GUIDE TO Women Leaders IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WOMEN’S FOREIGN POLICY GROUP 2011-2012 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 2011 01 HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT 01 Elected Heads of State and Government 02 Non-Elected Heads of State and Government 03 Vice Presidents and Deputy Heads of State and Government 04 MINISTERS 04 Ministers of Foreign Affairs 05 Ministers of Defense and Security 06 Ministers of Finance and Economy 08 SENIOR-LEVEL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 08 Department of State 12 Department of Defense 13 Department of Labor 14 Department of Commerce 15 Department of the Treasury 15 Office of the United States Trade Representative 17 United States Agency for International Development 18 SENIOR-LEVEL OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 18 United Nations 22 The World Bank Group 24 International Monetary Fund 25 Organization of American States 27 AMBASSADORS OF THE UNITED STATES 30 REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UNITED STATES 30 Ambassadors 32 Deputy Chiefs of Mission 33 Consuls General 39 REPRESENTATIVES TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 39 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 40 Deputy Permanent Representatives to the United Nations 42 Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the Organization of American States 43 Governors and Alternate Governors of the World Bank 49 Governors and Alternate Governors of the International Monetary Fund 51 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES HEADS OFState AND GOVERNMENT ELECTED HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Argentine Republic President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Commonwealth of Australia Prime Minister Julia Eileen Gillard People's Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hasina Wajed Bosnia and Herzegovina President, Federation Government Borjana Krsto Federative Republic of Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Republic of Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla Miranda Republic of Croatia Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor Kingdom of Denmark Designate Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt Republic of Finland President Tarja Halonen Federal Republic of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Republic of Iceland Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Republic of India President Pratibha Devisingh Patil Ireland President Mary McAleese Republic of Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga Kyrgyz Republic President Roza Otunbayeva Republic of Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf WFPG 1 VICE PRESIDENTS AND DEPUTY HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT Republic of Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė Republic of Mali Prime Minister Cisse Mariam Kaidama Sidibe Republic of San Marino Captain Regent Maria Luisa Berti (Co-Head of State) Republic of San Marino Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Antonella Mularoni (Head of Government) Slovak Republic Prime Minister Iveta Radičová Swiss Confederation President Micheline Calmy-Rey Kingdom of Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar NON-ELECTED HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Antigua and Barbuda Governor General Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack Commonwealth of Australia Governor General Quentin Bryce 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 WFPG 2 VICE PRESIDENTS AND DEPUTY HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Bosnia and Herzegovina Vice President Spomenka Micic (Federation Government) Republic of The Gambia Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy Republic of Honduras Vice President María Antonieta Guillén de Bogran Republic of Kiribati Vice President Teima Onorio Republic of Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda Republic of Peru First Vice President Marisol Espinoza Cruz Kingdom of Spain Second Vice President Elena Salgado Mendez Swiss Confederation Vice President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Syrian Arab Republic Vice President Najah al-Attar Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vice President Nguyễn Thị Doan Republic of Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe Republic of Zimbabwe Vice President Joyce Mujuru WFPG 3 Ministers OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FINANCE, AND DEFENSE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Listed in alphabetical order by country) People's Republic of Bangladesh Dipu Moni Minister of Foreign Affairs Barbados Maxine McClean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Republic of Colombia María Ángela Holguín Cuellar Minister of Foreign Relations Republic of Cyprus Erato Kozakou-Markoullis Minister of Foreign Affairs Kingdom of Denmark Lene Espersen Minister of Foreign Affairs European Union Baroness Catherine Margaret Ashton High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Cooperative Republic of Guyana Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Haiti Marie Michele Rey Minister of Foreign Affairs & Worship Principality of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick Minister of Foreign Affairs The Republic of Madagascar Yvette Sylla Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Malawi Etta Elizabeth Banda Minister of Foreign Affairs United Mexican States Patricia Espinosa Cantellano Secretary of Foreign Relations WFPG 4 OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FINANCE, AND DEFENSE Islamic Republic of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Rwanda Louise Mushikiwabo Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation Republic of San Marino Antonella Mularoni Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Republic of South Africa Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Minister of International Relations & Cooperation Kingdom of Spain Trinidad Jiménez Garcia-Herrera Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey Chief of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs United States of America Hillary Clinton Secretary of State MINISTERS OF DEFENSE AND SECURITY (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Argentine Republic Nilda Garré Minister of Security People's Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wajed Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Plurinational State of Bolivia Maria Cecilia Chacon Rendon Minister of Defense Kingdom of Denmark Gitte Lillelund Bech Minister of Defense Republic of Lithuania Rasa Juknevičienė WFPG 5 New Zealand Georgina te Heuheu Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control Kingdom of Norway Grete Faremo Minister of Defense Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Elsa Maria Neto D’Alva Texeira de Barros Pinto Minister of National Defense and Internal Order Republic of Slovenia Ljubica Jelušič Minister of Defense Republic of South Africa Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Kingdom of Spain Carme Chacón Piqueras Minister of Defense United States of America Janet Napolitano Secretary of Homeland Security MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY (Listed in alphabetical order by country) Commonwealth of Australia Penelope Yingyen Wong Minister of Finance and Deregulation Republic of Austria Maria Fekter Minister of Finance Republic of Benin Adidjatou Mathys Minister of Economy and Finance Bermuda Paula Cox Minister of Finance Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasna Brkic Minister of Economic Relations & Coordination (Republika Srpska) WFPG 6 Republic of Burundi Clotilde Nizigama Minister of Finance, Economy, Cooperation, and Development Republic of Cape Verde Cristina Isabel Lopes da Silva Monteiro Duarte Minister of Finance Republic of Croatia Martina Dalic Minister of Finance Republic of Finland Jutta Urpilainen Minister of Finance Georgia Vera Kobalia Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Republic of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė Minister of Finance Republic of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila Minister of Finance Russian Federation MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina Minister of Economic Development Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Ângela Viegas Santiago Minister of Planning and Finance Republic of Suriname Adeline Wijnerman Minister of Finance Swiss Confederation Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Chief of the Federal Department of Finance Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Emilia Maria Valeria Pires Minister of Finance Republic of Uganda Maria Kiwanuka Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development WFPG 7 SENIOR-LEVELUnited States GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DEPARTMENT OF STATE Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State (Listed in alphabetical order by last name) Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley Special Advisor for Secretary Initiatives Anita Botti Deputy Director, Office of Global Women’s Issues Cheryl Benton Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Esther Brimmer Assistant Secretary, International