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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 ...
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 ...
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.
The following is a list of Sri Lankan politicians. National. President Prime minister. Speaker of the Parliament. Leader of the Opposition. Cabinet Ministers ...
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.
21st-century Sri Lankan women politicians (31 P) F. First ladies and gentlemen of Sri Lanka (10 P) G. Women government ministers of Sri Lanka (13 P) L.
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.
Anura Bandaranaike (15 February 1949 – 16 March 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician, who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held several cabinet ministries: as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005, Minister of Higher Education (1993–1994), Minister of Tourism (April 2004 ...