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This list presents female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments of their respective nations or territories. [1] Many women have been elected to parliaments around the world, starting around the first quarter of 20th century. Some of them were entrusted to take the position of Speaker of the parliament.
The lower house is one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The lower house has more power than the upper house. It usually has the power to impeach the executive in presidential republics or remove the prime minister in semi-presidential republics. Its members are elected by popular votes, compared to the upper house members who are ...
This list presents female speakers of national and territorial upper houses of their respective countries or territories. The upper house, often called the Senate, is the one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The upper house usually has less power than the lower house. In some countries, its members are appointed rather than elected ...
Verona Murphy has become the first female speaker of the Irish parliament as part of attempts to form a coalition government. Ms Murphy, an independent TD for Wexford, defeated two Fianna Fail ...
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That erosion in women's power is particularly noteworthy for a state where women outnumber men among registered voters and the first female House speaker and first female vice president each got ...
4 years, 2 days Karen Bass [b] California: State Assembly: Democratic: May 13, 2008: March 1, 2010: 1 year, 292 days Hannah Pingree Maine: House of Representatives: Democratic: December 3, 2008: December 6, 2010: 2 years, 3 days Sheila Oliver New Jersey: General Assembly: Democratic: January 12, 2010: January 14, 2014: 4 years, 2 days Beth ...
Here are five of the women who made this year’s Most Powerful Rising Executives list: Leah Anderson, Land O’Lakes . Leah Anderson leads WinField United, the crop inputs and insights business ...