On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
Q. Who is the first prime minister of Sri Lanka?
United National Party leader D. S. Senanayake became the first prime minister of then Ceylon in 1947 after independence. In 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic the name of the post changed to Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Table of Contents
- Q. Who is the first prime minister of Sri Lanka?
- Q. Who is the 2nd President of Sri Lanka?
- Q. Who is the first female president of Sri Lanka?
- Q. Were Teddy and Franklin related?
- Q. How many presidents were related?
- Q. Was Teddy Roosevelt married?
- Q. What did Teddy Roosevelt?
- Q. Who elects the president in India?
- Q. Who ran against George Washington?
Q. Who is the 2nd President of Sri Lanka?
Presidents
| № | Name (Birth–Death) Home province |
|---|---|
| President (non-executive) (1972-1978) | |
| 2 | Junius Richard Jayewardene ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா (1906–1996) Western |
| 3 | Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா (1924–1993) Western |
Q. Who is the first female president of Sri Lanka?
She was the world’s first female prime minister, when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then the Dominion of Ceylon) in 1960….Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
| The Honourable Sirimavo Bandaranaike | |
|---|---|
| In office 14 November 1994 – 10 August 2000 | |
| President | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Preceded by | Chandrika Kumaratunga |
| Succeeded by | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |
Q. Were Teddy and Franklin related?
Two distantly related branches of the family from Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, rose to national political prominence with the elections of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) and his fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945), whose wife, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, was Theodore’s niece.
Q. How many presidents were related?
Genealogists have determined that FDR was distantly related to a total of 11 U.S. presidents, 5 by blood and 6 by marriage: Theodore Roosevelt, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, James Madison, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, and George Washington.
Q. Was Teddy Roosevelt married?
Edith Kermit Carow Rooseveltm. 1886–1919
Q. What did Teddy Roosevelt?
He remains the youngest person to become President of the United States. Roosevelt was a leader of the progressive movement and championed his “Square Deal” domestic policies, promising the average citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs.
Q. Who elects the president in India?
The President is elected by members of an electoral college consisting of elected members of both Houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of the states in accordance with the system of proportional representation, by means of single transferable vote.
Q. Who ran against George Washington?
Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college, while John Adams was re-elected as vice president. Washington was essentially unopposed, but Adams faced a competitive re-election against Governor George Clinton of New York.
