The following lists events that happened during

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...

(until 2 January); Ranasinghe Premadasa (starting 2 January) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

: Ranasinghe Premadasa (until 2 January);

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Sri Lankabhimanya Dingiri Banda Wijetunga ( si, ඩිංගිරි බණ්ඩා විජේතුංග, ta, டிங்கிரி பண்ட விஜேதுங்க; 15 February 1916 – 21 September 2008) was the fourth Presid ...

(starting 2 January) * Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe

Governors

* Governor of Central Province:

E. L. B. Hurulle Deshamanya Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle ( Sinhala: එඩ්වින් ලොකු බණඩාර හුරුල්ලේ) (19 January 1919 – 6 April 2009) (known as ''E. L. B. Hurulle'') was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Provincial ...

* 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 Major Deshamanya Walter Geoffrey Montague "Monti" Jayawickrama (January 15, 1911 – November 16, 2001) was a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the Minister of Transport and Public Works (1952-1956) and the Minister of Public Administrati ...

(starting 1 February) * Governor of North Western Province:

* Governor of Sabaragamuwa: Noel Wimalasena * Governor of Southern Province:

Abdul Bakeer Markar Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar (12 May 1917 – 10 September 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Governor of the Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Souther ...

* Governor of Uva: P. C. Imbulana (starting May) * Governor of Western Province:

Suppiah Sharvananda Deshamanya Suppiah Sharvananda (also spelt Suppiah Sarvananda) was the 37th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the first Governor of the Western Province. Early life Sharvanda was born on 22 February 1923 in Kayts, Jaffna District. He attended St. ...

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 Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka representing Kurunegala. He is currently the Cabinet Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife and Minister of ...

* Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa: G. V. Punchinilame * Chief Minister of Southern Province: M. S. Amarasiri *

Chief Minister of Uva The Chief Minister (Sri Lanka), Chief Minister of Uva Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advises the Governor of Uva Province, governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercis ...

Percy Samaraweera Polwatte Samaraweera Aratchilage Percy Samaraweera (18 March 1923 - 23 March 1999) was a Sri Lankan politician who belonged to the United National Party. He was educated at St John's College Panadura and St Sylvester's College, Kandy. He was the ...

* Chief Minister of Western Province:

Susil Moonesinghe Susil Moonesinghe (11 February 1930 – 30 November 2012) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, diplomat and former chairman of State Trading Wholesale Company Ltd. A former chief minister of the Western Provincial Council and a member of p ...

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 Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...

: South Asian Network on Conflict Research.

References

* Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-hist-stub