List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of government facts for kids
This article lists women who have been chosen or appointed to be the deputy leader of their country's government. This list also includes women who were both deputy heads of government and deputy heads of state at the same time.
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Women in Leadership: Deputy Heads of Government
What is a Deputy Head of Government?
A deputy head of government is like a country's second-in-command, right after the main leader (often called the Prime Minister or Premier). Their job is to help the main leader run the country. They step in when the main leader is away or unable to do their job. This is a very important role in a country's government.
Pioneering Women in Deputy Government Roles
Throughout history, many talented women have taken on these significant roles. They have helped shape their countries and shown that women can lead at the highest levels. These women often work on important national projects, represent their country, and help make big decisions.
- Italics means the person was acting in the role for a short time, or the country was not fully recognized or no longer exists.
This color means the person is currently serving as a deputy head of government.
| Name | Image | Country | Continent | Office | Started Role | Ended Role | Time in Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosalia Zemlyachka |  |
 Soviet Union |
Europe | Deputy Premier | 8 May 1939 | 26 August 1943 | 4 years, 110 days |
| Wanda Wasilewska |  |
 Poland(Provisional Government) |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister (Polish Committee of National Liberation) |
21 July 1944 | 31 December 1944 | 163 days |
| Ana Pauker |  |
 Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1949 | 9 July 1952 | 3 years, 190 days |
| Ludmila Jankovcová |  |
 Czechoslovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1954 | 1963 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Tyyne Leivo-Larsson |  |
 Finland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 26 April 1958 | 29 August 1958 | 125 days |
| Grete Wittkowski | |
 East Germany |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 9 February 1961 | 14 July 1967 | 6 years, 155 days |
| Wu Guixian | |
 China |
Asia | Vice Premier | January 1975 | September 1977 | 2 years, 243 days |
| Agatha Barbara |  |
 Malta |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 18 September 1976 | 12 December 1981 | 5 years, 85 days |
| Chen Muhua | |
China |
Asia | Vice Premier | 1978 | 1982 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Cornelia Filipas | |
 Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1980 | 1982 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Elena Ceaușescu |  |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | March 1980 | 22 December 1989 | 9 years, 296 days |
| Colette Flesch |  |
 Luxembourg |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 22 November 1980 | 20 July 1984 | 3 years, 241 days |
| Kim Pok-sin | |
 North Korea |
Asia | Vice Premier | 1981 | 2002 | 21 years, 0 days |
| Judit Csehák | |
 Hungary |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1984 | 1987 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Viola Burnham | |
 Guyana |
America | Deputy Prime Minister | 6 August 1985 | 9 October 1991 | 6 years, 64 days |
| Aneta Spornic | |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1986 | 1987 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Maria Mambo Café | |
 Angola |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 1986 | 1988 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Lina Ciobanu | |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1987 | 1989 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Aleksandra Biryukova |  Soviet Union |
Europe | Deputy Premier | 1 October 1988 | 17 September 1990 | 1 year, 351 days | |
| Helen Clark |  |
 New Zealand |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 8 August 1989 | 2 November 1990 | 1 year, 86 days |
| Lena Hjelm-Wallén | |
 Sweden |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 16 February 1990 | 27 February 1990 | 11 days |
| Deputy Prime Minister | 16 November 1995 | 21 October 2002 | 6 years, 339 days | ||||
| Roza Otunbayeva |  |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 26 February 1992 | 10 October 1992 | 227 days |
| Mimi Jakobsen | |
 Denmark |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 7 days |
| Marianne Jelved |  |
Denmark |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 January 1993 | 27 November 2001 | 8 years, 306 days |
| Sheila Copps | .jpg) |
 Canada |
America | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 November 1993 | 30 April 1996 | 2 years, 178 days |
| 19 June 1996 | 11 July 1997 | 1 year, 22 days | |||||
| Mona Sahlin |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 October 1994 | 16 November 1995 | 1 year, 40 days |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | .jpg) |
