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)

Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga was President from 1994 to 2005. She was a widower because her husband, film star Vijaya Kumaratunga, was killed. She was also the first female President of Sri Lanka.

final_sentence: Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga was President from 1994 to 2005. She was a widower because her husband, film star Vijaya Kumaratunga, was killed. She was also the first female President of Sri Lanka.