Netherlands
Dutch Republic:
- Diplomat - Bartholda van Swieten - 1615
- Regent (acting stadtholder) - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange - 1751
Kingdom of the Netherlands:
- Monarch - Queen Wilhelmina - 1890
- Member of the House of Representatives of the States-General - Suze Groeneweg - 1917
- Member of the Senate of the States-General - Carry Pothuis-Smit - 1920
- Wethouder (alderman) - Eiske ten Bos-Harkema - 1924
- Burgemeester (mayor) - Truus Beliën - 1946
- Staatssecretaris of Education, Arts and Sciences - Anna de Waal - 1952
- Minister for Culture, Recreation and Welfare - Marga Klompé - 1956
- Minister of Health - Irene Vorrink - 1973
- Parliamentary group leader (fractievoorzitter) in de House of Representatives - Ria Beckers - 1977
- Minister of Home Affairs - Ien Dales - 1989
- Minister of Justice - Winnie Sorgdrager - 1994
- Chairwoman of the House of Representatives of the States-General - Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven - 1998
- First Vice Prime Minister - Annemarie Jorritsma - 1998
- Second Vice Prime Minister - Els Borst - 1998
- Chairwoman of the Senate of the States-General - Yvonne Timmerman-Buck - 2003
- European Commissioner for Competition - Neelie Kroes - 2004
- Staatssecretaris of immigration and prisons - Nebahat Albayrak - 2007
- Minister of Defence - Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert - 2012
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