List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of state facts for kids

This article is about women who have served as a country's deputy head of state. A deputy head of state is like a second-in-command to the main leader of a country, often called the president or head of state. They usually step in if the main leader can't do their job. This list includes women who were either chosen by voters (elected) or officially given the job (appointed). It doesn't include women who were deputy heads of government (like a deputy prime minister) unless they were also a deputy head of state at the same time.

Women Deputy Heads of State

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• Italics are used for leaders who were only temporarily in charge (acting) or for countries that were not fully recognized by other nations, or no longer exist.

Name	Image	Country	Continent	Role	Start Date	End Date	Time in Office
Soong Ching-ling		People's Republic of China	Asia	Deputy Chairperson	1 October 1949	27 September 1954	4 years, 11 months, 26 days
					27 April 1959	24 February 1972	12 years, 9 months, 28 days
Maria Paretti		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1961	1966	5 years, 0 days
Constanța Crăciun		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1965	1969	4 years, 0 days
Isabel Perón		Argentina	South America	Vice President	12 October 1973	1 July 1974	8 months, 19 days
Maria Ciocan		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1980	1985	5 years, 0 days
Anahita Ratebzad		Afghanistan	Asia	Deputy Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Council	27 December 1980	24 November 1985	4 years, 10 months, 28 days
Mine Guri		Albania	Europe	Vice President	22 November 1982	1 September 1991	8 years, 9 months, 10 days
Viola Burnham		Guyana	South America	Co-Vice President	6 August 1985	9 October 1991	6 years, 2 months, 3 days
Maria Ghițulică		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1985	1989	4 years, 0 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco		Costa Rica	North America	Second Vice President	8 May 1986	8 May 1990	4 years, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Định		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	19 April 1987	19 July 1992	5 years, 3 months, 0 days
Blaga Dimitrova		Bulgaria	Europe	Vice President	22 January 1992	6 July 1993	1 year, 5 months, 14 days
Nguyễn Thị Bình		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	8 October 1992	12 August 2002	9 years, 10 months, 4 days
Specioza Kazibwe		Uganda	Africa	Vice President	18 November 1994	21 May 2003	8 years, 6 months, 3 days
Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía		Honduras	North America	Third Vice President	27 January 1994	27 January 1998	4 years, 0 days
Rebeca Grynspan		Costa Rica	North America	Second Vice President	8 May 1994	8 May 1998	4 years, 0 days
Julia Mena		Nicaragua	North America	Vice President	2 January 1995	2 January 1997	2 years, 0 days
Rosalía Arteaga		Ecuador	South America	Vice President	10 August 1996	9 February 1997	5 months, 30 days
					11 February 1997	30 March 1998	1 year, 1 month, 19 days
Janet Jagan		Guyana	South America	Prime Minister and First Vice President	6 March 1997	19 December 1997	9 months, 13 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy		The Gambia	Africa	Vice President	20 March 1997	18 January 2017	19 years, 9 months, 29 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar		Iran	Asia	Vice President	2 August 1997	3 August 2005	8 years, 1 day
					10 September 2013	1 September 2021	7 years, 11 months, 22 days
Gladys Caballero de Arevalo		Honduras	North America	Second Vice President	27 January 1998	27 January 2002	4 years, 0 days
Astrid Fischel Volio		Costa Rica	North America	First Vice President	8 May 1998	8 May 2002	4 years, 0 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito		Costa Rica	North America	Second Vice President	8 May 1998	8 May 2002	4 years, 0 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		Philippines	Asia	Vice President	30 June 1998	20 January 2001	2 years, 6 months, 21 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri		Indonesia	Asia	Vice President	26 October 1999	23 July 2001	1 year, 8 months, 27 days
Annette Lu		Taiwan (Republic of China)	Asia	Vice President	20 May 2000	20 May 2008	8 years, 0 days
Milagros Ortiz Bosch		Dominican Republic	North America	Vice President	16 August 2000	16 August 2004	4 years, 0 days
