HEADS of STATE and other WOMEN LEADERS throughout the WORLD
HEADS of STATE and other WOMEN LEADERS throughout the WORLD
List 54 1448 names 172 (of 232) governments 13 Apr 2000 £ 140 US$ 280
* New name, office or number since previous bimonthly list
SUMMARY
Names Pages
1. Heads & Deputy Heads of State and Government currently in office 46 1- 2
2. Presiding & Deputy Presiding Officers of Parliament 91 2- 4
3. Heads of Provincial or State Governments 63 4- 5
4. Women Ministers in National Governments 525 5-15
5. Judges of Supreme & Similar Courts 107 15-17
6. Governors & Deputy Governors of Central Banks 54 17-18
7. Bishops & Religious Leaders 40 18
8. Heads of International Organizations 40 19
9. Other Heads & Deputy Heads of State and Government since 1945 103 19-21
10. Other Presiding & Deputy Presiding Officers of Parlt since 1945 163 21-24
11. Other Heads of Provincial or State Government since 1945 133 24-26
Other Ministers in National Governments since 1990 (see Lists 1-52) -
12. Other Supreme Court Judges since 1980 14 26
13. Other Governors of Central Banks since 1980 36 26-27
14. Other Bishops & Religious Leaders since 1980 11 27
15. Other Heads of International Organizations since 1980 22 27-28
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1. Women Heads & Deputy Heads of State and Government currently in office (#): 46
A. Heads of State and Government: 10
Country Name Office Term
Costa Rica Astrid Fischel First Vice-President 8.5.1998-2002
Elizabeth Odio Second Vice-President 8.5.1998-2002
Gambia Aisatou N'Jie Saidi Vice-President 1.1997-
Honduras Rosa America Miranda de Galo Second Vice-President 1999-
Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri Vice-President 21.10.1999-
Iran Masoumeh Ebtekah Vice-President 11.8.1997-
Panama Mireya Moscoso President 1.9.1999-9.2004
Philippines Gloria Arroyo Vice-President 30.6.1998-
Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga President 14.11.1994-
Uganda Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe Vice-President 18.11.1994-
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The above is a development of the writer's research, from 1980 on, to promote the appointment of able women to posts of executive leadership in national and international bodies. To date some 4000 women from 112democracies have been named in over 70 lists. Recent lists owe much to "People in Power", the world's most comprehensive directory of political leadership in sovereign countries and the first systematically to identify women leaders. "People in Power" 227 pp: ISSN 0965-7517 is published bimonthly by the Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs (CIRCA) Production Editors: Rosemary Payne & Catherine Jagger 13-17 Sturton Street Cambridge England CB1 2SN (tel + 44 1223 568 017). An excellent "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership", both past and present, is maintained on the Internet by Martin Iversen Christensen at
Biographical details on some 500 "Women World leaders", 150 with photographs, is maintained by Roberto Ortiz de Zarate on another, more comprehensive political website at
(#) The following threefold division is useful, though not perfect: thus, while the Sri Lankan president (in A) actually holds the defence portfolio, the Finnish president (in B) holds constitutional defense responsibilities. Also, a universally elected president, as in Finland and Ireland, has greater moral authority than, as in Latvia, one chosen by parliament, an authority which can also accrue with the length of a monarch's reign. Also, the list includes only formally-designated Deputy Prime Ministers, as distinct from other women listed second (or third) in cabinets. For her part, Queen Elizabeth II is both Head of the Commonwealth of (54) Nations and Head of State of 16 member countries: of Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Solomons, Tuvalu and the United Kingdom.
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B. Heads of State: 11
Country Name Office Term
Antigua & Barbuda Yvonne Maginley Deputy Governor-General 1999-
Canada Adrienne Clarkson Governor-General 7.10.1999-
Denmark Margrethe II Queen 14.1.1972-
Finland Tarja Halonen President 1.3.2000-2006
Ireland Mary McAleese President 11.11.1997-2004
Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga President 18.6.1999-2003
Netherlands Beatrix Queen 30.4.1980-
Saint Lucia Calliopa Pearlette Louisy Governor-General 19.9.1997-
Taiwan Annette Lu Vice-President 20.5.2000-2004
United Kingdom #Elizabeth II Queen 6.2.1952-
Viet Nam Nguyen Thi BINH Vice-President 23.9.1992-
C. Heads of Government: 25
Albania Makbule Ceco Deputy Prime Minister 29.10.1999-
Austria Susanne Riess-Passer Vice-Chancellor 4.2.2000-
Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wajed Prime Minister 24.6.1996-
Barbados Billie Miller Deputy Prime Minister 12.9.1994-
Belgium Laurette Onkelinx Deputy Prime Minister 11.7.1999-
Isabelle Durant Deputy Prime Minister 11.7.1999-
Croatia Zeljka Antunovic Deputy Prime Minister 27.1.2000-
Denmark Marianne Jelved Deputy Prime Minister 3.1998-
Fiji Kuini Vuikaba Speed Deputy Prime Minister 5.1999-
Ireland Mary Harney Deputy Prime Minister 6.1997-
Luxembourg Lydie Polfer Deputy Prime Minister 7.8.1999-
Macedonia Dosta Dimovska Vice-Premier 30.11.1998-
Moldova Lidia Gutu Deputy Prime Minister 21.12.1999-
Netherlands Els Borst-Eilers Deputy Prime Minister 3.8.1998-
Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink Deputy Prime Minister 3.8.1998-
New Zealand Helen Clark Prime Minister 10.12.1999-
Norway Anne Enger Lahnstein Deputy Prime Minister 15.3.1999-
Russia Valentina Matviyenko Deputy Chair Council of Ministers 10.1998-
Sri Lanka Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister 14.11.1994-
Sweden Lena Hjelm-Wallen Deputy Prime Minister 6.10.1998-
Tajikistan Nigina Sharapova Deputy Prime Minister 21.12.1999-
Turkmenistan Djamal Geklenova Deputy Prime Minister 5.1999-
Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Deputy Prime Minister 30.12.1999-
Uzbekistan Dilbar Ghulomova Deputy Prime Minister 5.1995-
Yugoslavia Maya Gojkovic Deputy Prime Minister 12.8.1999-
2. Women Presiding & Deputy Presiding Officers of Parliament (#): 91
A. National Parliaments: 57
Albania Margarita Qirko Deputy Speaker People's Assembly 1996-
Antigua & Barbuda Millicent Percival Speaker Senate 1994-99
Bridget Harris Speaker House of Representatives 1994-99
Australia Margaret Elizabeth Reid Speaker Senate 1996-2002
Austria Anna Elisabeth Haselbach President Federal Council 1.1-30.6.91,95,2000
Bahamas Italia Johnson Speaker House of Assembly 1997-
Belarus Tamara Dudko Vice President (Upper) Council of Republic 1997-
Belize Elizabeth Zabaneh Speaker Senate 1998-
Sylvia Flores Speaker House of Representatives 1998-
Brazil Odacir Soares Deputy Leader Federal Senate 1991-
Cape Verde Ondine Ferreira Deputy Speaker National Assembly 1995-
China LEI Jieqiong Vice Chair Standing Cte Peoples Congress 1993-
Cote d'Ivoire Assana Sangare Vice President National Assembly 1997-
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(#) A good guide to current women parliamentarians, by name for Presiding Officers, otherwise by number, is "Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey", of 189 parliaments, carried out in June 1995; and updated in February 1997 in "Men & Women in Politics: Democracy in the Making", both by Christine Pintat, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), B P 438, CH-1211 Geneva 19, tel (+ 41 22) 919 4150. The February 1997 study also gives for many countries numbers of women in party bureaus and candidates presented by parties at recent elections. MP numbers are constantly updated on the IPU website-page
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A. National Parliaments: 57 continued
Country Name Office Term
Czech Republic Jara Moserova President Senate 1999-
Dominican Republic Lia Rafaela Albuquerque President Chamber of Deputies 1999-
Ethiopia Almaz Meko Speaker Federal Council 1995-2000
Finland Riitta Uosukainen Speaker Eduskunta 1991-
Saara-Maria Paakkinen First Deputy Speaker Eduskunta 1995-
France Nicole Catala Vice President National Assembly 1993-
Muguette Jacquaint Vice President National Assembly 199?-
Germany Antje Vollmer (Greens) Vice-President Bundestag 1994-
Anke Fuchs (SPD) Vice-President Bundestag 1994-
Petra Bless (PDS) Vice-President Bundestag 1994-
Georgia Russudan Beridze Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1989-
Greece Maria Damanaki Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1989-
Grenada Ann Peters Speaker Senate 1995-
Guinea-Bissau Francisca Pereira Vice President National Assembly 199?
