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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 ...
Women mayors of places in Sri Lanka (2 P) P. ... Pages in category "Sri Lankan women in politics" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
But since Sri Lanka introduced the universal franchise in 1931, the number of women in parliament has never crossed a threshold of 7%. Today, they are just 5.3% of its 225 members, and ...
The 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka (10th Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with its membership determined by the results of the 2024 parliamentary election held on 14 November 2024. [1] [2] The parliament met for the first time on 21 November 2024. [3]
List of Sri Lanka women Test cricketers; M. List of female cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka This page was last edited on 26 June 2022, at 19:46 (UTC). Text ...
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 1994: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Harini Amarasuriya: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 2024: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Ethnic Relations and National Integration: 1994: Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs Sunethra ...
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...