List of the first female holders of political offices in Africa
Main article: List of the first female holders of political offices
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Algeria
- Minister of Culture - Nadia Labidi - 2014
- Minister of Education - Nouria Benghebrit - 2014
- Minister of Land-Use Planning and Environment - Dalila Boudjemaa - 2014
- Minister of Family and Women - Mounia Meslem - 2014
- Minister of Post,Information Technology and Communication Women - Zahra Dardouri - 2014
- Minister of Tourism - Nouria 02mina Zerhouni - 2014
- Minister of Artisana & HandicraftsAish Tabagho - 2014
Benin
Botswana
- Foreign minister - Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe - 1985
- Chairperson of the House of Chiefs - Mosadi Seboko - 2003 [1]
Burundi
- Prime Minister - Sylvie Kinigi - 1993
- President (acting) - Sylvie Kinigi - 1993
- Ambassador of Burundi - Julie Ngiriye - 1993
- Foreign minister - Antoinette Batumubwira - 2006
Cape Verde
- Foreign minister - Fátima Veiga - 2002
- Defence minister - Cristina Fontes Lima - 2006
Central African Republic
- Prime Minister - Elisabeth Domitien - 1975
- Head of State - Catherine Samba-Panza - 2014
Comoros
- Member of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros - Djoueria Abdallah - 2004
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Foreign minister - Ekila Liyonda - 1987
Egypt
- Pharaoh (Head of state) - Sobekneferu - 1806 BC (first known female Head of state in history)
- Sultana (Head of state) - Shajar al-Durr - 1250 (first female Head of state in the Arab world)
Republic of Egypt
- Member of Parliament - Rawya Ateya - 1957 (first female MP in the Arab world)
- Minister (for Social Affairs) - Dr. Hikmat Abu Zayd - 1962 [2]
Arab Republic of Egypt
- Ambassador (to Denmark) - Dr. Aisha Rateb - 1979
- Judge of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt - Tahany El-Gebaly - 2003
- Mayor - Eva Habil, (Komboha) - 2008
Gabon
- Foreign minister - Pascaline Mferri Bongo - 1991
- President (interim) - Rose Francine Rogombé - 2009
The Gambia
- Foreign minister - Susan Waffa-Ogoo - 2012
Ghana
- Foreign minister - Gloria Amon Nikoi - 1979
Guinea
- Foreign minister - Mahawa Bangoura - 2000
Guinea-Bissau
- President (acting) - Carmen Pereira - 1984
- Foreign minister - Hilia Barber - 1999
- Defence minister - Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote - 2005
- Prime Minister (acting) - Adiato Djaló Nandigna - 2012
Kenya
- Mayor of Nairobi - Lady Gwladys Delamere - 1938
- Foreign minister - Amina Mohamed - 2013
Lesotho
- Monarch (regent) - Queen 'Mamohato - 1970
Liberia
- Foreign minister - Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper - 1994
- Chairwoman of the Council of State - Ruth Perry - 1997
- Mayor of Monrovia - Ophelia Hoff Saytumah - 2001
- President pro tempore of the Liberian Senate - Grace B. Minor - 2002
- President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - 2006
Libya
- Minister of Health - Fatima Hamroush - 2011
Madagascar
- Foreign minister - Lila Ratsifandrihamanana - 1998
- Defence minister - Cécile Manorohanta - 2007
- Prime Minister - Cécile Manorohanta - 2009
Malawi
- Foreign minister - Lilian Patel - 2000
- Interior minister - Anna Kachikho - 2005
- Vice President - Joyce Banda - 2009
- President - Joyce Banda - 2012[3]
Mali
- Foreign minister - Sy Kadiatou Sow - 1994
- Prime minister - Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé - 2011
Mauritania
- Foreign minister - Naha Mint Mouknass - 2009
- Mayor of Nouakchott - Maty Mint Hamady - 2014
Mauritius
- President (acting) - The Hon. Mrs. Monique Ohsan Bellepeau - 2012
- Minister of Education and human Resources - The Hon. Mrs. Leela Devi Dookhun Luchoomun - (2014-present)
- Minister of Social Security, National Solidarity and Reform Institutions - The Hon. Mrs. Sheila Bappoo - (2005-2010 and 2011-2014), The Hon. Mrs. Leela Devi Dookhun Luchoomun - (2010-2011)
- Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare - The Hon. Mrs. Mireille Martin - (2010-2014), The Hon. Mrs. Indranee Seebun - (2005-2010), Mrs. Arianne Navarre-Marie - (2000-2005), The Hon. Mrs. Indira Thacoor Sidaya - (1995-2000)
- Minister of Youth and Sports - The Hon. Mrs. Marie Claude Arouff-Parfait - (1995-2000)
- Parliamentary Private Secretary - The Hon. Mrs Kalyanee Bedwantee Juggoo - (2010-2014)
Morocco
- Secretary of State for Literacy and non-formal Education - Najima Rhozali - 2002
- Mayor - Asma Chaabi, (Essaouira) - 2003
- Minister of Energy and Mines - Amina Benkhadra - 2007
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs - Latifa Akherbach - 2007
- Secretary of State for Education - Latifa Labida - 2007
- Minister of Sports - Nawal El Moutawakel - 2007
- Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family, and Social Development - Nouzha Skalli - 2007
- Minister of Culture - Touriya Jabrane - 2007
- Minister of Health - Yasmina Baddou - 2007
- Ambassador of Morocco to Canada - Nezha Chekrouni - 2009
- Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development - Bassima Hakkaoui - 2012
- Ministry of Craft and Social Economy - Fatema Marouane - 2013
Mozambique
- Prime Minister - Luisa Diogo - 2004
- Foreign minister - Alcinda Abreu - 2005
Namibia
- Interior minister - Rosalia Nghidinwa - 2005
- Foreign Minister - Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah - 2013
Niger
- Foreign minister - Aïchatou Mindaoudou - 1999
Nigeria
- Finance Minister - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - 2003
- Foreign Minister - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala- 2006
Anambra State
- Governor of Anambra State (South East Nigeria) - Virginia Etiaba - 2006
Rwanda
- Prime Minister - Agathe Uwilingiyimana - 1993
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Rosemary Museminali - 2008
- President of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda - Rose Mukantabana - 2008 [4]
São Tomé and Príncipe
- Foreign minister - Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim - 1978
- Prime Minister - Maria das Neves - 2002
Senegal
- Prime Minister - Mame Madior Boye - 2001
Seychelles
- Foreign minister - Danielle de St. Jorre - 1989
Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone - Ella Koblo Gulama. The first woman to be elected to Sierra Leone's House of Representatives as Paramount Chief Member for Moyamba District. In 1962 she was re-elected and Prime Minister Milton Margai made her a Cabinet Minister - 1957
- Foreign minister - Shirley Gbujama - 1996
Somalia
- Foreign minister - Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan - 2012
South Africa
- Leader of a Political Party - Margaret Ballinger, President of the Liberal Party of South Africa - 1953
- Mayor of Cape Town - Joyce Newton Thompson - 1959
- Government minister - Rina Venter - 1989
- Health minister - Rina Venter - 1989
- Foreign minister - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma - 1999
- Deputy President - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - 2005
- Leader of a Major Party - Helen Zille - 2007
- Premier of Western Cape - Lynne Brown - 2008
Swaziland
- Monarch (regent) - Queen Dzeliwe - 1982
Tanzania
- Foreign minister - Asha-Rose Migiro - 2006
Tunisia
- First Female Leader of a Political Party - Maya Jribi - 2006
Zimbabwe
- Vice President - Joyce Mujuru - 2006
Uganda
- Foreign minister - Elizabeth Bagaya - 1974
Footnotes and references
- ↑ Guide2Women Leaders
- ↑ "Women in the Executive Authority". Egypt State Information Service. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ McGroarty, Patrick (8/4/21012). "Malawi Swears In Banda as President". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8/4/2012. Check date values in:
|date=, |accessdate=(help) - ↑ IPU PARLINE database: Rwanda Chambre des Députés (Chamber of Deputies)
See also
- List of women heads of state
- List of women heads of government
- List of the first LGBT holders of political offices