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![]() ![]() Sri Lanka Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code CE Government type republic National capital Colombo Administrative divisions 8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western Independence 4 February 1948 (from UK) National holiday Independence and National Day, 4 February (1948) Constitution adopted 16 August 1978 Legal system a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim, Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote on
the basis of a modified proportional representation system to serve six-year
terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission; Court of Appeals Political parties and leaders
All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), C. G. Kumar PONNAMBALAM; Ceylon Workers
Congress (CLDC), S. THONDAMAN; Communist Party, K. P. SILVA; Communist Party/Beijing
(CP/B), N. SHANMUGATHASAN; Democratic People's Liberation Front (DPLF), leader
NA; Democratic United National (Lalith) Front (DUNLF), Srimani ATHULATHMUDALI;
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), Douglas DEVANANDA; Eelam People's
Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRL), Suresh PREMACHANDRAN; Eelam Revolutionary
Organization of Students (EROS), Shankar RAJI; Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),
Somawansa AMERASINGHE; Lanka Socialist Party/Trotskyite (LSSP, or Lanka Sama
Samaja Party), Batty WEERAKOON; Liberal Party (LP), Rajira WIJESINGHE; New
Socialist Party (NSSP, or Nava Sama Samaja Party), Vasudeva NANAYAKKARA; People's
Alliance (PA), Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA; People's Liberation Organization
of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Uma MAHESWARAN; People's United Front (MEP, or Mahajana
Eksath Peramuna), Dinesh GUNAWARDENE; Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Chandrika
Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), M. H. M. ASHRAFF;
Sri Lanka People's Party (SLMP, or Sri Lanka Mahajana Party), Y. P. DE SILVA;
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (SLPF), Ariya BULEGODA; Tamil Eelam Liberation
Organization (TELO), M. K. SIVAJILINGHAM; Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF),
M. SIVASITHAMBARAM; United National Party (UNP), Ranil WICHREMESINGHE; Upcountry
People's Front (UPF), Periyasamy CHANDRASEKARAN; Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party
(DVJP), P.M. Podi APPUHAMY; several ethnic Tamil and Muslim parties, represented
in either parliament or provincial councils
Political pressure groups and leaders Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); other radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups; Buddhist clergy; Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups; labor unions International organization participation AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical
bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red
rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf
in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border that goes around the
entire flag and extends between the two panels
NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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