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CURRENT WOMEN WHO ARE WORLD LEADERS (President, Prime Minister, Chancellor) COUNTRY TOOK OFFICE ON TITLE NAME Argentina December 10, 2007 President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Australia June 24, 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard Bangladesh January 6, 2009 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed January 1, 2011 President Dilma Rousseff May 8, 2010 President Laura Chinchilla July 6, 2009 Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor October 3, 2011 Prime Minister Helle Thorning‐Schmidt March 1, 2000 President November 22, 2005 Chancellor February 1, 2009 Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir India July 25, 2007 President Pratibha Patil Ireland November 11, 1997 President Mary McAleese April 7, 2011 President Atifete Jahjaga Kyrgyzstan April 7, 2010 President Rosa Otunbayeva Liberia January 16, 2006 President Ellen Johnson‐Sirleaf July 12, 2009 President Dalia Grybauskaite Mali April 3, 2011 Prime Minister Cissé Mariam Kaidama Sidibé Peru March 19, 2011 Prime Minister Rosario Fernandez July 8, 2010 Prime Minister Iveta Radicova January 1, 2011 President Micheline Calmy‐Rey Thailand August 8, 2011 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Trinidad and Tobago May 26, 2010 Prime Minister Kamla Persad‐Bissessar

OTHER FEMALE WORLD LEADERS CURRENTLY IN POWER (Royalty, Governor General) COUNTRY TOOK OFFICE ON TITLE NAME Antigua and Barbuda July 17, 2007 Governor‐General Dame Louise Lake‐Tack Australia September 5, 2008 Governor‐General Dr. Quentin Bryce Denmark January 14, 1972 Queen Margethe II April 30, 1980 Queen Beatrix Saint Lucia September 17, 1997 Governor‐General Dame Pearlette Louisy February 6, 1952 Queen Elizabeth II

Page 1 of 8 FEMALE PRESIDENTS, PAST AND PRESENT (Current in bold) COUNTRY TOOK OFFICE ON TITLE NAME Argentina Jul 1, 1974 ‐ Mar 24, 1976 President Isabel Peron Argentina Dec 10, 2007 ‐ President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Bosnia & Herzegovina Feb 22, 2007 ‐ Mar 17, 2011 President Borjana Kristo Brazil Jan 1, 2011 ‐ President Dilma Rousseff Chile Mar 11, 2006 ‐ Mar 11, 2010 President Michelle Bachelet Costa Rica May 8, 2010 ‐ President Laura Chinchilla Finland Mar 1, 2000 ‐ President Tarja Halonen Guyana Dec 19, 1997 ‐ Aug 11, 1999 President Janet Jagan Iceland Aug 1, 1980 ‐ Jul 31, 1996 President Vigdis Finnbogadottir India Jul 25, 2007 ‐ President Pratibba Patil Indonesia Jul 23, 2001 ‐ Oct 20, 2004 President Megawati Sukarnoputri Ireland Dec 3, 1990 ‐ Sep 12, 1997 President Mary Robinson Ireland Nov 11, 1997 ‐ President Mary McAleese Kosovo Apr 7, 2011 ‐ President Atifete Jahjaga Kyrgyzstan Apr 7, 2010 ‐ President Rosa Otunbayeva Latvia Jul 8, 1999 ‐ Jul 8, 2007 President Vaira Vike‐Freiberga Liberia Jan 16, 2006 ‐ President Ellen Johnson‐Sirleaf Lithuania Jul 12, 2009 ‐ President Dalia Grybauskaite Malta Feb 15, 1982 ‐ Feb 15, 1987 President Agatha Barbara Nicaragua Apr 25, 1990 ‐ Jan 10, 1997 President Violeta de Chamorro Sep 1, 1999 ‐ Sep 1, 2004 President Mireya Moscoso Philippines Feb 25, 1986 ‐ Jun 30, 1992 President Corazon Aquino Philippines Jan 20, 2001 ‐ June 30, 2010 President Gloria Macapagal‐Arroyo Dec 30, 2002 ‐ Jan 27, 2004 President Natasa Micic Sri Lanka Nov 12, 1994 ‐ Nov 19, 2005 President Chandrika Kumaratunga Switzerland Jan 1, 1999 ‐ Dec 31, 1999 President Ruth Dreifuss Switzerland Jan 1, 2007 ‐ Dec 31, 2007 President Micheline Calmy‐Rey Switzerland Jan 1, 2010 ‐ Dec 31, 2010 President Doris Leuthard Switzerland Jan 1, 2011‐ President Micheline Calmy‐Rey

