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<title>
Sri Lanka: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Sri Lanka
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri
Lanka</l>
<l> conventional short form: Sri Lanka</l>
<l> former: Ceylon</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: CE
</p>
<p>Type: republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Colombo
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 8 provinces; Central, North Central,
North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva,
Western
</p>
<p>Independence: 4 February 1948 (from UK)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 31 August 1978
</p>
<p>Legal system: a highly complex mixture of English common law,
Roman-Dutch, Muslim, Sinhalese, and customary law; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence and National Day, 4 February
(1948)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: United National Party (UNP),
Dingiri Banda WIJETUNGA; Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),
Sirimavo BANDARANAIKE; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), M. H.
M. ASHRAFF; All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), Kumar PONNAMBALAM;
People's United Front (MEP, or Mahajana Eksath Peramuna), Dinesh
GUNAWARDENE; Eelam Democratic Front (EDF), Edward SEBASTIAN
PILLAI; Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), leader NA; Eelam
Revolutionary Organization of Students (EROS), Velupillai
BALAKUMARAN; New Socialist Party (NSSP, or Nava Sama Samaja
Party), Vasudeva NANAYAKKARA; Lanka Socialist Party/Trotskyite
(LSSP, or Lanka Sama Samaja Party), Colin R. DE SILVA; Sri Lanka
People's Party (SLMP, or Sri Lanka Mahajana Party), Ossie
ABEYGUNASEKERA; Communist Party, K. P. SILVA; Communist
Party/Beijing (CP/B), N. SHANMUGATHASAN; Democratic United
National Front (DUNF), Lalith ATHULATHMUDALI and Gamini
DISSANAYAKE
</p>
<p>note: the United Socialist Alliance (USA) includes the NSSP,
LSSP, SLMP, CP/M, and CP/B
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) and other smaller Tamil separatist groups; Janatha
Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP or People's Liberation Front and several
other radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups); Buddhist clergy;
Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups; labor unions
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: last held 19 December 1988 (next to be held NA
December 1994); results - Ranasinghe PREMADASA (UNP) 50%,
Sirimavo BANDARANAIKE (SLFP) 45%, other 5%; note - following the
assassination of President PREMADASA on 1 May 1993, Prime
Minister WIJETUNGA became acting president; on 7 May 1993, he
was confirmed by a vote of Parliament to finish out the term of
the assassinated president
</p>
<p> Parliament: last held 15 February 1989 (next to be held by
NA February 1995); results - UNP 51%, SLFP 32%, SLMC 4%, TULF
3%, USA 3%, EROS 3%, MEP 1%, other 3%; seats - (225 total) UNP
125, SLFP 67, other 33
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President Dingiri Banda WIJETUNGA (since 7
May 1993)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Ranil WICKREMASINGHE
(since 7 May 1993)
</p>
<p>Member of: AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM,
PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Ananda GURUGE</l>
<l> chancery: 2148 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 483-4025 through 4028</l>
<l> consulate general: New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Teresita C. SCHAFFER</l>
<l> embassy: 210 Galle Road, Colombo 3</l>
<l> mailing address: P. O. Box 106, Colombo</l>
<l> telephone: [94] (1) 44-80-07</l>
<l> FAX: [94] (1) 43-73-45</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has
two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the
other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion
holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner;
the yellow field appears as a border that goes around the entire
flag and extends between the two panels
</p></body></article></text>