Ruler · 1945 – present

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Born 1945, living; politician. President of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka), 1994 – 2005.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1945; living
In office: 11 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sri Lanka
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka · the 5th of 10 dated reigns · 1972 – 2024

1 before

J. R. Jayewardene1978 – 1989

Ranasinghe Premadasa1989 – 1993

D. B. Wijetunga1993 – 1994

Chandrika Kumaratunga1994 – 2005

Mahinda Rajapaksa2005 – 2015

Maithripala Sirisena2015 – 2019

Gotabaya Rajapaksa2019 – 2022

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battleleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1994 – 2005 · 11 years · came to it aged 49

Came to it: elected
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Chandrika won the presidential election in 1994 gaining 62.28% of the vote.

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