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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.
Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: මෛත්රී වික්රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. She is a Sri Lankan academic, writer, and professor of English at the University of Kelaniya. [1] She specialises in gender and women's ...
However, the Theravada Buddhist canon was first put into writing in Sri Lanka, and the chronology of the following list is based on the traditional Therevada/Sri Lankan system, which is based on a parinibbana date of 543 BCE, sixty years earlier than the Mahayana calendar. Dates after c. 1048 are synchronous.
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 ...
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender parliamentary candidate aims to foster a more inclusive political culture.. Chanu Nimesha, 49, a member of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka, is contesting ...
Rajapaksa's term was disputed by Wickremesinghe and Sri Lanka had two concurrent prime ministerial claimants. After failing to conduct a majority support vote in the house, Rajapaksa's duties were suspended by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. [25] Subsequently resigned from office to pave way for Wickremesinghe. [26] (10) Ranil Wickremesinghe
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.