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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.
In 2010, on the 50th anniversary of Bandaranaike's election as the world's first female prime minister, Sri Lankan parliamentarian Rosy Senanayake told the press that Sri Lanka had not made significant progress towards gender equality in politics: only 4.5 per cent of parliamentarians were women.
Two women have become Prime Minister and one has gone on to become the President of Sri Lanka. Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world's first female head of government on 21 July 1960, holding the post for a non-consecutive 17 years. Her daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga, became Sri Lanka's first modern female head of state and president. [1]
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Elina Jayewardene (née Bandara Rupasinghe; 15 December 1913 – 17 November 2007) was a Sri Lankan heiress and social worker, who was the wife of the second President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene and was the First Lady of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1988.
In 1972, Seelawathie Gopallawa became the first First Lady of Sri Lanka when Sri Lanka became a republic and her husband assumed the presidency. [1] Gopallawa served as the country's inaugural first lady until her death on October 4, 1977. [1] Her ashes were buried in the Gopallawa family cemetery in Dullewa following her cremation. [1]
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]
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 1960: Oliver Goonetilleke William Gopallawa: Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 1970: William Gopallawa: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 1994: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga: Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 1994: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Harini Amarasuriya: Prime ...