1989 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Sri Lanka.
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Incumbents
- President: J. R. Jayewardene (before January 2).
- President: Ranasinghe Premadasa (after January 2).
Events
- The JVP Insurrection comes to an end in 1989.[1]
- 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
- Owen Bennet (October 2013). "The Patriotic Struggle of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna: A Reappraisal" (PDF). Owen Bennet. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- "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.
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