The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
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The presidentofSriLanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi; Tamil: இலங்கை சனாதிபதி Ilankai janātipati) is the head of state and head...
ministers ofSriLanka since the creation of the position in 1947, prior to the independence of the country (then known as Ceylon). The prime minister of Ceylon...
legislative capital ofSriLanka is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and the executive and judicial capital is Colombo. Over the course of the island's history...
is a listof flags used in SriLanka. This flag was personal to every PresidentofSriLanka, and as such the design changed when a new president assumed...
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic ofSriLanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is...
Irrigation works in ancient SriLanka Politics ofSriLankaListofpresidentsofSriLankaListof prime ministers ofSriLanka Velupillai Prabakaran Rathanasara...
The SriLankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...
buildings and structures in SriLanka in terms of the highest architectural detail. Apart from the historical timeline of tallest structures, structures...
listof notable Tamils ofSriLanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from Sri Lanka...
The mixed economy ofSriLanka was worth $84 billion by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 and $296.959 billion by purchasing power parity (PPP)...
The Listof newspapers in SriLanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in SriLanka. The list includes information on...
D.S. divisions. The 331 divisions are listed below, by district: Provinces ofSriLanka Districts ofSriLanka "Grama Niladhari Administration Division"...
divisions ofSriLanka, preceded by provinces. SriLanka has 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Districts are further divided into a number of divisional...
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic ofSriLanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம்...
referendum was never held and successive SriLankanpresidents issued proclamations annually extending the life of the "temporary" entity. The merger was...
The Government ofSriLanka (GoSL) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා රජය, romanized: ŚrīLankā Rajaya; Tamil: இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்) is a Semi-presidential republic determined...
Judiciary ofSriLanka are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in SriLanka. The Constitution ofSriLanka defines...
The SriLanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic ofSriLanka encompassing the SriLanka Army, the Sri Lanka...
Television in SriLanka dates back to 1979. Television broadcasting, like other forms of media in the country, is generally divided along linguistic lines...
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