Bandaranaike
sirimavo [see-ree-mah-vaw] /ˌsi riˈmɑ vɔ/ (show ipa), 1916–2000, sri lankan political leader: prime minister of sri lanka (ceylon) 1960–65, 1970–77.
noun
chandrika see k-maratunge
sirimavo (ˌsɪrɪˈmɑːvəʊ). 1916–2000, prime minister of sri lanka, formerly ceylon (1960–65; 1970–77; 1994–2000); the world’s first woman prime minister
her husband, solomon. 1899–1959, prime minister of ceylon (1956–59); -ss-ssinated
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