1989 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: J. R. Jayewardene (until 2 January); Ranasinghe Premadasa (starting 2 January)
- Prime Minister: Ranasinghe Premadasa (until 2 January); Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (starting 2 January)
- Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe
Governors
[edit]- Governor of Central Province: E. L. B. Hurulle
- Governor of North Central Province: Dingiri Bandara Welagedara (until May); E. L. Senanayake (starting May)
- Governor of North Eastern Province: Nalin Seneviratne (until 31 January); Montague Jayawickrama (starting 1 February)
- Governor of North Western Province: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
- Governor of Sabaragamuwa: Noel Wimalasena
- Governor of Southern Province: Abdul Bakeer Markar
- Governor of Uva: P. C. Imbulana (starting May)
- Governor of Western Province: Suppiah Sharvananda
Chief Ministers
[edit]- Chief Minister of Central Province: W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
- Chief Minister of North Central Province: G. D. Mahindasoma
- Chief Minister of North Eastern Province: Varatharaja Perumal
- Chief Minister of North Western Province: Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa: G. V. Punchinilame
- Chief Minister of Southern Province: M. S. Amarasiri
- Chief Minister of Uva: Percy Samaraweera
- Chief Minister of Western Province: Susil Moonesinghe
Events
[edit]- Sri Lankan Civil War
- 1987–1989 JVP insurrection[1]
- 15 February – 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election: Sri Lanka holds their 9th parliamentary elections, with the ruling United National Party winning with a total of 125 seats.
Notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Owen Bennet (October 2013). "The Patriotic Struggle of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna: A Reappraisal" (PDF). Owen Bennet. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
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