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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.
It would not be until July 21, 1960, however, that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) would be sworn in as the world’s first female prime minister. Two decades later, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland would become the first woman to be elected president .
These seven women are among the most formidable of history’s elected female leaders, in terms of both their time in office and the impact they had on their nations, as well as the world at...
Global women political leaders: female prime ministers and presidents from 1960 to 2000. Discover the 46 women who held this high political office.
The U.S. has never had a woman president, but it’s far from alone. Enter your birthday to find out the number of women who have led around the world.
The Council of Women World Leaders is a network of 83 current and former women Prime Ministers and Presidents. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government.
On Sept. 15 Helle Thorning-Schmidt led her political alliance to victory in Denmark, paving the way for her to become the country's first female Prime Minister. In honor of female politicians...
Only two of the 19 ministers are women: actor-turned-lawmaker Junko Mihara as children’s policy minister and Toshiko Abe as education minister. The government is under pressure to increase the number of women in public office. Women now account for only 10% of the lower house, placing Japan near the bottom of global gender-equality rankings. ___
UN Women includes prime ministers or heads of government if they hold ministerial portfolios. National legislatures: Percentage of seats held by women in lower and upper houses of national ...
Margaret Thatcher (born October 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England—died April 8, 2013, London) was a British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe’s first woman prime minister.