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  2. Constitution of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    J. R. Jayewardene who came to office in July 1977 with a five-sixths majority passed the second amendment to the 1972 Constitution on 4 October 1977, which made the presidency an executive post. Under its provisions, then Prime Minister Jayawardene automatically became the first Executive President of Sri Lanka on 4 February 1978. [8]

  3. Category : Amendments of the Constitution of Sri Lanka

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    Pages in category "Amendments of the Constitution of Sri Lanka" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of ...

  4. Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka

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    The 19th Amendment was the first instance in the country's history where executive power was equally shared by the President and the cabinet. 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 ...

  5. Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its second since independence in 1948. The constitution changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka, and established it as an independent republic.

  6. 1982 Sri Lankan parliamentary term extension referendum

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    Since independence, Sri Lanka has been continuously led by either the United National Party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, or coalitions headed by one of the two parties.. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike, won a five-year term in the 1970 parliamentary elections, obtaining over the two-thirds supermajority in Parliament required pass constitutional amendmen

  7. Provincial governments of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987. [2] On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order. [3]

  8. Sri Lanka is 205-5 in a chase of 348 against South Africa in ...

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    South Africa had Sri Lanka on the rack at 205-5 in a chase of 348 on the fourth day of the second test at St George's Park on Sunday. Medium-pacer Dane Paterson and spinner Keshav Maharaj took two ...

  9. Government of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution ...