Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
According to June 2024 data from U.N. Women, "113 countries worldwide have never had a woman serve as Head of State or Government."This means that among the 193 United Nations member states, at ...
In the post-World War II period, the first woman was elected to lead a UN country 64 years ago. ... Another 18 countries have had two female leaders, nine countries have had three female leaders ...
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, prime minister of Iceland (2009–2013), was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office. Barbados was the first nation to possess a female inaugural president, Sandra Mason (since 2021); thus the country has had no male presidents.
In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (e.g. the General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or premiership. In Andorra , Iran , and Vatican City ( Holy See ), a clergy member also acts as the head of state.
That Mexico will have a female leader before the United States and the majority of the other countries in the world is no accident. ... states of the United Nations have ever had a female leader ...
President: 2 May 1993: 3 July 1995: 2 years, 62 days Spain: Laurette Onkelinx French Community: Minister-President: 6 May 1993: 13 July 1999: 6 years, 68 days Belgium: Heide Simonis Schleswig-Holstein: Minister-President: 19 May 1993 27 April 2005 11 years, 343 days Germany: Suzanne Camelia-Römer Netherlands Antilles: Prime Minister: 25 ...
Mexico has elected its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor, is on track to win the country’s largest ...