Hungary Maria Korodi Vice President National Assembly 1996-
India Najma Heptulla (Dep) Chair Rajya Sabha 10.7.1992-
Jamaica Violet Neilson Speaker House of Representatives 1997-
Lesotho Ntlhoi Motsamai Speaker National Assembly 1999-
Lithuania Laima Andrikiene Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1992-
Malawi Lilian Kapana-Phiri First Deputy Speaker National Assembly 1996-
Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono Speaker House of Representatives 1996-2001
Mexico Maria de los Angeles MORENO President Senate 1997,1999-2000
Netherlands Jeltje Van Nieuwenhoven Speaker Second Chamber States-General 1998-
Norway Kirsti Kolle Grondahl President Storting 1993-
Philippines Patsy Avance-Fuentes Deputy Speaker House of Representatives 1998-2001
Peru Edith Mella do Cespedes Acting President Congress of the Republic 1998
Peru Martha Hildebrandt President Congress of the Republic 1999-
Poland Olga Krzyzanowska Vice President Sejm 1993-
Alicja Grzeskowiak President (Marshal) Senate 1998-
Zofia Kuratowska Vice President Senate 1993-
Rwanda Jacqueline Muhongayire Deputy Speaker Transitional Nat Assembly 1997-
Russia Aleftina Fedulova Vice-President State Duma 1994-
Senegal Mata SY DIALLO Second Vice-President National Assembly 1994-
South Africa Frene Ginwala Speaker National Assembly 5.1994-99
Baleka Kgositsile Deputy Speaker National Assembly 5.1994-99
Naledi G M Pandor Chairperson Council of Provinces 1999-
Spain Esperanza Aguirre President Senate 1999-
Suriname Indradevi M Djwalapersad Speaker National Assembly 1996-
R Wijdenbosch Deputy Chair National Assembly 199?-
Sweden Birgitta Dahl Speaker of Parliament 1994-
Görel Thurdin Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1994-
United Kingdom Betty Boothroyd Speaker House of Commons 4.1992-
Venezuela Ixora Rojas President Congress of the Republic 1998-
Zimbabwe Edna Madzongwe Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1996-
B. State, Provincial or Territorial Assemblies: 26 (list incomplete)
Armenia Elma Gabriyelyva Speaker Assembly Nagorno-Karabakh 1997-
Australia Lorraine M Broham Speaker Legislative Council N Territory 1986-89
Belgium Anne-Marie Corbisier Hagon Chair Parliament Communauté Française ?1993-
Canada Gretchen Mann Brevin Speaker Legislative Assembly Nova Scotia 1999-
China Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai President Legislative Council Hong Kong 1997-
Germany Ute Pave President Hamburg State Parliament 1993-
Christine Liebknecht President Thuringia Assembly 1999-
India Rani Satish Dep Speaker Legis Assembly Karnataka 199?-
Italy Celestina Ceruti President Regional Assembly Em-Romagna 1995-
Silvana Amati President Regional Assembly Marche 1995-
Amalia Sartori President Regional Assembly Veneto 1995-
New Zealand Marie Arkiri President Assembly Cook Islands 1994-
Spain 4:19 Maria Teresa Rejas Rodriguez President Parliament Extremadura 1995-
Maria del Carmen Perez-Caballo President Parliament La Rioja 1996-
Maria Dolores Eguren Ap[esteguia President Parliament Navarra 1995-
Clememtina Rodenas Villena President Parliament Valencia 1993-
United Kingdom Jane Davidson Dep Pres Off Nat Assembly for Wales 12.6.1999-
Marjory Connor President Legislature Anguilla 1994-
Sybil McLaughlin Speaker Leg Assembly Cayman Islands 1991-94,98-
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B. State, Provincial or Territorial Assemblies: 26 continued
Country Women:Total Name Office Term
United States Brenda Burns President Senate Arizona 1995-
Gail Phillips Speaker House Representatives Alaska 1995-
Moira K Lyons Speaker House Representatives Connecticut 1999-
Elizabeth H Mitchell Speaker House Representatives Maine 1996-
Donna Sytej Speaker House Representatives New Hampshire 1996-
Jo Ann Davidson Speaker House Representatives 1995-
Zenaida Hernandez Torres Speaker House Representatives Puerto Rico 1993-
C. Regional and International Assemblies: 8 (list incomplete)
Commonwealth Betty Boothroyd (U K) President Parliamentary Assembly 1999-2000
Europe Nicole Fontaine (France) President European Parliament 20.7.1999-
Beatrice R Machiavelli (Italy) President Economic & Social Committee 9.1998-
Nordic Council Sigridur Thodardottir (Iceland) President Nordic Council 1999-2000
Berit Brorby Larsen (Norway) Vice President Nordic Council 1994-97, 98-
OSCE Europe Helle Degn (Denmark) President OSCE Assembly 1998-
Inter-Parlt Union #Najma Heptulla (India) President Inter-Parliamentary Council 16.10.1999-
United Nations Sonia Mendieta de B (Honduras) Chair Unesco Executive Board 18.11.1999-17.11.01
3. Political or Constitutional Heads of Provincial or State Governments in Major Countries: 63
A. Appointed: 26
Australia Merrilyn Ann Chilvers Administrator Christmas Island 1997-
Brazil 1:25 Roseana Sarney Governor State of Maranhao 10.1996-
3:25 Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo Vice Governor State of Amapa 10.1996-
Emilia de Salles Belinatti Vice Governor State of Parana 10.1996-
Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio Vice Governor State of Rio de Janeiro 10.1996-
Canada 7:13 Lois Hale Lieutenant-Governor Alberta 10.2.2000-
Marilyn Counsell Lieutenant-Governor New Brunswick 7.4.1997-
