List of elected or appointed female heads of government

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed as head of government of their respective countries. This list does not include female heads of state, with the exception of leaders of presidential republics.

List

  Denotes incumbent head of government
  • Italics denotes acting head of government
Name Image Country Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Sirimavo Bandaranaike  Ceylon Prime Minister 21 July 1960 27 March 1965 &100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000249000000249 days
Indira Gandhi  India Prime Minister 24 January 1966 24 April 1977 &1000000000000001100000011 years, &1000000000000009000000090 days
Golda Meir  Israel Prime Minister 17 March 1969 3 June 1974 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000007800000078 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike  Ceylon Prime Minister 29 May 1970 22 May 1972 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000359000000359 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike  Sri Lanka Prime Minister 22 May 1972 23 July 1977 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000006200000062 days
Isabel Martínez de Perón  Argentina President 1 July 1974 24 March 1976 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000267000000267 days
Elisabeth Domitien  Central African Republic Prime Minister 2 January 1975 7 April 1976 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000009600000096 days
Margaret Thatcher  United Kingdom Prime Minister 4 May 1979 28 November 1990 &1000000000000001100000011 years, &10000000000000208000000208 days
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo  Portugal Prime Minister 1 July 1979 3 January 1980 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000186000000186 days
Lidia Gueiler Tejada  Bolivia Acting President 16 November 1979 17 July 1980 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000244000000244 days
Indira Gandhi  India Prime Minister 15 January 1980 31 October 1984 &100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000290000000290 days
Eugenia Charles  Dominica Prime Minister 21 July 1980 14 June 1995 &1000000000000001400000014 years, &10000000000000328000000328 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland  Norway Prime Minister 4 February 1981 14 October 1981 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000252000000252 days
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 1981 1 October 1981 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Milka Planinc  Yugoslavia Prime Minister 16 May 1982 15 May 1986 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days
Gloriana Ranocchini  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 1984 1 October 1984 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Corazon Aquino  Philippines President 25 February 1986 30 June 1992 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000126000000126 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland  Norway Prime Minister 9 May 1986 16 October 1989 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000160000000160 days
Benazir Bhutto  Pakistan Prime Minister 2 December 1988 6 July 1990 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000216000000216 days
Gloriana Ranocchini  San Marino Captain Regent 1 October 1989 1 April 1990 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000182000000182 days
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot  Haiti Acting President 13 March 1990 7 February 1991 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000331000000331 days
Kazimira Prunskienė  Lithuania Prime Minister 11 March 1990 10 January 1991 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000305000000305 days
Violeta Chamorro  Nicaragua President 25 April 1990 10 January 1997 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000260000000260 days
Gro Harlem Brundtland  Norway Prime Minister 3 November 1990 25 October 1996 &100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000357000000357 days
Khaleda Zia  Bangladesh Prime Minister 20 March 1991 30 March 1996 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000001000000010 days
Édith Cresson  France Prime Minister 15 May 1991 2 April 1992 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000323000000323 days
Edda Ceccoli  San Marino Captain Regent 1 October 1991 1 April 1992 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Hanna Suchocka  Poland Prime Minister 11 July 1992 25 October 1993 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000106000000106 days
Patricia Busignani  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 1993 1 October 1993 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Tansu Çiller  Turkey Prime Minister 13 June 1993 6 March 1996 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000267000000267 days
Kim Campbell  Canada Prime Minister 25 June 1993 4 November 1993 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000132000000132 days
Sylvie Kinigi  Burundi Prime Minister 10 July 1993 27 October 1993 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000109000000109 days
Agathe Uwilingiyimana  Rwanda Prime Minister 18 July 1993 7 April 1994 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000263000000263 days
Benazir Bhutto  Pakistan Prime Minister 19 October 1993 5 November 1996 &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000001700000017 days
Sylvie Kinigi  Burundi Acting President 27 October 1993 7 February 1994 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000103000000103 days
Reneta Indzhova  Bulgaria Acting Prime Minister 17 October 1994 25 January 1995 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000100000000100 days
Chandrika Kumaratunga  Sri Lanka Prime Minister 19 August 1994 14 November 1994 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000008700000087 days
Sirimavo Bandaranaike  Sri Lanka Prime Minister 14 November 1994 10 July 2000 &100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000239000000239 days
Claudette Werleigh  Haiti Prime Minister 7 November 1995 27 February 1996 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000112000000112 days
Hasina Wazed  Bangladesh Prime Minister 23 June 1996 15 July 2001 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000002200000022 days
Ruth Perry  Liberia Chairperson of the Council of State 3 September 1996 2 August 1997 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000333000000333 days
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano  Ecuador Acting President 9 February 1997 11 February 1997 &100000000000000000000000 years, &100000000000000020000002 days
Janet Jagan  Guyana Prime Minister 6 March 1997 19 December 1997 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000288000000288 days
Jenny Shipley  New Zealand Prime Minister 5 December 1997 5 December 1999 &100000000000000020000002 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Anne Enger  Norway Acting Prime Minister 30 August 1998 23 September 1998 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000002400000024 days
