The World Record “first female prime minister” has been achieved by Ms. Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike from Sri Lanka.

On July 20, 1960; Ms. Sirimavo Bandaranaike elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then the Dominion of Ceylon). She also chaired the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from 1960 to 1994 and served three terms as prime minister, two times as the chief executive, from 1960 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1977, and once again in a presidential system from 1994 to 2000.