Hilary M Weston Lieutenant-Governor Ontario 12.1996-
Lise Thibault Lieutenant-Governor Quebec 12.1996-
Lynda Haverstock Lieutenant-Governor Saskatchewan 21.2.2000-
Helen Maksagak Territorial Commissioner Nunavut 1.4.1999-
Judy Gingell Territorial Commissioner Yukon 1996-
Denmark Vibeke Larsen Governor Faero Islands 1995-
Finland 4:13 Hannele Pollola Governor Lappland 4.1994-
Pirkka Tyolajarvi Governor Turku 1985-
Tuula Linnainman Governor Etela-Suomen 1997-
Pirjo Ala-Kapele Governor Ita-Suomen 1998-
France Brigitte Girardin Administrator Fr Southern & Antarctic Lands 1998-
India 3:30 Fathima Beevi Governor Tamil Nadu 2.1997-
V S Ramadevi Governor Karnataka 1999-
Jajani Rai Governor Pondicherry 1998-
Japan 1: Fusae Ota Governor Osaka Prefecture 6.2.2000-
Netherlands Rosemary De Paula Deputy Governor Netherlands Antilles 1990-
Portugal 1:18 Adelaide Lisboa Civil Governor Lisbon 199?-
Spain :17 Idoia Zenarruzabeitia Vice-President of Government Basque Country 1998-
United States Madeleine Z Bordallo Lieut-Governor Guam 1993-
B. Elected: 37
Australia 1: 8 Katherine Carnell Chief Minister Australian Capital Territory 1995-
Austria 1: 9 Waltraud Klasnic Head of Government Styria 1996-
Azerbaijan Sevil Zeinabova Deputy Prime Minister Nakhichevan ?1995-
Finland 1:13 Olavi Pyykkönen President Kainuu Regional Council 1996-
France :21 Claude du Grandrut Vice-President Regional Council Picardy 199?-
Germany 1:16 Heide Simonis Prime Minister Schleswig-Holstein 1993-
Barbara Stamm Deputy Prime Minister Bavaria 1998-
Ruth Wagner Deputy Prime Minister Hessen 1999-
Heide Alm-Merk Deputy Prime Minister Lower Saxony 1998-
Christa Thoben Deputy Mayor Berlin 1999-
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B. Elected: 37
Country Women:Total Name Office Term
India 1:30 Sheila Dixit Chief Minister Delhi 12.1998-
Ireland 1: Betty Coffey Chair Dublin Regional Authority 1996-
Italy 1:22 Marialina Marcucci Vice President Regional Board Tuscany 1995-
Netherlands Suzy Camelia-Römer Prime Minister Netherlands Antilles 14.5.1998-
New Zealand Te Ata-i Rangikaahu Maori Queen 23.5.1966-
Russia Takibat Vice-Chair State Council Daghestan 1996-
South Africa 1: 9 Isabella Winkie Direko Premier Free State 6.1999-
United Kingdom Jennifer Smith Premier Bermuda 10.11.1998-
United States 3:50 Jane Dee Hull Governor (R) Arizona 1.1997-2002
Jeanne Shaheen Governor (D) New Hampshire 1.1997-2000
Christine Todd Whitman Governor (R) New Jersey 1.1994-2001
Fran Ulmer Lieut-Governor Alaska 1.1995-
M Jordi Rell Lieut-Governor Connecticut 1.1995-
Ruth Ann Minner Lieut-Governor Delaware 1985-89, 93-
Maize Keiko Hirono Lieut-Governor Hawaii 1.1995-
Corinne Wood Lieut-Governor Illinois 1.1999-
Sally Peterson Lieut-Governor Iowa 1.1999-
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Lieut-Governor Louisiana 1.1995-
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Lieut-Governor (D) Maryland 1.1995-
May Schunk Lieut-Governor Minnesota 1.1999-
Lonnie Hammergren Lieut-Governor Nevada 1.1995-
Mary O Donogue Lieut-Governor (D) New York 1.1999-1.2003
Rosemary Myrdal Lieut-Governor North Dakota 1.1992-
Maureen O'Connor Lieut-Governor Ohio 1.1999-
Mary Fallin Lieut-Governor (R) Oklahoma 1.1995-
Carole Hillard Lieut-Governor South Dakota 1.1995-
Olene S Walker Lieut-Governor Utah 1.1993-
4. Women Ministers (#) in National Governments: 525, in 172 (of 232) Governments
Country Women:Total Woman Minister Office or Portfolio Date of Last Info
Afghanistan 0:21 1.5.00
Albania 3:17 Makbule Ceco Deputy Prime Minister;Labour & Social Affairs 1.5.00
Ermelinda Meksi Economic Cooperation & Trade 1.5.00
Ingrid Shuli Transport
Adriana Berberi Finance (DpM)
Algeria 0:33 1.5.00
Andorra 5:13 Susagna Arasanz Serra Finance 1.5.00
Olga Adellach Agriculture & Environment
Joaquima Sol Ordis Secretary General
Monica Codina Tort General Technical Secretary Civil Service
Mireia Maestre Cortadella General Technical Secretary Finance
Angola 5:28 Albina Faria de Assis Africano Industry 1.5.00
Ana Dias Lourenco Planning
Albertina Julia Hamukuya Health
Maria de Fatima Monteiro Jardim Fisheries & Environment
Candida Celeste da Silva Family & Women's Advancement
Antigua & B 0:18 1.5.00
Argentina 1:12 Graciela Fernandez Meijide Social Affairs 1.5.00
Armenia 0:26 1.5.00
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(#) Highest rank of Minister, unless otherwise indicated as Deputy or Assistant Minister (DpM), Minister Delegate (MiD), Minister of State (MiS); State Secretary (StS), Under Secretary (UnS) and Parliamentary Secretary (PtS). The names of 35 women from the earlier categories 1A & 1C are repeated, where they head governments and hold additional portfolios. These 35 are subtracted from the 528 women ministers totalled on page 14, but I have added to the resulting 493, to give the total of 525 above, the 32 women deputy ministers named below, but not included in individual country statistics when that country's total number of deputy ministers is not known.
Biodata on many women named here may be found in:
International Who's Who of [5500] Women ISBN 1-85743-027-1 Europa Publications London 2nd ed Feb 1997; and
Who's Who of (1500) Women in World Politics ISBN 0-86291-627-5 Bowker-Saur London 1st edition 1991.
