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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.
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Deputy Prime Minister of Finland – Tyyne Leivo-Larsson – 1958 [206] Mayor of Loviisa – Birgitta Landgren – 1973 [207] Governor of Lapland – Hannele Pokka – 1994 [208] Speaker of the Parliament – Riitta Uosukainen – 1995 [209] President – Tarja Halonen – 2000 [210] [211] Prime Minister – Anneli Jäätteenmäki – 2003 [212]
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by country, by dates of appointment. It is ordered by country, by dates of appointment.
Category: Women prime ministers. ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Women prime ministers in Europe (4 C, 49 P) F.
List of the first women holders of political offices in Europe; List of the first women holders of political offices in North America; List of the first women holders of political offices in Oceania; List of the first women holders of political offices in South America; List of Muslim women heads of state and government; List of the first women ...
Benazir Bhutto, prime minister of Pakistan (1988–1990), was the first female prime minister of a Muslim-majority country. She served again 1993–96. The second was Khaleda Zia (1991–1996) of Bangladesh. Tansu Çiller of Turkey was the first elected Muslim female prime minister in Europe (1993–1996).
Sixty-eight women have been appointed to positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, with three female Prime Ministers serving in cabinet.Since, by convention, members of the cabinet must be a member of either the House of Commons or House of Lords, [1] the Prime Minister could not appoint women to the cabinet until the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand ...