List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government facts for kids
Female head of state Female head of state/government (combined) Female head of state and female head of government Female prime minister/state counselor acting as deputy to the combined head of state and government (de facto leader)
- Three former sovereign states had a female head of state or government in the 20th century: East Germany, Tannu Tuva and Yugoslavia.
This article is about amazing women who have led their countries! It lists women who became the head of state or head of government in their countries. A head of state is like the main symbol of a country. A head of government is in charge of running the country's daily business. Sometimes, one person does both jobs! This list includes presidents and prime ministers, but not queens who inherited their positions.
Khertek Anchimaa from the Tuvan People's Republic was the first woman to be a country's leader. She became the chairwoman of her country's main council in 1940. This was a very early example of a woman leading a nation.
The first woman to be chosen as a prime minister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). She led her political party to win the election in July 1960.
Isabel Perón of Argentina was the first woman to become a president. She was the vice president and took over as president in July 1974 after the previous president passed away.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland was the first woman to be elected president by the people. She won the election in 1980 and stayed in office for 16 years. This makes her the longest-serving female head of state who wasn't born into the role.
Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan was the first woman to be democratically elected as prime minister in a country where most people are Muslim. She won elections in 1988 and 1993. She was also one of the few female leaders who had a baby while in office, like Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand.
The woman who has served the longest as a head of government is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. She was prime minister from June 1996 to July 2001, and again from January 2009 until August 2024. That's more than 20 years in total!
Right now, in countries like Barbados, Iceland, and Trinidad and Tobago, both the main leader (head of state) and the person running the government (head of government) are women. In other countries, such as Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Namibia, Peru, Suriname, and Tanzania, the female President does both jobs.
Elected or appointed female chief executives
This list shows women who have been chosen as leaders, either by being elected by the people or appointed by a special committee or parliament. It does not include queens who inherited their power. Leaders who served for a short, temporary time are shown in italics. Incumbent
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khertek Anchimaa | ![]() |
Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Little Khural |
6 April 1940 | 11 October 1944 | 4 years, 188 days | Head of state | ||
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ![]() ![]() |
Prime Minister | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | 4 years, 249 days | Head of government | Executive | |
29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | 7 years, 55 days | ||||||
Indira Gandhi | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 24 January 1966 | 24 April 1977 | 11 years, 90 days | Head of government | Executive | |
15 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 (assassinated) |
4 years, 290 days | ||||||
Golda Meir | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 17 March 1969 | 3 June 1974 | 5 years, 78 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Isabel Perón | ![]() |
President | 1 July 1974 | 24 March 1976 | 1 year, 267 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Elisabeth Domitien | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 2 January 1975 | 7 April 1976 | 1 year, 96 days | Head of government | ||
Margaret Thatcher | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 4 May 1979 | 28 November 1990 | 11 years, 208 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 1 August 1979 | 3 January 1980 | 155 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Lidia Gueiler Tejada | ![]() |
President | 16 November 1979 | 17 July 1980 | 244 days | Head of state | Executive | |
Eugenia Charles | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | 14 years, 328 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | ![]() |
President | 1 August 1980 | 1 August 1996 | 16 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Gro Harlem Brundtland | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 4 February 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 252 days | Head of government | Executive | |
9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | ||||||
3 November 1990 | 25 October 1996 | 5 years, 357 days | ||||||
Soong Ching-ling | ![]() |
Honorary President | 16 May 1981 | 28 May 1981 | 12 days | Head of state | ||
Agatha Barbara | ![]() |
President | 15 February 1982 | 15 February 1987 | 5 years | Head of state | ||
Milka Planinc | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 16 May 1982 | 15 May 1986 | 3 years, 364 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Corazon Aquino | ![]() |
President | 25 February 1986 | 30 June 1992 | 6 years, 126 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Stella Sigcau | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 5 October 1987 | 30 December 1987 | 86 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Benazir Bhutto | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 2 December 1988 | 6 July 1990 | 1 year, 216 days | Head of government | Executive | |
19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | 3 years, 17 days | ||||||
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot | ![]() |
President | 13 March 1990 | 7 February 1991 | 331 days | Head of state | ||
Kazimira Prunskienė | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 11 March 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 299 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl | ![]() |
President of the People's Chamber | 5 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 180 days | Head of state | ||
Violeta Chamorro | ![]() |
President | 25 April 1990 | 10 January 1997 | 6 years, 260 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Mary Robinson | ![]() |
President | 3 December 1990 | 12 September 1997 | 6 years, 283 days | Head of state | ||
Khaleda Zia | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 20 March 1991 | 30 March 1996 | 5 years, 10 days | Head of government | Executive | |
10 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | 5 years, 19 days | ||||||
Édith Cresson | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 15 May 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 323 days | Head of government | ||
Hanna Suchocka | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 11 July 1992 | 25 October 1993 | 1 year, 106 days | Head of government | ||
Tansu Çiller | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 13 June 1993 | 6 March 1996 | 2 years, 267 days | Head of government | ||
Kim Campbell | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 25 June 1993 | 4 November 1993 | 132 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Sylvie Kinigi | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 10 July 1993 | 7 February 1994 | 109 days | Head of government | ||
Agathe Uwilingiyimana | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 (assassinated) |
263 days | Head of government | ||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | ![]() |
President | 12 November 1994 | 19 November 2005 | 11 years, 7 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Claudette Werleigh | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 7 November 1995 | 27 February 1996 | 112 days | Head of government | ||
Sheikh Hasina | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5 years, 22 days | Head of government | Executive | |
6 January 2009 | 5 August 2024 | 15 years, 212 days | ||||||
Ruth Perry | ![]() |
Chairwoman of the Council of State | 3 September 1996 | 2 August 1997 | 333 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Rosalía Arteaga | ![]() |
President | 9 February 1997 | 11 February 1997 | 2 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Mary McAleese | ![]() |
President | 11 November 1997 | 11 November 2011 | 14 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Jenny Shipley | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 8 December 1997 | 10 December 1999 | 2 years, 2 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Janet Jagan | ![]() |
President | 19 December 1997 | 11 August 1999 | 1 year, 235 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | ![]() |
President | 8 July 1999 | 8 July 2007 | 8 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Mireya Moscoso | ![]() |
President | 1 September 1999 | 1 September 2004 | 5 years | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Helen Clark | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 10 December 1999 | 19 November 2008 | 8 years, 350 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Tarja Halonen | ![]() |
President | 1 March 2000 | 1 March 2012 | 12 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ![]() |
President | 20 January 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 161 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Mame Madior Boye | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year, 246 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Megawati Sukarnoputri | ![]() |
President | 23 July 2001 | 20 October 2004 | 3 years, 89 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Maria das Neves | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 3 October 2002 | 18 September 2004 | 1 year, 351 days | Head of government | ||
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 17 April 2003 | 24 June 2003 | 68 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Yulia Tymoshenko | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 24 January 2005 | 6 September 2005 | 225 days | Head of government | Executive | |
18 December 2007 | 3 March 2010 | 2 years, 75 days | ||||||
Maria do Carmo Silveira | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 8 June 2005 | 21 April 2006 | 317 days | Head of government | ||
Angela Merkel | ![]() |
Chancellor | 22 November 2005 | 8 December 2021 | 16 years, 16 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | ![]() |
President | 16 January 2006 | 22 January 2018 | 12 years, 6 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Michelle Bachelet | ![]() |
President | 11 March 2006 | 11 March 2010 | 4 years | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | 4 years | ||||||
Portia Simpson-Miller | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 30 March 2006 | 11 September 2007 | 1 year, 165 days | Head of government | Executive | |
5 January 2012 | 3 March 2016 | 4 years, 58 days | ||||||
Pratibha Devisingh Patil | ![]() |
President | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ![]() |
President | 10 December 2007 | 10 December 2015 | 8 years | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Zinaida Greceanîi | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 31 March 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1 year, 167 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Michèle Pierre-Louis | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 5 September 2008 | 11 November 2009 | 1 year, 67 days | Head of government | ||
