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Women's Foreign Policy Group 2019 WOMEN’S FOREIGN POLICY GROUP 9 The Women’s Foreign Policy Group publishes the Guide to Women Leaders in International Affairs to highlight women leaders shaping foreign policy around the world. The Guide provides an index of prominent women from across the international community, including heads of state and government, government ministers, leaders of international organizations and corporations, American officials and diplomats, and women representatives to the US and the UN. This free publication is available online at www.wfpg.org. The WFPG advances women’s leadership in international affairs and amplifies their voices through substantive global issue discussions and mentoring. Founded in 1995, WFPG works tirelessly to expand the foreign policy dialogue across political divides and generations, and to support women at every stage of their careers. As champions of women’s leadership, we are proud of our role in expanding the constituency in international affairs by convening global experts and creating a vital network of women with diverse backgrounds and experience. Through mentoring and career development programs, we connect aspiring leaders with role models, providing students and young professionals with the tools they need for career advancement and to contribute to a stronger, more peaceful, and equitable society. WFPG’s frequent, in-depth global issues forums feature women thought leaders and news-makers from government, journalism, diplomacy, and academia. Our programming takes members beyond the headlines and provides context for key global challenges. WFPG is a nonpartisan, independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. To learn more and get engaged, visit www.wfpg.org. Cover photos listed left to right by line: Hon. Henrietta Holsman Fore, Ambassador Martha Bárcena Coqui, Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter, Hon. Federica Mogherini, Ambassador Hunaina al-Mughairy Hon. Kristalina Georgieva, President Halimah Yacob, Hon. Olta Xhaçka, Hon. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Hon. Monica Juma Hon. Elisabetta Trenta, President Sahle-Work Zewde, Hon. Christine Lagarde, Hon. Gina Haspel, Ambassador Floreta 2019 Guide to Women Leaders Faber, Hon. Isabel Saint Malo, Ambassador Michele Sison Published August 2019 Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hon. Rosine Sori-Coulibaly, Ambassador Alice Wells, Hon. Florence Parly, Ambassador Women’s Foreign Policy Group Eunice Reddick 1801 F Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20006 President Zuzana Čaputová, Ambassador Deborah Birx, www.wfpg.org Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Hon. Marise Payne, Anne 202-429-2692 Neuberger, Hon. Margot Wallström [email protected] Heads of State and Government 1 Elected Heads of State and Government 2 Non-Elected Heads of State and Government 3 Vice Presidents and Deputy Heads of State and Government 4 Ministers 5 Ministers of Foreign Affairs 6 Ministers of Defense and Security 8 Ministers of Finance and Economy 9 Senior-Level United States Government Officials 10 Department of State 11 United States Agency for International Development 14 Department of Defense 17 Intelligence Community 19 Department of Labor 21 Department of Commerce 23 Department of the Treasury 24 Senior-Level Officials in International Organizations 25 United Nations 26 World Bank 30 International Monetary Fund 31 African Union 32 European Union 33 Organization of American States 35 Representatives from the United States 37 Ambassadors and Chargé d’Affaires 38 Deputy Chiefs of Mission 40 Consuls General 42 Defense Attachés 43 Representatives to the United States 44 Ambassadors 45 Deputy Chiefs of Mission 46 Consuls General 47 Defense Attachés 50 Representatives to International Organizations 51 Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 52 Deputy Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 54 Permananent Observers to the United Nations 56 Permanent Representatives to the Organization of American States 56 Chief Executive Officers of Fortune 500 Companies 57 WFPG 1 G Aruba Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes President Bidhya Devi Bhandari Republic of Austria New Zealand Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern People's Republic of Bangladesh Kingdom of Norway Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed Prime Minister Erna Solberg Barbados Romania Prime Minister Mia Mottley Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă Republic of the Union of Myanmar Republic of Serbia State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi Prime Minister Ana Brnabić Republic of Croatia Republic of Singapore President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović President Halimah Yacob Republic of Estonia President Kersti Kaljulaid Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia President Sahle-Work Zewde Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili Federal Republic