ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ

Her Excellency
ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ
Her Excellency; ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ
᱕ ᱟᱱᱤᱡ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ
	ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ; ᱑᱒ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱑᱙᱙᱔ – ᱑᱙ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱒᱐᱐᱕
ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱱᱛᱨᱤ	ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱢᱟᱵᱷᱚ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱨ; ᱨᱚᱛᱱᱚᱥᱤᱨᱤ ᱣᱤᱠᱨᱮᱢᱟᱱᱟᱭᱟᱠᱮ; ᱨᱟᱱᱤᱞ ᱣᱤᱠᱨᱮᱢᱟᱱᱟᱭᱟᱠᱮ; ᱢᱚᱦᱤᱱᱫᱨᱚ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱯᱟᱠᱥᱟ
ᱢᱟᱬᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱰᱤᱝᱜᱤᱨᱤ ᱵᱟᱱᱫᱟ ᱣᱤᱡᱮᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ
ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱢᱚᱦᱤᱱᱫᱨᱚ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱯᱟᱠᱥᱟ
᱑᱑ ᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ
	ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ; ᱑᱙ ᱚᱜᱚᱥᱴ ᱑᱙᱙᱔ – ᱑᱒ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱑᱙᱙᱔
ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ	ᱰᱤᱝᱜᱤᱨᱤ ᱵᱟᱱᱫᱟ ᱣᱤᱡᱮᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ
ᱢᱟᱬᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱨᱟᱱᱤᱞ ᱣᱤᱠᱨᱮᱢᱮᱥᱤᱝᱜᱷᱮ
ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱢᱟᱵᱷᱚ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ
Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
	ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ; ᱑᱙ ᱚᱜᱚᱥᱴ ᱑᱙᱙᱔ – ᱑᱙ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱒᱐᱐᱕
ᱢᱟᱬᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱢᱟᱵᱷᱚ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ
ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱢᱚᱦᱤᱱᱫᱨᱚ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱯᱟᱠᱥᱟ
Member of the ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ Parliament; for ᱜᱚᱢᱯᱟᱦᱟ
	ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ; ᱑᱙ ᱚᱜᱚᱥᱴ ᱑᱙᱙᱔ – ᱑᱒ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱑᱙᱙᱔
Majority	464,588 Preferential Votes
Chief Minister of the Western Province
	ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ; ᱒᱑ ᱢᱮ ᱑᱙᱙᱓ – ᱒᱐ ᱚᱜᱚᱥᱴ ᱑᱙᱙᱔
ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ	Suppiah Sharvananda; D. M. Swaminathan
ᱢᱟᱬᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱥᱩᱥᱤᱞ ᱢᱩᱱᱮᱥᱤᱝᱜᱷᱮ
ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ	ᱢᱳᱨᱨᱤᱥ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱯᱟᱠᱥᱟ
ᱯᱟᱨᱥᱚᱱᱟᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱱ
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ	ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱵᱷᱚᱵᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ; ᱒᱙ ᱡᱩᱱ ᱑᱙᱔᱕ (᱗᱙ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ); ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ, ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱤᱞᱚᱱ
ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱫᱚᱞ	ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱰᱚᱢ ᱯᱟᱨᱴᱤ
ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ; ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭ	People's Alliance(1994–2004); United People's Freedom Alliance(2004-2006)
ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱥᱚᱦᱮᱫ	Vijaya Kumaranatunga; (m. 1978; died 1988)
ᱦᱚᱯᱚᱱ	ᱭᱟᱥᱚᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ ; ᱵᱷᱤᱢᱩᱠᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ
ᱜᱳ/ᱵᱟᱵᱟ	Solomon Bandaranaike(Father); Sirima Ratwatte(Mother)
ᱚᱲᱟᱜ	ᱦᱚᱨᱟᱜᱚᱞᱞᱟ ᱣᱟᱞᱟᱣᱩᱣᱟ
ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ	Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence ; Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
ᱥᱩᱦᱤ

ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨᱛᱩᱸᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ (ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ: ᱒᱙ ᱡᱩᱱ ᱑᱙᱔᱕) ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟᱭ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ, ᱩᱱᱤᱫᱚ ᱑᱒ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱑᱙᱙᱔ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱑᱙ ᱱᱚᱵᱷᱮᱢᱵᱚᱨ ᱒᱐᱐᱕ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱭᱟᱱᱤᱡ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱱᱤᱛᱚᱜ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡᱤᱜ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱛᱤᱨᱞᱟᱹ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ, ᱱᱩᱠᱤᱱ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱵᱤᱴᱤ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱤᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱨ ᱒᱐᱐᱕ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱰᱚᱢ ᱯᱟᱨᱴᱤ (ᱮᱥᱮᱞᱮᱯᱷᱯᱤ) ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱟᱭᱩᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾^[᱑]^[᱒]^[᱓]

ᱱᱤᱡᱟᱹᱨᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ

ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ ᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱒᱙ ᱡᱩᱱ ᱑᱙᱔᱕ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱜᱤᱰᱯᱷᱚᱨᱰ ᱠᱨᱤᱥᱮᱸᱴ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱣᱮᱸᱴᱣᱚᱨᱛᱷ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱚᱞᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱣᱮᱥᱴ ᱨᱤᱡᱽᱵᱷᱮ ᱰᱟᱭᱚᱥ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱢᱟ ᱨᱚᱛᱣᱟᱴᱮ ᱰᱟᱭᱚᱥ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ ᱟᱜ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱞᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ ᱾ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱨᱚᱥᱢᱤᱰ ᱯᱞᱮᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱚᱵᱮᱞᱤ ᱨᱮᱠᱚ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱣ ᱮᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱟᱡ ᱜᱚᱲᱚᱢ ᱦᱟᱲᱟᱢᱮ ᱠᱤᱨᱤᱧ ᱞᱮᱫᱼᱟ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ ᱾

ᱟᱡ ᱵᱟᱵᱟ ᱮᱥ. ᱰᱟᱵᱽᱞᱩ. ᱟᱨ. ᱰᱤ. ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱥᱯᱷᱚᱨᱰ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱵᱮᱨᱤᱥᱴᱚᱨ ᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱚᱠᱟᱞ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱪᱟᱪᱞᱟᱣ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱢᱯᱚᱸᱛᱷᱤ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞ ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱥᱚᱵᱷᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱯᱷᱚᱞᱚᱣᱟᱨ ᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ ᱾ ᱱᱩᱭ ᱥᱚᱞᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱰᱟᱭᱚᱥ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ, ᱢᱚᱦᱟ ᱢᱩᱫᱟᱞᱤᱭᱟᱨ, ᱥᱤᱞᱚᱱ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ ᱭᱤᱡ ᱢᱩᱬ ᱥᱤᱞᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱯᱨᱤᱡᱮᱱᱴᱟᱴᱚᱵᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱞᱟᱦᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱤᱡ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱵᱮᱴᱟ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱟᱡ ᱟᱭᱳ ᱥᱤᱨᱤᱢᱟ ᱨᱚᱛᱣᱟᱴᱮ ᱰᱟᱭᱚᱥ ᱵᱷᱚᱱᱰᱟᱨᱱᱟᱭᱠᱮ, ᱵᱟᱱᱨᱥ ᱨᱚᱴᱣᱟᱴᱮ ᱫᱤᱥᱟᱣᱟ ᱭᱤᱡ ᱵᱤᱴᱤ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ, ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱱᱤᱭᱟᱞ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱞᱚᱝᱜᱚᱰᱟ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱱ ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱛᱢᱟᱭᱟ ᱫᱚᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱴᱮ ᱢᱟ, ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱑᱘᱑᱕ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱰᱚᱭᱚᱱ ᱥᱮᱢᱞᱮᱫ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱜᱽᱱᱮᱴᱟᱨ, ᱢᱟᱴᱟᱞᱮ ᱭᱤᱡ ᱨᱚᱛᱣᱟᱴᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱤᱥᱟᱣᱟ ᱭᱤᱡ ᱵᱚᱝᱥᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾^[᱔]

ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫ

ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱮᱸᱴ ᱵᱨᱤᱡᱮᱴ ᱠᱚᱱᱵᱷᱮᱸᱴ, ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱠᱷᱱᱟᱹᱛ ᱞᱮᱫᱼᱟ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ, ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱱᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱜᱽᱨᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱨᱳᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱮᱛᱷᱚᱞᱤᱠ ᱮᱠᱣᱤᱱᱟᱥ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱫ ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ ᱠᱚᱞᱮᱡᱽ, ᱠᱚᱞᱚᱢᱵᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱚᱞᱚ ᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱑᱙᱖᱗ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤᱫᱚ ᱤᱱᱥᱴᱤᱴᱭᱩᱴ ᱚᱯᱷ ᱯᱷᱮᱨᱮᱸᱪ ᱤᱥᱴᱟᱰᱤᱡᱽ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱟᱝᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱟᱱᱩᱱ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱹᱛ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ ᱮᱠᱣᱤᱱᱟᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ ᱜᱤᱫᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱚᱱᱰᱮ ᱩᱱᱤᱫᱚ ᱤᱱᱥᱴᱤᱴᱭᱩᱴ ᱰᱤ'ᱮᱴᱭᱩᱰᱥ ᱯᱚᱞᱤᱴᱤᱠᱥ ᱰᱤ'ᱮᱠᱥᱼᱮᱱᱼᱯᱨᱚᱵᱮᱸᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱷᱮᱨᱮᱸᱪ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱚᱝᱥᱠᱨᱤᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱚᱨᱥ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱵᱤᱛᱟᱹᱣ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱑᱙᱖᱘ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱱᱤᱫᱚ ᱤᱱᱥᱴᱤᱴᱭᱩᱴ ᱰᱤ'ᱮᱴᱭᱩᱰᱥ ᱯᱚᱞᱤᱴᱤᱠᱥ ᱰᱮ ᱯᱮᱨᱤᱥ (ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱸᱥᱮᱥ ᱯᱚ) ᱨᱮ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱑᱙᱗᱐ ᱥᱟᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱞᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱰᱤᱯᱞᱚᱢᱟ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱜᱨᱮᱡᱩᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ,

ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

↑ "BBC Profile: Chandrika Kumaratunga". BBC News. 26 August 2005.
↑ "Chandrika".
↑ Skard, Torild "Chandrika Kumaratunga" in Women of Power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, 2014, 978-1-44731-578-0
↑ Skard, Torild "Sirimavo Bandaranaike" and "Chandrika Kumaratunga", 2014

ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

The Bandaranaike Ancestry
The Ratwatte Ancestry
Economic and political agenda of a people's President
Sri Lanka Freedom Party's official Website
Profile by BBC
Search BBC for news about Chandrika Kumaratunga
Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka
Profile of Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga on Sri Lankan government website
Personal reminiscence of meeting with the Sri Lankan President by S. Abbas Raza of 3 Quarks Daily.

ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:S-dip

ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱚᱯᱷᱤᱥ
ᱞᱟᱦᱟ ᱛᱮᱱᱤᱡ Ranil Wickremesinghe	Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1994	ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮᱱᱤᱡ Sirimavo Bandaranaike
ᱞᱟᱦᱟ ᱛᱮᱱᱤᱡ Dingiri Banda Wijetunga	President of Sri Lanka 1994–2005	ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮᱱᱤᱡ Mahinda Rajapaksa
ᱞᱟᱦᱟ ᱛᱮᱱᱤᱡ Maumoon Abdul Gayoom	Chairperson of SAARC 1998	ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮᱱᱤᱡ Sher Bahadur Deuba

ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Sri Lankan finance ministers ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Gampaha ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Chief Ministers of Western Province

[chandrika-profile-1] "BBC Profile: Chandrika Kumaratunga". BBC News. 26 August 2005.

[chandrika-britannica-2] "Chandrika".

[3] Skard, Torild "Chandrika Kumaratunga" in Women of Power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, 2014, 978-1-44731-578-0

[4] Skard, Torild "Sirimavo Bandaranaike" and "Chandrika Kumaratunga", 2014

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