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 111 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Jadranka Kosor | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 6 July 2009 | 23 December 2011 | 2 years, 170 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Dalia Grybauskaitė | ![]() |
President | 12 July 2009 | 12 July 2019 | 10 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Roza Otunbayeva | ![]() |
President | 7 April 2010 | 1 December 2011 | 1 year, 238 days | Head of state | ||
Laura Chinchilla | ![]() |
President | 8 May 2010 | 8 May 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Mari Kiviniemi | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 22 June 2010 | 22 June 2011 | 1 year, 0 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Julia Gillard | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 24 June 2010 | 27 June 2013 | 3 years, 3 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Iveta Radičová | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 8 July 2010 | 4 April 2012 | 1 year, 271 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Dilma Rousseff | ![]() |
President | 1 January 2011 | 31 August 2016 Suspended 12 May 2016 |
5 years, 243 days 5 years, 139 days |
Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 3 April 2011 | 22 March 2012 | 354 days | Head of government | ||
Atifete Jahjaga | ![]() |
President | 7 April 2011 | 7 April 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Yingluck Shinawatra | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 5 August 2011 | 7 May 2014 | 2 years, 275 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Helle Thorning-Schmidt | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Joyce Banda | ![]() |
President | 7 April 2012 | 31 May 2014 | 2 years, 54 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Park Geun-hye | ![]() |
President | 25 February 2013 | 10 March 2017 Suspended 9 December 2016 |
4 years, 13 days 3 years, 288 days |
Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Alenka Bratušek | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 20 March 2013 | 18 September 2014 | 1 year, 182 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Tatiana Turanskaya | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 10 June 2013 | 13 October 2015 | 2 years, 125 days | Head of government | Executive | |
30 November 2015 | 2 December 2015 | 2 days | ||||||
Sibel Siber | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 13 June 2013 | 2 September 2013 | 81 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Aminata Touré | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Erna Solberg | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 16 October 2013 | 14 October 2021 | 7 years, 363 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Laimdota Straujuma | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 22 January 2014 | 11 February 2016 | 2 years, 20 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Catherine Samba-Panza | ![]() |
President | 23 January 2014 | 30 March 2016 | 2 years, 67 days | Head of state | Executive | |
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca | ![]() |
President | 4 April 2014 | 4 April 2019 | 5 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Ewa Kopacz | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | 1 year, 55 days | Head of government | ||
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | ![]() |
President | 19 February 2015 | 18 February 2020 | 4 years, 364 days | Head of state | ||
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | ![]() |
President | 5 June 2015 | 23 March 2018 | 2 years, 291 days | Head of state | ||
Bidya Devi Bhandari | ![]() |
President | 29 October 2015 | 13 March 2023 | 7 years, 135 days | Head of state | ||
Beata Szydło | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 16 November 2015 | 11 December 2017 | 2 years, 25 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Hilda Heine | ![]() |
President | 28 January 2016 | 14 January 2020 | 3 years, 351 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
3 January 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 205 days | ||||||
Aung San Suu Kyi | ![]() |
State Counsellor | 6 April 2016 | 1 February 2021 | 4 years, 301 days | De facto head of government |
De facto Executive | |
Tsai Ing-wen | ![]() |
President | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2024 | 8 years, 0 days | Head of state | Executive | |
Theresa May | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 13 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 | 3 years, 11 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Kersti Kaljulaid | ![]() |
President | 10 October 2016 | 11 October 2021 | 5 years, 1 day | Head of state | ||
Ana Brnabić | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 29 June 2017 | 20 March 2024 | 6 years, 265 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Halimah Yacob | ![]() |
President | 14 September 2017 | 14 September 2023 | 6 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Jacinda Ardern | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 26 October 2017 | 25 January 2023 | 5 years, 91 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Katrín Jakobsdóttir | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 30 November 2017 | 9 April 2024 | 6 years, 131 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Viorica Dăncilă | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 29 January 2018 | 4 November 2019 | 1 year, 279 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Paula-Mae Weekes | ![]() |
President | 19 March 2018 | 20 March 2023 | 5 years, 1 day | Head of state | ||
