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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.
The Nordic countries have been at the forefront of championing gender equality and this has been historically shown by substantial increases in women's employment. Between 1965 and 1990, Sweden's employment rate for women in working-age (15–64) went from 52.8% to 81.0%. [71]
The Government of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: حکومتِ آزاد کشمیر) is the state government which administers one of the territories of Pakistani-administered Kashmir territories of Azad Kashmir. The Azad Kashmir government consists of a president as head of state and a prime minister as chief executive, with the support of a council of ...
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر, romanized: Āzād Jammū̃ o Kaśmīr ⓘ, lit. 'Free Jammu and Kashmir'), [6] abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir (/ ˌ ɑː z æ d k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / AH-zad kash-MEER), [7] is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity [8] and constituting the western portion of the ...
The president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is the constitutional and ceremonial head of state. All executive powers are exercised by the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, consisting of the prime minister and the cabinet, on his behalf, and he is bound to act on their advice. He also serves as the vice chairman of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir ...
The assembly consists of 45 elected Members and 8 co-opted members of which 5 are women, one member from Ulama community, while one is from amongst Jammu & Kashmir technocrats and other professionals, whereas one is from amongst Jammu and Kashmir nationals residing abroad.
Neeulm Valley. The economy of Kashmir is largely a developing one. The per capita income and provincial GDP estimates of Azad Kashmir are comparatively underrated when compared with development in other regions of the country, although Azad Kashmir notably has a literacy rate that is substantially above the national average. [1]
In 1947, Karin Kock-Lindberg became the first female government minister, and in 1958, Ulla Lindström became the first female acting Prime Minister. [37] It was not until 1966 that there was more than one woman in the cabinet at the same time. [5]