2008 – 2009 Guide to Senior-Level Women Leaders in International Affairs
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2008 – 2009 Guide to Senior-Level Women Leaders in International Affairs: The U.S. and Abroad Each year, the Women's Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) publishes its Guide to Senior-Level Women Leaders in International Affairs: the U.S. and Abroad for distribution to the organiza- tion’s members and the public to highlight the voices of women around the world and the role that they play as leaders, diplomats, and policymakers. The guide contains an index of women in international affairs including: Heads of State and Government, Government Ministers, U.S. Women Officials and Diplomats, Women in International Organizations, and Women Representatives to the U.S. and the UN. The WFPG is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational membership organization that promotes global engagement and the leadership, visibility and participation of women in international affairs. To learn more about the WFPG and for membership information please visit our website at www.wfpg.org. Updated July 2008 Table of Contents Elected Heads of State and Government 1 Non-Elected Heads of State and Government 2 Vice Presidents and Deputy Heads of State 3 Ministers 4 Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Defense Minister of Finance and Economy Senior-Level United States Government Officials 9 Department of State Department of Defense Department of Labor Department of Commerce Senior-Level Officials in International Organizations 12 United Nations World Bank International Monetary Fund Organization of American States Ambassadors of the United States 18 Representatives to the United States 21 Ambassadors Deputy Chiefs of Mission Consuls General Representatives to International Organizations 29 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Deputy Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the Organization of American States Governors and Alternate Governors of the World Bank Governors and Alternate Governors of the International Monetary Fund Elected Heads of State and Government (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Argentine Republic President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Republic of Chile President Michelle Bachelet Republic of Finland President Tarja Halonen Federal Republic of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Republic of India President Pratibha Patil Republic of Ireland President Mary McAleese Republic of Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Republic of Moldova Prime Minister Zinaida Grecianîi Republic of Mozambique Prime Minister Luísa Dias Diogo Netherlands Antilles Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark Republic of the Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Republic of San Marino Captain Regent Rosa Zafferani Ukraine Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko 1 Non-Elected Heads of State and Government (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Antigua and Barbuda Governor General Louise Lake-Tack Canada Governor General Michaëlle Jean Kingdom of Denmark Queen Margrethe II Kingdom of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix Saint Lucia Governor General Pearlette Louisy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Head of the Commonwealth, Elizabeth II 2 Vice Presidents and Deputy Heads of State (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Republic of Costa Rica Vice President Laura Chinchilla Miranda Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Deputy Head of State Fatma Ekenoğlu Republic of Djibouti Deputy Head of State Kadidja Abeba Commonwealth of Dominica Deputy Head of State Alix Boyd Knights Republic of El Salvador Vice President Ana Vilma Alvanez de Escobar Republic of Hungary Deputy Head of State Szili Katalin Islamic Republic of Iran Vice President Fatemeh Javadi State of Israel Deputy Head of State Dalia Itzik Republic of Kiribati Vice President Teima Onorio Republic of Peru Vice President Lourdes Mendoza del Solar Republic of South Africa Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Syrian Arab Republic Vice President Naja Al-Attar Republic of The Gambia Vice President Aisatu N'Jie-Saidy Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Deputy Head of State Linda Baboolal Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vice President Nguyễn Thị Doan Republic of Zimbabwe Vice President Joyce Mujuru 3 Ministers Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Principality of Andorra Meritxell Mateu Pi Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Austria Ursula Plassnik Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Burundi Antoinette Batumubwira Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Ecuador Maria Isabel Salvador Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of El Salvador Marisol Argueta de Barillas Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabonese Republic Laure Olga Gondjout Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgia Eka Tkeshelashvili Minister of Foreign Affairs Greenland Aleqa Hammond Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Guinea-Bissau Maria da Conceicao Nobre Cabral Minister of Foreign Affairs Cooperative Republic of Guyana Carolyn Rodrigues Minister of Foreign Affairs Hellenic Republic (Greece) Theodora Bakoyianni Minister of Foreign Affairs 4 Republic of Hungary Kinga Goncz Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Iceland Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir Minister of Foreign Affairs State of Israel Tzipi Livni Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Liberia Olubanke King-Akerele Minister of Foreign Affairs Principality of Liechtenstein Rita Kieber-Beck Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Malawi Joyce Banda Minister of Foreign Affairs Mongolia Sanjaasuren Oyun Minister of Foreign Affairs State of Nepal Sahana Pradhan Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Niger Dodo Aichatou Mindaoudou Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Rwanda Rosemary Kobusingye Museminali Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Sierra-Leone Zainab Hawa Bangura Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of South Africa Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Suriname Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk Minister of Foreign Affairs 5 Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Paula Gopee-Scoon Minister of Foreign Affairs United Mexican States Patricia Espinosa Cantellano Secretary of Foreign Affairs United States of America Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Ministers of Defense (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Argentine Republic Nilda Garré Minister of Defense Czech Republic Vlasta Parkanová Minister of Defense Republic of Madagascar Cécile Marie Ange Manorohanta Minister of Defense Republic of Nicaragua Ruth Tapia Roa Secretary General of Defence with Rank of Minister Kingdom of Norway Anne-Grethe Strøm-Erichsen Minister of Defense Kingdom of Spain Carme Chacón i Piqueras Minister of Defense Ministers of Finance and Economy (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Barbados Mia Mottley 6 Minister of Economic Affairs and Development Republic of El Salvador Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia Minister of Economy French Republic Christine Lagarde Minister of Finance Georgia Ekaterine Sharashidze Minister of Economic Development Republic of Honduras Rebeca Santos Rivera Minister of Finance Republic of Indonesia Sri Mulyani Indrawati Minister of Finance Republic of Liberia Antoinette Sayeh Minister of Finance Republic of Mali Bâ Fatoumata Néné Sy Minister of Economy Republic of Moldova Mariana Durlesteanu Minister of Finance Republic of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila Minister of Finance Kingdom of Norway Kristin Halvorsen Minister of Finance Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina Minister of Economic Development Kingdom of the Netherlands Maria van der Hoeven Minister of Economic Planning 7 Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Karen Nunez-Tesheira Minister of Finance United Arab Emirates Sheikha Lubna al-Qassemi, Minister of Economic Planning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Yvette Cooper Chief Secretary to the Treasury 8 Senior-Level United States Government Officials Department of State Condolezza Rice Secretary of State (Listed in alphabetical order by last name) Paula DeSutter Assistant Secretary of State, Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Elizabet Dibble Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of International Finance and Development Paula Dobriansky Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Henrietta Holsman Fore Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator and Under Secretary for Management of the Department of State Jendayi Frazer Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of African Affairs Lauren Landis Senior Representative of Sudan for the Sudan Programs Group Claudia McMurray Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Kristen Silverberg Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs D. Kathleen Stephens Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Japan and Korea Shirin Tahir-Kheli Senior Adviser for Women’s Empowerment of the Office of the Secretary of State Maria Tamburri Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Ruth Whiteside Director of the Foreign Service Institute 9 Department of Defense (Listed in alphabetical order by a name) Leslye A. Arsht Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy Patricia S. Bradshaw Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy Jennifer C. Buck Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Resources Deputate Ellen P. Embrey Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness Jeanne Fites Deputy