Mia Mottley | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 25 May 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 63 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Sahle-Work Zewde | ![]() |
President | 25 October 2018 | 7 October 2024 | 5 years, 348 days | Head of state | ||
Salome Zourabichvili | ![]() |
President | 16 December 2018 | Disputed | 6 years, 13 days | Head of state | ||
Brigitte Bierlein | ![]() |
Chancellor | 3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Maia Sandu | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 8 June 2019 | 14 November 2019 | 159 days | Head of government | Executive | |
President | 24 December 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 215 days | Head of state | ||||
Zuzana Čaputová | ![]() |
President | 15 June 2019 | 15 June 2024 | 5 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Mette Frederiksen | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 30 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Sophie Wilmès | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 27 October 2019 | 1 October 2020 | 340 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Jeanine Áñez | ![]() |
President | 12 November 2019 | 8 November 2020 | 362 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Sanna Marin | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 10 December 2019 | 20 June 2023 | 3 years, 192 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Katerina Sakellaropoulou | ![]() |
President | 13 March 2020 | 13 March 2025 | 5 years, 0 days | Head of state | ||
Rose Christiane Raponda | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 16 July 2020 | 9 January 2023 | 2 years, 177 days | Head of government | ||
Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 28 September 2020 | 3 May 2025 | 4 years, 217 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Ingrida Šimonytė | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 11 December 2020 | 12 December 2024 | 4 years, 1 day | Head of government | Executive | |
Kaja Kallas | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 26 January 2021 | 23 July 2024 | 3 years, 179 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Samia Suluhu Hassan | ![]() |
President | 19 March 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 130 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Vjosa Osmani | ![]() |
President | 4 April 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 114 days | Head of state | ||
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 64 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Natalia Gavrilița | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 6 August 2021 | 16 February 2023 | 1 year, 194 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Najla Bouden | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 11 October 2021 | 2 August 2023 | 1 year, 295 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
President | 30 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 239 days | Head of state | ||
Magdalena Andersson | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Xiomara Castro | ![]() |
President | 27 January 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 181 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Katalin Novák | ![]() |
President | 10 May 2022 | 26 February 2024 | 1 year, 292 days | Head of state | ||
Élisabeth Borne | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 16 May 2022 | 9 January 2024 | 1 year, 238 days | Head of government | ||
Droupadi Murmu | ![]() |
President | 25 July 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 2 days | Head of state | ||
Liz Truss | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 49 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Giorgia Meloni | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 278 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Dina Boluarte | ![]() |
President | 7 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 232 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Nataša Pirc Musar | ![]() |
President | 23 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 216 days | Head of state | ||
Borjana Krišto | ![]() |
Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers | 25 January 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 183 days | Head of government | ||
Christine Kangaloo | ![]() |
President | 20 March 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 129 days | Head of state | ||
Evika Siliņa | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 15 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 315 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Sylvanie Burton | ![]() |
President | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 298 days | Head of state | ||
Myriam Spiteri Debono | ![]() |
President | 4 April 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 114 days | Head of state | ||
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova | ![]() |
President | 12 May 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 76 days | Head of state | ||
Judith Suminwa | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 45 days | Head of government | ||
Halla Tómasdóttir | ![]() |
President | 1 August 2024 | Incumbent | 360 days | Head of state | ||
Paetongtarn Shinawatra | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 16 August 2024 | Incumbent Suspended 1 July 2025 |
345 days 319 days |
Head of government | Executive | |
Claudia Sheinbaum | ![]() |
President | 1 October 2024 | Incumbent | 299 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Kristrún Frostadóttir | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | 218 days | Head of government | Executive | |
