1988 in Sri Lanka

← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in Sri Lanka → 1989 1990 1991
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See also:	Other events of 1988 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

• President: J. R. Jayewardene
• Prime Minister: Ranasinghe Premadasa
• Chief Justice: Suppiah Sharvananda (until 6 June); Parinda Ranasinghe (starting 6 June)

Governors

• Governor of Central Province: E. L. B. Hurulle
  (starting June)
• Governor of North Central Province: Dingiri Bandara Welagedara
  (starting May)
• Governor of North Eastern Province: Nalin Seneviratne
  (starting 30 November)
• Governor of North Western Province: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
  (starting 1 June)
• Governor of Sabaragamuwa: Noel Wimalasena
  (starting 30 April)
• Abdul Bakeer Markar
  (starting 13 June)
• Governor of Uva: P. C. Imbulana
  (starting May)
• Governor of Western Province: Suppiah Sharvananda
  (starting 6 June)

• Chief Minister of Central Province: W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
  (starting 9 June)
• Chief Minister of North Central Province: G. D. Mahindasoma
  (starting 2 May)
• Varatharaja Perumal
  (starting 10 December)
• Chief Minister of North Western Province: Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
  (starting 4 May)
• Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa: G. V. Punchinilame
  (starting April)
• M. S. Amarasiri
  (starting 16 June)
• Chief Minister of Uva: Percy Samaraweera
  (starting May)
• Chief Minister of Western Province: Susil Moonesinghe
  (starting 9 June)

• Sri Lankan Civil War
  • Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War^[1]
• 1987–1989 JVP insurrection
• 16 February –
  Polhengoda
  .
• 19 December – 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election: Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa of the ruling United National Party is elected President of Sri Lanka, receiving 50.4% of all votes cast and defeating Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

Deaths

• 12 February – S. Nadarajah, Tamil lawyer and politician^[2]
• 16 February – Vijaya Kumaratunga, 42, actor and politician (b. 1945)^[3]
• 6 June –
  Roman Catholic priest and venerable (b. 1942)^[4]

• "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-02.

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