France
- Regent - Anne of Kiev - 1060
- Undersecretary of State for national education - Cécile Brunschvicg - 1936
- Undersecretary of state for Public Health - Suzanne Lacore - 1936
- Undersecretary of state for Science - Irène Joliot-Curie - 1936
- Minister of Health - Simone Veil - 1974
- Prefect - Yvette Chassagne (Loir-et-Cher) - 1981
- Mayor of Strasbourg - Catherine Trautmann - 1989
- Prime Minister - Édith Cresson - 1991
- Minister of Labour - Martine Aubry - 1997
- Minister of Justice - Élisabeth Guigou - 1997
- Mayor of Lille - Martine Aubry - 2001
- Minister of Defence - Michèle Alliot-Marie - 2002
- Mayor of Montpellier - Hélène Mandroux - 2004
- Minister of the Interior - Michèle Alliot-Marie - 2007
- Minister of Finance - Christine Lagarde - 2007
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michèle Alliot-Marie - 2010
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