The following lists events that happened during

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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 ful ...

Ranasinghe Premadasa Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa ( si, රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස ''Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa'', ta, ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா ''Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā''; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was t ...

(until 1 May);

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 1 May) *

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 is not ...

(until 7 May); Ranil Wickremesinghe (starting 7 May) * Chief Justice:

G. P. S. de Silva G. P. S. de Silva is a Sri Lankan judge who served as the 40th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1991 and was Chief Justice until 1999. He was succeeded by Sarath N. Silva. References Chief justices of Sri Lanka ...

Governors

* Central Province –

P. C. Imbulana Prema Chandra Imbulana (18 October 1920 – 28 September 2012) was a Sri Lankan politician who was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon, Ceylonese Parliament representing Ruwanwella Electoral District, Ruwanwella and served as the Minister of ...

(until May);

E. L. Senanayake Deshamanya Edward Lionel Senanayake (known commonly as E.L Senanayake) (8 August 1920 – 29 January 2000) was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the United National Party. He was the 12th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Speaker of the ...

(starting May) * North Central Province –

* North Eastern Province –

Nalin Seneviratne General Ganegoda Appuhamelage Don Granville Nalin Seneviratne, VSV (August 25, 1931 – August 12, 2009) was a Sri Lankan Army officer. He was the Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1985 to 1988 and first Governor of the North East Provi ...

(until 30 November);

Lionel Fernando M. E. Lionel Fernando is a former civil servant and Diplomat. He has held the offices of Secretary to the Ministry of Media, Tourism and Aviation, Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sri Lankan Ambassado ...

(starting 30 November) * North Western Province –

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 Communications and Works (Ceylon), Minister of Transport and Public Works (1952- ...

(until 13 October);

Karunasena Kodituwakku Karunasena Kodituwakku (born March 21, 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician, academic and diplomat. He was the Sri Lankan ambassador to China, and non-resident ambassador to Mongolia and North Korea.

(starting 13 October) *

Sabaragamuwa Province The Sabaragamuwa Province ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත ''Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta'', ta, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் ''Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrati ...

–

Noel Wimalasena Deshamanya Noel Wimalasena (23 March 1914 – 5 May 1994) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and the first Governor of Sabaragamuwa. Early life and education Nanediri Wimalasena was born on 23 March 1914 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He attended An ...

(until 1993);

C. N. Saliya Mathew C. N. Saliya W. Mathew was the 2nd Governor of Sabaragamuwa. He was appointed in 1993 succeeding Noel Wimalasena Deshamanya Noel Wimalasena (23 March 1914 – 5 May 1994) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and the first Governor of Sabarag ...

(starting 1993) * Southern Province – Abdul Bakeer Markar (until December); Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne (starting December) *

Uva Province Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two dis ...

– Tilak Ratnayake (until March); Abeyratne Pilapitiya (starting March) * 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

* Central Province –

W. M. P. B. Dissanayake Weerasooriya Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Punchi Banda Dissanayake known as W. P. B. Dissanayake or W.M.P.B. Dissanayake (April 16, 1927 – May 29, 2003) was a Sri Lankan politician and belonged to the United National Party. He was the Chief Minister ...

* North Central Province –

G. D. Mahindasoma Gamage Don Mahindasoma (born 19 February 1928, date of death unknown) was a Sri Lankan politician who was the first List of Chief Ministers of North Central Province, Chief Minister of the North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Provin ...

* North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera (until 19 October);

G. M. Premachandra Gamini M. Premachandra (24 August 1940 – 24 October 1994) was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාති� ...

(starting 19 October) *

– Abeyratne Pilapitiya (until March); Jayatilake Podinilame (starting March) * Southern Province –

M. S. Amarasiri Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri (5 September 1925 - 8 January 2007) was the 1st Chief Minister of Southern Province and 5th Governor of Uva UVA most often refers to: * Ultraviolet A, a type of ultraviolet radiation * University of Virginia, a p ...

(until October);

Amarasiri Dodangoda Amarasiri Dodangoda (18 October 1941 – 30 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan politician, the former Minister of Justice and Law Reforms (2005–2009) and the second Chief Minister of the Southern Province (1993–1994). Early life Dodang ...

(starting October) *

– Percy Samaraweera * 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 par ...

(until 16 March);

Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( si, චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග, ta, சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 Ju ...

(starting 21 May)

Events

* 2 January –

Jaffna lagoon massacre The Jaffna lagoon massacre or Kilaly massacre occurred on January 2, 1993, when a Sri Lankan Navy Motor Gun Boat and a number of smaller speed boats intercepted a number of boats transporting people between the south and north shores of the ...

: A

Sri Lankan Navy ta, இலங்கை கடற்படை , image = Sri Lanka Naval Seal.png , image_size = 180px , caption = Emblem of Sri Lanka Navy , dates = , c ...

motor gunboat and a number of smaller speedboats intercept a number of boats transporting people between the southern and northern shores of the Jaffna Lagoon, and attacked them under the glare of a spotlight. Roughly 100 civilians and militants were killed. p.368 * 23 April – Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali: Former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and Deputy Minister of Defence Lalith Athulathmudali is

assassinated Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

at 8:10 p.m.

Sri Lanka Time Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST) ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සම්මත වේලාව , Shri Lankavay Sammatha Velava, ta, இலங்கை நியம நேரம்) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 ...

(2.10 p.m. UTC) in

Kirulapana Kirulapone (Kirulapana) is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and offici ...

. At the time, the rebel

LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

was blamed, however a presidential commission appointed by future president

revealed that President

had direct involvement in the assassination. * 1 May – Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa: President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated during a May Day rally by an

suicide bomber. Prime Minister

is sworn in as acting president of Sri Lanka. * 7 May – 1993 Sri Lankan presidential election:

is unanimously elected as the 4th

President of Sri Lanka The President of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi''; ta, இலங்கை சனாதிபதி ''Ilankai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of t ...

by the

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

. * 11–14 November – The

Battle of Pooneryn The Battle of Pooneryn (LTTE code-named ''Operation Thavalai Paachchal (Frog Leap)''), was a battle between the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers) and the Sri Lankan military during the Sri Lankan Civil War for ...

is fought between the

Sri Lankan military The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (Sri Lank ...

and the LTTE for the town of

Pooneryn Poonakary ( ta, பூநகரி, translit=Pūnakari; si, පූනෙරිය, translit=Pūneriya),is a tamil village strategically important village in the northern province of Sri Lanka situated just below the Jaffna Peninsula. A fort w ...

. Although the LTTE was forced to withdraw from the town, it still inflicted considerable damage to the military.

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 me ...

: South Asian Network on Conflict Research.

References

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