Prime Minister: Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Chief Justice: Suppiah Sharvananda (until 6 June); Parinda Ranasinghe (starting 6 June)
Governors
- Governor of Central Province: E. L. B. Hurulle (starting June)
- Governor of North Central Province: Dingiri Bandara Welagedara (starting May)
- Governor of North Eastern Province: Nalin Seneviratne (starting 30 November)
- Governor of North Western Province: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (starting 1 June)
- Governor of Sabaragamuwa: Noel Wimalasena (starting 30 April)
- Governor of Southern Province: Abdul Bakeer Markar (starting 13 June)
- Governor of Uva: P. C. Imbulana (starting May)
- Governor of Western Province: Suppiah Sharvananda (starting 6 June)
Chief Ministers
- Chief Minister of Central Province: W. M. P. B. Dissanayake (starting 9 June)
- Chief Minister of North Central Province: G. D. Mahindasoma (starting 2 May)
- Chief Minister of North Eastern Province: Varatharaja Perumal (starting 10 December)
- Chief Minister of North Western Province: Gamini Jayawickrama Perera (starting 4 May)
- Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa: G. V. Punchinilame (starting April)
- Chief Minister of Southern Province: M. S. Amarasiri (starting 16 June)
- Chief Minister of Uva: Percy Samaraweera (starting May)
- Chief Minister of Western Province: Susil Moonesinghe (starting 9 June)
Events
Deaths
- February 12 – S. Nadarajah, Tamil lawyer and politician[2]
- February 16 – Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan actor and politician (b. 1945)[3]
- June 6 – Chandra Fernando, Roman Catholic priest and venerable (assassinated) (b. 1942)[4]
Notes
- a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
References
- David Brewster. India's Ocean: the Story of India's Bid for Regional Leadership. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- "Ex-Senator Killed" (PDF). Tamil Times. VII (4): 4. March 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
- Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer (2000). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications. p. 862. ISBN 978-0-7876-4067-5.
- Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Dagmar (1988–89). "The Tamil Militants-Before the Accord and After". Pacific Affairs. 61 (4): 603–619. doi:10.2307/2760524. JSTOR 2760524.
- "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
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