1994 in Sri Lanka

none 1994 The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (until 9 November); Chandrika Kumaratunga (starting 9 November).http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/presidential1994.jsp 1994 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results 4 November 2021 LankaNewspapers.com 10 August 2015 14 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100214153357/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/presidential1994.jsp deadhttp://www.manthree.com/elections/results/?id=6 1994 - Presidential Election Manthree.com 2015-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100130181355/http://www.manthree.com/elections/results/?id=6 2010-01-30 dead Prime Minister: until 19 August: Ranil Wickremesinghe 19 August–12 November: Chandrika Kumaratunga 12–14 November: vacant starting 14 November: Sirimavo Bandaranaikehttp://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/1994%20Presidential.pdf https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090304101347/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/1994%20Presidential.pdf dead 2009-03-04 Result of Presidential Election 1994 Department of Elections, Sri Lanka 2015-08-10 Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva 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 Sri Lankan Civil War Eelam War II 16 August – 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election: The People's Alliance led by Chandrika Kumaratunga wins 105 seats, thus making it the largest party in the Parliament and bringing a decisive end to 17 years of United National Party rule. 19 August – PA leader Chandrika Kumaratunga is sworn in as the new prime minister of Sri Lanka. 24 October – Several hardline UNP members are killed in a suicide bombing by the LTTE in Thotalanga. Among those killed includes UNP presidential candidate and Opposition Leader Gamini Dissanayake, former UNP cabinet ministers Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi and G. M. Premachandra, and UNP MP Ossie Abeygunasekara.Q&A: Sri Lanka elections http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4441820.stm BBC News 18 November 2005 10 August 2015Sri Lanka: Searching for a solution http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/412014.stm BBC News 11 August 1999 10 May 2007V. S. Sambandan Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/05/stories/2005090507041200.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070301153730/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/05/stories/2005090507041200.htm dead 1 March 2007 5 September 2005 10 August 2015 The Hindu Chennai, IndiaCHRONOLOGY-Assassinations of political figures in Sri Lanka http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=COL159286&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-5 https://archive.today/20070424061503/http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=COL159286&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-5 dead 24 April 2007 Reuters UK 10 November 2006 10 August 2015 Following his assassination, Dissanayake's wife Srima Dissanayake is appointed as the UNP candidate for the 1994 elections. 9 November – 1994 Sri Lankan presidential election: Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga is elected president, winning 62% of all votes cast. She is the first female and first non-UNP executive president of the country. Notes a. a a none Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. 955-8093-00-9 References 1994 in Category:1990s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka