GUIDE TO Women Leaders IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WOMEN’S FOREIGN POLICY GROUP 2014-2015 Women’s Foreign Policy Group’s Guide to Women Leaders in International Affairs is published to highlight the voices of women around the world and the role that they play as leaders, diplomats, and policymakers. 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 and is distributed to our members and partners. 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 WFPG visit wfpg.org. Table of Contents August 2014 01 HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT 01 Elected Heads of State and Government 02 Non-Elected Heads of State and Government 02 Vice Presidents and Deputy Heads of State and Government 05 MINISTERS 05 Ministers of Foreign Affairs 07 Ministers of Defense and Security 09 SENIOR-LEVEL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 09 Department of State 13 Department of Defense 15 Department of Commerce 16 Department of the Treasury 16 Department of Labor 18 United States Agency for International Development 20 Office of the United States Trade Representative 21 National Security Council 21 Peace Corps 22 SENIOR-LEVEL OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 22 United Nations 25 The World Bank Group 28 International Monetary Fund 29 Organization of American States 31 AMBASSADORS OF THE UNITED STATES 35 REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UNITED STATES 35 Ambassadors 36 Deputy Chiefs of Mission 38 Consuls General 44 REPRESENTATIVES TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 44 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 46 Deputy Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 50 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES HEADS OF State AND GOVERNMENT Sections are alphabetized by country ELECTED HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT Argentine Republic President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner People's Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Federative Republic of Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza Republic of Chile President Michelle Bachelet Jeria Kingdom of Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt Federal Republic of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye The Republic of Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga Republic of Latvia Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma Republic of Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Republic of Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė Republic of Malta President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca Kingdom of Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg Republic of Peru Prime Minister Ana Jara WFPG 1 Republic of San Marino Captain Regent Valeria Ciavatta (Co-Head of State) Republic of Slovenia Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar NON-ELECTED HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT Antigua and Barbuda Governor-General Dame Louise Lake-Tack Kingdom of Denmark Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II Saint Lucia Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II VICE PRESIDENTS AND DEPUTY HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT Kingdom of Belgium Deputy Prime Minister Laurette Onkelinx Republic of Bulgaria Vice President Margarita Popova Kingdom of Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An Republic of Croatia First Deputy Prime Minister Vesna Pusić Republic of Croatia Deputy Prime Minister Milanka Opačić Republic of Cuba Vice President Mercedes Lopez Acea Republic of Cuba Vice President Gladys María Bejerano Portela WFPG 2 Kingdom of Denmark Deputy Prime Minister Margrethe Vestager Dominican Republic Vice President Margarita Cedeño de Fernández Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Deputy Prime Minister Aster Mamo Republic of The Gambia Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy Republic of Guatemala Vice President Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías Republic of Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister Gulshara Abdykalikova Republic of Kiribati Vice President Teima Onorio Republic of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri Kyrgyz Republic Deputy Prime Minister Elvira Sarieva Republic of Moldova Deputy Prime Minister Natalia Gherman Republic of Moldova Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Potîng Republic of Panama Vice President Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado Republic of Peru First Vice President Marisol Espinoza Cruz Republic of Poland Deputy Prime Minister Elżbieta Bieńkowska Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister Olga Yurevna Golodets Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Deputy Prime Minister Girlyn Miguel Kingdom of Spain Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría WFPG 3 Swiss Confederation Vice President Simonetta Sommaruga Syrian Arab Republic Vice President Najah al-Attar Republic of Tajikistan Deputy Prime Minister Marhabo Jabborova Republic of Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister Elmira Basitkhanova Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vice President Nguyễn Thị Doan Republic of Zimbabwe Vice President Joice Mujuru WFPG 4 Ministers OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FINANCE, AND DEFENSE Sections are alphabetized by country MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE Commonwealth of Australia Julie Bishop Minister of Foreign Affairs Barbados Maxine McClean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Republic of Colombia María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar Minister of Foreign Relations Republic of Croatia Vesna Pusić Minister of Foreign and European Affairs European Union Baroness Catherine Ashton High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Term ends October 31, 2014) European Union Federica Mogherini High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Effective November 1, 2014) Georgia Maia Panjikidze Minister for Foreign Affairs Republic of Ghana Hanna Serwaa Tetteh Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Co-operative Republic of Guyana Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Honduras Mireya Agüero de Corrales Minister of Foreign Relations Republic of India Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs WFPG 5 Italian Republic Federica Mogherini Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Kenya Amina Mohammed Minister of Foreign Affairs Principality of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Madagascar Arisoa Lala Razafitrimo Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Maldives Dunya Maumoon Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Moldova Natalia Gherman Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Republic of Namibia Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Panama Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado Minister of Foreign Relations Republic of Peru Eda Rivas Franchini Minister of Foreign Relations Republic of Rwanda Louise Mushikiwabo Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe Natalie Pedro da Costa Umbelina Neto Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities Republic of South Africa Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Minister of International Relations and Cooperation WFPG 6 WFPG 7 MINISTERS OF DEFENSE AND SECURITY Republic of Albania Mimi Kodheli Minister of Defense People's Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Minister of Defense Republic of Ecuador María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés Minister of National Defense Federal Republic of Germany Ursula von der Leyen Federal Minister of Defense Italian Republic Roberta Pinotti Minister of Defense Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller Minister of Defence Montenegro Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic Minister of Defense The Kingdom of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Minister of Defense Kingdom of Norway Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide Minister of Defense Republic of South Africa Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Kingdom of Sweden Karin Enström Minister of Defense WFPG 8 SENIOR-LEVEL United States GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Sections are alphabetized by last name DEPARTMENT OF STATE Rose Gottemoeller Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Heather Higginbottom Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Catherine A. Novelli Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Sarah Sewall Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley Special Advisor for Secretary's Initiatives Erin M. Barclay Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Ambassador Joyce A. Barr Assistant Secretary for Administration Virginia Bennett Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Ambassador Deborah Birx US Global AIDS Coordinator Nisha Desai Biswal Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Ambassador Michele T. Bond Acting Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Dolores Marie Brown Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management Support and the Civilian Response Corps Ambassador Susan F. Burk Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Judith Beth Cefkin Senior Advisor for Burma WFPG 9 Tania Chomiak-Salvi Deputy Coordinator for International Information Programs Kelly Tallman Clements Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population,