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Chandrika Kumaratunga
First female President of Sri Lanka
Did you know?Both of her parents served as prime ministers of the country, making her family one of the most prominent in Sri Lankan politics.
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (Sinhala: චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග; Tamil: சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; née Bandaranaike; born 29 June 1945), commonly referred to by her initials CBK, is a Sri Lankan stateswoman who served as the fifth president of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005.
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- Age
- 81
- Status
- Living
- Born
- June 29, 1945 · Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Nationality
- Sri Lankan
- Known for
- Politics
Family
- Father
- S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
- Mother
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- Spouse
- Vijaya Kumaranatunga
- Children
- Vimukthi Kumaratunga, Yasodhara Kumaratunga
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- Born on June 29Born on June 29 too? You share your birthday with Chandrika Kumaratunga, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Giacomo Leopardi and 24 more famous people. See your full list of birthday twins.Date page
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- Birth anniversaryChandrika Kumaratunga's 82nd birthday is in 249 days. If it's your birthday too, it's a double celebration!82nd
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