<page_title> First Lady of Sri Lanka </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Chandrika Kumaratunga <col_header> President (Husband, unless noted) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1994 <col_header> Tenure began </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2005 <col_header> Tenure ended </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kumaratunga's husband, actor and politician Vijaya Kumaratunga, was assassinated in 1988 before she became president. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga was President from 1994 to 2005. She was a widower because her husband, film star Vijaya Kumaratunga, was killed. She was also the first female President of Sri Lanka.