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Sri Lanka's new PM pursued her bachelor's from India univ
The Morning Standard
|September 25, 2024
SRI LANKA's new prime minister Harini Amarasuriya, 54, a university lecturer and activist, comes from a similar background as that of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and both are members of the Marxist-leaning National People's Power coalition.
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The last woman to serve as prime minister, the second most-powerful position after the president, was Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She was also the world's first female head of government when she took up the post in 1960, and served three terms until 2000.
This story is from the September 25, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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