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Following Antti Rinne's resignation in the wake of the postal strike controversy, Marin was selected as prime minister on 8 December 2019. Taking office at the age of 34, she was the youngest person to hold the office in Finnish history. As prime minister, Marin led the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by invoking a state of emergency.
Ardern is New Zealand's third female prime minister after Jenny Shipley (1997–1999) and Helen Clark (1999–2008). [ 94 ] [ 95 ] She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders . [ 96 ] Entering office aged 37, Ardern is also the youngest individual to become New Zealand's head of government since Edward Stafford , who became premier in ...
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.
Prime Minister of Japan (1945) 1887: 1990: 102 years, 48 days 6: Babiker Awadalla: Prime Minister of Sudan (1969) 1917: 2019: 101 years, 321 days 7: Willem Drees: Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) 1886: 1988: 101 years, 314 days 8: Đỗ Mười: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam (1988–1991) 1917: 2018: 101 years ...
The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history, the first to be born after Margrethe II's accession to the throne, and the first to serve under Frederik X. [1] Besides a brief career as a trade unionist (2000–2001), Frederiksen has never had any employment outside politics.
This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
Yingluck was Thailand's first female prime minister and its youngest in over 60 years. She was removed from office on 7 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision. She was removed from office on 7 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision.
Campbell remains one of the youngest women to have ever assumed the office of Prime Minister in any country, and thus also one of the youngest to have left the office. Campbell was ranked number 20 out of the first 20 prime ministers of Canada (through Jean Chrétien ) by a survey of 26 Canadian historians used by J. L. Granatstein and Norman ...