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KUMARATUNGA, CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | The daughter of two former prime ministers, the assassinated (1959) Solomon Bandaranaike and his wife, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and the widow of Vijaya Kumartunga, another slain (1988) political leader, she is an economist and a member of the Peoples Alliance (PA) party. |
 | | In 1994 she became chief minister of Sri Lankas Western Province and, after the PAs election victory ended 17 years of rule by the United National party, became prime minister of Sri Lanka. |
 | | In 1999 she was injured in a suicide bombing during a campaign rally; she was returned to office by a narrow margin. |
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