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| Country name |
conventional long form: democratic socialist republic of sri lanka conventional short form: sri lanka former: serendib, ceylon |
| Government type | republic |
| Capital | Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital |
| Administrative divisions | 8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western; note - North Eastern province may have been divided in two - Northern and Eastern |
| Independence | 4 February 1948 (from UK) |
| National holiday | Independence Day, 4 February (1948) |
| Constitution | adopted 16 August 1978 |
| Legal system | a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim, Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal |
| Executive branch |
chief of state: president chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga (since 12 november 1994); note - mahinda rajapakse (since 6 april 2004)i s the prime minister; the president is considered both the chief of state and head of government head of government: president chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga (since 12 november 1994); note - mahinda rajapakse (since 6 april 2004) is the prime minister; the president is considered both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: cabinet appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 21 december 1999 (next to be held na december 2005) election results: chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga reelected president; percent of vote - chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga 51%, ranil wickremasinghe 42%, other 7% |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote on the basis of a modified proportional representation system by district to serve six-year terms)
elections: last held 2 april 2004 (next to be held by 2010) election results: percent of vote by party or electoral alliance - slfp and jvp 45.6%, unp 37.83%, tna 6.84%, jhu 5.97%, slmc 2.02%, upf 0.54%, epdp 0.27%, others 0.93%; seats by party or electoral alliance - slfp and jvp 105, unp 82, tna 22, jhu 9, slmc 5, upf 1, epdp 1 |
| Judicial branch | Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president |
| Political parties and leaders | All Ceylon Tamil Congress or ACTC [KUMARGURUPARAM]; Ceylon Workers Congress or CWC [Arumugam THONDAMAN]; Communist Party or CP [D. GUNASEKERA]; Democratic United National (Lalith) Front or DUNLF [Shrimani ATULATHMUDALI]; Eelam People's Democratic Party or EPDP [Douglas DEVANANDA]; Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front or EPRLF [Suresh PREMACHANDRAN]; Janatha Vimukthi Perumuna or JVP [Tilvan SILVA]; National Unity Alliance or NUA [Ferial ASHRAFF]; National Heritage Party or JHU [Uduwe DHAMMALOKA]; People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam or PLOTE [leader NA]; Sihala Urumaya or SU [Tilak KARUNARATNE]; Sri Lanka Freedom Party or SLFP [Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA]; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress or SLMC [Rauff HAKEEM]; Sri Lanka Progressive Front or SLPF [P. Nelson PERERA]; Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization or TELO [SABARATNAM]; Tamil National Alliance or TNA [Nadarajah RAVIRAJ]; Tamil United Liberation Front or TULF [R. SAMPATHAN]; United National Party or UNP [Ranil WICKREMASINGHE]; Up-country People's Front or UPF [P. CHANDRASEKARAN]; several ethnic Tamil and Muslim parties, represented in either Parliament or provincial councils |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | Buddhist clergy; labor unions; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE [Velupillai PRABHAKARAN](insurgent group fighting for a separate state); radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups such as the National Movement Against Terrorism; Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups |
| International organization participation | AsDB, C, CP, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO |
| Diplomatic representation in the US |
chief of mission: ambassador devinda r. subasinghe consulate(s): new york consulate(s) general: los angeles FAX: [1] (202) 232-7181 telephone: [1] (202) 483-4025 (through 4028) chancery: 2148 wyoming avenue nw, washington, dc 20008 |
| Diplomatic representation from the US |
chief of mission: ambassador jeffrey j. lunstead embassy: 210 galle road, colombo 3 mailing address: p. o. box 106, colombo telephone: [94] (11) 244-8007 FAX: [94] (11) 243-7345 |
| Flag description | 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 around the entire flag and extends between the two panels |
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