List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of government

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed deputy head of government of their respective countries. This list includes female deputy heads of state of presidential republics.

List

  Denotes incumbent deputy head of government
Name Image Country Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Isabel Martínez de Perón  Argentina Vice President 12 October 1973 1 July 1974 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000262000000262 days
Agatha Barbara  Malta Deputy Prime Minister 18 September 1976 12 December 1981 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000008500000085 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco  Costa Rica Second Vice President 8 May 1986 8 May 1990 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Helen Clark  New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister 8 August 1989 2 November 1990 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000008600000086 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén  Sweden Acting Deputy Prime Minister 16 February 1990 27 February 1990 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000001100000011 days
Sheila Copps  Canada Deputy Prime Minister 4 November 1993 30 April 1996 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000178000000178 days
Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía  Honduras Third Vice President 27 January 1994 27 January 1998 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Rebeca Grynspan  Costa Rica Second Vice President 8 May 1994 8 May 1998 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Mona Sahlin  Sweden Deputy Prime Minister 7 October 1994 16 November 1995 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000101000000101 days
Julia Mena  Nicaragua Vice President 2 January 1995 2 January 1997 &100000000000000020000002 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén  Sweden Acting Deputy Prime Minister 16 November 1995 7 October 1998 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000325000000325 days
Rosalía Arteaga  Ecuador Vice President 10 August 1996 10 August 1998 &100000000000000020000002 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Sheila Copps  Canada Deputy Prime Minister 19 June 1996 11 July 1997 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000002200000022 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy  The Gambia Vice President 20 March 1997 Incumbent &1000000000000001400000014 years, &10000000000000362000000362 days
Mary Harney  Ireland Tánaiste 26 June 1997 13 September 2006 &100000000000000090000009 years, &1000000000000007800000078 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar  Iran Vice President 2 August 1997 3 August 2005 &100000000000000080000008 years, &100000000000000010000001 day
Gladys Caballero de Arevalo  Honduras Second Vice President 27 January 1998 27 January 2002 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Astrid Fischel Volio  Costa Rica First Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito  Costa Rica Second Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  Philippines Vice President 30 June 1998 20 January 2001 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000174000000174 days
Annemarie Jorritsma  Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister 3 August 1998 22 July 2002 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000353000000353 days
Els Borst  Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister 3 August 1998 22 July 2002 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000353000000353 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén  Sweden Deputy Prime Minister 7 October 1998 21 October 2002 &100000000000000040000004 years, &1000000000000001400000014 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri  Indonesia Vice President 26 October 1999 23 July 2001 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000289000000289 days
Milagros Ortiz Bosch  Dominican Republic Vice President 16 August 2000 16 August 2004 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Adina Bastidas  Venezuela Vice President 24 December 2000 13 January 2002 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000002000000020 days
Sandra Pierantozzi  Palau Vice President 19 January 2001 1 January 2005 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000348000000348 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri  Costa Rica First Vice President 8 May 2002 8 May 2006 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Armida Villela de López Contreras  Honduras Second Vice President 27 January 2002 27 January 2006 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Margareta Winberg  Sweden Deputy Prime Minister 21 October 2002 31 October 2003 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000001000000010 days
Teima Onorio  Kiribati Vice President 10 July 2003 Incumbent &100000000000000080000008 years, &10000000000000250000000250 days
Marita Ulvskog  Sweden Acting Deputy Prime Minister 31 October 2003 1 June 2004 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000214000000214 days
Anne McLellan  Canada Deputy Prime Minister 12 December 2003 6 February 2006 &100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000005600000056 days
María Teresa Fernández de la Vega  Spain First Vice President of the Government 18 April 2004 20 October 2010 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000185000000185 days
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka  Poland Deputy Prime Minister 2 May 2004 31 October 2005 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000121000000121 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar  El Salvador Vice President 1 June 2004 1 June 2009 &100000000000000050000005 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Laila Freivalds  Sweden Acting Deputy Prime Minister 1 October 2004 1 November 2004 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000003100000031 days
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka  South Africa Deputy President 22 June 2005 24 Semptember 2008 &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000009400000094 days
Alice Nzomukunda  Burundi Vice President 29 August 2005 5 September 2006 &100000000000000010000001 year, &100000000000000070000007 days
Fatemeh Javadi  Iran Vice President 3 August 2005 5 August 2009 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000020000002 days
Zyta Gilowska  Poland Deputy Prime Minister 7 January 2006 7 September 2007 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000243000000243 days
Laura Chinchilla  Costa Rica First Vice President 8 May 2006 8 October 2008 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000153000000153 days
Marina Barampama  Burundi Vice President 8 September 2006 8 February 2007 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000153000000153 days
Maud Olofsson  Sweden Deputy Prime Minister 6 October 2006 5 October 2010 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days
Wu Yi  People's Republic of China Acting First Vice Premier 2 June 2007 17 March 2008 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000289000000289 days
Julia Gillard  Australia Deputy Prime Minister 3 December 2007 24 June 2010 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000203000000203 days
Mary Coughlan  Ireland Tánaiste 7 May 2008 9 March 2011 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000314000000314 days
Baleka Mbete  South Africa Deputy President 25 September 2008 9 May 2009 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000107000000107 days
Lene Espersen  Denmark Deputy Prime Minister 10 September 2008 13 January 2011 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000125000000125 days
Thokozani Khuphe  Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister 11 February 2009 Incumbent &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000003400000034 days
Joyce Banda  Malawi Vice President 1 May 2009 Incumbent &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000320000000320 days
Nasrin Soltankhah  Iran Vice President 5 August 2009 Incumbent &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000224000000224 days
María Antonieta de Bográn  Honduras First Vice President 27 January 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000004900000049 days
Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili  Georgia Deputy Prime Minister 10 November 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000127000000127 days
Jutta Urpilainen  Finland Deputy Prime Minister 22 June 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000268000000268 days
Elena Salgado  Spain First Vice President of the Government 11 July 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000249000000249 days
Margrethe Vestager  Denmark Deputy Prime Minister 3 October 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000165000000165 days

See also