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The first verified female monarch of Egypt is Sobekneferu of the Twelfth dynasty. However, queens from earlier periods such as Neithhotep, Merneith and Khentkaus I held powerful positions and may have ruled Egypt in their own right, but the archaeological evidence is ambiguous. [2] Many of the Ptolemaic kings co-ruled with their queens.
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 ...
Women who have ruled, either as monarchs or regents, regardless of title. For elected or appointed heads of state , and heads of government , see Category:Female political office-holders . Subcategories
New history documentary series “Queens That Changed the World,” that shines a light on some of the world’s most powerful female rulers, has scored a raft of worldwide sales. Channel 4 has ...
In 2015, Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history. She was the longest serving incumbent head of state and monarch from 2016 until her death on 8 September 2022.
The most powerful women in the world — as deemed by Forbes — have been revealed. With the release of their female-specific 2024 Power List, the magazine has crowned 100 women the ultimate ...
This is a list of female hereditary monarchs who reigned over a political jurisdiction in their own right or by right of inheritance. The list does not include female regents (see List of regents), usually the mother of the monarch, male or female, for although they exercised political power during the period of regency on behalf of their child or children, they were not hereditary monarch ...
Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi: How America's most powerful women look to make history again Sarah D. Wire, Michael Collins and Susan Page, USA TODAY Updated August 18, 2024 at 6:56 PM