1988 in Sri Lanka

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The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents[]

President: J. R. Jayewardene

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[]

In the north and east, soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force battled Tamil Tiger rebels.^[1]
In the south, government death squads are engaged with equally brutal militants of the radical JVP party.
Sri Lanka starts their 9th parliamentary elections.

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. 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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[1] David Brewster. "India's Ocean: the Story of India's Bid for Regional Leadership. Retrieved 13 August 2014".

[TT0388-2] "Ex-Senator Killed" (PDF). Tamil Times. VII (4): 4. March 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.

[3] Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer (2000). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications. p. 862. ISBN 978-0-7876-4067-5.

[4] Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Dagmar (1988–89). "The Tamil Militants-Before the Accord and After". Pacific Affairs. Pacific Affairs. 61 (4): 603–619. doi:10.2307/2760524. JSTOR 2760524.

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