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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 it was known then. Click here to...
Oct 10, 2000 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 84, became the world's first elected woman prime minister on 20 July 1960. She served for 12 years and then returned to the post...
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 11, 2000 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, first woman in the world to serve as prime minister, dies at age 84, shortly after voting in Sri Lankan elections; she rose to power in 1960, year after her...
Oct 10, 2000 · 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...
Oct 10, 2000 · 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...
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.
