Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

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Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, better known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and served three terms as the country’s head of government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
politician
prime minister
stateswoman
birthDate 1916-04-17
birthPlace British Ceylon
Ratnapura
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Anura Bandaranaike
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga

Sunethra Bandaranaike
countryOfCitizenship Dominion of Ceylon
Sri Lanka
deathDate 2000-10-10
deathPlace Colombo
Sri Lanka
educatedAt St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo
surface form: St Bridget’s Convent, Colombo
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
familyName Bandaranaike
Ratwatte
fullName Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike self-linksurface differs
givenName Sirima
honorificPrefix Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike self-linksurface differs
honorificSuffix widow of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
notableFor being the world’s first female prime minister
notableWork leadership in the 1970–1977 United Front government of Sri Lanka
numberOfChildren 3
officeEnd 1965-03-25
1977-07-23
2000-08-10
officeStart 1960-07-21
1970-05-29
1994-11-14
parliamentaryBody Parliament of Ceylon
unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka
surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka
Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Ceylon
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
precededBy Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga

Dudley Senanayake
religion Buddhism
sexOrGender female
spouse S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
succeededBy Dudley Senanayake
J. R. Jayewardene

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike fullName Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
this entity surface form: Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike givenName Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
this entity surface form: Sirimavo
Sirimavo Bandaranaike honorificPrefix Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka draftedUnderGovernmentOf Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike fullName Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike honorificPrefix Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike