First Lady of Sri Lanka
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First Lady of Sri Lanka

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#	Image	First Lady	Birth	Marriage	President (Husband, unless noted)	Tenure began	Age at tenure start	Tenure ended	Length of retirement	Death	Lifespan	Notes

1	Portrait of Shiranthi Rajapaksa	Seelawathie Gopallawa (née Rambukwella)	8 March 1928	William Gopallawa	1972	1978

2	Elina Jayewardene (née Rupasinghe)	15 December 1913	28 February 1935	J. R. Jayewardene	1978	64 years, 51 days	1989	6,893 days	17 November 2007	34,305 days (93 years, 337 days)

3	Hema Premadasa (née Wickrematunge)	23 June 1964	Ranasinghe Premadasa	1989	1993

4	Wimalawathi Kumarihami	Dingiri Banda Wijetunga	1993	1994

–	Position vacant	Chandrika Kumaratunga	1994	2005	Kumaratunga's husband, actor and politician Vijaya Kumaratunga, was assassinated in 1988 before she became president.

5	Portrait of Shiranthi Rajapaksa	Shiranthi Rajapaksa (née Wickramasinghe)	1983	Mahinda Rajapaksa	2005	2015

6	Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari	Maithripala Sirisena	2015	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Sri Lanka's current First Lady is Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari, the wife of President Maithripala Sirisena, held the position as President since 2015.

final_sentence: Sri Lanka's current First Lady is Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari, the wife of President Maithripala Sirisena, held the position as President since 2015.