Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

E731189

President of Sri Lanka human politician

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country's president from 1994 to 2005 and is a prominent member of the influential Bandaranaike political family.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chandrika Kumaratunga	7
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8350432 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Context triple: [Sri Lanka Freedom Party, hasNotableLeader, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga]

A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and a long-serving leader of her country.
B. Sunethra Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and social activist from the prominent Bandaranaike political family.
C. Molly Dunuwila Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake was a Sri Lankan woman best known as the mother of Dudley Senanayake, who served multiple terms as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
D. Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
E. D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Target entity description: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the country's president from 1994 to 2005 and is a prominent member of the influential Bandaranaike political family.

A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and a long-serving leader of her country.
B. Sunethra Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and social activist from the prominent Bandaranaike political family.
C. Molly Dunuwila Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake was a Sri Lankan woman best known as the mother of Dudley Senanayake, who served multiple terms as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
D. Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
E. D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of Sri Lanka ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
awardReceived	Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Legion of Honour
causeOfInjury	1999 suicide bombing assassination attempt ⓘ
child	Vimukthi Kumaratunga NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasodhara Kumaratunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1945-06-29 ⓘ
educatedAt	Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ St Bridget’s Convent, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese ⓘ
familyName	Bandaranaike NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumaratunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Chandrika NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCauseOfDisability	loss of vision in one eye ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	People’s Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka Freedom Party NERFINISHED ⓘ United People’s Freedom Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Sirimavo Bandaranaike NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	first female executive president of Sri Lanka ⓘ member of prominent political dynasty in Sri Lanka ⓘ
notableWork	peace process with LTTE ⓘ
officeEndTime	2005-11-19 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1994-11-12 ⓘ
partOf	Bandaranaike family NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Minister of Western Province ⓘ Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka ⓘ Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka ⓘ President of Sri Lanka ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
residence	Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sibling	Anura Bandaranaike NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Vijaya Kumaratunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Mahinda Rajapaksa NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party → hasNotableLeader → Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ⓘ

Sri Lanka Freedom Party → notablePresidentFromParty → Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ⓘ

Tintagel, Colombo → notableResident → Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ⓘ

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike → child → Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ⓘ

subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike