1989 in Sri Lanka

← 1988 1987 1986 1989 in Sri Lanka → 1990 1991 1992
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1989 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

• President: J. R. Jayewardene (until 2 January); Ranasinghe Premadasa (starting 2 January)
• Prime Minister: Ranasinghe Premadasa (until 2 January); Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (starting 2 January)
• Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe

Governors

• Governor of Central Province: E. L. B. Hurulle
• Governor of North Central Province: Dingiri Bandara Welagedara (until May); E. L. Senanayake (starting May)
• Governor of North Eastern Province: Nalin Seneviratne (until 31 January); Montague Jayawickrama (starting 1 February)
• Governor of North Western Province: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
• Governor of Sabaragamuwa: Noel Wimalasena
• Governor of Southern Province: Abdul Bakeer Markar
• Governor of Uva: P. C. Imbulana (starting May)
• Governor of Western Province: Suppiah Sharvananda

Chief Ministers

• Chief Minister of Central Province: W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
• Chief Minister of North Central Province: G. D. Mahindasoma
• Chief Minister of North Eastern Province: Varatharaja Perumal
• Chief Minister of North Western Province: Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
• Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa: G. V. Punchinilame
• Chief Minister of Southern Province: M. S. Amarasiri
• Chief Minister of Uva: Percy Samaraweera
• Chief Minister of Western Province: Susil Moonesinghe

Events

• The JVP Insurrection comes to an end in 1989.
• Sri Lanka has their 9th parliamentary elections with Ranasinghe Premadasa winning with a total of 125 seats.

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 Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-23.