1994 in Sri Lanka
# 1994 in Sri Lanka

The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Sri Lanka.

## Incumbents

* Prime Minister:
   * until 19 August: Ranil Wickremesinghe
   * 19 August-12 November: Chandrika Kumaratunga
   * 12 November-14 November: vacant
   * starting 14 November: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* President: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (until 9 November); Chandrika Kumaratunga (starting 9 November).
* Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva

### Governors

* Central Province – P. C. Imbulana (until May) E. L. Senanayake (starting May)
* North Central Province –
   * until May: E. L. Senanayake
   * May-September: E. L. B. Hurulle
   * starting September: Maithripala Senanayake
* North Eastern Province – Lionel Fernando (until 23 August); vacant thereafter (starting 23 August)
* North Western Province – Karunasena Kodituwakku (until 7 July); Anandatissa de Alwis (starting 7 July)
* Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
* Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
* Uva Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya (until December); vacant (starting December)
* Western Province –
   * until 10 June: Suppiah Sharvananda
   * 11 July-1 December: Deva Swaminathan
   * starting 1 December: vacant

### Chief Ministers

* Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
* North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
* North Western Province – G. M. Premachandra (until 27 August); G. M. Premachandra (starting 27 August)
* Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame
* Southern Province –
   * until January: Amarasiri Dodangoda
   * January-March: Vacant
   * March-September: Amarasiri Dodangoda
   * starting September: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
* Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
* Western Province – Chandrika Kumaratunga (until 21 August); Morris Rajapaksa (starting 21 August)

## Events

* Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga of the peoples party, wins the 1994 presidential elections following the assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa.
* Many prominent hardliner UNP members are assassinated in 1994.
   * Gamini Dissanayake, a former cabinet minister is killed by an LTTE suicide bomber.
   * Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi, another cabinet minister from the Colombo district is killed from a suicide bombing perpetrated by the LTTE.
   * G. M. Premachandra, a former chief minister of the UNP is killed in a suicide bombing.
   * Ossie Abeygunasekara, one of the UNP MP's was killed in yet another suicide bombing. The LTTE remains the only viable suspect.
