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

1. "Result of Presidential Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
2. "1994 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
3. "1994 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com.
4. "Q&A: Sri Lanka elections". BBC News. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
5. "Sri Lanka: Searching for a solution". BBC News. 11 August 1999. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
6. Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
7. "CHRONOLOGY-Assassinations of political figures in Sri Lanka". Reuters UK. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
8. Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
9. Sambandan, V. S. (5 September 2005). "Inquiries into Premadasa, Dissanayake killings closed". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2015.