Adina Bastidas		Venezuela	South America	Vice President	24 December 2000	13 January 2002	1 year, 20 days
Sandra Pierantozzi		Palau	Oceania	Vice President	19 January 2001	1 January 2005	3 years, 11 months, 13 days
Sima Samar		Afghanistan	Asia	Vice Chairwoman of Interim Administration	22 December 2001	19 June 2002	5 months, 28 days
Armida Villela de López Contreras		Honduras	North America	Second Vice President	27 January 2002	27 January 2006	4 years, 0 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri		Costa Rica	North America	First Vice President	8 May 2002	8 May 2006	4 years, 0 days
Trương Mỹ Hoa		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	12 August 2002	25 July 2007	4 years, 11 months, 13 days
Teima Onorio		Kiribati	Oceania	Vice President	10 July 2003	12 March 2016	12 years, 8 months, 2 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar		El Salvador	North America	Vice President	1 June 2004	1 June 2009	5 years, 0 days
Joice Mujuru		Zimbabwe	Africa	Vice President	6 December 2004	8 December 2014	10 years, 2 days
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka		South Africa	Africa	Deputy President	22 June 2005	24 September 2008	3 years, 3 months, 2 days
Fatemeh Javadi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	3 August 2005	5 August 2009	4 years, 2 days
Alice Nzomukunda		Burundi	Africa	Vice President	29 August 2005	5 September 2006	1 year, 7 days
Najah al-Attar		Syria	Asia	Vice President	23 March 2006	8 December 2024	18 years, 8 months, 15 days
Dalia Itzik		Israel	Asia	Designated Acting President	4 May 2006	30 March 2009	2 years, 10 months, 26 days
Laura Chinchilla		Costa Rica	North America	First Vice President	8 May 2006	8 October 2008	2 years, 5 months, 0 days
Lourdes Mendoza		Peru	South America	Second Vice President	28 July 2006	28 July 2011	5 years, 0 days
Marina Barampama		Burundi	Africa	Vice President	8 September 2006	8 February 2007	5 months, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Doan		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	25 July 2007	8 April 2016	8 years, 8 months, 14 days
Baleka Mbete		South Africa	Africa	Deputy President	25 September 2008	9 May 2009	7 months, 14 days
Joyce Banda		Malawi	Africa	Vice President	29 May 2009	7 April 2012	2 years, 10 months, 9 days
Fatemeh Bodaghi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	10 September 2013	3 years, 11 months, 20 days
Farahnaz Torkestani		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	10 September 2013	3 years, 11 months, 20 days
Maryam Mojtahedzadeh		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	8 October 2013	4 years, 17 days
Nasrin Soltankhah		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	10 September 2013	3 years, 11 months, 20 days
María Antonieta de Bográn		Honduras	North America	First Vice President	27 January 2010	27 January 2014	4 years, 0 days
Hannelore Kraft		Germany	Europe	President of the Bundesrat	1 November 2010	31 October 2011	11 months, 30 days
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau		Mauritius	Africa	Vice President	12 November 2010	4 April 2016	5 years, 4 months, 23 days
Assunção Esteves		Portugal	Europe	President of Parliament	21 June 2011	22 October 2015	4 years, 4 months, 1 day
Susan Denham		Ireland	Europe	Chief Justice	25 July 2011	28 July 2017	6 years, 3 days
Marisol Espinoza		Peru	South America	First Vice President	28 July 2011	28 July 2016	5 years, 0 days
Meherzia Labidi Maïza		Tunisia	Africa	First Vice-president of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia	22 November 2011	2 December 2014	3 years, 10 days
Roxana Baldetti		Guatemala	North America	Vice President	14 January 2012	8 May 2015	3 years, 3 months, 24 days
Han Myeong-sook		South Korea	Asia	Prime Minister	16 January 2012	12 April 2012	2 months, 27 days
Margarita Popova		Bulgaria	Europe	Vice President	22 January 2012	22 January 2017	5 years, 0 days
Margarita Cedeño		Dominican Republic	North America	Vice President	16 August 2012	16 August 2020	8 years, 0 days
Suheir Atassi		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	12 November 2012	4 January 2015	2 years, 1 month, 23 days
Gladys María Bejerano Portela		Cuba	North America	Vice President	24 February 2013	10 October 2019	6 years, 7 months, 16 days
Mercedes López Acea		Cuba	North America	Vice President	24 February 2013	19 April 2018	5 years, 1 month, 26 days