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Country Women:Total Woman Minister Office or Portfolio Date of Last Info
Australia 4:31 Jocelyn Newman Family & Community Services, Women 1.5.00
Amanda Vanstone Justice & Customs
Jackie Kelly Sport & Tourism; Sydney Olympics
Bronwyn Bishop Aged Care
Norfolk Is 0: 4 1.5.00
Austria 5:16 Susanne Riess-Passer Vice-Chancellor; Public Affairs & Sports 1.5.00
Benita Maria Ferrero-Waldner Foreign Affairs
Elisabeth Gehrer Education, Science & Culture
Elisabeth Sickl Labour, Health, Social Affairs, Youth & Family
Mares Rossmann Economic Affairs (MiS)
Azerbaijan 1:23 Sudaba Gasanova Justice 1.5.00
Zemfira Guseinova Health (DpM)
Bahamas 3:17 Janet Gwennett Bostwick Foreign Affairs 1.5.00
Ivy Leona Dumont Education
Theresa Maria Moxey-Ingraham Labour, Immigration & Training
Bahrain 0:25 1.5.00
Bangladesh 4:34 Sheikh Hasina Wajed Prime Minister,Defence,Cabinet,Establishment 1.5.00
Matia Choudhry Agriculture
Sajeda Choudhry Forestry & Environment
Zinnatunnessa Talukdan Women & Children (MiS)
Barbados 2:15 Billie Miller Deputy PM, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade 1.5.00
Mia Motley Education, Culture, Youth
Cynthia Forde Education, Culture, Youth (PtS)
Belarus 1:34 Olga Dargel Social Security 1.5.00
Belgium 3:15 Laurette Onkelinx Deputy PM; Labour & Equal Opportunities 1.5.00
Isabelle Durant Deputy PM; Mobility & Transport
Magda Aelvoet Consumer Protection, Health & Environment
Belize 1:16 Dolores Balderamos Garcia Human Resources, Women & Youth 1.5.00
Benin 2:18 Marina d'Almeida-Massougbodji Health 1.5.00
Ramatou Baba-Moussa Social Welfare & Women
Bhutan 0: 8 1.5.00
Bolivia 0:16 1.5.00
Bosnia-H: Rep 0: 9 1.5.00
Fed Bosnia-H: 0:16 1.5.00
Rep Srpska 0:23 1.5.00
Botswana 4:17 Margaret Nasha Local Government 1.5.00
Joy Phumaphi Health
Tebeleko Seretse Office of President (Assistant Minister)
Gladys Kokorwe Local Govt, Lands & Housing (Asst Minister)
Brazil 1:31 Claudia Costin Administration & Patrimony (StS) 1.5.00
Brunei 0:11 Misli Awang Education (DpM) 1.5.00
Azizah Abdullah Culture, Youth & Sport (DpM)
Bulgaria 3:18 Nadezhda Mihailova Foreign Affairs 1.5.00
Emma Moskova Culture
Evdokia Maneva Environment & Water
Antoaneta Primatorova Foreign Affairs (DpM)
Valia Savtcheva Agriculture (DpM)
Anna-Maria Totomanova Education & Science (DpM)
Zlatka Rousseva Justice & Legal Euro-Integration (DpM)
Burkina Faso 3:30 Bernadette Sanou Regional Integration 1.5.00
Gisele Guigma Women's Advancement
Anne Konate Economic Development (MiD)
Burma-Myanmar 0:37 1.5.00
Burundi 1:25 Romaine Ndorimana Women, Welfare & Social Affairs 1.5.00
Cambodia 2:30 Princess Norodom Bophadevi Culture & Fine Arts 1.5.00
Mu Sok-huo Women & Veteran's Affairs
Cameroon 3:52 Yao AISSATOU Women 1.5.00
Madaleine Fouda Social Affairs
Lucy Gwanmesia State Control
Canada 9:36 Sheila Copps Canadian Heritage 1.5.00
Anne McLellan Justice; Attorney General
Claudette Bradshaw Labour, Homeless
Lucienne Robillard President Treasury Board; Infrastructure
Jane Stewart Human Resources Development
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Country Women:Total Woman Minister Office or Portfolio Date of Last Info
Canada (cont) Maria Minna International Cooperation
Elinor Caplan Citizenship & Immigration
Ethel Blondin-Andrew Children & Youth (StS)
Hedy Fry Multiculturalism, Status of Women (StS)
Cape Verde 4:23 Maria Helena Semedo Tourism, Transport & Marine Affairs 1.5.00
Orlanda Santos Ferreira Employment, Training & Social Integration
Ana Paula Almeida Administrative Reform (StS)
Manuela Teresa Silva Fight against Poverty (StS)
C African Rep 2:26 Rachel Dea Nambona Family, Social & Handicapped Affairs 1.5.00
Nathalie Constance Gounebana Tourism
Chad 1:20 Fatime Kimto Social Action & Family 1.5.00
Chile 4:17 Mariana Aylwin Education 1.5.00
Michelle Bachelet Health
Alejandra Krauss Planning
Adriana Delpiano Director National Women's Secretariat
China 3:39 WU Yi State Councillor 1.5.00
CHEN Zhili Education
ZHU Lilan Science & Technology
Politburo 1:24 WU Yi Alternate Member Politburo
Hong Kong SAR 6:24 Anson Chan Chief Secretary for Administration 1.5.00
Elsie Leung Oi Sie Secretary for Justice
*D Yue Secretary for the Treasury
Regina Ip Lau Suk Yee *Secretary for Security
Katharine Fok Lo Shiu Ching Secretary for Health & Welfare
Lily Yam Kwan Pui Ying Commissioner against Corruption
Macao 1: 7 Ana Maria Perez Health & Social Welfare 1.5.00
Colombia 3:17 Martha Lucia Ramirez Foreign Trade 1.5.00
Claudia de Francisco Communications
Gina Magnolia Riano Labour & Social Welfare
Paulina Espinosa de Lopez Tourism (DpM)
Comoros 0:13 1.5.00
Congo Dem Rep 4:37 Odette Babandoya Etowa Transport & Communications 1.5.00
Juliana Lumumba Culture & Arts
Pascaline Birinio Information & Tourism (DpM)
Isabelle Tschombe Machikrou Social Affairs (DpM)
Congo Rep 2:25 Jeanne Dambenze Civil Service, Administrative Reform, Women 1.5.00
Mambou Aimee Gnali Culture, Arts, Tourism
Costa Rica 4:17 Astrid Fischel First Vice-President; Culture 1.5.00
Elizabeth Odio Second Vice-President; Environment 1.5.00
Monica Nagel Justice
Yolanda Ingianna Women
Edna CAMACHO Mejia Finance (DpM)
Cote d'Ivoire 2:24 Henriette Dagri Diabate Francopphone Affairs & Culture 1.5.00
Constance Yai Solidarity & Women's Advancement
Croatia 2:23 Zeljka Antunovic Deputy Prime Minister; Social Issues 1.5.00
Maja Stavljevic-Rukavina Health
Cuba 4:47 Barbara Castillo Cuesta Domestic Trade 1.5.00
Marta Lomas Foreign Investment & Economic Cooperation
Rosa Eleana Simeon Negrin Science, Technology, Environment
Sonia Rodriguez Cardona Pres State Cte Material & Technical Supply 1.5.00
Lesbia Canovas Fabelo Education (DpM)
2:25 Concepcion CAMPA Huergo Full Member Politburo 1.5.00
Yadira GARCIA Vera Full Member Politburo
Cyprus 0:13 1.5.00
Czech Rep 0:19 Irma Zlatohlavkova Finance (DpM) 1.5.00
Denmark 9:20 Marianne Jelved Economic Affairs & Nordic Cooperation 1.5.00
Karen Jespersen Interior
Pia Gjellerup Trade & Industry
Margrethe Vestager Education, Ecclesiastical Affairs
Sonja Mikkelsen Health