Rosa Zafferani  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 1999 1 October 1999 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Irena Degutienė  Lithuania Acting Prime Minister 4 May 1999 18 May 1999 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000001400000014 days
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa  Mongolia Acting Prime Minister 22 July 1999 30 July 1999 &100000000000000000000000 years, &100000000000000080000008 days
Mireya Moscoso  Panama President 1 September 1999 1 September 2004 &100000000000000050000005 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Irena Degutienė  Lithuania Acting Prime Minister 27 October 1999 3 November 1999 &100000000000000000000000 years, &100000000000000070000007 days
Helen Clark  New Zealand Prime Minister 5 December 1999 19 November 2008 &100000000000000080000008 years, &10000000000000350000000350 days
Maria Domenica Michelotti  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 2000 1 October 2000 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  Philippines President 20 January 2001 30 June 2010 &100000000000000090000009 years, &10000000000000161000000161 days
Mame Madior Boye  Senegal Prime Minister 3 March 2001 4 November 2002 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000246000000246 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri  Indonesia President 23 July 2001 20 October 2004 &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000008900000089 days
Khaleda Zia  Bangladesh Prime Minister 10 October 2001 29 October 2006 &100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000001900000019 days
Chang Sang  South Korea Acting Prime Minister 11 July 2002 31 July 2002 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000002000000020 days
Maria das Neves  São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister 3 October 2002 18 September 2004 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000351000000351 days
Anneli Jäätteenmäki  Finland Prime Minister 17 April 2003 24 June 2003 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000006800000068 days
Beatriz Merino  Peru Prime Minister 28 June 2003 15 December 2003 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000170000000170 days
Valeria Ciavatta  San Marino Captain Regent 1 October 2003 1 April 2004 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Luisa Diogo  Mozambique Prime Minister 17 February 2004 16 January 2010 &100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000333000000333 days
Radmila Šekerinska  Macedonia Acting Prime Minister 12 May 2004 12 June 2004 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000006100000061 days
Radmila Šekerinska  Macedonia Acting Prime Minister 3 November 2004 15 December 2004 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000004200000042 days
Yulia Tymoshenko  Ukraine Prime Minister 24 January 2005 6 September 2005 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000225000000225 days
Fausta Morganti  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 2005 1 October 2005 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Cynthia Pratt  Bahamas Acting Prime Minister 4 May 2005 6 June 2005 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000003200000032 days
Maria do Carmo Silveira  São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister 8 June 2005 21 April 2006 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000317000000317 days
Angela Merkel  Germany Chancellor 22 November 2005 Incumbent &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000108000000108 days
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  Liberia President 16 January 2006 Incumbent &100000000000000060000006 years, &1000000000000005300000053 days
Michelle Bachelet  Chile President 11 March 2006 11 March 2010 &100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days
Portia Simpson-Miller  Jamaica Prime Minister 30 March 2006 11 September 2007 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000165000000165 days
Han Myeong-sook  South Korea Prime Minister 19 April 2006 7 March 2007 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000322000000322 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  Argentina President 10 December 2007 Incumbent &100000000000000040000004 years, &1000000000000009000000090 days
Yulia Tymoshenko  Ukraine Prime Minister 18 December 2007 3 March 2010 &100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000007500000075 days
Zinaida Greceanîi  Moldova Prime Minister 31 March 2008 14 September 2009 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000167000000167 days
Rosa Zafferani  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 2008 1 October 2008 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Michèle Pierre-Louis  Haiti Prime Minister 5 September 2008 11 November 2009 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000006700000067 days
Assunta Meloni  San Marino Captain Regent 1 October 2008 1 April 2009 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000182000000182 days
Hasina Wazed  Bangladesh Prime Minister 6 January 2009 Incumbent &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000006300000063 days
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir  Iceland Prime Minister 1 February 2009 Incumbent &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000003700000037 days
Jadranka Kosor  Croatia Prime Minister 6 July 2009 23 December 2011 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000247000000247 days
Cécile Manorohanta  Madagascar Acting Prime Minister 18 December 2009 20 December 2009 &100000000000000000000000 years, &100000000000000020000002 days
Roza Otunbayeva  Kyrgyzstan President 7 April 2010 17 December 2010 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000254000000254 days
Laura Chinchilla  Costa Rica President 8 May 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000306000000306 days
Kamla Persad-Bissessar  Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister 26 May 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000288000000288 days
Mari Kiviniemi  Finland Prime Minister 22 June 2010 22 June 2011 &100000000000000010000001 year, &100000000000000000000000 days
Julia Gillard  Australia Prime Minister 24 June 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000259000000259 days
Iveta Radičová  Slovakia Prime Minister 8 July 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000245000000245 days
Dilma Rousseff  Brazil President 1 January 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000006800000068 days
Rosario Fernández  Peru Prime Minister 19 March 2011 28 July 2011 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000131000000131 days
Maria Luisa Berti  San Marino Captain Regent 1 April 2011 1 October 2011 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé  Mali Prime Minister 3 April 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000341000000341 days
Yingluck Shinawatra  Thailand Prime Minister 5 August 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000217000000217 days
Helle Thorning-Schmidt  Denmark Prime Minister 3 October 2011 Incumbent &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000158000000158 days
Portia Simpson-Miller  Jamaica Prime Minister January 2012 Designate

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