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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.
Pages in category "Sri Lankan women in politics" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
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.
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 ...
Sarojini Yogeswaran (née Ponnambalam; died in 1998) was the first female mayor of Jaffna, a city in Sri Lanka.She served from 1997 until her assassination.Yogeswaran was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front and was the first elected mayor in 14 years.
The following is a list of Sri Lankan politicians. National. President Prime minister. Speaker of the Parliament. Leader of the Opposition. Cabinet Ministers ...
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.