 Sri Lanka |
Asia | Prime Minister | 19 August 1994 | 12 November 1994 | 85 days |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
.PNG) |
Sri Lanka |
Asia | Prime Minister | 14 November 1994 | 9 August 2000 | 5 years, 269 days |
| Billie Miller | |
 Barbados |
North America | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 September 1994 | 23 May 2003 | 8 years, 253 days |
| Katarína Tóthová | |
 Slovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 13 December 1994 | 30 October 1998 | 3 years, 321 days |
| Ljerka Mintas-Hodak | |
 Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 November 1995 | 27 January 2000 | 4 years, 81 days |
| Dilbar Ghulomova | |
 Uzbekistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 December 1995 | 12 December 2003 | 7 years, 356 days |
| Larisa Gutnichenko | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 1996 | 1998 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Mira Jangaracheva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 1996 | 1998 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Tansu Çiller | |
 Turkey |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 28 June 1996 | 30 June 1997 | 1 year, 2 days |
| Mary Harney |  |
 Ireland |
Europe | Tánaiste | 26 June 1997 | 13 September 2006 | 9 years, 78 days |
| Taufa Vakatela | |
 Fiji |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 August 1997 | 19 May 1999 | 1 year, 285 days |
| Anne Enger Lahnstein |  |
 Norway |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 17 October 1997 | 8 October 1999 | 1 year, 356 days |
| Dosta Dimovska | |
 Republic of Macedonia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1998 | 2000 | 2 years, 0 days |
| 2001 | 2002 | 1 year, 0 days | |||||
| Galina Saidova | |
Uzbekistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 1998 | 2000 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Radmila Kiprijanova-Radovanoviḱ | |
Republic of Macedonia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1998 | 1999 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Zlatka Popovska | |
Republic of Macedonia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1998 | 1998 | ? |
| Shailaja Acharya | |
 Nepal |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 15 April 1998 | 31 May 1999 | 1 year, 46 days |
| Annemarie Jorritsma |  |
 Netherlands |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 3 August 1998 | 22 July 2002 | 3 years, 353 days |
| Els Borst |  |
Netherlands |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 3 August 1998 | 22 July 2002 | 3 years, 353 days |
| Valentina Matviyenko | _(cropped).jpg) |
 Russia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 September 1998 | 11 March 2003 | 4 years, 168 days |
| Aitkul Samakova | |
 Kazakhstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 1999 | 1999 | ? |
| Makbule Çeço | |
 Albania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1999 | 2001 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Rima Khalaf |  |
 Jordan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 March 1999 | 19 June 2000 | 1 year, 107 days |
| Kuini Speed | |
Fiji |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 19 May 1999 | 27 May 2000 | 1 year, 8 days |
| Isabelle Durant |  |
 Belgium |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 July 1999 | 12 July 2003 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Laurette Onkelinx |  |
Belgium |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 July 1999 | 12 July 2003 | 4 years, 0 days |
| 20 March 2008 | 11 October 2014 | 6 years, 205 days | |||||
| Lydie Polfer |  |
Luxembourg |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 August 1999 | 31 July 2004 | 4 years, 359 days |
| Maja Gojković | _(cropped).jpg) |
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 August 1999 | 4 November 2000 | 1 year, 84 days |
| Nigina Sharapova | |
 Tajikistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2 December 1999 | 20 December 2004 | 5 years, 18 days |
| Lidia Guțu | |
 Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 December 1999 | 19 April 2001 | 1 year, 119 days |
| Yulia Tymoshenko |  |
 Ukraine |
Europe | Vice Prime Minister | 30 December 1999 | 19 January 2001 | 1 year, 20 days |
| Željka Antunović |  |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 January 2000 | 23 December 2003 | 3 years, 330 days |
| Susanne Riess-Passer |  |
 Austria |
Europe | Vice-Chancellor | 4 February 2000 | 28 February 2003 | 3 years, 24 days |
| Mária Kadlečíková | |
Slovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 2001 | 16 October 2002 | 1 year, 288 days |
| Teimumu Kepa |  |
Fiji |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 15 March 2001 | 5 December 2006 | 5 years, 265 days |
| Rita Kieber-Beck | .jpg) |
 Liechtenstein |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 5 April 2001 | 21 April 2005 | 4 years, 16 days |
| Lydia Shuleva | |
 Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 July 2001 | 17 August 2005 | 4 years, 24 days |
| Manuela Ferreira Leite | _(cropped).jpg) |
 Portugal |
Europe | Minister of State and of Finance | 6 April 2002 | 17 July 2004 | 2 years, 102 days |
| Cynthia Pratt | |
 Bahamas |
America | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 May 2002 | 4 May 2005 | 3 years, 1 day |
| 6 June 2005 | 4 May 2007 | 1 year, 332 days | |||||
| Chang Sang | |
 South Korea |
Asia | Acting Prime Minister | 11 July 2002 | 31 July 2002 | 20 days |
| Margareta Winberg |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 October 2002 | 31 October 2003 | 1 year, 10 days |
| Radmila Šekerinska | _(cropped).jpg) |
Republic of Macedonia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1 November 2002 | 27 August 2006 | 3 years, 299 days |
| Fransisca Pereira Gomes | |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 17 November 2002 | 14 September 2003 | 301 days |
| Ermelinda Meksi | |
Albania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 2003 | 2003 | ? |
| Angèle Gnonsoa | |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 February 2003 | 7 December 2005 | 2 years, 300 days |
| Henriette Diabaté | |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 February 2003 | 7 December 2005 | 2 years, 300 days |
| Wu Yi |  |
China |
Asia | Second Vice Premier | 15 March 2003 | 2 June 2007 | 4 years, 79 days |
| Acting First Vice Premier | 2 June 2007 | 17 March 2008 | 289 days | ||||
| Galina Karelova | .jpg) |
Russia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 April 2003 | 24 February 2004 | 306 days |
| Mia Mottley | .jpg) |
Barbados |
North America | Deputy Prime Minister | 23 May 2003 | 15 January 2008 | 4 years, 237 days |
| Beatriz Merino |  |
 Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 23 June 2003 | 15 December 2003 | 175 days |
| Marita Ulvskog |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 31 October 2003 | 1 June 2004 | 214 days |
| Anne McLellan |  |
Canada |
America | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 December 2003 | 6 February 2006 | 2 years, 56 days |
| Jadranka Kosor |  |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 23 December 2003 | 6 July 2009 | 5 years, 195 days |
| Byrganym Aitimova |  |
Kazakhstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2004 | 2004 | ? |
| Khayrinisso Mavlonova | |
Tajikistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2004 | 23 November 2013 | 9 years, 326 days |
| Svetlana Inamova | |
Uzbekistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2004 | 2008 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Toktobubu Aytikeeva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2004 | 2005 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Luísa Diogo |  |
 Mozambique |
Africa | Prime Minister | 17 August 2004 | 16 January 2010 | 5 years, 152 days |
| Tamar Beruchashvili | .jpg) |
 Georgia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 17 February 2004 | 27 December 2004 | 314 days |
| María Teresa Fernández de la Vega |  |
 Spain |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 18 April 2004 | 20 October 2010 | 6 years, 185 days |
| Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka |  |
 Poland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 2 May 2004 | 31 October 2005 | 1 year, 121 days |
| Yeh Chu-lan | .jpg) |
 Taiwan (Republic of China) |
Asia | Vice Premier | 20 May 2004 | 21 February 2005 | 277 days |
| Laila Freivalds |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 1 October 2004 | 1 November 2004 | 31 days |
| Ishengul Boljurova | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 March 2005 | 15 August 2005 | 143 days |
| Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 2006 | 2006 | ? | ||||
| Emel Etem Toshkova |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 17 August 2005 | 27 July 2009 | 3 years, 344 days |
| Zinaida Greceanîi |  |
Moldova |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 10 October 2005 | 31 March 2008 | 2 years, 173 days |
| Freya Van den Bossche |  |
Belgium |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 15 October 2005 | 21 December 2007 | 2 years, 67 days |
| Constance Simelane | |
 Swaziland |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 2006 | 23 October 2008 | 2 years, 296 days |
| Zyta Gilowska |  |
Poland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 January 2006 | 24 June 2006 | 168 days |
| 22 September 2006 | 7 September 2007 | 350 days | |||||
| 10 September 2007 | 16 November 2007 | 67 days | |||||
| Georgette Koko | |
 Gabon |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 January 2006 | 17 July 2009 | 3 years, 178 days |
| Tsai Ing-wen |  |
Taiwan (Republic of China) |
Asia | Vice Premier | 25 January 2006 | 21 May 2008 | 1 year, 116 days |
| Lucia Žitňanská |  |
Slovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 8 February 2006 | 4 July 2006 | 146 days |
| 23 March 2016 | 22 March 2018 | 1 year, 364 days | |||||
