FEMALE FIRSTS POLITICS

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Historic firsts for women as heads of state or government:


  • Yevgenia Bosch, Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918), sometimes considered the first modern woman leader of a national government. She held the position of Minister of Interior and Acting Leader of the People's Secretariat of Ukraine, one of a number of competing ruling bodies in the Ukrainian People's Republic, the predecessor of Soviet Ukraine.
  • Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Tuvan People's Republic (1940–1944): The first female head of state (Chairperson of the Presidium of the Little Khural) of a partially recognized country.
  • Sukhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Mongolia (1953–1954): The first female acting head of state (Chairperson of the Presidium of the State Great Khural).
  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka (1960–1965): The first elected female prime minister (head of government) of a sovereign country. She served again 1970–77 and 1994–2000; in total she served for 17 years.
  • Indira Gandhi, India (1966–1977): The first female prime minister of a present-day G20 country. She served again 1980–1984.
  • Soong Ching-ling, China (1968–1972): The first female acting co-head of state (Co-Chairperson). She later served as Honorary President for 12 days in 1981.
  • Golda Meir, Israel (1969–1974): The first female prime minister in the Middle East.
  • Isabel Perón, Argentina (1974–1976): The first (appointed) female president, head of state and head of government.
  • Elisabeth Domitien, Central African Republic (1975–1976): The first (appointed) female prime minister of an African country.
  • Margaret Thatcher, United Kingdom (1979–1990): The first female prime minister of a G7/P5 country and the first female Prime Minister of a sovereign European country.
  • Eugenia Charles, Dominican Republic (1980–1995): The longest continuously serving female prime minister.
  • Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Iceland (1980–1996): The first democratically directly elected female president. With a presidency of exactly sixteen years, she also remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date.
  • Jeanne Sauvé, Canada (1984–1990): The first female head of state in North America.
  • Corazon Aquino, Philippines (1986–1992): The first woman president in Southeast Asia.
  • Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan (1988–1990): The first female prime minister of any muslim majority country. She served again 1993–96.
  • Kim Campbell, Canada (1993): The first female head of government in North America.
  • Tansu Çiller, Turkey (1993–1996): The first elected muslim female prime minister in Europe.
  • Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka (1994–2000): The first time that a nation possessed a female president (Chandrika Kumaratunga) and a female prime minister (Sirimavo Bandaranaike) simultaneously. This also marked the first time that a female prime minister (Sirimavo Bandaranaike) directly succeeded another female prime minister (Chandrika Kumaratunga).
  • Ruth Perry, Liberia (1996–1997): The first (appointed) female head of state in Africa. Carmen Pereira of Guinea-Bissau and Sylvie Kinigi of Burundi had previously acted as head of state for 2 days and 101 days respectively.
  • Mary McAleese, Ireland (1997–2011): The first time that a female president directly succeeded another female president, Mary Robinson.
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia (2006–2018): Africa's first elected female head of state.
  • Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland (2009–2013): As prime minister, she was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office.
  • Elizabeth II, United Kingdom (1952–present): In 2015, she became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history. In 2016, she became the longest currently serving head of state and longest currently reigning monarch.
  • Ursula von der Leyen, European Union (2019–present): The first woman to be appointed President of the European Commission.
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