Birte Weiss Research
Ritt Bjerregaard Food, Agriculture & Fisheries
Jytte Andersen Urban Affairs & Housing; Gender Equality
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Culture
Faroes 1: 6 Helena Dam a Neystabo Health 1.5.00
Greenland 1: 6 Marianne Jensen Health 1.5.00
Djibouti 0:16 1.5.00
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Country Women:Total Woman Minister Office or Portfolio Date of Last Info
Dominica 0:14 1.5.00
Dominican Rep 2:16 Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona Education & Culture 1.5.00
Alejandra Guzman Health
East Timor
Ecuador 1:17 Rocio Vazquez Tourism & Environment 1.5.00
Egypt 2:33 Amina Hamzah al-Jundi Social Security & Social Affairs 1.5.00
Nadia Makram Obeid Environment (MiS)
El Salvador 3:15 Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila Foreign Affairs 1.5.00
Ana Evelyn Jacir de Lovo Education
Ana Maria Majano Guerrero Environment & Natural Resources
Equat Guinea 1:24 Teresa Efua Asangono Social Affairs & Women 1.5.00
Eritrea 1:16 Fozia Hashim Justice 1.5.00
Estonia 2:15 Signe Kivi Culture 1.5.00
Katrin Saks Population
Ethiopia 4:34 Genet Zewdie Education 1.5.00
Tedelch Himichael Women
Beserot Tenaw Culture & Information (DpM)
Wiro Sinkinesh Mines & Energy (DpM)
Fiji 5:23 Kuini Vuikaba Speed Deputy Prime Minister; Fijian Affairs 1.5.00
Lavenia Padareth Women, Culture, Social Welfare
Koila Mara Nailatikau Tourism & Transport
Marieta Rigamotu Agriculture & Forests (DpM)
Ema Tagicakibaun Prime Minister's Office (DpM)
Finland 6:18 Maija Rask Education 1.5.00
Suvi Linden Culture
Maija Perho Social Affairs
Eva Biaudet Health & Social Welfare
Sinikka Monkare Labour
Suvi-Anne Siimes Finance (DpM) Taxation
Aland 2: 7 Gun Carlsson Education & Culture 1.5.00
Harriet Lindemann Social Affairs, Health & Environment
France 11:28 Martine Aubry Employment & Solidarity 1.5.00
Elisabeth Guigou Justice, Keeper of the Seals
Catherine Trautmann Culture & Communication, Govt Spokesperson
Dominique Voynet Regional Planning & Environment
Marie-George Buffet Youth & Sport
Segolene Royal School Education (MiD)
Dominique Gillot Health & Social Action (StS)
Florence Parly Budget (StS)
Marylise Lebranchu Small & Medium Enterprises, Trade & Artisans (StS)
Michele Demessine Tourism (StS)
Nicole Pery Vocational Training (StS)
Fr Polynesia 3:12 Beatrice Vernaudon Social Affairs 1.5.00
Lucette Taero Employment, Women
Louise Peltzer Culture & Handicrafts
Gabon 4:32 Paulette Moussavou MISSAMBO Labour, Employment, Professional Training 1.5.00
Angelique Ngoma Family & Women's Advancement
Yolande Assele Ebinda Finance, Budget & Privatization (MiD)
Ursule Ekie Commerce, Tourism & Industrial Development (MiD)
Gambia 3:14 Aisatou N'Jie Saidi Vice-President; Health & Social Affairs 1.5.00
Therese Ndong-Jatta Education 1.5.00
Susan W Ogoo Information & Tourism
Georgia 2:22 Tamar Beruchasvili Trade, Foreign Economic Relations 1.5.00
Nino Chkobadze Natural Resources & Environment
Germany 14:40 Herta Daeubler-Gmelin Justice 1.5.00
Christine Bergmann Family, Senior Citizens, Woman & Youth
Andrea Fischer Health
Edelgard Bulmahn Education & Research
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Economic Cooperation & Development
Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast Interior (StS)
Barbara Hendricks Finance (StS)
Ulrike Mascher Labour & Social Affairs (StS)
Brigitte Schulte Defence (StS)
Edith Niehuis Family, Senior Citizens, Woman & Youth (StS)
Christa Nickels Health (StS)
Simone Probst Environment, Conservation & Nuclear Safety (StS)
Gila Altmann Environment, Conservation & Nuclear Safety (StS)
Ursula Eid Economic Cooperation & Development (StS)
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Ghana 5:28 Cecilia Johnson Local Government & Rural Development 1.5.00
Christine Amoako-Nuamah Lands & Forestry
Margaret Clarke-Kwesie Without Portfolio
Esther Lily Nkansah Western Region
Patience Addow Eastern Region
Fati Seidy Upper East Region (DpM)
Cecilia Johnson Local Government & Rural Development (DpM)
Ama Benyiwa-Doe Employment & Social Welfare (DpM)
Greece 2:21 Vasso Papandreou Interior, Public Admin & Decentralization 1.5.00
Elisavet Papazoi Culture
Grenada 4:18 Claris Charles Agriculture, Forestry, Lands & Fisheries 1.5.00
Brenda Hood Tourism, Civil Aviation, Social Security & Women
Clarise Modeste-Curwen Health & Environment
Laurina Waldron Communications, Works & Public Utilities (MiS)
Guatemala 1:13 Otilia Lux de Coti Culture 1.5.00
Guinea 2:26 Mariame Aribot Social Affairs, Women & Children 1.5.00
Silla Koumba Diakite Youth, Sports & Culture
Guinea-Bissau 2:24 Antonieta Roa Gomes Justice 1.5.00
Filomena Mascarenhas Tiopote Employment (DpM) 1.5.00
Guyana 2:17 Indra Chandarpal Human Services & Social Security 1.5.00
Gail Texeira Youth, Sport & Culture
Haiti 3:20 Mathilde Flambert Labour & Social Affairs 1.5.00
Nemy Mathieu Women & Rights
Maryse Penette Tourism (StS)
Honduras 3:21 Rosa America Miranda de Galo 2nd Vice-President; Labour & Social Security 1.5.00
Gabriela Nunez Finance
Elizabeth Chiuz Sierra Security
Hungary 1:18 Ibolya David Justice 1.5.00
Erzsebet Pusztai Health (StS)
Iceland 3:10 Solveig Petursdottir Justice & Ecclesiastical Affairs 1.5.00
Sif Fridleifsdottir Environment
Ingibjorg Palmadottir Health
India 7:74 Mamata Banerjee Railways 1.5.00
Menaka Gandhi Social Justice & Empowerment (MiS)
Uma Bharati Tourism (MiS)
Vasundra Raje Small-Scale Industries (MiS)
Sumitra Manajan Human Resource Development (MiS)
Rita Verma Mines & Minerals (MiS)
Jayawanti Mehta Power (MiS)
Indonesia 2:37 Megawati Sukarnoputri Vice-President 1.5.00
Khofifah Indar Parawansa Women (MiS)
Iran 1:32 Masoumeh Ebtekah Vice-President; Environment Protection 1.5.00
Iraq 0:30 1.5.00
Kurdistan 1:10 Kafia Kareem Municipalities 1.5.00
Ireland 6:34 Mary Harney Deputy Prime Minister; Employment,Enterprise 1.5.00
Mary O'Rourke Transport, Energy & Communications
Sile De Valera Arts, Culture, Gaeltacht & the Islands
Mary Hanafin Children (MiS)
Mary Wallace Equality & Disability (MiS)
