title: 1994 in Sri Lanka
text: # 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.
  