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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 Council of Women World Leaders, created in 1996, is a network of 83 current and former presidents and prime ministers. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government. The council's Ministerial Initiative also involves current and former cabinet ministers and secretaries in the work of the council.
This category lists the first women presidents of their respective countries. Equivalent positions of non-royal heads of state are also included (for example, chairperson). ). Excluded are heads of government that are not heads of state, (for example, prime minister), other officials, and presidents of non-government entit
President of Indonesia: 23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004 Roza Otunbayeva Kyrgyzstan: President of Kyrgyzstan: 7 April 2010 – 1 December 2011 Atifete Jahjaga Kosovo: President of Kosovo: 7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016: Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé Mali: Prime Minister of Mali: 3 April 2011 – 22 March 2012 Sibel Siber Northern Cyprus
President of Kyrgyzstan: 3 July 2010 – 1 December 2011 Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé Mali: Prime Minister of Mali: 3 April 2011 – 22 March 2012 Sibel Siber Northern Cyprus: Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus: 13 June 2013 – 2 September 2013: Atifete Jahjaga Kosovo: President of Kosovo: 7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016: Najla Bouden Tunisia
Mexico has elected its first female president — a U.S.-educated climate scientist and former mayor whose landslide victory Sunday reflects both the continued dominance of the country's ruling ...
Since 1960 to 2015, 108 women have become national leaders in 70 countries, with more being prime ministers than presidents. [ 16 ] Individual female executives usually have high levels of education and may have close relationships with politically prominent or upper-class families.
Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as Mexico's first female president Sunday following the deadliest election campaign in the country's modern history.. More than three dozen candidates were ...