WOMEN WORLD LEADERS

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    Current women heads of state and government (with links to offical websites)
  • Mary McAleese, President of Ireland (1997- )
  • Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia (1999- )
  • Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999- )
  • Tarja K. Halonen, President of Finland (2000- )
  • Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines (2001- )
  • Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991-1996, 2001- )
  • Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004- )
  • Maria do Carmo Silveira, Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe (2005- )
  • Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany (2005- )
  • Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile (2006- )
  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia (2006- )
  • Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica (2006- ) Back to top

    Previous women heads of state or government

     Africa
  • Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of Central African Empire (1975-1976)
  • Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (1993)
  • Silvie Kinigi, Interim President of Burundi (1993-1994)
  • Ruth Perry, Chairman of State Council, Liberia (1996-1997)
  • Madior Boye, Prime Minister of Senegal (2001-2002)
  • Maria das Neves, Prime Minister of Sao Tome & Principe (2002-2004)

    Americas

  • Isabel Peron, President of Argentina (1974-1976)
  • Lucinda da Costa Gomez-Mattheeuws, Prime Minister of Netherlands Antilles (1977)
  • Lidia Gueilier, Caretaker President of Bolivia (1979-1980)
  • Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (1980-1995)
  • Maria Liberia Peters, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1984-1986, 1988-1994)
  • Ertha Pascal-Trullot, Acting President of Haiti (1990-1991)
  • Violeta de Chamorro, President of Nicaragua (1990-1996)
  • Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
  • Claudette Werleigh, Prime Minister of Haiti (1995-1996)
  • Rosalia Arteaga, Caretaker President of Ecuador (1997)
  • Pamela Gordon, Premier of Bermuda (1997-1998)
  • Janet Jagan, President of Guyana (1997-1999)
  • Suzanne Romer, Prime Minister of Netherlands Antilles (1993, 1998-1999)
  • Jennifer Smith, Premier of Bermuda (1998-2003)
  • Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama (1999-2004)
  • Beatriz Merino, Prime Minister of Peru (2003)

    Asia-Pacific

  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960-1965, 1970-1977, 1994-2000)
  • Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-1984)
  • Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974)
  • Corazon Aquino, President of Philippines (1986-1992)
  • Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990, 1993-1996)
  • Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991-1996, 2001-)
  • Tansu Ciller, Prime Minister of Turkey (1993-1996)
  • Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka (1994-2005)
  • Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996-2001)
  • Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997-1999)
  • Nyam-Osoriyn Tuyaa, Interim Prime Minister of Mongolia (1999)
  • Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia (2001-2004)
  • Chang Sang, Acting Prime Minister of South Korea (2002)

    Europe

  • Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo, Prime Minister of Portugal (1979-1980)
  • Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1979-1990)
  • Vigdis Finnbogadottir, President of Iceland (1980-1996)
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986-1989, 1990-1996)
  • Maria Pedini-Angelini, Captain-Regent of San Marino (1981)
  • Milka Planinc, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1982-1986)
  • Agatha Barbara, President of Malta (1982-1987)
  • Gloriana Rannocchini, Captain-Regent of San Marino (1984, 1989-1990)
  • Kazimira Prunskiene, Prime Minister of Lithuania (1990-1991)
  • Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, State President of German Democratic Republic (1990)
  • Mary Robinson, President of Ireland (1990-1997)
  • Edda Ceccoli, Captain-Regent of San Marino (1991-1992)
  • Edith Cresson, Prime Minister of France (1991-1992)
  • Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland (1992-1993)
  • Patricia Busigani, Captain-Regent of San Marino (1993)
  • Marita Petersen, Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (1993-1994)
  • Renata Indzhova, Interim Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1994-1995)
  • Biljana Plavsic, President of Republika Srpska (Bosnia-Hercegovina) (1996-1998)
  • Ruth Dreifuss, President of Switzerland (1998-1999)
  • Rosa Zafferani, Captain-Regent of San Marino (1999)
  • Irena Degutiene, Acting Prime Minister of Lithuania (1999)
  • Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama (1999-2003)
  • Maria Domenica Michelotti, Captain-Regent of San Marino (2000)
  • Natasa Micic, Acting President of Serbia (2002-2003)
  • Annelli Jaatteenmaaki, Prime Minister of Finland (2003)
  • Nino Burzhanadze, Acting President of Georgia (2003)
  • Yulia Timoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005) Back to top

    Women Vice-Presidents

  • Aisatou N'Jie Saidy, Vice-President of The Gambia (1997- )
  • Annette Lu, Vice-President of Taiwan (2000- )
  • Sandra Sumang Pierantozzi, Vice-President of Palau (2001- )
  • Lineth Saborio Chaverri, Vice-President of Costa Rica (2002- )
  • Ana Vilma de Escobar, Vice-President of El Salvador (2004- ) Back to top

    Women Heads of State (non-royal)

  • Dame Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of Saint Lucia (1997- )
  • Michaelle Jean, Governor-General of Canada (2005- )
  • Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General of New Zealand (2001- )
  • Dame Ivy Dumont, Governor-General of The Bahamas (2002- ) Back to top

    Current Major Women Opposition Leaders
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy, Burma (1988- ) Back to top

    Latest Election News

  • January 15, 2006...Bachelet wins in Chile
  • Michelle Bachelet has become Chile's first woman president, when she won 53% of the vote in the second round. Bachelet, from the Concertacion party, is a former political exile, and will be sworn in later this spring.

  • November 23, 2005...Johnson-Sirleaf tops Liberia polls
  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, leader of the Unity party, has won the most number of votes in the second round of Liberia's presidential election. Although the result was contested as fraudulent by her main opponent, Johnson-Sirleaf will most likely, once sworn in, by Africa's first elected woman president.

  • November 22, 2005...Merkel sworn in as German chancellor
  • Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union has become Germany's first woman chancellor after managing to piece together a coalition between her party and the Social Democrats.

  • September 18, 2005...Clark's Labour Party wins in New Zealand
  • New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark took her Labour Party to a narrow re-election win in New Zealand yesterday. If Clark can put together a new government, she will govern her third consecutive term as New Zealand's second woman prime minister.

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    Links to some other pages of interest...
  • Amazon books about women leaders
  • Strong women leaders of past and present
  • Complete List of World Leaders by Zarate
  • The Council of Women World Leaders Back to top

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