| Maria Tebús | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 April 2006 | 14 February 2008 | 1 year, 299 days |
| Tzipi Livni | .jpg) |
 Israel |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 May 2006 | 31 March 2009 | 2 years, 331 days |
| Ivana Dulić-Marković |  |
 Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 June 2006 | 9 November 2006 | 142 days |
| Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska | |
Republic of Macedonia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 August 2006 | 26 July 2008 | 1 year, 334 days |
| Maud Olofsson |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | 3 years, 364 days |
| Gordana Đurović | |
 Montenegro |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 November 2006 | 11 June 2009 | 2 years, 213 days |
| Julia Gillard |  |
 Australia |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 203 days |
| Elmira Ibraimova | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2008 | 2010 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Farida Akbarova | |
Uzbekistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2008 | 2011 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Honorine Dossou-Naki | |
Gabon |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 2008 | 17 July 2009 | 1 year, 197 days |
| Đurđa Adlešič |  |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 January 2008 | 12 October 2010 | 2 years, 273 days |
| Joëlle Milquet |  |
Belgium |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 March 2008 | 26 April 2010 | 2 years, 37 days |
| Meglena Plugchieva | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 April 2008 | 29 July 2009 | 1 year, 96 days |
| Mary Coughlan |  |
Ireland |
Europe | Tánaiste | 7 May 2008 | 9 March 2011 | 2 years, 306 days |
| Lene Espersen |  |
Denmark |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 September 2008 | 13 January 2011 | 2 years, 125 days |
| Men Sam An | |
 Cambodia |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 September 2008 | 22 August 2023 | 14 years, 331 days |
| Vlasta Parkanová |  |
Czech Republic |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 23 January 2009 | 8 May 2009 | 105 days |
| Thokozani Khuphe |  |
 Zimbabwe |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 11 February 2009 | 11 September 2013 | 4 years, 212 days |
| Elena Salgado | _(cropped).jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 7 April 2009 | 11 July 2011 | 2 years, 95 days |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 11 July 2011 | 22 December 2011 | 164 days | ||||
| Ndéye Khady Diop | |
 Senegal |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 30 April 2009 | 5 April 2012 | 2 years, 341 days |
| Viera Petriková | |
Slovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 July 2009 | 8 July 2010 | 1 year, 5 days |
| Cécile Manorohanta | |
 Madagascar |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 October 2009 | 18 December 2009 | 69 days |
| 20 December 2009 | 2 November 2011 | 1 year, 317 days | |||||
| Sujata Koirala |  |
Nepal |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 October 2009 | 6 February 2011 | 1 year, 117 days |
| Tazhikan Kalimbetova | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 October 2009 | 7 April 2010 | 168 days |
| Uktomkhan Abdullaeva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 October 2009 | 7 April 2010 | 168 days |
| 17 December 2010 | 23 September 2011 | 280 days | |||||
| Han Kwang-bok | |
North Korea |
Asia | Vice Premier | 7 June 2010 | 2012 | 2 years, 207 days |
| Kim Rak-hui | |
North Korea |
Asia | Vice Premier | 7 June 2010 | April 2012 | 2 years, 207 days |
| Eka Tkeshelashvili |  |
Georgia |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 November 2010 | 25 October 2012 | 1 year, 340 days |
| Awa Ndiaye | |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 6 December 2010 | 13 March 2012 | 1 year, 98 days |
| Innocence Ntap | |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 6 December 2010 | 13 March 2012 | 1 year, 98 days |
| Girlyn Miguel | .jpg) |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
America | Deputy Prime Minister | 19 December 2010 | 14 December 2015 | 4 years, 360 days |
| Penda Diallo | |
 Guinea |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 December 2010 | 29 December 2015 | 5 years, 5 days |
| Elmira Basitkhanova | |
Uzbekistan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 2011 | 14 December 2016 | 5 years, 348 days |
| Teuta Arifi | |
Republic of Macedonia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 2011 | 2013 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Edita Tahiri |  |
 Kosovo |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 23 February 2011 | 9 December 2014 | 3 years, 289 days |
| Mimoza Kusari-Lila |  |
Kosovo |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 23 February 2011 | 2 October 2013 | 2 years, 221 days |
| Verica Kalanović |  |
Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 14 March 2011 | 27 July 2012 | 1 year, 135 days |
| Rosario Fernández |  |
Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 19 March 2011 | 28 July 2011 | 131 days |
| Cristina Fontes Lima | |
 Cape Verde |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 March 2011 | 22 April 2016 | 5 years, 32 days |
| Jutta Urpilainen | .jpg) |
Finland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 22 June 2011 | 6 June 2014 | 2 years, 349 days |
| Karolína Peake |  |
Czech Republic |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1 July 2011 | 10 July 2013 | 2 years, 9 days |
| Margrethe Vestager | .jpg) |
Denmark |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 October 2011 | 2 September 2014 | 2 years, 334 days |
| Indira Vardania | |
 Abkhazia |
Europe | First Vice Premier | 10 October 2011 | 3 June 2014 | 2 years, 236 days |
| Gulnara Asymbekova | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 14 November 2011 | 25 March 2014 | 2 years, 131 days |
| Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría | .jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 22 December 2011 | 1 June 2018 | 6 years, 161 days |
| Milanka Opačić |  |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | 4 years, 30 days |
| Han Myeong-sook |  |
 South Korea |
Asia | Prime Minister | 16 January 2012 | 12 April 2012 | 87 days |
| Maya Parnas |  |
 Transnistria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January 2012 | 23 December 2015 | 3 years, 333 days |
| Natalia Nikiforova | |
Transnistria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January 2012 | 2012 | ? |
| Natalia Rusanova | |
Transnistria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January 2012 | 2012 | ? |
| Nina Shtanski |  |
Transnistria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January 2012 | 14 September 2015 | 3 years, 233 days |
| Tatiana Turanskaya |  |
Transnistria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January 2012 | 10 July 2013 | 1 year, 167 days |
| Raisa Bogatyrova |  |
Ukraine |
Europe | Vice Prime Minister | 14 February 2012 | 23 February 2014 | 2 years, 9 days |
| Olga Golodets |  |
Russia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 May 2012 | 21 January 2020 | 7 years, 245 days |
| Alla Dzhioyeva |  |
 South Ossetia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 23 May 2012 | 21 April 2017 | 4 years, 333 days |
| Suzana Grubješić | .jpg) |
Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 July 2012 | 2 September 2013 | 1 year, 37 days |
| Kamila Talieva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 5 September 2012 | 25 March 2014 | 1 year, 201 days |
| Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan |  |
 Somalia |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 November 2012 | 17 January 2014 | 1 year, 74 days |
| Vesna Pusić |  |
Croatia |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 16 November 2012 | 22 January 2016 | 3 years, 67 days |
| Deyana Kostadinova | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 13 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | 77 days |
| Ekaterina Zakarieva |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 13 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | 77 days |
| 6 August 2014 | 7 November 2014 | 93 days | |||||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 4 May 2017 | 12 May 2021 | 4 years, 8 days | ||||
| Iliyana Tsanova | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 13 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | 77 days |
| 6 August 2014 | 7 November 2014 | 93 days | |||||
| Liu Yandong |  |
China |
Asia | Second Vice Premier | 16 March 2013 | 19 March 2018 | 5 years, 3 days |
| Daniela Bobeva | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 29 May 2013 | 6 August 2014 | 1 year, 69 days |
| Zinaida Zlatanova | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 29 May 2013 | 6 August 2014 | 1 year, 69 days |
| Tatiana Potîng | |
Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 30 May 2013 | 18 February 2015 | 1 year, 263 days |
| Natalia Gherman |  |
Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 30 May 2013 | 20 January 2016 | 2 years, 235 days |
| Maria Luís Albuquerque |  |
Portugal |
Europe | Minister of State and of Finance | 2 July 2013 | 24 July 2013 | 22 days |
| Elżbieta Bieńkowska |  |
Poland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 November 2013 | 22 September 2014 | 299 days |
| Gulshara Abdykhalikova | |
Kazakhstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 28 November 2013 | 11 November 2014 | 348 days |
| Elmira Sarieva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 March 2014 | 1 May 2015 | 1 year, 37 days |
| Aster Mamo | |
 Ethiopia |
Africa | Deputy Prime Minister | 8 April 2014 | 1 November 2016 | 2 years, 207 days |
| Kori Udovički |  |
Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 April 2014 | 11 August 2016 | 2 years, 106 days |
| Zorana Mihajlović |  |
Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 April 2014 | 26 October 2022 | 8 years, 182 days |
| Joan Burton | .jpg) |
Ireland |
Europe | Tánaiste | 4 July 2014 | 6 May 2016 | 1 year, 307 days |
| Ana Jara |  |
Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 22 July 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 254 days |
| Violeta Bulc |  |
 Slovenia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 18 September 2014 | 19 November 2014 | 62 days |
| Åsa Romson |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 October 2014 | 25 May 2016 | 1 year, 235 days |
| Margot Wallström |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 3 October 2014 | 10 September 2019 | 4 years, 342 days |
| Meglena Kuneva |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 November 2014 | 27 January 2017 | 2 years, 81 days |
| Rumyana Bachvarova |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 7 November 2014 | 27 January 2017 | 2 years, 81 days |
| Csilla Hegedüs | |
 Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 24 November 2014 | 13 December 2014 | 19 days |
| Damira Niyazalieva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 December 2014 | 1 May 2015 | 125 days |
| Natalya Kochanova |  |
 Belarus |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 27 December 2014 | 21 December 2016 | 1 year, 360 days |
| Marie-Noëlle Koyara | |
 Central African Republic |
Africa | Minister of State | 17 January 2015 | 2 April 2016 | 1 year, 76 days |
| Saara Kuugongelwa | .jpg) |
 Namibia |
Africa | Prime Minister | 21 March 2015 | Incumbent | 10 years, 107 days |
| Gulmira Kudaiberdieva | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 1 May 2015 | 11 November 2016 | 1 year, 192 days |
| Dariga Nazarbayeva |  |
Kazakhstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 11 September 2015 | 13 September 2016 | 1 year, 2 days |
| Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | .jpg) |
 Samoa |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 March 2016 | 11 September 2020 | 4 years, 174 days |
| Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze |  |
Ukraine |
Europe | Vice Prime Minister | 14 April 2016 | 29 August 2019 | 3 years, 137 days |
| Frances Fitzgerald |  |
Ireland |
Europe | Tánaiste | 6 May 2016 | 28 November 2017 | 1 year, 206 days |
| Isabella Lövin |  |
Sweden |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 May 2016 | 5 February 2021 | 4 years, 256 days |
| Azra Jasavić | |
Montenegro |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 2 June 2016 | 28 November 2016 | 179 days |
| Martina Dalić | |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 19 October 2016 | 14 May 2018 | 1 year, 207 days |
| Cholpon Sultanbekova | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 11 November 2016 | 20 April 2018 | 1 year, 160 days |
| Paula Bennett |  |
New Zealand |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 December 2016 | 26 October 2017 | 318 days |
| Tatyana Kirova | |
Transnistria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 17 December 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 201 days |
| Sevil Shhaideh | .JPG) |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 January 2017 | 16 June 2017 | 163 days |
| 29 June 2017 | 17 October 2017 | 110 days | |||||
| Denitsa Zlateva | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 27 January 2017 | 4 May 2017 | 97 days |
| Malina Krumova | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Acting Deputy Prime Minister | 27 January 2017 | 4 May 2017 | 97 days |
| Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu | |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 April 2017 | 16 June 2017 | 74 days |
| 29 June 2017 | 4 November 2019 | 2 years, 128 days | |||||
| Mariyana Nikolova | |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 May 2017 | 12 May 2021 | 4 years, 8 days |
| Ledina Mandia | |
Albania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 22 May 2017 | 11 September 2017 | 112 days |
| Marija Pejčinović Burić | .jpg) |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 19 June 2017 | 19 July 2019 | 2 years, 30 days |
| Senida Mesi | |
Albania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 11 September 2017 | 17 January 2019 | 1 year, 128 days |
| Mercedes Aráoz |  |
Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 17 September 2017 | 2 April 2018 | 259 days |
| Kajsa Ollongren | .jpg) |
Netherlands |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 26 October 2017 | 1 November 2019 | 2 years, 6 days |
| 4 May 2020 | 10 January 2022 | 1 year, 251 days | |||||
| Carola Schouten | .jpg) |
Netherlands |
Europe | Third Deputy Prime Minister | 26 October 2017 | 2 July 2024 | 6 years, 250 days |
| Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo | |
 Mauritius |
Africa | Vice Prime Minister | 16 November 2017 | 6 November 2019 | 1 year, 355 days |
| Beata Szydło |  |
Poland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 11 December 2017 | 4 June 2019 | 1 year, 175 days |
