Peru
- Senator of the Republic - Irene Silva de Santolalla - 1956
- Deputy of the Republic - Matilde Pérez Palacio - 1956
- Mayor of Lima - Anita Fernandini de Naranjo - 1963
- Minister of Education - Mercedes Cabanillas - 1987 (first woman ever in the Council of Ministers)
- President of Congress - Martha Chávez - 1995
- Prime Minister - Beatriz Merino - 2003
- Minister of Health - Pilar Mazzetti - 2004
- Ombudswoman of the Republic - Beatriz Merino - 2005
- Minister of Interior - Pilar Mazzetti - 2006
- Minister of Justice - María Zavala - 2006
- Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism - Mercedes Aráoz - 2006
- Minister of Transportation and Communications - Verónica Zavala - 2006
- Minister of Work and Employment - Susana Pinilla - 2006
- President (acting) - Lourdes Mendoza - 2007 (Alan García went to Ecuador, so she stayed in charge of the Presidency for one day)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Eda Rivas - 2013
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