Page 2 of 8 FEMALE PRIME MINISTERS, PAST AND PRESENT (Current in bold) COUNTRY HELD OFFICE TITLE NAME Australia Jun 24, 2010 ‐ Prime Minister Julia Gillard Bangladesh Jan 6, 2009 ‐ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed Bangladesh Mar 20, 1991 ‐ Mar 30, 1996 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Bangladesh Oct 10, 2001 ‐ Oct 29. 2006 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Central African Republic Jan 2, 1975 ‐ Apr 7, 1976 Prime Minister Elisabeth Domitien Croatia Jul 6, 2009 ‐ Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor Denmark Oct 3, 2011 ‐ Prime Minister Helle Thorning‐Schmidt Dominica Jul 21, 1980 ‐ Jun 14, 1995 Prime Minister Dame Mary Eugenia Charles Finland Jun 22, 2010 ‐ Jun 22, 2011 Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi Germany Nov 22, 2005 ‐ Chancellor Angela Merkel Haiti Sep 5, 2008 ‐ Nov 11, 2009 Prime Minister Michèle Pierre‐Louis Iceland Feb 1, 2009 ‐ Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir India Jan 19, 1966 ‐ Mar 24, 1977 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi India Jan 14, 1980 ‐ Oct 31, 1984 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Israel Mar 17, 1969 ‐ Jun 3, 1974 Prime Minister Golda Meir Jamaica Mar 30, 2006 ‐ Sep 11, 2007 Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Mali Apr 3, 2011 ‐ Prime Minister Cissé Mariam Kaidama Sidibé Mozambique Feb 17, 2004 ‐ Jan 16, 2010 Prime Minister Luísa Diogo New Zealand Dec 8, 1997 ‐ Dec 10, 1999 Prime Minister Jenny Shippley New Zealand Dec 10, 1999 ‐ Nov 19, 2008 Prime Minister Helen Clark Norway Feb 4, 1981 ‐ Oct 14, 1981 Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway May 9, 1986 ‐ Oct 16, 1989 Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway Nov 3, 1990 ‐ Oct 25, 1996 Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland Dec 2, 1988 ‐ Aug 6, 1990 Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Pakistan Oct 19, 1993 ‐ Nov 5, 1996 Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Peru Mar 19, 2011 ‐ Prime Minister Rosario Fernandez Jul 8, 1992 ‐ Oct 26, 1993 Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka São Tomé and Príncipe Oct 7, 2002 ‐ Sep 18, 2004 Prime Minister Maria das Neves Mar 2, 2001 ‐ Nov 4, 2002 Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye Slovakia Jul 8, 2010 ‐ Prime Minister Iveta Radicová South Korea Ap. 19, 2006 ‐ Mar 7, 2007 Prime Minister Han Myung Sook Sri Lanka Jul 21, 1960 ‐ Mar 27, 1965 Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka May 29, 1970 ‐ Jul 23, 1977 Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Page 3 of 8 Sri Lanka Nov 14, 1994 ‐ Aug 10, 2000 Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Thailand Aug 8, 2011 ‐ Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Trinidad and Tobago May 26, 2010 ‐ Prime Minister Kamla Persad‐Bissessar Jun 25, 1992 ‐ Mar 6, 1996 Prime Minister Tansu Çiller Ukraine Jan 24, 2005 ‐ Sep 8, 2005 Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko Ukraine Dec 18, 2007 ‐ Mar 11, 2010 Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko United Kingdom May 4, 1979 ‐ Nov 28, 1990 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Yugoslavia May 16, 1982 ‐ May 15, 1986 Prime Minister Milka Planinc

OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEMALE POLITICAL LEADERS (Current in bold) COUNTRY HELD OFFICE TITLE NAME Angola 1582‐1663 Queen Nzingha Lesser 1219‐1226 Queen Zabel Bahamas 2001‐2005 Governor‐General Dame Ivy Dumont Barbados 1990‐1995 Governor‐General Dame Nita Barrow Belize 1981‐1993 Governor‐General Dame Minita Gordon Bermuda 1997‐1998 Premier Pamela Gordon Bermuda 1998‐2003 Premier Jennifer Smith Bermuda 2010‐ Premier Paula A. Cox Brazil 1815‐1816 Queen Maria I Brazil 1871‐2, 76‐7, 87‐88 Empress Isabel (regent) Byzantium (Roman Empire) 1055‐1056 Empress Theodora Cambodia 1835‐1840, 1844‐5 Queen Ang Mey Cambodia 1955‐1960 Queen Kossameck (joint ruler) Canada 1984‐1990 Governor‐General Jeanne Sauvé Canada 1999‐2005 Governor‐General Adrienne Clarkson Canada 2005‐2010 Governor‐General Michaelle Jean Cherokee Nation 1985‐1995 Wilma Mankiller China 655‐705 Empress Wu Chao China 1861‐1908 Dowager Empress Tsu‐His China 1911‐1912 Dowager Empress Longyu Denmark 1387‐1412 Queen Margaret I Easter Island 1868‐1869 Paramount Chief Koreto Puakurunga Easter Island 1869‐1 888 Paramount Chief CarolinaCa o a

Page 4 of 8 1501‐1498 BC Queen Hatshepsut Egypt 1415‐1340 BC Queen Tiye Egypt 1372‐1350 BC Queen Nefertiti Egypt 1292‐1225 BC Queen Nefertari Egypt 279‐270 BC Queen Arsinoe II (joint ruler) Egypt 81‐80 BC Queen Berenice Egypt 51‐30 BC Queen Cleopatra VII Egypt 1916‐1930 Empress Zauditu Ethiopia 332 BC Empress Candace Ethiopia 1916‐1930 Empress Zaudita Faeroe Islands 1993‐1994 Prime Minister Marita Petersen Georgia 1184‐1212 Queen Tamara 1863‐1923 Queen Mother Yaa Asantewa Great Britain c. 26‐61 Queen Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni Great Britain 1553 Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey) Great Britain 1553‐1558 Queen Mary I Great Britain 1558‐1603 Queen Elizabeth I Great Britain 1689‐1702 Queen Mary II (joint ruler) Great Britain 1702‐1714 Queen Anne Great Britain 1837‐1901 Queen Victoria Grenada 1967‐1972 Governor Dame Hilda Louisa Bynoe Hawaii 1891‐1893 Queen Liliuokalani 1382‐1387 Queen Mary Hungary 1439‐1440 Queen Elizabeth Hungary 1740‐1780 Queen Maria Theresa Israel and Judah 8432‐837 BC Queen Athaliah 590 Queen Theodelinda Italy 1343‐1381 Queen Joanna I of Naples Italy 1377‐1402 Queen Maria of Sicily Italy 1414‐1435 Queen Joanna II of Naples Japan 593‐628 Empress Suiko Tenno Japan 642‐645 Empress Kogyoku Japan 686‐697 Empress Jito Japan 749‐758 Empress Koken (abdicated) Japan 764‐770 Empress Shotuku‐Koken

