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{{Short description|Central government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka}}
{{Infobox presidential government
| government_name = Government of Sri Lanka
| nativename= ''[[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]'': ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය<br> ''[[Sri Lankan Tamil dialects|Tamil]]'': இலங்கை அரசாங்கம்
| image = Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg
| caption = [[Emblem of Sri Lanka|Emblem of the GoSL]]
| date = {{start date and age|1978}}<br> (under current constitution)
| jurisdiction = The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
| url = {{URL|https://www.gov.lk/welcome.html}}
| legislature = [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]
| meeting_place = [[Sri Lankan Parliament Building|New Parliament Complex]]
| leader_title = [[President of Sri Lanka]]
| headquarters = [[Presidential Secretariat]]
| appointed =
| main_organ = [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka|Cabinet]]
| departments =
| court = [[Supreme Court of Sri Lanka]]
| seat = [[Colombo]] and [[Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]],<br> [[Colombo District]]
|document= [[Constitution of Sri Lanka]]
}}

The '''Government of [[Sri Lanka]]''' ('''GoSL''') ({{lang-si|ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය|Śrī Lankā Rajaya}}) is a [[semi-presidential system]] determined by the [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan Constitution]]. It administers the island from both its commercial capital of [[Colombo]] and the administrative capital of [[Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boxall |first=Sheryl |title=International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia, Volume 2 |date=2008 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-99255-2 |editor-last=DeRouen |editor-first=Karl |location=Westport, Connecticut, USA |page=728 |language=en |editor-last2=Bellamy |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref>

[[File:Old Parliament Building, Colombo.JPG|thumb|Presidential Secretariat, [[Fort (Colombo)|Colombo 1]]]]

==Constitution==
{{Main article|Constitution of Sri Lanka}}

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. As of October 2020 it has been formally amended 20 times.

==Executive branch==
{{Main article|President of Sri Lanka}}

The President, directly elected for a five-year term, is head of state, [[head of government]], and [[commander-in-chief]] of the armed forces. The election occurs under the [[Sri Lankan contingent vote|Sri Lankan form of the contingent vote]]. Responsible to Parliament for the exercise of duties under the constitution and laws, the president may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of Parliament with the concurrence of the Supreme Court.

The President appoints and heads a [[Cabinet of Sri Lanka|cabinet]] of ministers responsible to Parliament. The President's deputy is the [[prime minister]], who leads the ruling party in Parliament. The President can dissolve the cabinet and appoint a new one at any time.

<center>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Main office holders
|-
! Office !! Name !! Party !! Since
|-
|[[President of Sri Lanka|President]]
| [[Gotabaya Rajapaksa]]
|[[Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna]]
|18 November 2019
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka|Prime Minister]]
| [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]]
|[[Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna]]
|21 November 2019
|}{{clear}}
</center>

==Elections==
{{main article|Elections in Sri Lanka}}
Sri Lanka elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Parliament has 225 members, elected for a five-year term, 196 members elected in multi-seat constituencies through proportional representation system where each party is allocated a number of seats from the quota for each district according to the proportion of the total vote that party obtains in the district.

==Legislative branch==
{{Main article|Parliament of Sri Lanka}}

[[File:The Parliament of Sri Lanka.jpg|thumb|The Parliament of Sri Lanka]]

The [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]] has 225 members, elected for a six-year term, 196 members elected in multi-seat [[constituency|constituencies]] and 29 by [[proportional representation]]. The President may summon, suspend, or end a legislative session and dissolve Parliament any time after it has served for one year. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws.

The primary modification is that the party that receives the largest number of valid votes in each constituency gains a unique "bonus seat" (''see'' Hickman, 1999). Since its independence in 1948, Sri Lanka has remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

==Judicial branch==
{{further information|Judiciary of Sri Lanka|Law of Sri Lanka}}

[[File:Supreme Court Colombo.jpg|thumb|Supreme Court Complex, [[Hultsdorf]]]]

The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the country. It is set out in the constitution, which defines courts as independent institutions within the traditional framework of [[Separation of powers|checks and balances]]. The Sri Lankan courts are presided over by [[judge|professional judges]], judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] with the nomination of the [[Parliamentary Council]], others by the [[Judicial Service Commission (Sri Lanka)|Judicial Service Commission]].<ref name="Commonwealth Governance">{{Cite web |title=Judicial System of Sri Lanka |url=http://www.commonwealthgovernance.org/countries/asia/sri_lanka/judicial-system/ |access-date=17 November 2013 |publisher=Commonwealth Governance}}</ref>

Sri Lanka has a legal system which is an amalgam of English [[common law]], [[Roman-Dutch law|Roman-Dutch civil law]] and [[Customary Law]].

{{Politics of Sri Lanka}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Sri Lanka}}

;General
* [http://www.gov.lk/ Government of Sri Lanka]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150810070644/http://www.priu.gov.lk/ The Official Website of the Data and Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka]
;Law
* [http://www.jsc.gov.lk/ Official site of the Judicial Service Commission Secretariat]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010501035354/http://www.lawnet.lk/ Sri Lanka's Legal Information Network]
;Executive Branch
* [http://www.president.gov.lk/ Official site of the Presidency]
* [http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/ Official site of the Presidential Secretariat]
;Legislative Branch
* [http://www.parliament.lk/ Official site of the Parliament of Sri Lanka]
;Judiciary
* [http://www.supremecourt.lk/ Official site of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka]
* [http://courtofappeal.lk/ Official site of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka]
;Others
* [http://www.news.lk/ Official Government News Portal]

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