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]
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 Colombo district 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.
- ^ "1994 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
- ^ "1994 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com.
- ^ "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". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "CHRONOLOGY-Assassinations of political figures in Sri Lanka". Reuters UK. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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