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In December 2001, her party the People's Alliance lost the parliamentary election to the UNP, and her political opponent, Ranil Wickremasinghe, became Sri Lanka's new prime minister. She continued as president of Sri Lanka although her relationship with the Wickremasinghe government was a strained one.
Apr 24, 2024 · In elections held on August 16, 1994, the People’s Alliance took the largest number of seats in parliament, and on August 19 Kumaratunga became prime minister. She then won a landslide victory in the presidential election held on November 9 when she defeated Srima Dissanayake, widow of the United National Party (UNP) candidate Gamini ...
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May 18, 2018 · In 1994, Sri Lankan voters elected Chandrika Kumaratunga (born 1945) as their first female president, partly with the hope that this daughter of two political veterans might be able to end an interminable and bloody ethnic conflict in the Tamil–dominated northern part of the country.
Kumaratunga was elected as the Chief Minister of the Western Province of Sri Lanka in 1993 in a land slide election victory. Kumaratunga herself was elected Prime Minister of a People's Alliance (PA) government on August 19, 1994, and President in the presidential election held shortly thereafter in November.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was appointed as the prime minister for a third and final term when her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga was appointed as the president of Sri Lanka. Resigned in 2000. [17] Wickremanayake assumed the office of prime minister following the resignation of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
No.No.PortraitName (birth–death) Constituency/title1D. S. Senanayake දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක ...24 September 194722 March 1952†1D. S. Senanayake දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක ...1D. S. Senanayake දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක ...4 years, 5 months and 27 days4 years, 5 months and 27 days2Dudley Senanayake ඩඩ්ලි ෂෙල්ටන් සෙනානායක ...26 March 195212 October 1953Aug 8, 2017 · Following the death of her husband, Chandrika’s mother, Sirimavo, entered politics and became the world’s first female Prime Minister when she was elected into office in 1960. She served a total of three terms and 18 years as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Image via APB Speakers. Chandrika Kumaratunga was elected Executive President from 1994-2005, becoming Sri Lanka's first and only female Executive President. Former Executive President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was born on June 29, 1945 into a family with a long history of public service.
