Sirimavo Bandaranaike

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and a long-serving leader of her country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan
human
politician
prime minister
stateswoman
birthDate 1916-04-17
birthPlace Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
surface form: Ratnapura, British Ceylon
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Anura Bandaranaike
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994)
surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon

Sri Lanka
deathDate 2000-10-10
educatedAt St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
familyName Bandaranaike International Airport
surface form: Bandaranaike
fullName Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
surface form: Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
gender female
givenName Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
surface form: Sirimavo
headOfGovernmentOf Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon

Sri Lanka
honorificPrefix Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
motherTongue Sinhala
movement Non-Aligned Movement
surface form: non-aligned movement
notableFor being the first female head of government in the modern world
being the world’s first female prime minister
numberOfChildren 3
officeEnd Prime Minister of Ceylon, 1965-03-25
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1977-07-23
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 2000-08-10
officeStart Prime Minister of Ceylon, 1960-07-21
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1970-05-29
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1994-11-14
participatedIn Non-Aligned Movement summits
placeOfDeath Colombo
surface form: Colombo, Sri Lanka
politicalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition (Ceylon)
surface form: Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)

Minister of Defence
surface form: Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka

Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Ceylon
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
precededBy Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994)
Dudley Senanayake
surface form: Dudley Senanayake (as Prime Minister in 1960)

Dudley Senanayake
surface form: Dudley Senanayake (as Prime Minister in 1970)
religion Buddhism
residence Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka
spouse S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
succeededBy Dudley Senanayake
surface form: Dudley Senanayake (as Prime Minister in 1965)

J. R. Jayewardene (as Prime Minister in 1977)
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000)

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Dominion of Ceylon headOfGovernment Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Dominion of Ceylon lastPrimeMinister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Dudley Senanayake precededBy Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Dudley Senanayake succeededBy Sirimavo Bandaranaike
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike spouse Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Ceylon lastHolder Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Ceylon officeHoldersInclude Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasNotableLeader Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Tintagel, Colombo notableResident Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike mother Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike mother Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike notableRelative Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) primeMinisterDuringPresidency Sirimavo Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) succeededBy Sirimavo Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
this entity surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike (as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1994)
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) mother Sirimavo Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000) precededBy Sirimavo Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo hasNotableAlumna Sirimavo Bandaranaike
St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo notableFor Sirimavo Bandaranaike
this entity surface form: alumna Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world’s first female prime minister
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka associatedWith Sirimavo Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Horagolla Walauwa
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka hasSignificantPersonBuriedNearby Sirimavo Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Horagolla Walauwa
J. R. Jayewardene precededBy Sirimavo Bandaranaike