List of Elected or Appointed Female Heads of Government - List

List

Denotes incumbent head of government
  • Italics denotes acting head of government
Name Image Country Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Ceylon Prime Minister 1960-07-21 !21 July 1960 1965-03-27 !27 March 1965 70004000000000000004 years, 7002249000000000000249 days
Indira Gandhi India Prime Minister 1966-01-24 !24 January 1966 1977-04-24 !24 April 1977 700111000000000000011 years, 700190000000000000090 days
Golda Meir Israel Prime Minister 1969-03-17 !17 March 1969 1974-06-03 !3 June 1974 70005000000000000005 years, 700178000000000000078 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Ceylon Prime Minister 1970-05-29 !29 May 1970 1972-05-22 !22 May 1972 70001000000000000001 year, 7002359000000000000359 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Prime Minister 1972-05-22 !22 May 1972 1977-07-23 !23 July 1977 70005000000000000005 years, 700162000000000000062 days
Isabel Martínez de Perón Argentina President 1974-07-01 !1 July 1974 1976-03-24 !24 March 1976 70001000000000000001 year, 7002267000000000000267 days
Elisabeth Domitien Central African Republic Prime Minister 1975-01-02 !2 January 1975 1976-04-07 !7 April 1976 70001000000000000001 year, 700196000000000000096 days
Margaret Thatcher United Kingdom Prime Minister 1979-05-04 !4 May 1979 1990-11-28 !28 November 1990 700111000000000000011 years, 7002208000000000000208 days
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Portugal Prime Minister 1979-07-01 !1 July 1979 1980-01-03 !3 January 1980 50000000000000000000 years, 7002186000000000000186 days
Lidia Gueiler Tejada Bolivia Acting President 1979-11-16 !16 November 1979 1980-07-17 !17 July 1980 50000000000000000000 years, 7002244000000000000244 days
Indira Gandhi India Prime Minister 1980-01-15 !15 January 1980 1984-10-31 !31 October 1984 70004000000000000004 years, 7002290000000000000290 days
Dame Eugenia Charles Dominica Prime Minister 1980-07-21 !21 July 1980 1995-06-14 !14 June 1995 700114000000000000014 years, 7002328000000000000328 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway Prime Minister 1981-02-04 !4 February 1981 1981-10-14 !14 October 1981 50000000000000000000 years, 7002252000000000000252 days
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini San Marino Captain Regent 1981-04-01 !1 April 1981 1981-10-01 !1 October 1981 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Milka Planinc Yugoslavia Prime Minister 1982-05-16 !16 May 1982 1986-05-15 !15 May 1986 70003000000000000003 years, 7002364000000000000364 days
Gloriana Ranocchini San Marino Captain Regent 1984-04-01 !1 April 1984 1984-10-01 !1 October 1984 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Corazon Aquino Philippines President 1986-02-25 !25 February 1986 1992-06-30 !30 June 1992 70006000000000000006 years, 7002126000000000000126 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway Prime Minister 1986-05-09 !9 May 1986 1989-10-16 !16 October 1989 70003000000000000003 years, 7002160000000000000160 days
Benazir Bhutto Pakistan Prime Minister 1988-12-02 !2 December 1988 1990-07-06 !6 July 1990 70001000000000000001 year, 7002216000000000000216 days
Gloriana Ranocchini San Marino Captain Regent 1989-10-01 !1 October 1989 1990-04-01 !1 April 1990 50000000000000000000 years, 7002182000000000000182 days
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot Haiti Acting President 1990-03-13 !13 March 1990 1991-02-07 !7 February 1991 50000000000000000000 years, 7002331000000000000331 days
Kazimira Prunskienė Lithuania Prime Minister 1990-03-11 !11 March 1990 1991-01-10 !10 January 1991 50000000000000000000 years, 7002305000000000000305 days
Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua President 1990-04-25 !25 April 1990 1997-01-10 !10 January 1997 70006000000000000006 years, 7002260000000000000260 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway Prime Minister 1990-11-03 !3 November 1990 1996-10-25 !25 October 1996 70005000000000000005 years, 7002357000000000000357 days
