1999 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1999 in Sri Lanka.
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Incumbents
- President: Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva then Sarath N. Silva
Governors
- Central Province – Stanley Tillekeratne
- North Central Province – G. M. S. Samaraweera
- North Eastern Province – Asoka Jayawardena
- North Western Province – Hector Arawwawala (until 3 January); Siripala Jayaweera (starting 3 January)
- Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
- Southern Province – Neville Kanakeratne (until 20 September); Ananda Dassanayake (starting 20 September)
- Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake (until 1999); Sirisena Amarasiri (starting 1999)
- Western Province – K. Vignarajah
Chief Ministers
- Central Province –
- until April: Vacant
- April-June: Sarath Ekanayake
- starting June: Nandimithra Ekanayake
- North Central Province – vacant (until June); Berty Premalal Dissanayake (starting June)
- North Western Province – Nimal Bandara (until 28 January); S. B. Nawinne (starting 28 January)
- Sabaragamuwa Province –
- until April: Vacant
- April-June: Kantha Gunatilleke
- starting June: Athauda Seneviratne
- Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
- Uva Province –
- until April: Vacant
- April: Nalini Weerawanni
- starting April: Samaraweera Weerawanni
- Western Province – vacant (until June); Susil Premajayanth (starting June)
Events
- On 16 November 1999, the fourth official presidential elections of Sri Lanka take place. Chandrika Kumaratunga, wins by a 51.12% margin amidst several assassination attempts prior to the campaign.[1][2][3][4]
- In October 1999 the Oddusuddan offensive took place, it was a military operation in which the Tamil Tigers captured Oddusuddan from the Sri Lankan Army. The Tamil Tigers are believed to have captured large amounts of weapons & ammunitions as well as armoured vehicles in this operation.[5]
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
- "REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 22 DECEMBER 1999". Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive.
- "1999 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- "1999 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
- "Result of Presidential Election 1999" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- "Tigers raise flag at Oddusuddan". TamilNet. 1999-11-02. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
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