# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sirimavo-bandaranaike
# Generated: 2026-08-16T01:13:40.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sirimavo-bandaranaike"
name: "Sirimavo Bandaranaike"
slug: "sirimavo-bandaranaike"
description: "Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000. A chairperson of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), she was the first woman in the world to be elected prime minister in 1960."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S._Bandaranaike_w_Polsce_(Sirimavo_cropped_close).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1916-04-17"
deathDate: "2000-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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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