Page 5 of 8 Japan 1762‐1771 Empress Toshi‐Ko Lesotho 1941‐1960 Paramount Chief Mantsebo Amelia Matsaba Sempe 1908‐1912 Grand Duchess Marie Anne de Bragance (regent) Luxembourg 1912‐1919 Grand Duchess Marie‐Adelaide Luxembourg 1919‐1964 Grand Duchess Charlotte Madagascar 1828‐1861 Queen Ranavalona I Madagascar 1863‐1868 Queen Rasoaherina Madagascar 1868‐1883 Queen Ranavalona II Madagascar 1883‐1897 Queen Ranavalona III Maldives 1757‐1759 Sultan Amina Rani Kilagefanu Monaco 1731 Princess Louise‐Hippolyte Netherlands 1890‐1948 Queen Wilhelmina (abdicated) Netherlands 1948‐1980 Queen Juliana Netherlands‐Antilles 1977 Prime Minister Lucinda da Costa Gomez‐Matheeuws Netherlands‐Antilles 1984‐6, 1988‐1993 Prime Minister Maria Liberia‐Peters Netherlands‐Antilles 1993, 1998‐9 Prime Minister Susanne Camelia‐Romer Netherlands‐Antilles 2003‐2004 Prime Minister Mirna Louisa‐Godett New Caledonia 2004‐2009 President Marie‐Noelle Themereau New Zealand 1990‐1996 Governor‐General Dame Catherine Tizard New Zealand 2001‐2006 Governor‐General Dame Silvia Cartwright New Zealand (Maori) 1966‐2006 Queen Te Ata‐I Rangi‐Kahu Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero Nigeria 1588‐1589 Queen Amina of Zaria Norway 1387‐1412 Queen Margaret Poland 1384‐1399 Queen Hedwige 1777‐1816 Queen Maria I Portugal 1826‐8, 1834‐1853 Queen Maria II Roman Empire 797‐802 Empress Irene Russia 1725‐1727 Empress Catherine I Russia 1730‐1740 Empress Anna Ivanovna Russia 1741‐1762 Empress Elizabeth Petrovna Russia 1762‐1796 Empress Catherine II (the great) Rwanda 1993‐1994 Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana Scotland 1542‐1567 Queen Mary Stuart (executed) Seminole Nation 1960‐1969 Tribal Council Leader Betty Mae Jumper

Page 6 of 8 Senegal 2001‐2002 Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye Sheba 960 BC Queen Makeda Spain 1109‐1126 Queen Dona Urraca Spain 1274‐1307 Queen Juana I Spain 1328‐1349 Queen Juana II Spain 1425‐1441 Queen Dona Blanca Spain 1474‐1504 Queen Isabella I (joint ruler) Spain 1481‐1512 Queen Catalina de Albret Spain 1833‐1868 Queen Isabella II Sri Lanka 47‐42 BC Queen Anula Sri Lanka 35 BC Queen Sivali Sri Lanka 1202‐1208 Queen Kalyanavati Sudan late 1st C BC Queen Amanirenas, Queen of Cush 1632‐1654 Queen Christina (abdicated) Sweden 1718‐1720 Queen Ulrica Eleonora (abdicated) Tonga 1793 Chief Tupoumahe'ofo Tonga 1918‐1965 Queen Salote Tubou III Wallis 1825 Ruler Toifale Wallis 1858‐1869 Ruler Falakika Seilala Lavelua Wallis 1869‐1895 Ruler Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki Lavelua Wallis 1953‐1958 Ruler Aloisia Lavelua Zululand 1778‐1826 Queen Nandi

N.B. ‐ All best efforts have been made to ensure accuracy of the information compiled within, based upon the references listed below. Name spellings, dates, and titles may vary. Please forgive any inadvertent omissions or errors and kindly bring them to our attention for future correction. Thank you.

Page 7 of 8 Since 1953, women have held presidential office for less than 1 year on an interim basis (usually while serving in another governmental position) in the following countries: Mongolia, Bolivia, Guinea‐Bissau, Haiti, East Germany, Liberia, Ecuador, Georgia (twice), Israel, and Gabon.

Since 1979, women have held prime minister positions for less than 1 year on DID an interim basis in the following countries: Portugal, Lithuania (3 times), , YOU Burundi, Canada, Rwanda, , Sri Lanka, Haiti, Guyana, Lithuania (3 times), Mongolia, South Korea, Finland, Peru, Macedonia (twice), and Sao Tome and KNOW? Principe.

Not counting the three current women, females have held the office of Governor‐Generals in the following countries in the past: Belize, Canada (3 times prior), New Zealand (twice prior), Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda,

References:

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments ‐ a Directory. (2011, October). Retrieved October, 2011 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world‐leaders‐1/pdf‐version/October2011ChiefsDirectory.pdf

Council of Women World Leaders. (n.d.) Retrieved October, 2011 from http://www.cwwl.org/members.html

Female World Leaders Currently in Power. (2011, August 9). Retrieved October, 2011 from http://www.filibustercartoons.com/ charts_rest_female‐leaders.php

Female Governors General. (2011, January 9). Retrieved November 1, 2011 from http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/ Governor_ Generals. htm

Women Political Leaders ‐ Historical and Current. (n.d.) Retrieved October, 2011 from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/

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