title: 2010 in Sri Lanka
text: # 2010 in Sri Lanka
  
  The following lists notable events that took place during 2010 in Sri Lanka.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Mahinda Rajapaksa
  * Prime Minister – Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (until 21 April), D. M. Jayaratne (from 21 April)
  * Chief Justice – Asoka de Silva
  * Speaker of the Parliament – W. J. M. Lokubandara (until 8 April), Chamal Rajapaksa (from 22 April)
  
  ### Provincial Governors
  
  * Central Province – Tikiri Kobbekaduwa
  * Eastern Province – Mohan Wijewickrama
  * North Central Province – Karunarathne Diulgane
  * Northern Province – G.A. Chandrasiri
  * North Western Province – Tissa Balalla
  * Sabaragamuwa Province – Janaka Priyantha Bandara until April, Wijesinghe Lokubandara from April
  * Southern Province – Kumari Balasuriya
  * Uva Province – Nanda Mathew
  * Western Province – Alavi Moulana
  
  ### Chief Ministers
  
  * Central Province – Sarath Ekanayake
  * Eastern Province – S. Chandrakanthan
  * North Central Province – Berty Premalal Dissanayake
  * Northern Province – Vacant
  * North Western Province – Athula Wijesinghe
  * Sabaragamuwa Province – Maheepala Herath
  * Southern Province – Shan Wijayalal De Silva
  * Uva Province – Shashindra Rajapaksa
  * Western Province – Prasanna Ranatunge
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * 9 January – The Sri Lankan army releases over 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters after a rehabilitation program.
  * 12 January – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements.
  * 22 January – The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election.
  * 24 January – Sri Lankan opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka receives the support of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in the 2010 presidential election.
  * 26 January – Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls in a presidential election.
  * 27 January – Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared the winner of Sunday's presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.
  
  ### May
  
  * 31 May – Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to establish an independent international accountability mechanism to address the serious concerns which arose during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009 at the opening of the fourteenth regular session of the Human Rights Council.
  
  ### November
  
  * 10–11 November – 2010 Colombo floods
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### January
  
  **1**
  
  * Periyasamy Chandrasekaran, 52, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, after short illness.
  
  ### February
  
  **4**
  
  * H. A. Perera, 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness.
  
  ### July
  
  **29**
  
  * C. I. Gunesekera, 90, Sri Lankan cricketer.
  
  ### August
  
  **30**
  
  * Lakshman Jayakody, 80, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Buddhist Affairs (1994–2000), after short illness. Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
  