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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician. Since 2021, she has served as the 16th United States Secretary of Energy.A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and as the 47th Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011, as the first woman to hold each office.
Dame Virginia Ngozi Etiaba CON (born 11 November 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as Governor of Anambra State, a state in South-Eastern Nigeria, from November 2006 to February 2007. Etiaba is the first woman to serve as governor of a Nigerian state. [1]
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 the countries in Africa and by dates of appointment. 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 lady of the 36 states in Nigeria is the advisor to the governor and often plays a role in social activism. The position is traditionally held by the wife of the state governor. [1] However, the administration of Mohammed Buhari, President of Nigeria since 2015, nullified the Office of the First Lady. [2]
Balarabe was born into the family of Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state.She attended Girls College Soba for her secondary education and obtain her General Certificate of Education (GCE) in 1982, [2] she then got admission into the prestigious University of Maiduguri to study medicine and graduated with MBBS in 1986.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer raised eyebrows Thursday over a bizarre video in which she fed Doritos into the mouth of a liberal podcaster — in which some said was a stunt that imitated the ...
Governor of Stranda Hundred: 1577: 1613: 36 years Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria (First female governor in South America) Habsburg Spain South America Governor of Viceroyalty of Peru: 7 June 1668: 12 November 1668: 158 days Nellie Tayloe Ross (First female American governor) United States North America Governor of Wyoming 5 January 1925: 3 ...