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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Predicate Object
instanceOf central government
executive authority
administrativeCenter Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
alsoKnownAs Government of Sri Lanka
surface form: Sri Lankan government
armedForces Sri Lanka Air Force
Sri Lanka Army
Sri Lanka Navy
branch Government of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Ceylon
surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
constitutionalDocument 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka
surface form: 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 Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 Ceylon
surface form: 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 Sri Lanka
surface form: Democratic Socialist Republic of 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 unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka
surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
legislatureType unicameral parliament
linkLanguagePolicy English as link language
officialLanguagesPolicy Sinhala and Tamil as official languages
officialName Government of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eelam War IV conflictBetween Government of Sri Lanka
Dutch Fort Negombo heritageDesignationBy Government of Sri Lanka
JAF operator Government of Sri Lanka
subject surface form: Jaffna International Airport
Queen's House, Colombo ownedBy Government of Sri Lanka
Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Diyawanna Lake managementBy Government of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan government authorities
Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Northern Provincial Council higherLevelAuthority Government of Sri Lanka
Faculty of Arts and Culture operatedBy Government of Sri Lanka
subject surface form: Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka