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First female president of Chile. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación. 34 Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024) 11 March 2010 11 March 2014 4 years National Renewal: 2010: First democratically elected conservative president since 1958. Supported by the Coalition for Change. (33) Michelle Bachelet (born 1951) 11 March 2014 11 March ...
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria [a] (Spanish: [beˈɾonika miˈʃel βaʃeˈle ˈxeɾja]; born 29 September 1951 [2]) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency.
Michelle Bachelet was the first female president of Chile, leading the country between 2006 and 2010. [23] During her presidency, Bachelet increased the budget of the National Women's Service (Servicio Nacional de la Mujer, SERNAM) and helped the institution gain funding from the United Nations Development Fund for Women. [8]
The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three subsequent elections, remaining in office for a total of 16 years, which makes her the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history. [5] [2]
President of the Chamber of Deputies – Ixora Rojas Paz – 1998 [148] Vice President – Adina Bastidas – 2002 [149] President of the National Assembly – Cilia Flores – 2006 [150] Minister of the Prison Service - Iris Varela - 2011 [151] Minister of Defense - Carmen Meléndez - 2013 [152] Foreign minister – Delcy Rodríguez – 2014 [153]
Co Vice-President of the European Commission – Loyola de Palacio – 1999 [8] First Vice-President of the European Commission – Margot Wallström – 2004 [9] High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Catherine Ashton – 2009 [10] President of the European Commission – Ursula von der Leyen – 2019.
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former head of the government of Mexico City and candidate for the ruling Morena party, is projected to be the country’s first female president.
First woman to run for a Senate seat - Jeannette Rankin - 1918 [274] First female to preside over the House – Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma - 1921 [citation needed] First woman to be appointed to the United States Senate - Rebecca Latimer Felton - 1922 [275] First woman to be elected to the United States Senate - Hattie Caraway - 1932 [276]