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However, including cabinet reshuffles during his second term in office, Obama still holds the record for most women appointed to permanent cabinet positions with eight, the most of any presidency, therefore surpassing George W. Bush's previous record of six appointees. The Department of Labor has had the most female secretaries, with seven. [12]
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by country, by dates of appointment. Former countries, such as Yugoslavia, are also listed.
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva—appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
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.
New Hampshire is a rare outlier, given its extensive history of electing women to serve in political office. When Ayotte was senator, she was part of the country’s first all-female congressional ...
List of female finance ministers; List of the first female members of parliament by country; List of Muslim women heads of state and government; List of the first women heads of state and government in Muslim-majority countries; List of first women mayors (20th century) List of first women mayors (21st century)
The great news: The number of U.S. women in political office is officially growing, at almost all levels of government. The House of Representatives is now 29 percent women, the Senate 25 percent.
Women who have been elected or appointed as heads of state, heads of government, or to other political offices. ... Pages in category "Female political office-holders"