Liz O'Donnell Overseas Development; Human Rights (MiS)
Israel 3:31 Dalya Itzik Environment 1.5.00
Yuli Tamir Immigrant Absorption
Marina Solodkin Immigrant Absorption (DpM)
Italy 15:82 Livia Turco Social Affairs 1.5.00
Laura Balbo Equal Opportunities
Katia Belillo Regional Affairs
Patrizia Toia European Affairs
Rosaria Bindi Health
Giovanna Melandri Culture
Elena Montecchi Prime Minister's Office (StS)
Adriana Vigneri Interior (StS)
Marianna Li Calzi Justice (StS)
Maretta Scocca Justice (StS)
Laura Pennacchi Treasury, Budget & Economic Planning (StS)
Nadia Masini Education (StS)
Carla Rocchi Education (StS)
Bianca Maria Fiorillo Labour & Social Security (StS)
Monica Bettoni Brandoni Health (StS)
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Jamaica 2:15 Portia Simpson Labour, Social Security & Sports 1.5.00
Maxine Henry-Wilson Information
Marjorie Taylor Health (MiS)
Japan 1:19 Kayoko Shimuzu Director General Environment Agency 1.5.00
Jordan 0:23 1.5.00
Kazakstan 1:21 Aitkul Baigaziyevna Samakova Without Portfolio 1.5.00
Zhannat Djurgalievna Ertlesova Finance (First DpM)
Kenya 0:24 1.5.00
Kiribati 0:10 1.5.00
Korea DPR 0:35 1.5.00
Korea Rep 2:24 PAK Chi-Won Culture & Tourism 1.5.00
CHA Hung Pong Health & Welfare
Kuwait 0:15 Sara Al-Duweisan Planning (UnS) 1.5.00
Rasha Al-Sabah Higher Education (UnS)
Siham Razoogi Oil (UnS)
Kyrgyzstan 2:20 Neliya Beyshenalieva Justice 1.5.00
Roza Uchkempirova Chair State Social Fund
Laos 0:20 1.5.00
Latvia 2:15 Karina Petersone Culture 1.5.00
Silva Golde Education & Science
Lebanon 0:30 1.5.00
Lesotho 1:17 Mrs Mathabiso Environment, Women & Youth 1.5.00
Liberia 1:22 Evelyne Kandakai Education 1.5.00
Libya 1:11 Fawziya Bashir Shalabi Information 1.5.00
Liechtenstein 1: 5 Andrea Willi Foreign Affairs, Equality, Culture, Sport 1.5.00
Lithuania 1:15 Irena Degutiene Social Welfare & Labour 1.5.00
Luxembourg 4:14 Lydie Polfer Deputy PM,Foreign Affairs,Trade,Civil Service 1.5.00
Marie-Jose Jacobs Family,Soc Solidarity & Youth; Women's Advancement
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Culture,Higher Education & Research; Public Works
Anne Brasseur Education, Vocational Training & Sports
Macedonia 2:25 Dosta Dimovska Vice-Premier; Interior 1.5.00
Miljana Danevska Trade
Madagascar 4:31 Noeline Jaotody Population, Women & Children 1.5.00
Lila Ratsifandrihamanana Foreign Affairs
Henriette Ratsimbazafimahefa Health
Alice Razafinakanga Civil Service, Labour & Social Legislation
Malawi 3:22 Lilian Patel Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation 1.5.00
Aleke Banda Health & Population 1.5.00
Mary Banda Women, Youth & Community Services
Lyana Lexa Tambala Agriculture (DpM)
Malaysia 1:28 RAFIDAH Aziz International Trade & Industry 1.5.00
Maldives 1:22 Rashida Yoosuf Women & Social Welfare 1.5.00
Mali 8:21 Toure Alimata Traore Industry, Commerce, Transport 1.5.00
Traore Fatoumata Nafo Health
Bouare Fily Sissoko State Building & Housing 1.5.00
Zakyatou Oualett Halatine Cottage Industry & Tourism
Diakite Fatoumata N'Diaye Social Development, Solidarity & the Elderly
Pascal Baba Coulibaly Culture
Diarra Afsata Thiero Women's Advancement, Children & Family
Ascofare Ouleymatou Tamboura Communications
Malta 1:20 Giovanna Debono Island of Gozo 1.5.00
Marshalls 0:10 1.5.00
Mauritania 3:18 Dia Ba Health & Social Affairs 1.5.00
Khadijatou Bint Boubou Civil Affairs (StS)
Mtatem Bint Hadein Women (StS)
Mauritius 2:24 Indira Savitree Thacoor-Sidaya Women, Family Welfare & Child Development
Marie Claude Arouff-Parfait Youth & Sports
Mexico 3:19 Rosario GREEN Macias Foreign Affairs 1.5.00
Julia CARABIAS Lillo Environment, Natural Resources & Fisheries
Rosario Robles Mayor Mexico City
Micronesia 0: 9 1.5.00
Moldova 1:17 Lidia Gutu Deputy Prime Minister (Social Affairs) 1.5.00
Monaco 0: 4 1.5.00
Mongolia 1:10 Nyam-Osorin Tuya Foreign Affairs 1.5.00
Morocco 2:41 Aicha Belarbi Cooperation (StS) 1.5.00
Nezha Chekrouni Handicapped (StS)
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Mozambique 3:23 Luisa Diogo Planning & Finance
Virginia Matabele Women & Social Welfare Action Coordination
Lidia Brito Higher Education, Science & Technology
Namibia 6:38 Libertina Amathila Health & Social Services 1.5.00
Pendukeni Ithana Youth & Sport
Netumbo-Nandi Ndaitwah Women
Clara Bohitile Basic Education & Culture (DpM)
Michaela Huebschle Prisons & Correctional Services (DpM)
Loide Kasingo Local Government & Housing (DpM)
Nauru 0: 6 1.5.00
Nepal 1:32 Kamala Pant Women & Social Welfare (MiS) 1.5.00
Netherlands 8:30 Els Borst-Eilers Deputy Prime Minister; Health, Welfare, Sport 1.5.00
Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink Deputy Prime Minister; Economic Affairs
Eveline Herfkens Development Cooperation
Tineke Netelenbos Transport & Public Works
Karin Adelmund Education, Culture & Science (StS)
Monique De Vries Transport, Communications & Public Works (StS)
Annelies Verstaend-Bogaert Social Affairs & Employment (StS)
Margo Vliegenthart Health, Welfare & Sport (StS)
Neths: Aruba 2: 7 Lillian Beke-Martinez Economic Affairs & Tourism 1.5.00
Mary Weber Labour & Education
Neth:Antilles 2:10 Suzy Camelia-Römer Prime Minister 1.5.00
J van Lis Donata Plenipotentiary in The Hague
New Zealand 10:25 Helen Clark Prime Minister; Arts, Culture & Heritage 1.5.00
Annette King Health
Margaret Wilson Attorney-General; Labour; Waitangi Negotiations
Sandra Lee Conservation; Local Government
Lianne Dalziel Immigration; Senior Citizens
Marian Hobbs Environment; Biosecurity; Broadcasting
Laila Harre Women & Youth
Judith Tizard Minister of State
Ruth Dyson Minister of State
Phillida Bunkle Customs; Consumer Affairs
Cook Islands 0: 7 1.5.00
Niue 1: 7 Olove Jacobsen Health, Education, Environment, Women 1.5.00
Tokelau 0: 3 1.5.00
Nicaragua 0:18 1.5.00
Niger 2:20 Nana Aicha Foumakoye Soc Development, Population, Women & Children 1.5.00
Mireille Ossey Higher Education, Research & Technology
Nigeria 5:51 Kenna Chikwe Transport 1.5.00
Aisha Ismaila Women & Youth
Dupe Adelaja Defence (MiS)
Pauline Talin Science & Technology (MiS)
Becky Ketebu-Igwe Solid Minerals (MiS)
