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Who was the first lady Prime Minister of the world?

  1. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

  2. Margaret Thatcher

  3. Indira Gandhi

  4. Golda Meir
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1960, making her the first female head of government in the world. Indira Gandhi became India's first female PM in 1966, Golda Meir in Israel in 1969, and Margaret Thatcher in the UK in 1979.

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