Colombia
- Governor of Cauca (first governor, nominated by President) - Josefina Valencia de Hubach - 1955
- Minister of Education (first cabinet post) - Josefina Valencia de Hubach - 1956
- Senator - Esmeralda Arboleda - 1958
- Presidential candidate - María Eugenia Rojas - 1974
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Noemí Sanín - 1991
- Governor of Quindío (first governor elected) - Belén Sánchez - 1992
- Minister with presidential functions (acting President) - María Emma Mejía - 1998
- President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia - Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez - 1999
- Minister of Defense - Martha Lucía Ramírez de Rincón - August 2002
- President of the Senate of Colombia - Claudia Blum de Barbieri - July 2005
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