Norway 7:19 Anne Enger Lahnstein Deputy Prime Minister; Cultural Affairs 1.5.00
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Children & Family
Eldbjoerg Loewe Defence
Laaila Daavoey Labour & Government Administration
Magnhild Melteveit Kleppa Social Affairs
Marit Arnstad Oil & Energy
Hilde Frafjord Johnson Development Cooperation & Human Rights
Oman 0:29 1.5.00
Pakistan 2:19 Attiya Inayatullah Population 1.5.00
Zubeda Jalal Education & Science; Social Welfare & Women
Palau 0: 9 1.5.00
Palestine 1:35 Intisar Al-Wazir Social Affairs 1.5.00
Panama 4:16 Mireya Moscoso President 1.5.00
Doris Rosas de Mata Education
Ivonne Young Valdez Presidency
Alma Ester Tejada de Rolla Youth, Women, Family & Children
Papua N Guinea 0:29 1.5.00
Bougainville 1.5.00
Paraguay 0:12 1.5.00
Peru 1:18 Maria Luisa Cuculiza Torres Women's Advancement, Human Development 1.5.00
Philippines 3:24 Gloria Arroyo Vice-President; Social Welfare 1.5.00
Henrietta Demetriou Presidential Legal Counsel
Gemma Cruz-Araneta Tourism
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Poland 3:20 Hanna Suchocka Justice 1.5.00
Franciszka Cegielska Health
Maria Smereczynska Family Affairs
Portugal 3:18 Maria De Belem Roseira Equality 1.5.00
Elisa Ferreira Planning
Maria Manuela Marques da Costa Health
Qatar 0:17 1.5.00
Romania 0:20 1.5.00
Russia 1:36 Valentina Matviyenko Deputy Chair Social Affairs 1.5.00
Daghestan 2:15 Zumrud Z Suleimanova Tourism & Youth 1.5.00
Naida Abdulgamidova Culture
Rwanda 2:27 Angeline Muganza Gender & Women's Advancement 1.5.00
Sylvie Zainab Kayitesi Lands, Resettlement & Environment (StS)
St Kitts-Nevis 0: 8 1.5.00
Saint Lucia 2:14 Sarah Flood Health, Human Services, Family & Women 1.5.00
Menissa Rambally Tourism, Civil Aviation
St Vincent & G 0:10 1.5.00
Samoa 1:13 Fiame Naomi Mata'afa Education 1.5.00
San Marino 0:10 1.5.00
Sao Tome & Pr 1:14 Maria das Neves Ceita Batista Economy 1.5.00
Saudi Arabia 0:28 1.5.00
Senegal 5:34 Marie-Louise Corea Labour & Employment 1.5.00
Aissatou Tall Sall Communications
Aminata MBENGUE Ndiaye Family, Social Welfare & National Solidarity
Abibatou Mbaye African Economic Integration (MiD)
Aissatou Niang Ndiaye Budget (MiD)
Seychelles 3:12 Sylvette Pool Local Government, Youth & Sports 1.5.00
Noellie Alexander Administration
Simone Testa de Commarmond Tourism & Transport
Sierra Leone 1:20 Shirley Y Gbujama Social Wefare, Gender & Children 1.5.00
Singapore 0:18 1.5.00
Slovakia 2:19 Brigita Schmognerova Finance 1.5.00
Maria Machova Administration & Privatization
Slovenia 1:21 Tea Petrin Economic Affairs 1.5.00
Vojka Ravbar Economic Cooperation & Development (StS)
Dunja Piskur Health (StS)
Barbara Stular-Zmuc Finance (StS)
Solomons 1:16 Hilda Kari Forests, Environment & Conservation 1.5.00
Somalia 0: 1.5.00
Somaliland
South Africa 7:28 Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Foreign Affairs 1.5.00
Angela Didiza Agriculture & Land Affairs
Geraldine Fraser-Moloketi Public Service & Administration
Ivy Matsepe-Cassburri Communications
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Mineral & Energy Affairs
Sankie Mthembie-Mahanyele Housing
Stella Sigcau Public Works
Spain 3:35 Margarita MARISCAL de Gante Justice 1.5.00
Isobel TOCINO Biscarolasaga Environment
Elena Pisonero Trade, Tourism, Small & Medium Enterprises (StS)
Sri Lanka 3:29 Chandrika Kumartunga President, Defence, Finance 1.5.00
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister 1.5.00
Hema Ratnayake Women
Sudan 1:30 Bedriya Suleiman Cabinet Affairs 1.5.00
Suriname 1:10 Yvonne Revales-Resida Regional Development; Justice & Police 1.5.00
Swaziland 2:16 Phetsile Dlamini Health & Social Welfare 1.5.00
Stella Lukhele Housing & Urban Development
Sweden 10:20 Lena Hjelm-Wallen Deputy Prime Minister 1.5.00
Laila Freivalds Justice
(the first modern Anna Lindh Foreign Affairs
democracy to Margareta Winberg Agriculture, Food & Fisheries
achieve parity Marita Ulvskog Culture
in government, Britta Lejon Justice (MiD)
on 3 Oct 1994 Maj-Inger Klingvall Social Affairs (MiD)
15 Mar 1996 Ulrica Messing Culture (MiD)
& 6 Oct 1998) Mona Sahlin Trade & Industry (MiD)
Ingegerd Waernersson Education (MiD)
Switzerland 2: 7 Ruth Dreifuss Interior 1.5.00
Ruth Metzler-Arnold Justice & Police
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Syria 2:42 Najah al-Attar Culture 1.5.00
Salihah Sanqar Higher Education
Taiwan-China 5:40 YEH Chin-Fong Justice 1.5.00
KUO Shirley Wan-jung Without Portfolio 1.5.00
LEE Chi-chu Chair National Youth Commission
LIN Cheng-chi Chair Council for Cultural Planning & Devpt
CHAO Yang-chin Chair Commission of Fair Trade
Tajikistan 2:32 Nigina Sharapova Deputy Prime Minister 1.5.00
Munira Inoyatova Abdulloyevna Education
Dodudoeva Bozgul Education (DpM)
Tanzania 3:26 Mary Nagu Community Development, Women & Children 1.5.00
Zakhia Meghji Natural Resources & Tourism
Anna Abdallah Works
Tan: Zanzibar 2:15 Amina S Ali Finance 1.5.00
Asha Bakar Hamad Women & Children
Thailand 1:22 Suphattra Matsadit Office of Prime Minister 1.5.00
Tibet (exile) 1: Rinchen Chandoen Choengyal Education 1.5.00
Togo 3:24 Irene Ashir Aissa Social Affairs, National Solidarity & Women 1.5.00
Hope Agboli Town Planning & Housing
Dove Hodeminou Realatios with Parlt & European Union (MiD)
Tonga 0:12 1.5.00
Trinidad 2:24 Kamla Persad-Bissessar Education 1.5.00
& Tobago Daphne Phillips Community Development, Culture, Women
Tunisia 4:30 Neziha Zarrouk Women & Family 1.5.00
Sadok Chaabane Higher Education
Fethi Merdassi International Cooperation & Foreign Investment
Faiza Kefi Environment & Land Development
Turkey 0:35 1.5.00
TR N Cyprus 1:10 Gulsen Bozkurt Health 1.5.00
Turkmenistan 3:22 Djamal Geklenova Deputy Prime Minister; Textile Industry 1.5.00
Abat Ryzayeva Education
Kurbanbibi Atadjanova General Public Prosecutor
Tuvalu 0:06 1.5.00
Uganda 5:26 Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe Vice-President 1.5.00
Miria Matembe Ethics & Integrity Office of the President
Elizabeth Okwir Office of the Vice-President
Rebecca Kadaga Parliamentary Affairs
