1945 - Today
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (Sinhala: චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග; Tamil: சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 June 1945), commonly referred to by her initials CBK, is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the fourth executive president of Sri Lanka, from 12 November 1994 to 19 November 2005. She previously served as the prime minister from August to November 1994 and the chief minister of the Western Province from 1993 to 1994. She is the country's first and only female president to date and the country's second female prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandrika Kumaratunga has received more than 850,132 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Chandrika Kumaratunga is the 9,165th most popular politician (down from 8,132nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 13th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.
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Among politicians, Chandrika Kumaratunga ranks 9,165 out of 15,577. Before her are Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani, Eugène Schneider, Mallobaudes, Princess Marie of Baden, Kaleb of Axum, and Iveta Radičová. After her are Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Thrasybulus of Syracuse, Vsevolod Merkulov, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Helen of Bosnia, and Agesilaus I.
798 - 844
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 9,159
1805 - 1875
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 9,160
400 - 400
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 9,161
1782 - 1808
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 9,162
500 - 540
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 9,163
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 9,164
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 9,165
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 9,166
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 9,167
1895 - 1953
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 9,168
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 9,169
1345 - 1399
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 9,170
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 9,171
Among people born in 1945, Chandrika Kumaratunga ranks 193. Before her are Mimsy Farmer, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Eric Roth, Baghdadi Mahmudi, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, and Bob Peck. After her are Pirri, Steve Gadd, Pat Riley, Barbara Kruger, Golden State Killer, and Neophyte of Bulgaria.
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 187
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 188
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 189
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 190
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 191
1945 - 1999
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 192
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 193
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 194
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 195
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 196
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 197
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 198
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 199
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga ranks 12 out of 44. Before her are Tony Hoare (1934), Jack Churchill (1906), Aryadeva (200), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), and William Chester Minor (1834). After her are Michael Ondaatje (1943), St John Philby (1885), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), and Maithripala Sirisena (1951).
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 6
1906 - 1996
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 7
200 - 250
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 10
1834 - 1920
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 13
1885 - 1960
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 14
1906 - 1996
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 15
1899 - 1959
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 16
1841 - 1920
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 17
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga ranks 4. Before her are Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), and Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949). After her are J. R. Jayewardene (1906), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933).
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 2
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 3
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 4
1906 - 1996
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 5
1899 - 1959
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 7
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 8
1883 - 1952
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 9
1924 - 1993
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 10
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 11
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 12