| Cristina Lesnic |  |
Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 January 2018 | 8 June 2019 | 1 year, 149 days |
| Ana Birchall | |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 29 January 2018 | 4 November 2019 | 1 year, 279 days |
| Sun Chunlan | _(cropped).jpg) |
China |
Asia | Second Vice Premier | 19 March 2018 | 11 March 2023 | 4 years, 357 days |
| Gabriela Matečná | |
Slovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 22 March 2018 | 21 March 2020 | 1 year, 365 days |
| Altinai Omurbekova | |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 April 2018 | 15 June 2020 | 2 years, 56 days |
| Tatyana Golikova | .jpg) |
Russia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 18 May 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 49 days |
| Wan Azizah Wan Ismail | .jpg) |
 Malaysia |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 May 2018 | 24 February 2020 | 1 year, 279 days |
| Carmen Calvo Poyato | .jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 7 June 2018 | 12 July 2021 | 3 years, 35 days |
| Maya Tskitishvili | |
Georgia |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 17 July 2018 | 22 February 2021 | 2 years, 220 days |
| Alenka Bratušek |  |
Slovenia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 13 September 2018 | 13 March 2020 | 1 year, 182 days |
| Katri Kulmuni |  |
Finland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 12 September 2019 | 9 June 2020 | 271 days |
| Thea Tsulukiani | _(cropped).jpg) |
Georgia |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 13 September 2019 | 22 February 2021 | 1 year, 162 days |
| Deputy Prime Minister | 31 March 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 97 days | ||||
| Raluca Turcan | .jpg) |
Romania |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 November 2019 | 23 December 2020 | 1 year, 49 days |
| Leela Devi Dookhun | |
Mauritius |
Africa | Vice Prime Minister | 12 November 2019 | 22 November 2024 | 5 years, 10 days |
| Chrystia Freeland | .jpg) |
Canada |
America | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 November 2019 | 16 December 2024 | 5 years, 26 days |
| Nadia Calviño | .jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | Third Deputy Prime Minister | 13 January 2020 | 31 March 2021 | 1 year, 77 days |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 31 March 2021 | 12 July 2021 | 103 days | ||||
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 12 July 2021 | 29 December 2023 | 2 years, 170 days | ||||
| Teresa Ribera | .jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | Fourth Deputy Prime Minister | 13 January 2020 | 12 July 2021 | 1 year, 180 days |
| Third Deputy Prime Minister | 12 July 2021 | 25 November 2024 | 3 years, 136 days | ||||
| Viktoria Abramchenko | .jpg) |
Russia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 January 2020 | 14 May 2024 | 4 years, 114 days |
| Zeina Akar | |
 Lebanon |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 January 2020 | 10 September 2021 | 1 year, 232 days |
| Aleksandra Pivec |  |
Slovenia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 13 March 2020 | 5 October 2020 | 206 days |
| Cristina Lesnic | |
Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 16 March 2020 | 9 November 2020 | 238 days |
| Veronika Remišová | |
Slovakia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 21 March 2020 | 15 May 2023 | 3 years, 55 days |
| Jadwiga Emilewicz |  |
Poland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 9 April 2020 | 6 October 2020 | 180 days |
| Armanda Berta dos Santos |  |
 East Timor |
Asia | Deputy Prime Minister | 29 May 2020 | 1 July 2023 | 3 years, 33 days |
| Albulena Balaj-Halimaj |  |
Kosovo |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 3 June 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 292 days |
| Olha Stefanishyna |  |
Ukraine |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 4 June 2020 | Incumbent | 5 years, 32 days |
| Annika Saarikko | .jpg) |
Finland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 10 September 2020 | 20 June 2023 | 2 years, 283 days |
| Petra De Sutter | .jpg) |
Belgium |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 278 days |
| Sophie Wilmès | .jpg) |
Belgium |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 1 October 2020 | 14 July 2022 | 1 year, 286 days |
| Maja Gojković |  |
Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 28 October 2020 | 2 May 2024 | 3 years, 187 days |
| Olga Cebotari |  |
Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 9 November 2020 | 6 August 2021 | 270 days |
| Violeta Bermúdez | .jpg) |
Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 18 November 2020 | 28 July 2021 | 252 days |
| Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz | .jpg) |
Kosovo |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 106 days |
| Emilija Redžepi |  |
Kosovo |