Ilza Amado Vaz | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 9 January 2025 | 12 January 2025 | 3 days | Head of government | ||
Raffaella Petrini | ![]() |
President | 1 March 2025 | Incumbent | 148 days | Head of government | ||
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | ![]() |
President | 21 March 2025 | Incumbent | 128 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Sara Zaafarani | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 21 March 2025 | Incumbent | 128 days | Head of government | ||
Brigitte Haas | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 10 April 2025 | Incumbent | 108 days | Head of government | ||
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons | ![]() |
President | 16 July 2025 | Incumbent | 11 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |
Yulia Svyrydenko | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 17 July 2025 | Incumbent | 10 days | Head of government |
Elected or appointed acting female chief executives
This list includes women who took on leadership roles temporarily, often when the main leader's position was empty for a short time.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Head of state or government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa | ![]() |
Acting Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural |
7 September 1953 | 7 July 1954 | 303 days | Head of state | |
Soong Ching-ling | ![]() |
Acting Co-Chairperson | 31 October 1968 | 24 April 1972 | 3 years, 176 days | Head of state | |
Acting Chairperson | 6 July 1976 | 5 March 1978 | 1 year, 242 days | ||||
Carmen Pereira | ![]() |
Acting President | 14 May 1984 | 16 May 1984 | 2 days | Head of state | |
Sylvie Kinigi | ![]() |
Acting President | 27 October 1993 | 5 February 1994 | 101 days | Head of state | |
Reneta Indzhova | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 17 October 1994 | 25 January 1995 | 100 days | Head of government | |
Irena Degutienė | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 4 May 1999 | 18 May 1999 | 14 days | Head of government | |
27 October 1999 | 3 November 1999 | 7 days | |||||
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 22 July 1999 | 30 July 1999 | 8 days | Head of government | |
Nino Burjanadze | ![]() |
Acting President | 23 November 2003 | 25 January 2004 | 63 days | Head of state | |
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25 November 2007 | 20 January 2008 | 56 days | ||||
Barbara Prammer | ![]() |
Co-Acting President | 6 July 2004 | 8 July 2004 | 2 days | Head of state | |
Radmila Šekerinska | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 12 May 2004 | 12 June 2004 | 31 days | Head of government | |
3 November 2004 | 15 December 2004 | 42 days | |||||
Dalia Itzik | ![]() |
Acting President | 25 January 2007 | 15 July 2007 | 171 days | Head of state | |
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | ![]() |
Acting President | 25 September 2005 | 14 hours | Head of state and government |
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Rose Francine Rogombé | ![]() |
Acting President | 10 June 2009 | 16 October 2009 | 128 days | Head of state | |
Cécile Manorohanta | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 18 December 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 2 days | Head of government | |
Adiato Djaló Nandigna | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 10 February 2012 | 12 April 2012 | 62 days | Head of government | |
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau | ![]() |
Acting President | 31 March 2012 | 21 July 2012 | 112 days | Head of state | |
29 May 2015 | 5 June 2015 | 7 days | |||||
Slavica Đukić Dejanović | ![]() |
Acting President | 5 April 2012 | 31 May 2012 | 56 days | Head of state | |
Julie Bishop | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 20 December 2014 | 16 January 2015 | 27 days | Deputy Prime Minister | |
Natalia Gherman | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 22 June 2015 | 30 July 2015 | 38 days | Head of government | |
Vassiliki Thanou | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 27 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | 25 days | Head of government | |
Maya Parnas | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 13 October 2015 | 30 November 2015 | 48 days | Head of government | |
2 December 2015 | 23 December 2015 | 21 days | |||||
Doris Bures | ![]() |
Co-Acting President of the National Council | 8 July 2016 | 26 January 2017 | 202 days | Head of state | |
Julie Bishop | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Deputy Prime Minister | |
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh | ![]() |
Acting President | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Head of state | |
Vjosa Osmani | ![]() |
Acting President | 5 November 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 137 days | Head of state | |
Maya Tskitishvili | ![]() |
Acting Prime Minister | 18 February 2021 | 22 February 2021 | 4 days | Head of government | |
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | ![]() |
Acting President | 18 January 2023 | 2 March 2023 | 43 days | Head of state | |
21 March 2024 | 22 May 2024 | 62 days | |||||
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara | ![]() |
Acting President | 1 December 2023 | 1 June 2024 | 183 days | Head of state | |
Isabelle Berro-Amadeï | ![]() |
Acting Minister of State | 10 January 2025 | 21 July 2025 | 192 days | Head of government |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Jefas de Estado para niños
- Women in government
- List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of state
- List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of government
- List of the first women heads of state and government in Muslim-majority countries
- List of Muslim women heads of state and government
- List of female monarchs