1998 in Sri Lanka

← 1997 1996 1995 1998 in Sri Lanka → 1999 2000 2001
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See also:	Other events of 1998 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents[]

• President: Chandrika Kumaratunga

Governors[]

• Central Province – E. L. Senanayake (until 1998); Stanley Tillekeratne (starting 1998)
• North Central Province – Maithripala Senanayake (until 12 July); G. M. S. Samaraweera (starting 12 July)
• North Eastern Province – Gamini Fonseka (until 20 October); Asoka Jayawardena (starting 20 October)
• North Western Province – Hector Arawwawala
• Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
• Southern Province – Neville Kanakeratne
• Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake
• Western Province – K. Vignarajah

Chief Ministers[]

• Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake (until 1998); vacant (starting 1998)
• North Central Province – Jayasena Dissanayake (until June); vacant (starting June)
• North Western Province – Nimal Bandara
• Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame (until June); Vacant (starting June)
• Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
• Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera (until June); vacant (starting June)
• Western Province – Susil Premajayanth (until June); vacant (starting June)

Events[]

• Bolstered by successes in 1997, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unleash phase 2 of Operation Unceasing Waves on September 1998. The LTTE captures the town of Killinochi in the North East, but lose Mankulam to the Sri Lankan Army.^[1]
• Local government elections were held in Sri Lanka on 29 January 1998 for 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula, in the north of the country.^[2][3]

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