Margaret Thatcher First Female Prime Minister, Great Britain Indira Gandhi

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Tarja Halonen Asha-Rose Migiro President, Republic of Deputy Secretary General, United Nations

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President of

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Mary McNeese Sheikh Hasina President, Republic of Ireland Prime Minister, Bangladesh

Michelle Bachele Jeria Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil President, President, India

Cristina Fernandez Kirchner Yulia Volodymyrivna President, Argentina Prime Minister, Ukraine

Doris Leuthard Ruth Dreifuss Vice President, Switzerland First Female President, Switzerland (women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in 1980)

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Johanna Sigurdardottir First Female President, Prime Minister, Iceland

Dalia Grybauskaite President,

Margot Wallstrom Vice President, Eurpoean Commission

Portia Simpson Miller First Female Prime Minister, Jamaica

Dr. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano Secretary of Foreign Relations, Mexico

Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner European Commissioner for External Relations and Baronness Valerie Ann Amos European Neighborhood Policy High Commissioner to Australia

Sylvie Lucas Permanent Representative of to UN Dora Bayoyannis President, ECOSOC Former Foreign Affairs Minister,

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Beatrice Ask Minister of Defense, Argentina Justice Minister,

Sonia Gandhi Roumyana Zheleva Leader of India’s Congress Party Foreign Minister, Bulgaria

Connie Hedegaard Nyamko Sabuni European Commissioner Minister for Integration, Sweden

Tzippi Livni Rachel Mayanja Foreign Minister, Israel UN Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

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Irene Khan Secretary General, Amnesty International