children nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor president party office parents website successor religion primeminister article_title
yasodhara , vimukthi sri lankan 29 june 1945 19 november 2005 12 november 1994 18 november 2005 institut d'Études politiques de paris 5th 12 november 1994 19 august 1994 1994 vijaya kumaranatunga chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga as the president of sri lanka.jpg chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga h.e chandrika as the president in 2005 . dingiri banda wijetunga ranil wickremasinghe sirimavo bandaranaike dingiri banda wijetunga sri lanka freedom party president leader of the sri lanka freedom party of sri lanka prime minister of sri lanka -lcb- -lcb- ubl signature = signature of chandrika kumaratunga.svg mahinda rajapaksa sirimavo bandaranaike mahinda rajapaksa theravada buddhism sirimavo bandaranaike ratnasiri wickremanayake ranil wickremasinghe mahinda rajapaksa chandrika kumaratunga

chandrika kumaratunga

chandrika bandaranaike kumaratunga -lrb- , ; born 29 june 1945 -rrb- is a sri lankan politician who served as the fifth president of sri lanka , from 12 november 1994 to 19 november 2005 .
the country 's only female president to date , she is the daughter of two former prime ministers and also the leader of the sri lanka freedom party -lrb- slfp -rrb- until the end of 2005 .
