Английская Википедия:2001 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
- President: Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (until 7 December); Ranil Wickremesinghe (starting 7 December)
- Chief Justice: Sarath N. Silva
Governors
- Central Province – Tudor Dassanayake (until 1 January); K. B. Ratnayake (starting 1 January)
- North Central Province – G. M. S. Samaraweera
- North Eastern Province – Asoka Jayawardena
- North Western Province – Siripala Jayaweera
- Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
- Southern Province – Ananda Dassanayake (until January); Kingsley Wickramaratne (starting 1 February)
- Uva Province – Sirisena Amarasiri
- Western Province – Pathmanathan Ramanathan
Chief Ministers
- Central Province – Sarath Ekanayake
- North Central Province – Berty Premalal Dissanayake
- North Western Province – S. B. Nawinne
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Asoka Jayawardena (until 13 December); Mohan Ellawala (starting 13 December)
- Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (until 21 December); H. G. Sirisena (starting 21 December)
- Uva Province – Samaraweera Weerawanni (until 29 October); Aththintha Marakalage Buddhadasa (starting 29 October)
- Western Province – Reginald Cooray
Events
- The LTTE launch a bold attack on Bandaranaike Airport, this would become one of the most bold attacks launched by the organization to date. Multiple aircraft ranging from civilian airlines to military helicopters were destroyed and damaged, much of the nations tourist industry was effected.[1][2]
- The Tamil National Alliance becomes a political alliance of Sri Lanka in October 2001, and begins participating in elections. The formation of the party is an attempt to reduce segregation of ethnic Tamils in the region whom are considered a minority.[3][4]
Notes
- a. Шаблон:Note label Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. Шаблон:ISBN
References
Шаблон:Years in Sri Lanka Шаблон:Asia topic
Шаблон:SriLanka-hist-stub Шаблон:Asia-year-stub
