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Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka; leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party

Sri LankaBorn 1916 · Died 2000politicianSri Lanka Freedom PartyLanka Mahila SamitiGovernment of Sri Lanka
63
MIXED

of 100 · stable trend · Visibly decent and improving

Standing

63/100

Raw Score

56/85

Confidence

78%

Evidence

Medium high

About

Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world's first woman prime minister in 1960 and served further terms in 1970-1977 and 1994-2000.

Strong resilience and social-welfare commitments are weighed against majoritarian policy, emergency governance, economic distress, and abuse-of-power findings.

Five Pillars

Pillar scores (0–100%)

Core Worldview64%(16/25)
Contribution to Others63%(19/30)
Personal Discipline60%(6/10)
Reliability40%(2/5)
Stability Under Pressure87%(13/15)

Strong public-service and resilience signals are moderated by serious inclusion, economic-stewardship, emergency-rule, and abuse-of-power concerns.

Goodness over time

Starts at 100 at birth, natural decay after accountability age, timeline events adjust the trajectory.

17 Criteria Scores

Individual item scores (0–5) with evidence notes

Core Worldview

Belief in god2/5

Public Buddhist identity supports spiritual orientation but not theistic belief in the Islamic framework.

Belief in accountability last day4/5

Buddhist moral accountability and dedicated practice are publicly described.

Belief in unseen order4/5

Public Buddhist practice supports belief in moral order beyond material politics.

Belief in revealed guidance3/5

Guidance is evidenced through Buddhist commitment, not Islamic revelation.

Belief in prophets as examples3/5

Buddhist exemplary-model evidence is present analogically, with framework limits.

Contribution to Others

Helps relatives3/5

Family and party continuity were strong, though public evidence is more institutional than personal.

Helps orphans or unsupported young people2/5

Some welfare orientation is present, but youth-specific evidence is limited.

Helps the poor or stuck4/5

Rural women, farmers, land reform, and welfare policies support a strong care signal.

Helps travelers strangers or cut off people2/5

Limited direct evidence for this specific category.

Helps people who ask directly4/5

Political program and rural service responded to concrete social needs.

Helps free people from constraint4/5

Women's political participation and land/welfare reforms support this signal, moderated by minority-exclusion concerns.

Personal Discipline

Prays consistently3/5

Dedicated Buddhist practice is publicly described, but routine discipline is not directly observable.

Gives obligatory charity3/5

Social-service and welfare commitments support disciplined giving analogically; private religious giving is not verified.

Reliability

Keeps promises agreements contracts commitments and clear communication2/5

Public commitments were durable, but civic-rights stripping, emergency rule, and minority exclusion reduce integrity score.

Stability Under Pressure

Patient during financial difficulty4/5

Led during economic strain and political defeat while remaining active.

Patient during personal hardship5/5

Entered leadership after her husband's assassination and persisted for decades.

Patient during conflict pressure fear or battlefield moments4/5

Survived insurgency and political exclusion, though methods under pressure were mixed.

Evidence Quality

4

Strong

3

Medium

0

Weak

Overall: medium_high

Goodness Index records assess public evidence only. Scores are provisional and should remain open to review as better sources are added.