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First Women Prime Minister (twice) of a Country in the World

  1. Mrs. S. Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)

  2. Chokila Iyer

  3. Mrs. Indira Gandhi

  4. Ms. Vijayalakshmi
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) became the world's first woman Prime Minister when she was elected in July 1960. She served two terms (1960-1965 and 1970-1977). Indira Gandhi became India's first woman PM in 1966.

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