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Sirimavo Bandaranaike

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Birth
Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Death
10 Oct 2000 (aged 84)
Colombo, Colombo District, Western, Sri Lanka
Burial
Kandy, Kandy District, Central, Sri Lanka Add to Map
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Sri Lanka Prime Minister. The first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, she also was Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which her husband Solomon Bandaranaike founded. In all Bandaranaike served three terms as Prime Minister, 1960 to 1965, 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000. Bandaranaike died from a heart attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in October 2000, at the age of 84.
Sri Lanka Prime Minister. The first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, she also was Leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which her husband Solomon Bandaranaike founded. In all Bandaranaike served three terms as Prime Minister, 1960 to 1965, 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000. Bandaranaike died from a heart attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in October 2000, at the age of 84.

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  • Originally Created by: The Silent Forgotten
  • Added: Mar 4, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10556681/sirimavo-bandaranaike: accessed ), memorial page for Sirimavo Bandaranaike (17 Apr 1916–10 Oct 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10556681, citing Bandaranaike Family Estate, Kandy, Kandy District, Central, Sri Lanka; Maintained by Find a Grave.