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Mayor of Kaohsiung, first elected female mayor of a special municipality – Kiku Chen – 2006 [307] Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party, first elected female leader of a major party - Tsai Ing-Wen – 2008 [308] Vice President of the Legislative Yuan (Deputy Speaker of Parliament) – Hung Hsiu-chu – 2012 [309]
Bhutto was also the first of only two non-hereditary female world leaders who gave birth to a child while serving in office, the other being Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand. [7] The longest-tenured female non-hereditary head of government is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. She served as the country's prime minister from June 1996 to July 2001 and ...
Category listing the first female national presidents in Asia. In the border regions of the continent there may be instances of transcontinental countries. Pages in category "First women presidents in Asia"
Make no mistake: Asia has an abundance of talented female business leaders. Fortune ’s new Most Powerful Women Asia list recognizes 100 of them, chosen from a roster of executives and ...
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations with ancestral origins in East Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1]
She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders. Khaleda Zia; Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and 2001–2006. When elected in 1991 she became the first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the second female leader in the Muslim world to be a leader of a democratic government. [28]
The role of women in the United Arab Emirates has advanced greatly in recent years, making the UAE a leader in women's rights in the Arab world. Though there were few opportunities for women outside the home before 1960, the discovery of oil led to advancement in women's position.
20th-century Chinese women politicians (127 P) 21st-century Chinese women politicians (1 C, 40 P) * Hong Kong women in politics (3 C, 13 P) Macau women in politics (18 P)