{"id":4822,"date":"2020-12-18T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakvoter.org\/wie\/ur\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2020-12-18T07:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:33:36","slug":"chandrika-bandaranaike-kumaratunga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakvoter.org\/wie\/women-leaders\/chandrika-bandaranaike-kumaratunga\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]        <div class=\"breadcrumb-container theme5\">\r\n                    <ol>\r\n                    <li >\r\n            <a title=\"Back to\" href=\"#\">\r\n                <span>Back to<\/span>\r\n            <\/a>\r\n            <span class=\"separator\">&gt;&gt;<\/span>\r\n        <\/li>\r\n                <\/ol>\r\n            <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\r\n        {\r\n            \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\r\n            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\r\n            \"itemListElement\":\r\n            [\r\n                                        {\r\n                            \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\r\n                            \"position\":1,\r\n                            \"item\":\r\n                            {\r\n                                \"@id\": \"#\",\r\n                                \"name\": \"Back to\"\r\n                            }\r\n                        }                                    ]\r\n        }\r\n    <\/script>\r\n        <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n        .breadcrumb-container {\r\n            font-size: 13px;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container ul {\r\n            margin: 0;\r\n            padding: 0;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container li {\r\n            box-sizing: unset;\r\n            display: inline-block;\r\n            margin: 0;\r\n            padding: 0;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container li a {\r\n            box-sizing: unset;\r\n            padding: 0 10px;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container {\r\n            font-size: 12px  !important;\r\n            padding: ;\r\n            margin: ;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container li a{\r\n            color:  #fff  !important;\r\n            font-size:  12px  !important;\r\n            line-height:  12px  !important;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container li .separator {\r\n            color:   !important;\r\n            font-size:  12px  !important;\r\n        }\r\n                    .breadcrumb-container li:last-child .separator {\r\n                display: none;\r\n            }\r\n                <\/style>\r\n        <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n        .breadcrumb-container.theme5 li {\r\n            display: inline-block;\r\n            margin: 0 14px;\r\n            padding: 0;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .breadcrumb-container.theme5 a {\r\n            background: #2b7b4b;\r\n            color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\r\n            display: inline-block;\r\n            font-size: 14px;\r\n            height: 16px;\r\n            margin: 0;\r\n            padding: 5px 10px;\r\n            text-decoration: none;\r\n            position:relative;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .breadcrumb-container.theme5 a::before {\r\n            -moz-border-bottom-colors: none;\r\n            -moz-border-left-colors: none;\r\n            -moz-border-right-colors: none;\r\n            -moz-border-top-colors: none;\r\n            border-color: #2b7b4b #2b7b4b #2b7b4b rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\r\n            border-image: none;\r\n            border-style: solid;\r\n            border-width: 13px;\r\n            content: \" \";\r\n            display: block;\r\n            height: 0;\r\n            left: -18px;\r\n            position: absolute;\r\n            top: 0;\r\n            width: 0;\r\n        }\r\n        .breadcrumb-container.theme5 a::after {\r\n            -moz-border-bottom-colors: none;\r\n            -moz-border-left-colors: none;\r\n            -moz-border-right-colors: none;\r\n            -moz-border-top-colors: none;\r\n            border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) #2b7b4b;\r\n            border-image: none;\r\n            border-style: solid;\r\n            border-width: 13px;\r\n            content: \" \";\r\n            display: inline-block;\r\n            height: 0;\r\n            line-height: 0;\r\n            position: absolute;\r\n            right: -26px;\r\n            top: 0;\r\n            width: 0;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .breadcrumb-container.theme5 .separator {\r\n            display: none;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n    <\/style>\r\n        <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n        .breadcrumb-container{}\r\n.breadcrumb-container ul{}\r\n.breadcrumb-container li{}\r\n.breadcrumb-container a{}\r\n.breadcrumb-container .separator{}\r\n    <\/style>\r\n    <script>\r\n            <\/script>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;none&#8221; 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She is a\u00a0Sri Lankan\u00a0politician\u00a0who served as the fifth\u00a0President of Sri Lanka. This dates from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst her many other honor\u2019s, she is the country&#8217;s only\u00a0female president\u00a0till date. She hails from a political family and is the daughter of two former prime ministers and was the leader of the\u00a0Sri Lanka Freedom Party\u00a0(SLFP) until the end of 2005. In 2015 she was appointed as the chairperson of office for national unity and reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>Chandrika won the\u00a0presidential election in 1994\u00a0gaining a majority of of 62.28% of the vote. Becoming the first female President of Sri Lanka in November 1994, she appointed her mother to succeed her as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Her political career take another intense turn when in the year 1999, Kumaratunga lost vision in her right eye (permanent\u00a0optic nerve\u00a0damage) in an assassination attempt, by the\u00a0Tamil Tigers. This made her call an early presidential election. Once again, she came out victorious and managed to defeat\u00a0her opponent, Ranil Wickremasinghe\u00a0in the election held on 21 December 1999 and was sworn in for another term the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Her second term was one of the most challenging periods for the country. It saw the civil war aggravating with her government suffering major defeats against the opponents during the famous\u00a0Second Battle of Elephant Pass\u00a0and\u00a0Bandaranaike Airport attack. 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