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  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike (the first female Prime Minister in the world … in 1960!).

    Women Grow Business » Is Presidents’ Day Another Glass Ceiling? 2010

  • Ranasinghe PREMADASA (UNP) 50\%, Sirimavo BANDARANAIKE (SLFP) 45\%, other 5\%; note - following the assassination of President PREMADASA on

    The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA (since 12 November 1994); note - Sirimavo

    The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • V: Ok so you agree that Sirimavo and JRJ violated constitution.

    Kottu 2010

  • Sirimavo, the world's first female chief executive in modern times.

    unknown title 2009

  • Sirimavo, the world's first female chief executive in modern times.

    unknown title 2009

  • Sirimavo, the world's first female chief executive in modern times.

    unknown title 2009

  • SWRD and Sirimavo must be turning in their graves!

    LBO-Lanka Business Online 2009

  • When Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike was assassinated in 1959 trying to reconcile the two communities, his widow, Sirimavo, succeeded him, becoming the first woman in the world to hold the job of prime minister.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • Dinesh GUNAWARDENE; Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Sirimavo

    The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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