Which country elected the first woman ever as a prime minister? Correct
Sri Lanka elected the first woman ever to be prime minister. While Israel, New Zealand, and Argentina have also had female prime ministers, it was Sri Lanka that made history by electing Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the world’s first female prime minister in 1960. Bandaranaike, the widow of former Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike, served as the leader of Sri Lanka on three separate occasions, leading the nation and breaking gender barriers in politics.