1994 in Sri Lanka

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The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents[]

Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (Before 9 November 1994).^[1]
President: Chandrika Kumaratunga (After 9 November 1994).^[2]^[3]

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 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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[1] "Result of Presidential Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

[2] "1994 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.

[3] "1994 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2015-08-10.

[4] "Q&A: Sri Lanka elections". BBC News. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[5] "Sri Lanka: Searching for a solution". BBC News. 11 August 1999. Retrieved 10 May 2007.

[6] 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.

[7] "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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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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