
Chandrika Kumaratunga
politician
Who was Chandrika Kumaratunga?
Sri Lanka's first female President (1994-2005) and daughter of Prime Ministers S.W.R.D. and Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who initiated peace negotiations during the civil war.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Chandrika Kumaratunga (CC BY-SA 4.0).