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The current First Lady of Sri Lanka is Mallika Dissanayaka, wife of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who has held the position since 23 September 2024. [2] [3] There have been no first gentlemen of Sri Lanka to date, since former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, the country's only female head of state, was a widow while in office.
Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: මෛත්රී වික්රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. She is a Sri Lankan academic, writer, and professor of English at the University of Kelaniya. [1] She specialises in gender and women's ...
Dissanayake was born in 1943. [1] [a] She was the daughter of Piyasena Lenaduwa from Galle in southern Ceylon. [2]She was educated at Ladies' College, Colombo. [2]After school Dissanayake joined Ceylon Law College where she met her future husband Gamini Dissanayake.
Seevali was the second known female monarch within Sri Lankan history and succeeded her brother Chulabhaya.She ruled the country only for about 4 months in the year 35 CE and was overthrown and succeeded by her nephew Ilanaga, presumably the son of her brother Chulabhaya, after an interregnum of 3 years. [3]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Attanagalla: 22 March 1965-20 December 1988 Elected to the office of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 21 July 1960, 29 May 1970, 22 May 1972 and 14 November 1994. Gampaha: 15 February 1989-24 June 1994 National List: 16 August 1994-18 August 2000 Sivagamie Obeyesekere: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Mirigama: 22 March 1965-18 ...
Pages in category "First ladies and gentlemen of Sri Lanka" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hema Premadasa (née Wickramatunge; born 27 October 1934) is a Sri Lankan politician and widow of Ranasinghe Premadasa, 3rd President of Sri Lanka. She was the first lady of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993, when her husband was assassinated. [1] As first lady, she visited accident sites and hospitals when Sri Lankans were injured. [2]
Seelawathie Rambukwella Gopallawa (died October 4, 1977) was a Sri Lankan public figure, First Lady of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1977, and wife of then-President William Gopallawa when she died. Gopallawa served as the country's inaugural first lady following her husband's assumption of the presidency in 1972.