of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Republic of Iceland Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir Republic of Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė Photo: Wikimedia Photo: Wikimedia Republic of the Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine Zuzana Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the Republic of Moldova youngest president in the history of Slovakia, at the age of 45. She first Prime Minister Maia Sandu became known by prevailing in a decade- long struggle against the situating of a Republic of Namibia toxic landfill in her hometown of Pezinok. Prime Minister Saara For this, Čaputová was awarded the Kuugongelwa-Amadhila 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize. WFPG 2 G Sint Maarten Taiwan (Republic of China) Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo President Tsai Ing-wen Slovak Republic Republic of Trinidad and Tobago President Zuzana Čaputová President Paula-Mae Weeke Barbados New Zealand Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason Her Excellency Dame Patsy Reddy Canada Commonwealth of The Bahamas Governor-General Julie Payette Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling Kingdom of Denmark The United Kingdom of Great Britain Her Majesty Margrethe II and Northern Ireland Her Majesty Elizabeth II Grenada Governor-General Dame Cécile La Grenade Source: Wikimedia WFPG 3 G Argentine Republic Republic of Panama Vice President Gabriela Michetti Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado Republic of Azerbaijan First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva Republic of Peru First Vice President Mercedes Aráoz Republic of Bulgaria Vice President Iliana Iotova Republic of the Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Gerona Kingdom of Cambodia Robredo Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An Independent State of Samoa Deputy Prime Minister Fiame Namoi People's Republic of China Mata'afa Executive Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Republic of Korea Republic of Colombia Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez Blanco Yoo Eun-hae Republic of Costa Rica Kingdom of Spain First Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr Vice President of the Government María del Carmen Calvo Poyato Dominican Republic Vice President Margarita Cedeño de Kingdom of Sweden Fernández Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lövin Republic of The Gambia Swiss Confederation Vice President Isatou Touray Vice President Simonetta Sommaruga Georgia Syrian Arab Republic Vice-Prime Minister Maya Tskitishvili Vice President Najah al-Attar Republic of Liberia United Republic of Tanzania Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan Malaysia Oriental Republic of Uruguay Deputy Prime Minister Vice President Lucia Topolanksy Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Republic of Namibia Executive Vice President Deputy Prime Minister Delcy Rodriguez Gomez Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Socialist Republic of Vietnam Republic of Nicaragua Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh Vice President Rosario Murillo Zambrana Republic of Zambia Vice President Inonge Wina WFPG 4 G WFPG 5 G Principality of Andorra Republic of Guatemala Maria Ubach Font Sandra Erica Jovel Polanco Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Relations Commonwealth of Australia Cooperative Republic of Guyana Marise Payne Karen Cummings Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Botswana Republic of Honduras Unity Dow María Dolores Agüero Lara Minister of International Affairs and Minister of Foreign Relations and Cooperation Cooperation Republic of Bulgaria Republic of Indonesia Ekaterina Zaharieva Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada Jamaica Chrystia Freeland Kamina Johnson Smith Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Central African Republic Sylvie Baïpo-Témon Republic of Kenya Minister of Foreign Affairs Monica Juma Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Republic of Croatia and International Trade Marija Pejčinović Burić Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Republic of Korea Kang Kyung-wha Commonwealth of Dominica Minister for Foreign Affairs Francine Baron Minister of Foreign Affairs and Principality of Liechtenstein CARICOM Affairs Aurelia Frick Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Republic of El Salvador Cultures Alexandra Hill Tinoco Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) European Union Aung San Suu Kyi Federica Mogherini Union Minister of Foreign Affairs High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Republic of Namibia *** Leaving office on November 1, 2019 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Minister of International Relations Republic of Ghana and Cooperation Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration WFPG 6 G Kingdom of Norway Republic of South Africa Ine Eriksen Søreide Naledi Pandor Minister of Foreign
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