Khaleda Zia Bangladesh Prime Minister 1991-03-20 !20 March 1991 1996-03-20 !30 March 1996 70005000000000000005 years, 700110000000000000010 days
Édith Cresson France Prime Minister 1991-05-15 !15 May 1991 1992-04-02 !2 April 1992 50000000000000000000 years, 7002323000000000000323 days
Edda Ceccoli San Marino Captain Regent 1991-10-01 !1 October 1991 1992-04-01 !1 April 1992 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Hanna Suchocka Poland Prime Minister 1992-07-11 !11 July 1992 1993-10-25 !25 October 1993 70001000000000000001 year, 7002106000000000000106 days
Patricia Busignani San Marino Captain Regent 1993-04-01 !1 April 1993 1993-10-01 !1 October 1993 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Tansu Çiller Turkey Prime Minister 1993-06-13 !13 June 1993 1996-03-06 !6 March 1996 70002000000000000002 years, 7002267000000000000267 days
Kim Campbell Canada Prime Minister 1993-06-25 !25 June 1993 1993-11-04 !4 November 1993 50000000000000000000 years, 7002132000000000000132 days
Sylvie Kinigi Burundi Prime Minister 1993-07-10 !10 July 1993 1993-10-27 !27 October 1993 50000000000000000000 years, 7002109000000000000109 days
Agathe Uwilingiyimana Rwanda Prime Minister 1993-07-18 !18 July 1993 1994-04-07 !7 April 1994 50000000000000000000 years, 7002263000000000000263 days
Benazir Bhutto Pakistan Prime Minister 1993-10-19 !19 October 1993 1996-11-05 !5 November 1996 70003000000000000003 years, 700117000000000000017 days
Sylvie Kinigi Burundi Acting President 1993-10-27 !27 October 1993 1994-02-07 !7 February 1994 50000000000000000000 years, 7002103000000000000103 days
Reneta Indzhova Bulgaria Acting Prime Minister 1994-10-17 !17 October 1994 1995-01-25 !25 January 1995 50000000000000000000 years, 7002100000000000000100 days
Chandrika Kumaratunga Sri Lanka Prime Minister 1994-09-19 !19 August 1994 1994-11-14 !14 November 1994 50000000000000000000 years, 700187000000000000087 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Prime Minister 1994-11-14 !14 November 1994 2000-07-10 !10 July 2000 70005000000000000005 years, 7002239000000000000239 days
Claudette Werleigh Haiti Prime Minister 1995-11-07 !7 November 1995 1996-02-27 !27 February 1996 50000000000000000000 years, 7002112000000000000112 days
Hasina Wazed Bangladesh Prime Minister 1996-06-23 !23 June 1996 2001-07-15 !15 July 2001 70005000000000000005 years, 700122000000000000022 days
Ruth Perry Liberia Chairperson of the Council of State 1996-09-03 !3 September 1996 1997-08-02 !2 August 1997 50000000000000000000 years, 7002333000000000000333 days
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano Ecuador Acting President 1997-02-09 !9 February 1997 1997-02-11 !11 February 1997 50000000000000000000 years, 70002000000000000002 days
Janet Jagan Guyana Prime Minister 1997-03-06 !6 March 1997 1997-12-19 !19 December 1997 50000000000000000000 years, 7002288000000000000288 days
Jenny Shipley New Zealand Prime Minister 1997-12-05 !5 December 1997 1999-12-05 !5 December 1999 70002000000000000002 years, 50000000000000000000 days
Anne Enger Norway Acting Prime Minister 1998-08-30 !30 August 1998 1998-09-23 !23 September 1998 50000000000000000000 years, 700124000000000000024 days
Rosa Zafferani San Marino Captain Regent 1999-04-01 !1 April 1999 1999-10-01 !1 October 1999 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Irena Degutienė Lithuania Acting Prime Minister 1999-05-04 !4 May 1999 1999-05-18 !18 May 1999 50000000000000000000 years, 700114000000000000014 days
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa Mongolia Acting Prime Minister 1999-07-22 !22 July 1999 1999-07-30 !30 July 1999 50000000000000000000 years, 70008000000000000008 days
Mireya Moscoso Panama President 1999-09-01 !1 September 1999 2004-09-01 !1 September 2004 70005000000000000005 years, 50000000000000000000 days
