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Nov 29, 2021 · Nov. 29, 2021. Last week, Magdalena Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister — for all of seven hours. Less than a week later, the country’s Parliament has re-elected her to the ...
Nov 24, 2021 · Last modified on Thu 25 Nov 2021 07.41 EST. Sweden’s first female prime minister, the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, has resigned less than 12 hours into the job when her coalition ...
Jan 4, 2023 · After the elections Sirimavo Bandaranaike made history by becoming the first female Prime Minister in the World. Her active political life spans over 50 years, during this period she was Prime Minister for three times (1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000), the leader of Opposition for two times (1965-70, 1989-1994) and the leader of the SLFP.
Nov 29, 2021 · Ms Andersson had resigned just seven hours after first being elected prime minister last week. But in a 101-173 vote with 75 abstentions, the 349-seat Riksdag again elected Ms Andersson, leader of ...
First female Prime Minister (1960–1965) Bandaranaike praying in a 1962 photograph described as the "Praying Premier" by the Associated Press. On 21 July 1960, following a landslide victory for the Freedom Party, Bandaranaike was sworn in as the first female prime minister in the world, as well as Minister of Defence and External Affairs.
6 days ago · Sirimavo Bandaranaike (born April 17, 1916, Ratnapura, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]—died October 10, 2000, Colombo, Sri Lanka) was a 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 ...
Feb 1, 2021 · Last modified on Mon 1 Feb 2021 02.51 EST. Estonia’s first female prime minister has promised to implement changes in both style and substance in the governance of the Baltic nation, as she ...
