Portugal
County of Portugal:
- Regent - Theresa, Countess of Portugal - 1112
Kingdom of Portugal:
- Monarch (disputed) - Beatrice of Portugal - 1383
- Monarch - Maria I - 1777
Portuguese Republic:
- Prime Minister - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo - 1979
- Minister of Health - Leonor Beleza - 1985
- Minister of Education - Manuela Ferreira Leite - 1993
- Minister of Environment - Teresa Patrício de Gouveia - 1993
- Minister of Planning - Elisa Ferreira - 1999
- Minister of Finance - Manuela Ferreira Leite - 2002
- Minister of Justice - Celeste Cardona
- Minister of Science and Higher Education - Graça Carvalho - 2003
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Teresa Patrício de Gouveia - 2003
- Minister of Culture - Maria João Bustorff - 2004
- Leader of the Opposition - Manuela Ferreira Leite - 2008
- President of the Assembly of the Republic - Maria da Assunção Esteves - 2011
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