Article Detail Name of First Woman Prime Minister of a Country ? Answer: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka) Similar Questions : 1. Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia 2. Who was the first man to compile the Encyclopaedia ? Answer: Aspheosis 3. Name of the first country to issue paper currency ? Answer: China 4. Who was First man to reach South Pole ? Answer: Ronald Amundsen 5. Who was the first person to win the Nobel prize for Peace ? Answer: Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland)and Frederic Peiry (France) 6. Name of First Woman Prime Minister of a Country ? Answer: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka) 7. Who won first Nobel prize for physics ? Answer: W.K. Roentgen (Germany) Read more from - First in World