Elham Aminzadeh		Iran	Asia	Vice President	11 August 2013	12 July 2016	2 years, 11 months, 1 day
Shahindokht Molaverdi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	8 October 2013	9 August 2017	3 years, 10 months, 1 day
Ava Rossana Guevara		Honduras	North America	Second Vice President	27 January 2014	27 January 2018	4 years, 0 days
Lorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez		Honduras	North America	Third Vice President	27 January 2014	27 January 2018	4 years, 0 days
Ana Helena Chacón		Costa Rica	North America	Second Vice President	8 May 2014	8 May 2018	4 years, 0 days
Isabel Saint Malo		Panama	North America	Vice President	1 July 2014	1 July 2019	5 years, 0 days
Noura al-Ameer		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	4 January 2015	5 March 2016	1 year, 2 months, 1 day
Inonge Wina		Zambia	Africa	Vice President	26 January 2015	24 August 2021	6 years, 6 months, 29 days
Samia Suluhu Hassan		Tanzania	Africa	Vice President	5 November 2015	19 March 2021	5 years, 4 months, 14 days
Gabriela Michetti		Argentina	South America	Vice President	10 December 2015	10 December 2019	4 years, 0 days
Samira al-Masalma		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	5 March 2016	6 May 2017	1 year, 2 months, 1 day
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	8 April 2016	6 April 2021	4 years, 11 months, 29 days
Leni Robredo		Philippines	Asia	Vice President	30 June 2016	30 June 2022	6 years, 0 days
Mercedes Aráoz		Peru	South America	Second Vice President	28 July 2016	23 March 2018	1 year, 7 months, 24 days
				First Vice President	23 March 2018	7 May 2020	2 years, 1 month, 14 days
Malu Dreyer		Germany	Europe	President of the Bundesrat	1 November 2016	31 October 2017	11 months, 30 days
Zahra Ahmadipour		Iran	Asia	Vice President	6 November 2016	13 August 2017	9 months, 7 days
Rosario Murillo		Nicaragua	North America	Vice President	10 January 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 11 months, 15 days
Iliana Iotova		Bulgaria	Europe	Vice President	22 January 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 11 months, 3 days
Mehriban Aliyeva		Azerbaijan	Asia	Vice President	21 February 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 10 months, 4 days
Fatoumata Tambajang		The Gambia	Africa	Vice President	22 February 2017	29 June 2018	1 year, 4 months, 7 days
Salwa Aksoy		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	6 May 2017	6 May 2018	1 year, 0 days
Laya Jonaidi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	9 August 2017	1 September 2021	4 years, 23 days
Lucía Topolansky		Uruguay	South America	Vice President	13 September 2017	1 March 2020	2 years, 5 months, 17 days
María Alejandra Vicuña		Ecuador	South America	Vice President	4 October 2017	4 December 2018	1 year, 2 months, 0 days
Jewel Taylor		Liberia	Africa	Vice President	22 January 2018	22 January 2024	6 years, 0 days
Olga Margarita Alvarado Rodríguez		Honduras	North America	Second Vice President	27 January 2018	27 January 2022	4 years, 0 days
María Antonia Rivera		Honduras	North America	Third Vice President	27 January 2018	27 January 2022	4 years, 0 days
Elisabetta Casellati		Italy	Europe	President of the Senate	24 March 2018	12 October 2022	4 years, 6 months, 18 days
Inés María Chapman Waugh		Cuba	North America	Vice President	19 April 2018	10 October 2019	1 year, 5 months, 21 days
Beatriz Johnson Urrutia		Cuba	North America	Vice President	19 April 2018	10 October 2019	1 year, 5 months, 21 days
Dima Moussa		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	6 May 2018	1 July 2020	2 years, 1 month, 25 days
					12 September 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 months, 13 days
Epsy Campbell Barr		Costa Rica	North America	First Vice President	8 May 2018	8 May 2022	4 years, 0 days
Alicia Pucheta		Paraguay	South America	Vice President	9 May 2018	15 August 2018	3 months, 6 days
Delcy Rodríguez		Venezuela	South America	Vice President	14 June 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 6 months, 11 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez		Colombia	South America	Vice President	7 August 2018	7 August 2022	4 years, 0 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero		Mexico	North America	Secretary of the Interior	1 December 2018	26 August 2021	2 years, 8 months, 25 days
Isatou Touray		The Gambia	Africa	Vice President	15 March 2019	4 May 2022	3 years, 1 month, 19 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner		Argentina	South America	Vice President	10 December 2019	10 December 2023	4 years, 0 days
