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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, whose mother was the first female prime minister in the world (1965), and whose father and husband were both assassinated, was elected President of Sri Lanka in 1994 after serving a short term as Prime Minister.
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Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
From the Sri Lanka official government web site, a biography and political history. Her father and husband were both assassinated by political opponents.

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