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[email protected] Women in Politics: 60 years in retrospect (data valid as at 1 February 2006) * * * Data sheet N° 1 - Historical Table Data Sheet N° 2 - Progress and Setbacks of Women in National Parliaments between 01.07.1995 and 01.02.2006 Data Sheet N° 3 - Women in the two parliamentary regional assemblies elected by direct suffrage: the Central American Parliament and the European Parliament Data Sheet N° 4 - A Chronology of Women Heads of State or Government: 1945 - 02.2006 Data Sheet N° 5 - An Overview of Women in Parliament: 1945-2006 Data Sheet N° 6 - The Participation of Women and Men in Decision-Making: The parliamentary dimension1 1 Background paper prepared by the IPU for the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on "Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes, with particular emphasis on political participation and leadership." Addis Ababa, 24 - 27 October 2005 INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION DATA SHEET N° 1 HISTORICAL TABLE As at 1 February 2006 Sovereignty after First legislature of the First woman elected (E) or Country Women Presidents Women Prime Ministers Women as presiding officers of parliament or of one of its chambers 1940 present sovereign State1 nominated (N) to Parliament 1 Afghanistan --- --- --- 07.1965 07.1965 (E) --- 2 Albania --- --- --- 21.01.1920 12.1945 (E) Since 07.2005 J. Topalli (Assembly) 3 Algeria 05.07.1962 --- --- 09.1962 09.1962 (N) 09.1964 (E) --- 4 Andorra 04.05.1993 --- --- 12.1993 12.1993 (E) --- 5 Angola 11.11.1975 --- --- 11.1980 11.1980 (E) --- 6 Antigua and Barbuda 01.11.1981 --- --- 01.11.1981 04.1984 (N) 03.1994 (E) Since 03.2004 - H.