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Aug 29, 2024 · In fact, fewer than one-third of the world’s countries have ever had a female leader. Who are these trailblazers? In the timeline below, discover some of the first women to head their countries, from Sirimavo Bandaranaike in Ceylon to Angela Merkel in Germany.
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5 days ago · Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination.
6 days ago · After a period of political instability, his widow, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was persuaded to gather together the fragments of the SLFP. In 1960 she formed a government, thus becoming the first woman in the world to hold the office of prime minister.
3 days ago · Sri Lanka, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. Proximity to the Indian subcontinent has facilitated close cultural interaction between Sri Lanka and India from ancient times. Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain in 1948.
Aug 15, 2024 · Sri Lanka once led the world in progressive politics, proudly electing Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the world’s first female head of state in 1960.
Aug 17, 2024 · Across the globe, 127 women have served as heads of state of 93 nations ever since 1962, when the first one – Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) – led her party to office. Where else...
Aug 21, 2024 · The book is about the tyranny of the University President P.W. Vithanage who was appointed by Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike after sacking of the immensely popular previous President Prof George Kodithuwakku.
