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National List: 30 October 1999: 86 Heart failure [36] Nadarajah Atputharajah: EPDP: Jaffna: 2 November 1999: 36 Assassinated [37] C. V. Gunaratne: PA: Colombo: 7 June 2000: Assassinated [38] M. Sivasithamparam: TNA: National List: 5 June 2002 [39] 78 Lakshman Kadirgamar: UPFA: National List: 12 August 2005: 73 Assassinated [40] Joseph ...
The first woman representative was Adeline Molamure, elected to the State Council, daughter of J. H. Meedeniya and wife of Alfred Francis Molamure, both State Councillors. 60 women have served in the legislature of Sri Lanka, including 13 who are currently serving, constituting over 5% of all current Members.
Also: Sri Lanka: People: By occupation: Political people: Politicians See also: Category:Politicians of Sri Lankan descent Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
The following is a list of Sri Lankan politicians. National. President Prime minister. Speaker of the Parliament. Leader of the Opposition. Cabinet Ministers ...
20th-century Sri Lankan women politicians (14 P) 21st-century Sri Lankan women politicians (31 P) F. ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
Parliament of Sri Lanka: Appointer: Electorates of Sri Lanka: Term length: 5 years; renewable: Constituting instrument: Constitution of Sri Lanka: Formation: 14 October 1947 (77 years ago) () First holder: 1st Parliament under the Soulbury Constitution: Salary: See salaries and benefits: Website: www.parliament.lk
Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs Sunethra Ranasinghe: Minister of Women's Affairs and Teaching Hospitals: 1985: Renuka Menike Herath: Minister of Health and Women's Affairs: 1989: Chandra Karunaratne: Minister of State of Women's Affairs: 1990: Srimani Athulathmudali: Minister of Transport, Highways, Environment and Women's ...
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.