Ceylon (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>) elects <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister</a>, the world's first elected female head of government.