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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( Sinhala: චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග; Tamil: சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 June 1945), commonly referred to by her initials CBK, is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fourth executive president of Sri Lanka, from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005.
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Apr 24, 2024 · Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (born June 29, 1945, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]) is a member of a prominent Sri Lankan political family, who was the first woman to serve as the country’s president (1994–2005). Chandrika Bandaranaike was the daughter of two former prime ministers.
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June 29, 1945) was the fifth President (and fourth to hold the office as Executive president) of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 – November 19, 2005). She was the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until the end of 2005. She was Sri Lanka's first female president winning two consecutive terms.
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.
Former Executive President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was born on June 29, 1945, into a family with a long history of public service. Her father, Solomon Bandaranaike, an Oxford educated barrister was elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1956. He was assassinated in 1959 when Chandrika was 14 years old.
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Aug 8, 2017 · About – President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. As President, Chandrika inherited a nation plagued with violent politics—a civil war between the government and separatist groups and a State guilty of massive human rights violations.
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.
