The 1999 presidential election in Sri Lanka took place on December 21, 1999. President Chandrika Kumaratunga defeated Ranil Wickremasinghe to win a second term in office. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (born June 29, 1945) was the 5th President of Sri Lanka and 4th Executive President of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 - November 19, 2005). ... Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremasinghe (born March 24, 1949) is a popular Sri Lankan politician. ...

Campaign

Sri Lankan presidents are elected for six-year terms; with the previous election having taken place in 1994, an election normally would not have been held until 2000. Kumaratunga called the election early, hoping to strengthen her political standing and increasingly shaky position in Parliament. The following is a list of Sri Lankan presidents. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...

Kumaratunga vowed to continue her "war for peace" strategy again the LTTE rebels. Wickremasinghe called for the commencement of direct negotiations with the LTTE. Tamil Tigers emblem The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is a military and political organization that has waged a violent secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan Government since the 1970s in order to secure independence for the Tamil portions of Sri Lanka. ...

Eight days before the election, Kumaratunga was nearly killed by an LTTE assassination attempt. She lost her right eye, and appeared heavily bandaged at campaign events. The resulting sympathy vote is believed to have propelled her to re-election. Assassination is the deliberate killing of an important person, usually a political figure or other strategically important individual. ...

Results

Source: [1] Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (born June 29, 1945) was the 5th President of Sri Lanka and 4th Executive President of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 - November 19, 2005). ... The Peoples Alliance is the English name of several parties Spain The Peoples Alliance (in Spanish Alianza Popular) was a political party in Spain. ... Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremasinghe (born March 24, 1949) is a popular Sri Lankan politician. ... The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese:(pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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