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior		South Sudan	Africa	Fourth Vice President	21 February 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 10 months, 4 days
Beatriz Argimón		Uruguay	South America	Vice President	1 March 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 9 months, 24 days
María Alejandra Muñoz		Ecuador	South America	Vice President	22 July 2020	24 May 2021	10 months, 2 days
Raquel Peña de Antuña		Dominican Republic	North America	Vice President	16 August 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 4 months, 9 days
Kamala Harris		United States	North America	Vice President	20 January 2021	20 January 2025	4 years, 0 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior		Palau	Oceania	Vice President	21 January 2021	16 January 2025	3 years, 11 months, 26 days
Pany Yathotou		Laos	Asia	Vice President	22 March 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 9 months, 3 days
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	6 April 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 8 months, 19 days
Mariam Chabi Talata		Benin	Africa	Vice President	24 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 7 months, 1 day
Jessica Alupo		Uganda	Africa	Vice President	21 June 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 6 months, 4 days
Dina Boluarte		Peru	South America	First Vice President	28 July 2021	7 December 2022	1 year, 4 months, 9 days
Mutale Nalumango		Zambia	Africa	Vice President	24 August 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 4 months, 1 day
Ensieh Khazali		Iran	Asia	Vice President	11 September 2021	10 August 2024	2 years, 10 months, 30 days
Doris Gutiérrez		Honduras	North America	Second Vice President	27 January 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 11 months, 29 days
Izkia Siches		Chile	South America	Minister of the Interior and Public Security	11 March 2022	6 September 2022	5 months, 26 days
Mary Munive		Costa Rica	North America	Second Vice President	8 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 7 months, 17 days
Sara Duterte		Philippines	Asia	Vice President	30 June 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 5 months, 25 days
Francia Márquez		Colombia	South America	Vice President	7 August 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 4 months, 18 days
Carolina Tohá		Chile	South America	Minister of the Interior and Public Security	6 September 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 3 months, 19 days
Esperança da Costa		Angola	Africa	Vice President	15 September 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 3 months, 10 days
Rose Christiane Raponda		Gabon	Africa	Vice President	9 January 2023	30 August 2023	7 months, 21 days
Luisa María Alcalde Luján		Mexico	North America	Secretary of the Interior	19 June 2023	30 September 2024	1 year, 3 months, 11 days
Manuela Schwesig		Germany	Europe	President of the Bundesrat	1 November 2023	31 October 2024	11 months, 30 days
Verónica Abad Rojas		Ecuador	South America	Vice President	25 November 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 0 months, 30 days
Victoria Villarruel		Argentina	South America	Vice President	10 December 2023	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 15 days
Karin Herrera		Guatemala	North America	Vice President	15 January 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah		Namibia	Africa	Vice President	4 February 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Hsiao Bi-khim		Taiwan (Republic of China)	Asia	Vice President	20 May 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Zahra Behrouz Azar		Iran	Asia	Vice President	10 August 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Shina Ansari					22 August 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Rosa Icela Rodríguez		Mexico	North America	Secretary of the Interior	1 October 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Anke Rehlinger		Germany	Europe	President of the Bundesrat	1 November 2024	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang		Ghana	Africa	Vice President	7 January 2025	Incumbent	0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Carolina Cosse		Uruguay	South America	Vice President	1 March 2025	Elect	0 years, 0 months, 0 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 government
• Women in government