List of The First Female Holders of Political Offices in Europe - Belgium

Belgium

  • Count of Flanders - Margaret I - 1191
  • Count of Luxembourg - Ermesinde - 1197
  • Count of Hainaut - Margaret I - 1244
  • Duke of Brabant - Joanna - 1355
  • Duke of Burgundy - Mary of Burgundy - 1477
  • Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands - Margaret of Austria - 1507
  • Duke of Bouillon - Charlotte de La Marck - 1574
  • Member of Parliament (Senate) - Marie Janson - 1921
  • Mayor - Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt - 1921
  • Member of Parliament (Chamber of Representatives) - Lucie Dejardin - 1929
  • Minister for Family and Housing - Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot - 1965
  • Minister for Flemish Affairs - Rika De Backer - 1974
  • Mayor of Antwerp - Mathilde Schroyens - 1977
  • Party leader of major political party - Antoinette Spaak - 1977
  • Secretary of State for Brussels Region - Lydia De Pauw - 1979
  • Secretary of State for the Dutch-speaking Community - Rika Steyeart - 1979
  • Secretary of State for Environment and Social Emancipation - Miet Smet - 1985
  • Secretary of State for Pensions - Leona Detiège - 1988
  • Minister for Budget - Wivina Demeester - 1991
  • Minister for Employment and Labour - Miet Smet - 1992
  • Minister of Health - Laurette Onkelinx - 1992
  • Minister-President of the French Community - Laurette Onkelinx - 1993
  • Minister for Social Affairs - Magda De Galan - 1994
  • Deputy Prime Minister - Laurette Onkelinx & Isabelle Durant - 1999
  • Minister of Transport - Isabelle Durant - 1999
  • Minister of Justice - Laurette Onkelinx - 2003
  • President of the Senate - Anne-Marie Lizin - 2004
  • President of the Parliament of the French Community - Isabelle Simonis - 2004
  • President of the Flemish Parliament - Marleen Vanderpoorten - 2006

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