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Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (Sinhala: සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; Tamil: சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician.
Jun 10, 2024 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike, stateswoman who, upon her party’s victory in the 1960 general election in Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), became the world’s first woman prime minister. She left office in 1965 but returned to serve two more terms (1970–77, 1994–2000) as prime minister.
Mar 6, 2023 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected the modern world’s first female head of government in 1960, when she became the prime minister of Sri Lanka, or Ceylon as i...
Jun 8, 2018 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike (born 1916) became the first woman prime minister in the world when she was chosen to head the Sri Lankan Freedom Party government in 1960, following the assassination of her husband. She pursued policies of nonalignment abroad and democratic socialism at home.
Oct 10, 2000 · Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike - the world's first woman prime minister - has died only two months after finally giving up her post.
Oct 10, 2000 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who 40 years ago became the world's first female prime minister, died of a heart attack Tuesday after voting in parliamentary elections. She...
Sri Lankan politician and the first woman prime minister in the world, who led her country through a stressful period of national growth and raised Sri Lanka to a respectable position in the community of Asian nations. Name variations: Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike.
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960.
Oct 19, 2000 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike, a “first” among women, died on October 10th, aged 84. Oct 19th 2000 |. FAME came suddenly to Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka in 1960 when she was made the world's...
Oct 10, 2000 · BANGALORE, India, Oct. 10 — Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, the first woman in the world to serve as a prime minister, died today shortly after voting in Sri Lanka's elections. She was 84.