Irena Degutienė Lithuania Acting Prime Minister 1999-10-27 !27 October 1999 1999-11-03 !3 November 1999 50000000000000000000 years, 70007000000000000007 days
Helen Clark New Zealand Prime Minister 1999-12-05 !5 December 1999 2008-11-19 !19 November 2008 70008000000000000008 years, 7002350000000000000350 days
Maria Domenica Michelotti San Marino Captain Regent 2000-04-01 !1 April 2000 2000-10-01 !1 October 2000 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Philippines President 2001-01-20 !20 January 2001 2010-06-30 !30 June 2010 70009000000000000009 years, 7002161000000000000161 days
Mame Madior Boye Senegal Prime Minister 2001-03-03 !3 March 2001 2002-11-04 !4 November 2002 70001000000000000001 year, 7002246000000000000246 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri Indonesia President 2001-07-23 !23 July 2001 2004-10-20 !20 October 2004 70003000000000000003 years, 700189000000000000089 days
Khaleda Zia Bangladesh Prime Minister 2001-10-10 !10 October 2001 2006-10-29 !29 October 2006 70005000000000000005 years, 700119000000000000019 days
Chang Sang South Korea Acting Prime Minister 2002-07-11 !11 July 2002 2002-07-31 !31 July 2002 50000000000000000000 years, 700120000000000000020 days
Maria das Neves São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister 2002-10-03 !3 October 2002 2004-09-18 !18 September 2004 70001000000000000001 year, 7002351000000000000351 days
Anneli Jäätteenmäki Finland Prime Minister 2003-04-17 !17 April 2003 2003-06-24 !24 June 2003 50000000000000000000 years, 700168000000000000068 days
Beatriz Merino Peru Prime Minister 2003-06-28 !28 June 2003 2003-12-15 !15 December 2003 50000000000000000000 years, 7002170000000000000170 days
Valeria Ciavatta San Marino Captain Regent 2003-10-01 !1 October 2003 2004-04-01 !1 April 2004 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Luisa Diogo Mozambique Prime Minister 2004-02-17 !17 February 2004 2010-01-16 !16 January 2010 70005000000000000005 years, 7002333000000000000333 days
Radmila Šekerinska Macedonia Acting Prime Minister 2004-05-12 !12 May 2004 2004-06-12 !12 June 2004 50000000000000000000 years, 700131000000000000031 days
Radmila Šekerinska Macedonia Acting Prime Minister 2004-11-03 !3 November 2004 2004-12-15 !15 December 2004 50000000000000000000 years, 700142000000000000042 days
Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine Prime Minister 2005-01-24 !24 January 2005 2005-09-06 !6 September 2005 50000000000000000000 years, 7002225000000000000225 days
Fausta Morganti San Marino Captain Regent 2005-04-01 !1 April 2005 2005-10-01 !1 October 2005 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Cynthia Pratt Bahamas Acting Prime Minister 2005-05-04 !4 May 2005 2005-06-22 !6 June 2005 50000000000000000000 years, 700132000000000000032 days
Maria do Carmo Silveira São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister 2005-06-08 !8 June 2005 2006-04-21 !21 April 2006 50000000000000000000 years, 7002317000000000000317 days
Angela Merkel Germany Chancellor 2005-11-22 !22 November 2005 Incumbent 70007000000000000007 years, 7002132000000000000132 days
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia President 2006-10-16 !16 January 2006 Incumbent 70007000000000000007 years, 700177000000000000077 days
Michelle Bachelet Chile President 2006-03-11 !11 March 2006 2010-03-11 !11 March 2010 70004000000000000004 years, 50000000000000000000 days
Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica Prime Minister 2006-03-30 !30 March 2006 2007-09-11 !11 September 2007 70001000000000000001 year, 7002165000000000000165 days
Han Myeong-sook South Korea Prime Minister 2006-04-19 !19 April 2006 2007-03-07 !7 March 2007 50000000000000000000 years, 7002322000000000000322 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Argentina President 2007-12-10 !10 December 2007 Incumbent 70005000000000000005 years, 7002114000000000000114 days
Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine Prime Minister 2007-12-18 !18 December 2007 2010-03-03 !3 March 2010 70002000000000000002 years, 700175000000000000075 days
Zinaida Greceanîi Moldova Prime Minister 2008-03-31 !31 March 2008 2009-09-14 !14 September 2009 70001000000000000001 year, 7002167000000000000167 days
Rosa Zafferani San Marino Captain Regent 2008-04-01 !1 April 2008 2008-10-01 !1 October 2008 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Michèle Pierre-Louis Haiti Prime Minister 2008-09-05 !5 September 2008 2009-11-11 !11 November 2009 70001000000000000001 year, 700167000000000000067 days
Assunta Meloni San Marino Captain Regent 2008-10-01 !1 October 2008 2009-04-01 !1 April 2009 50000000000000000000 years, 7002182000000000000182 days
Hasina Wazed Bangladesh Prime Minister 2009-01-06 !6 January 2009 Incumbent 70004000000000000004 years, 700187000000000000087 days
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Iceland Prime Minister 2009-02-01 !1 February 2009 Incumbent 70004000000000000004 years, 700161000000000000061 days
Jadranka Kosor Croatia Prime Minister 2009-07-06 !6 July 2009 2011-12-23 !23 December 2011 70002000000000000002 years, 7002170000000000000170 days
Cécile Manorohanta Madagascar Acting Prime Minister 2009-12-18 !18 December 2009 2009-12-20 !20 December 2009 50000000000000000000 years, 70002000000000000002 days
Roza Otunbayeva Kyrgyzstan President 2010-04-07 !7 April 2010 2010-12-17 !17 December 2010 50000000000000000000 years, 7002254000000000000254 days
Laura Chinchilla Costa Rica President 2010-05-08 !8 May 2010 Incumbent 70002000000000000002 years, 7002330000000000000330 days
Kamla Persad-Bissessar Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister 2010-05-26 !26 May 2010 Incumbent 70002000000000000002 years, 7002312000000000000312 days
Mari Kiviniemi Finland Prime Minister 2010-06-22 !22 June 2010 2011-06-22 !22 June 2011 70001000000000000001 year, 50000000000000000000 days
Julia Gillard Australia Prime Minister 2010-06-24 !24 June 2010 Incumbent 70002000000000000002 years, 7002283000000000000283 days
Iveta Radičová Slovakia Prime Minister 2010-07-08 !8 July 2010 2012-04-04 !4 April 2012 70001000000000000001 year, 7002271000000000000271 days
Dilma Rousseff Brazil President 2011-01-01 !1 January 2011 Incumbent 70002000000000000002 years, 700192000000000000092 days
Rosario Fernández Peru Prime Minister 2011-03-19 !19 March 2011 2011-07-28 !28 July 2011 50000000000000000000 years, 7002131000000000000131 days
Maria Luisa Berti San Marino Captain Regent 2011-04-01 !1 April 2011 2011-10-01 !1 October 2011 50000000000000000000 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé Mali Prime Minister 2011-04-03 !3 April 2011 2012-03-22 !22 March 2012 50000000000000000000 years, 7002354000000000000354 days
Yingluck Shinawatra Thailand Prime Minister 2011-08-05 !5 August 2011 Incumbent 70001000000000000001 year, 7002241000000000000241 days
Helle Thorning-Schmidt Denmark Prime Minister 2011-10-03 !3 October 2011 Incumbent 70001000000000000001 year, 7002182000000000000182 days
Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica Prime Minister 2012-01-05 !5 January 2012 Incumbent 70001000000000000001 year, 700188000000000000088 days
Adiato Djaló Nandigna Guinea-Bissau Acting Prime Minister 2012-02-10 !10 February 2012 2012-4-12 !12 April 2012 50000000000000000000 years, 700162000000000000062 days
Joyce Banda Malawi President 2012-04-07 !7 April 2012 Incumbent 50000000000000000000 years, 7002361000000000000361 days
Denise Bronzetti San Marino Captain Regent 2012-10-01 !1 October 2012 Incumbent 50000000000000000000 years, 7002184000000000000184 days
Park Geun-hye South Korea President 25 February 2013 Incumbent 50000000000000000000 years, 700137000000000000037 days
Alenka Bratušek Slovenia Prime Minister 20 March 2013 Incumbent 50000000000000000000 years, 700114000000000000014 days

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