1994 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Sri Lanka.
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Incumbents
- Prime Minister:
- until 19 August: Ranil Wickremesinghe
- 19 August-12 November: Chandrika Kumaratunga
- 12 November-14 November: vacant
- starting 14 November: Sirimavo Bandaranaike[1]
- President: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (until 9 November); Chandrika Kumaratunga (starting 9 November).[2][3]
- Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva
Governors
- Central Province – P. C. Imbulana (until May) E. L. Senanayake (starting May)
- North Central Province –
- until May: E. L. Senanayake
- May-September: E. L. B. Hurulle
- starting September: Maithripala Senanayake
- North Eastern Province – Lionel Fernando (until 23 August); vacant thereafter (starting 23 August)
- North Western Province – Karunasena Kodituwakku (until 7 July); Anandatissa de Alwis (starting 7 July)
- Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
- Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
- Uva Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya (until December); vacant (starting December)
- Western Province –
- until 10 June: Suppiah Sharvananda
- 11 July-1 December: Deva Swaminathan
- starting 1 December: vacant
Chief Ministers
- Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
- North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
- North Western Province – G. M. Premachandra (until 27 August); G. M. Premachandra (starting 27 August)
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame
- Southern Province –
- until January: Amarasiri Dodangoda
- January-March: Vacant
- March-September: Amarasiri Dodangoda
- starting September: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
- Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
- Western Province – Chandrika Kumaratunga (until 21 August); Morris Rajapaksa (starting 21 August)
Events
- Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga of the peoples party, wins the 1994 presidential elections following the assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa.
- Many prominent hardliner UNP members are assassinated in 1994.
- Gamini Dissanayake, a former cabinet minister is killed by an LTTE suicide bomber. [4][5]
- Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi, another cabinet minister from the Colombo district is killed from a suicide bombing perpetrated by the LTTE. [6][7]
- G. M. Premachandra, a former chief minister of the UNP is killed in a suicide bombing. [8]
- Ossie Abeygunasekara, one of the UNP MP's was killed in yet another suicide bombing. The LTTE remains the only viable suspect. [9]
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
- "Result of Presidential Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- "1994 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
- "1994 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- "Q&A: Sri Lanka elections". BBC News. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "Sri Lanka: Searching for a solution". BBC News. 11 August 1999. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
- Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- "CHRONOLOGY-Assassinations of political figures in Sri Lanka". Reuters UK. 10 November 2006. Archived from the original on 24 April 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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