Chandrika Kumaratunga is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Chandrika Kumaratunga as President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005.
Chandrika Kumaratunga was born at Colombo in 1945. Her recorded nationality is Sri Lanka. She was educated at Sciences Po and Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The record of office reads: President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005), Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1994–1994).
Her political affiliation is recorded as Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Her name is attached above all to Sri Lanka Freedom Party from 1994 to 2006. The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
Formal honours included the Commander of the Legion of Honour.
That the career was made in Sri Lanka is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Achievements
- President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)
- Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1994–1994)
- Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (1994–2001)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Educated at Sciences Po and Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence
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