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The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
- President: Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva
Governors
- Central Province – E. L. Senanayake (until 1998); Stanley Tillekeratne (starting 1998)
- North Central Province – Maithripala Senanayake (until 12 July); G. M. S. Samaraweera (starting 12 July)
- North Eastern Province – Gamini Fonseka (until 20 October); Asoka Jayawardena (starting 20 October)
- North Western Province – Hector Arawwawala
- Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
- Southern Province – Neville Kanakeratne
- Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake
- Western Province – K. Vignarajah
Chief Ministers
- Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake (until 1998); vacant (starting 1998)
- North Central Province – Jayasena Dissanayake (until June); vacant (starting June)
- North Western Province – Nimal Bandara
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame (until June); Vacant (starting June)
- Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
- Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera (until June); vacant (starting June)
- Western Province – Susil Premajayanth (until June); vacant (starting June)
Events
- Bolstered by successes in 1997, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unleash phase 2 of Operation Unceasing Waves in September 1998. The LTTE captures the town of Killinochi in the North East, but lose Mankulam to the Sri Lankan Army.[1]
- Local government elections were held in Sri Lanka on 29 January 1998 for 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula, in the north of the country.[2][3]
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
- ↑ CNN - Rebels launch heavy assault on Sri Lankan army - October 7, 1998
- ↑ "TNA urges PM to put off NE local polls". TamilNet. 11 September 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ↑ "Local Elections Postponed". Tamil Times. XV (12): 5–6. 15 December 1996. ISSN 0266-4488.
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