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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.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in at a joint session of the country’s Congress on Tuesday, becoming North America’s first female head of state. Sheinbaum took the reins from ...
First woman to run for a Senate seat - Jeannette Rankin - 1918 [274] First female to preside over the House – Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma - 1921 [citation needed] First woman to be appointed to the United States Senate - Rebecca Latimer Felton - 1922 [275] First woman to be elected to the United States Senate - Hattie Caraway - 1932 [276]
Head of the United Nations Children's Fund – Carol Bellamy – 1995 [15] United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Mary Robinson – 1997 [ 16 ] Deputy Secretary-General – Louise Fréchette – 1998 [ 17 ]
If things work out as Namibia’s long-time governing party hopes, the country will be electing its first female head of state this week. But a mood of disillusionment with liberation movements in ...
With a presidency of exactly sixteen years, she also remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date. Jeanne Sauvé, Canada (1984–1990): The first female head of state in North America. Corazon Aquino, Philippines (1986–1992): The first female president in Southeast Asia.
According to June 2024 data from U.N. Women, "113 countries worldwide have never had a woman serve as Head of State or Government."This means that among the 193 United Nations member states, at ...
She is the fourth president of Iceland and the first woman to ever be democratically elected as a head of state in any country. [2]: 39 [8] Shortly after she took office, the number of women in the Althing saw a significant increase. [6] Vigdís was re-elected without opposition in the 1984 presidential election.