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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Police. They are the most senior police officer in Sri Lanka and oversees all police personnel throughout the country. The IGP reports to the Minister of Law and Order, when the Police Service is under the Ministry of Law and Order as it is currently.
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 Wickremesinghe: 35 Dissanayake cabinet I ...
Candidate Party First preference Total votes; Votes % Votes % Anura Kumara Dissanayake: National People's Power: 5,634,915: 42.31: 5,740,179: 55.89: Sajith Premadasa
An indirect presidential election was held in Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022 following the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 July. The president of Sri Lanka was elected by the Parliament in a secret ballot to decide who would complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term.
It was reported that the national emergency was declared on 30 August 2021 and the Parliament of Sri Lanka approved it on 6 September 2021. [31] [32] In November 2021, Sri Lanka abandoned its plan to become the world's first organic farming nation following rising food prices and weeks of protests against the plan. [33] [34]
In 2022, the country caved into a severe economic crisis, and as result, mass anti-government protests erupted across Sri Lanka. The protesters demanded for then-incumbent president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government step down. The protestors also demanded amendments to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and to
The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force undergo academic training together ...
Ambassadors and High Commissioners (according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty) and Foreign Ministers and Envoys. Members of the Constitutional Council; Attorney General of Sri Lanka. Supreme Court Judges; President of the Court of Appeal; Judges of the Court of Appeal; Members of the Parliament. There is ...