Sri Lanka’s new president calls a parliamentary election for November to consolidate his mandate
- Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Harini Amarasuriya as the country's first female Prime Minister in 24 years on Tuesday.
- Amarasuriya, 54, is a university lecturer and activist, and both she and Dissanayake are from the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition.
- The last female Prime Minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, served until 2000 and was the world's first female head of government when she took office in 1960.
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Leaning Left18Leaning Right10Center14Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
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- 43% of the sources lean Left
44% Left
L 44%
C 32%
R 24%
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