Monday, January 21, 2013

First woman prime minister in the world

                                  First woman prime minister in the world

The first woman prime minister in the world is Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike  . She was a Srilankan politician and the modern world's first female head of government.
She served prime minister of Sri Lanka , 3 times . She was also the widow of a previous Sri Lankan prime minister , Solomon Bandaranaike and the mother of Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga as well as Anura Bandaranaike , former speaker and cabinet minister.
She was born on 17 Apr 1916. She led her party SLFP, to win the elections 1960 . On 21 July 1960 , she became prime minister thus becoming the first female prime minister in the world.

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