Europe | Third Deputy Prime Minister | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 106 days |
| Sabine Monauni | .jpg) |
Liechtenstein |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 March 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 103 days |
| Yolanda Díaz | .jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | Third Deputy Prime Minister | 31 March 2021 | 12 July 2021 | 103 days |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister | 12 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 359 days | ||||
| Robinah Nabbanja | .jpg) |
 Uganda |
Africa | Prime Minister | 21 June 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 15 days |
| Mirtha Vásquez | .png) |
Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 6 October 2021 | 31 January 2022 | 117 days |
| Yulia Svyrydenko |  |
Ukraine |
Europe | First Vice Prime Minister | 4 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 244 days |
| Kalina Konstantinova | Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 13 December 2021 | 2 August 2022 | 232 days | |
| Korneliya Ninova |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 13 December 2021 | 2 August 2022 | 232 days |
| Paulette Lenert | .jpg) |
Luxembourg |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 5 January 2022 | 17 November 2023 | 1 year, 104 days |
| Sigrid Kaag | .jpg) |
Netherlands |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 10 January 2022 | 8 January 2024 | 1 year, 363 days |
| Santia Bradshaw |  |
Barbados |
North America | Deputy Prime Minister | 26 January 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 161 days |
| Mariana Vieira da Silva | _-_Ag%C3%AAncia_Lusa,_cropped.png) |
Portugal |
Europe | Minister of the Presidency | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | 2 years, 3 days |
| Anja Šimpraga |  |
Croatia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 29 April 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 68 days |
| Thérèse Coffey |  |
 United Kingdom |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 49 days |
| Ebba Busch | _(cropped).jpg) |
Sweden |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 261 days |
| Betssy Chávez | .jpg) |
Peru |
America | Prime Minister | 26 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 11 days |
| Carmel Sepuloni |  |
New Zealand |
Oceania | Deputy Prime Minister | 25 January 2023 | 27 November 2023 | 306 days |
| Manuela Roka Botey | .jpg) |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Africa | Prime Minister | 1 February 2023 | 17 August 2024 | 1 year, 198 days |
| Mariya Gabriel | .jpg) |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 6 June 2023 | 9 April 2024 | 308 days |
| Riikka Purra | .jpg) |
Finland |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 20 June 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 16 days |
| Karien van Gennip |  |
Netherlands |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 5 September 2023 | 2 July 2024 | 301 days |
| María Jesús Montero | .jpg) |
Spain |
Europe | Fourth Deputy Prime Minister | 21 November 2023 | 29 December 2023 | 38 days |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | 29 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 189 days | ||||
| Cristina Gherasimov |  |
Moldova |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 5 February 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 151 days |
| Lyudmila Petkova |  |
Bulgaria |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 9 April 2024 | 16 January 2025 | 282 days |
| Irena Vujović | .jpg) |
Serbia |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 2 May 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 65 days |
| Cheng Li-chun | .jpg) |
Taiwan (Republic of China) |
Asia | Vice Premier | 20 May 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 47 days |
| Fleur Agema | .jpg) |
Netherlands |
Europe | First Deputy Prime Minister | 2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 4 days |
| Sophie Hermans | .jpg) |
Netherlands |
Europe | Second Deputy Prime Minister | 2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 4 days |
| Mona Keijzer | .jpg) |
Netherlands |
Europe | Fourth Deputy Prime Minister | 2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 4 days |
| Angela Rayner | .jpg) |
United Kingdom |
Europe | Deputy Prime Minister | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 1 day |
| Harini Amarasuriya | Sri Lanka |
Asia | Prime Minister | 24 September 2024 | Incumbent | 285 days | |
| Sara Aagesen | .png) |
Spain |
Europe | Third Deputy Prime Minister | 25 November 2024 | Incumbent | 223 days |
| Maria Benvinda Levy | Mozambique |
Africa | Prime Minister | 15 January 2025 | Incumbent | 172 days |
See also
- Council of Women World Leaders
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
- List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
- List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of state
- Women in government
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