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

Denmark

  • Regent - Margaret Sambiria - 1259
  • Monarch - Margaret I - 1387
  • Minister for Education - Nina Bang - First female minister in Western World - 1924
  • Minister without portfolio - Fanny Jensen - 1947
  • Minister for Justice - Helga Pedersen - 1950
  • Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs - Bodil Koch - 1950
  • Speaker of the Landsting, Chamber of Parliament - Ingeborg Hansen - 1950
  • Minister for Trade - Lis Groes - 1953
  • Minister for Economy - Marianne Jelved - 1993
  • Minister of Finance - Pia Gjellerup
  • Minister for Agriculture and Food - Mariann Fischer Boel - 2002
  • Lord Mayor of Copenhagen - Ritt Bjerregaard - 2006
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs - Lene Espersen - 2010
  • Prime Minister - Helle Thorning-Schmidt - 2011

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