1988 in Sri Lanka

none 1988 The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President: J. R. Jayewardene Prime Minister: Ranasinghe Premadasa Chief Justice: Suppiah Sharvananda (until 6 June); Parinda Ranasinghe (starting 6 June) 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 Sri Lankan Civil War Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil WarDavid Brewster https://www.academia.edu/7992855 India's Ocean: the Story of India's Bid for Regional Leadership. Retrieved 13 August 2014 1987–1989 JVP insurrection 16 February – Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga: Sri Lankan politician and founder of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya Vijaya Kumaratunga is assassinated by an assassin of militant organization Deshapremi Janatha Vyaparaya while attempting to leave his home in Polhengoda. 19 December – 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election: Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa of the ruling United National Party is elected President of Sri Lanka, receiving 50.4% of all votes cast and defeating Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Deaths 12 February – S. Nadarajah, Tamil lawyer and politicianEx-Senator Killed Tamil Times March 1988 VII 4 4 http://noolaham.net/project/34/3308/3308.pdf 0266-4488 16 February – Vijaya Kumaratunga, 42, actor and politician (b. 1945)Anne Commire Deborah Klezmer Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=-zsOAQAAMAAJ 2000 Yorkin Publications 978-0-7876-4067-5 862 6 June – Chandra Fernando, 46, Roman Catholic priest and venerable (b. 1942) Hellmann-Rajanayagam Dagmar The Tamil Militants-Before the Accord and After Pacific Affairs 61 4 603–619 1988–89 2760524 10.2307/2760524 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 http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1989%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090304101343/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1989%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF dead 2009-03-04 Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989 Department of Elections, Sri Lanka 2015-08-02 1988 in Category:1980s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka