SWRD Bandaranaike
- Category : 1899-births
- Type : GP
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Penetration 4
Biography
Ceylon politician, the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 12 April 1956 to 26 September 1959.
He married Sirima Ratwatte in 1940 and had three children. Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, as she was known after her marriage, became the first female prime minister in the world following Bandaranaike's assassination. His daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga subsequently became Prime Minister (1994) and the first female Executive president in the country, his younger son Anura Bandaranaike went on to become Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000–2001) and a Minister (2004–08) and his eldest Sunethra Bandaranaike is a prominent philanthropist.
On 25 September 1959, he was assassinated by a fanatic impersonating a Buddhist monk for advocating Western style medicine instead of traditional herbal remedies.