Philippines
Commonwealth of the Philippines (associated state of the USA):
- Member of Congress – Elisa Ochoa – 1941
Republic of the Philippines:
- Philippine Senate – Geronima Pecson – 1947
- President – Corazon Aquino – 1986 (first female President in Asia)
- Secretary of Education – Lourdes Quisumbing – 1986
- Secretary of Agrarian Reform – Miriam Defensor Santiago – 1989
- Philippine Senate President pro temporare – Leticia Ramos-Shahani − 1993
- Vice President – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – 1998
- Secretary of Tourism – Gemma Cruz-Araneta – 1998
- Philippine Senate Majority leader – Loren Legarda – 2001
- Secretary of Justice – Merceditas N. Gutierrez – 2002
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs – Delia Albert – 2003
- Secretary of National Defense – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – 2003
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