# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chandrika-kumaratunga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:16:11.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chandrika-kumaratunga"
name: "Chandrika Kumaratunga"
slug: "chandrika-kumaratunga"
description: "Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, commonly referred to by her initials CBK, is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fifth president of Sri Lanka from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005. She is the longest-serving president in Sri Lankan history. She led the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from 1994 to 2006."
tagline: "President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chandrika_Kumaratunga.jpg?width=1200"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1945-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump