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The governor-general, the vice-regal representative of the monarch of Ceylon, the Senate and the House of Representatives exercised legislative power. The House of Representatives consisted of 101 Members, of which 95 were elected by universal suffrage and 6 were nominated by the Governor-General.
12 August 2020: Gotabaya Rajapaksa: SLPP led Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance: 31 G. Rajapaksa cabinet II: 12 August 2020: 3 April 2022: 32 G. Rajapaksa cabinet III: 18 April 2022: 9 May 2022: 33 G. Rajapaksa cabinet IV: 12 May 2022: 14 July 2022: SLPP–UNP led coalition 34 Wickremesinghe cabinet: 22 July 2022: 23 September 2024: Ranil ...
A Governor of a Province in Sri Lanka, is the head of the provincial council and representative of the President of Sri Lanka in the province. Established in 1987, under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and deriving its powers from the Provincial Council Act No 47 of 1987, a governor exercises executive power in respect of subjects devolved to provincial council.
The second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.It was formed in August 2020 after the parliamentary election and ended in April 2022 after all 26 cabinet ministers resigned en masse amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests.
All governors-general lived there until 1972, when the monarchy was abolished, and the residence was thereafter renamed President's House. [ 3 ] Other vice-regal residences included the King's Pavilion , in Kandy , used for rare state functions; and the Queen's Cottage , the vacationing residence of governors-general in the town of Nuwara Eliya .
The 20th Amendment was a frequent political objective of the ruling party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and a core campaign objective of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration, which recorded landslide victories in both the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential elections, as well as the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election. On 22 October 2020, the ...
On 19 March 2020, Sri Lanka reported an increase in cases from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the government went ahead with nominations for the election until 18 March 2020. [86] On 19 March, soon after the nominations ended, the Elections Commission with its powers postponed the elections. [ 68 ]
The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... (15 elected by the House and 15 by the Governor-General) was abolished on 2 October 1971 ...