Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka; leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
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%)
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
Public Buddhist identity supports spiritual orientation but not theistic belief in the Islamic framework.
Buddhist moral accountability and dedicated practice are publicly described.
Public Buddhist practice supports belief in moral order beyond material politics.
Guidance is evidenced through Buddhist commitment, not Islamic revelation.
Buddhist exemplary-model evidence is present analogically, with framework limits.
Contribution to Others
Family and party continuity were strong, though public evidence is more institutional than personal.
Some welfare orientation is present, but youth-specific evidence is limited.
Rural women, farmers, land reform, and welfare policies support a strong care signal.
Limited direct evidence for this specific category.
Political program and rural service responded to concrete social needs.
Women's political participation and land/welfare reforms support this signal, moderated by minority-exclusion concerns.
Personal Discipline
Dedicated Buddhist practice is publicly described, but routine discipline is not directly observable.
Social-service and welfare commitments support disciplined giving analogically; private religious giving is not verified.
Reliability
Public commitments were durable, but civic-rights stripping, emergency rule, and minority exclusion reduce integrity score.
Stability Under Pressure
Led during economic strain and political defeat while remaining active.
Entered leadership after her husband's assassination and persisted for decades.
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.