Government of Sri Lanka

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The Government of Sri Lanka is the central governing authority of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, responsible for national administration, policymaking, and the implementation of laws across the country.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf central government ⓘ
executive authority ⓘ
administrativeCenter Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sri Lankan government ⓘ
armedForces Sri Lanka Air Force ⓘ
Sri Lanka Army ⓘ
Sri Lanka Navy ⓘ
branch executive branch of Sri Lanka ⓘ
judicial branch of Sri Lanka ⓘ
legislative branch of Sri Lanka ⓘ
budgetYear 1 January to 31 December ⓘ
cabinetChairedBy President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
cabinetIncludes Cabinet ministers ⓘ
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
currentConstitutionAdopted 1978 ⓘ
defenceBody Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka ⓘ
deputyHeadOfGovernment Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation for parliamentary elections ⓘ
executiveBody Cabinet of Sri Lanka ⓘ
executiveCity Colombo ⓘ
executiveElectedBy popular vote ⓘ
fiscalAuthority Ministry of Finance of Sri Lanka ⓘ
followsPrinciple rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
foreignAffairsBody Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka ⓘ
governmentType democratic socialist republic ⓘ
unitary semi-presidential republic ⓘ
hasAgency Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Auditor General's Department of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Central Bank of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Election Commission of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka ⓘ
National Police Commission of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Public Service Commission of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasLocalGovernment municipal councils of Sri Lanka ⓘ
pradeshiya sabhas ⓘ
linked to: Pradeshiya Sabhas

provincial councils of Sri Lanka ⓘ
urban councils of Sri Lanka ⓘ
headOfGovernment President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
headOfState President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ
ideologyMentionedInConstitution democratic socialism ⓘ
internationalOrganizationMember Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
jurisdiction Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
legalSystem English common law influences ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
customary law elements ⓘ
mixed legal system ⓘ
personal laws for certain communities ⓘ
legislativeCity Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral parliament ⓘ
linkLanguagePolicy English as link language ⓘ
officialLanguagesPolicy Sinhala and Tamil as official languages ⓘ
officialName Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
parliamentaryTermLength 5 years ⓘ
policeAuthority Sri Lanka Police ⓘ
presidentialTermLength 5 years ⓘ
responsibleFor economic policy ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
implementation of laws ⓘ
national administration ⓘ
national security ⓘ
policymaking ⓘ
public finance management ⓘ
public services ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
sovereignState Sri Lanka ⓘ
subdivisionType districts of Sri Lanka ⓘ
provinces of Sri Lanka ⓘ
systemOfGovernment semi-presidential system ⓘ

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Referenced by (170)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicholas Kaldor → advisorTo → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors → recognizedAsMinorityBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Jaffna Lagoon → governedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
University of Jaffna → affiliation → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
National Maritime Museum, Galle → operatedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Batticaloa Airport → owner → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil script → standardizedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Bandaranaike International Airport → owner → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → armedConflictWith → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Independence Memorial Hall → owner → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Lotus Tower → ownedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Provincial Council of Central Province → subdivisionOf → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Parliament Building, Colombo → governedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Parliament Building, Colombo → ownedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → followedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → replacedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → nativeName → இலங்கை ஆட்சி ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Government of Sri Lanka → officialName → Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Government of Sri Lanka → alsoKnownAs → Sri Lankan government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Government of Sri Lanka → branch → executive branch of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Independence Day of Ceylon → observedBy → Sri Lankan government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Colvin R. de Silva → sphereOfActivity → Sri Lankan government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka) → jurisdiction → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka → jurisdiction → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles → represents → Sri Lankan government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs → jurisdiction → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Southern Provincial Council → hasDevolvedPowersFrom → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Governor of Southern Province → governmentBranch → central government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka → jurisdiction → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka → partOf → central government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Railways → owner → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna → establishedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject linked to: Faculty of Medicine
Eastern Provincial Council → worksWith → central government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Government of Sri Lanka
SLST → usedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
SLST → standardizedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force → invitedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force → withdrawalRequestedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka → fundedBy → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War I → conflictInvolving → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War II → hasMainBelligerent → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eelam War III → belligerent → Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