Janet Mukwaya Gender, Labour & Social Development
Ukraine 2:20 Yulia Tymoshenko Deputy Prime Minister; Fuel & Energy Complex 1.5.00
Syuzanna Stanik Justice
United Arab Em 0:34 Aysha al-Sayaar Education (UnS) 1.5.00
Moza al-Habroush Women's Advancement (UnS)
United 31:110 Margaret Beckett Leader House of Commons 1.5.00
Kingdom Ann Taylor Chief Whip
Marjorie Mowlam Cabinet Enforcer
Clare Short Secretary of State International Development
Baroness Margaret Jay Leader House of Lords & Minister for Women
Joyce Quin Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (MiS)
Baroness Helene Hayman Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (MiS)
Baroness Elizabeth Symons Defence: Procurement (MiS)
Estelle Morris Education & Employment: School Standards (MiS)
Baroness Tessa Blackstone Education & Employment: Higher Education (MiS)
Hilary Armstrong Environment: Housing & Local Government (MiS)
Yvette Cooper Health: Public Health, Women
Tessa Jowell Education: New Deal (MiS)
Barbara Roche Home Office (MiS)
Lynda Clark Solicitor-General for Scotland
Helen Liddell Trade & Industry: Energy & Europe (MiS)
Patricia Hewitt Trade & Industry (MiS)
Dawn Primarolo Treasury: Paymaster General
Melanie Johnson Treasury: Economic Secretary
Janet Anderson Culture: Tourism, Film & Broadcasting (UnS)
Margaret Hodge Education & Employment (UnS)
Jacqui Smith Education & Employment (UnS)
Beverley Hughes Environment, Transport & Regions (UnS)
Baroness Patricia Scotland Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (UnS)
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United Kingdom (cont) Gisela Stuart Health (UnS)
Baroness Patricia Hollis Social Security (UnS)
Angela Eagle Social Security (UnS)
Jane Kennedy Lord Chancellor's Office (UnS)
Anne McGuire Assistant Government Whip
Baroness Jose Farrington Government Whip in House of Lords
Baroness Valerie Amos Government Whip in House of Lords
N Ireland 2:10 Bairbre de Brun Health, Social Services & Public Safety 1.5.00
Brid Rogers Agriculture & Rural Development
Scotland 3:11 Wendy Alexander Social Inclusion, Local Government & Housing 1.5.00
Sarah Boyack Transport & Environment
Susan Deacon Health & Community Care
Wales 4: 9 Rosemary Butler School Education 1.5.00
Jane Hutt Health & Social Services
Christine Gwyther Agriculture & Rural Economy
Edwina Hart Finance
Guernsey 4:12 Carole Fletcher Heritage 1.5.00
Sue Plant Health
Jean Pritchard
Mary Lowe
Jersey 5:12 Corrie Stein Industrial Relations 1.5.00
Evelyn Pullen Education
Anne Bailhache Overseas Aid
Wendy Kinnard
Imogen Nicholls
Isle of Man 2: 8 Hazel Hannan Agriculture 1.5.00
Clare Christian Health
Anguilla 0: 4 1.5.00
Bermuda 2:12 Jennifer Smith Premier 1.5.00
Lois Marie Browne-Evans Legislative Affairs
Br Virgin Is 1: 7 Eileen Parsons Health, Welfare, Education & Culture 1.5.00
Caymans 1: 5 Julianna O'Connor-Connolly Culture & Sport 1.5.00
Falklands 3: 8 Norma Edwards Health 1.5.00
Sharon Halford Public Works & Housing
Jan Cheek Education
Gibraltar 0:15 1.5.00
Montserrat 1: 4 Adelina Tuitt Education 1.5.00
Pitcairns 4:10 Betty Christian 1.5.00
Carol Warren
Miralda Warren
Lea Brown
St Helena 0: 5 1.5.00
Turks& Caicos 0: 6 1.5.00
United States 7:14 Madeleine Albright Secretary of State 1.5.00
(#) Donna Shalala Secretary of Health & Human Services
Janet Reno Attorney General
Alexis M Herman Secretary of Labor
Carol Browner Administrator Environmental Protection Agency
Charlene Barshefsky Representative for Trade Negotiations
Aida Alvarez Director Small Business Administration
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(#) Reports of "Presidential Appointments of Women to Fulltime Positions requiring Senate Confirmation" under the last five US Administrations, and providing comprehensive lists of over 800 women appointed to the top five levels of the Federal Executive and Judiciary, from Cabinet Secretary through to Deputy Under Secretary, have been compiled by Roger Garcia of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Room 304, Washington DC 20540-7000 tel (+ 1 202) 707 8687. According to Report 94-272 GOV of 7May 1997, women accounted for 14% of appointments by President Carter (1977-81), 12% by President Reagan (1981-89), 20% by President Bush (1989-93), and 28%, or 302 out of 1072, by President Clinton (1993-97).
A list of the 113 women holding appointive office in 1991, in 36 of the 42 US States with a cabinet structure, may be found in "The Appointment of Women: A Survey of Governors' Cabinets 1989-91", published by the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) 1630 Connecticut Ave NW # 201 Washington DC 20009 (+ 1 202) 785 1100. The NPWC also publishes every two years a National Directory of Women Elected Officials, that of 1993 naming the 1517 women, or 20%, serving in state legislatures, and the 175 mayors of cities with over 30 000 people.
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United States (cont) Jolene M Molitoris Administrator Federal Railroad Administration
Carole Rasco Assistant to the President Domestic Policy
Uruguay 0:15 1.5.00
Uzbekistan 1:26 Dilbar Ghulomova Deputy Prime Minister; Chair Women's Cte 1.5.00
Bakhulyar Nuyazmatova Health (DpM)
Vanuatu 0:14 1.5.00
Vatican 0:10 1.5.00
Venezuela 0:18 1.5.00
Viet Nam 2:32 Tran Thi Trung Chien Population & Family Planning 1.5.00
Tran Thi Thanh Thanh Child Protection & Childcare
1:22 Nguyen Thi Huan My Member Politburo Secretariat
Western Sahara 1:17 Mariem Salek H'Mada Culture & Sport 1.5.00
Yemen 0:29 1.5.00
Yugoslavia 1:27 Maya Gojkovic Deputy Prime Minister 1.5.00
Zambia 2:24 Nkandu Luo Communications & Transport 1.5.00
Edith Nawakwi Labour & Social Security
Zimbabwe 3:28 Florence Chitauro Public Service, Labour & Social Welfare 1.5.00
Joyce Mujuru Rural Resources & Water Development
Thenjiwe Virginia Lesabe National Affairs, Employment, Cooperatives
S Nyoni Office of Vice President (MiS)
Olivia Muchena Lands & Agriculture (DpM)
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528: 4861 = 10.9%
5. Women Judges of Supreme & Similar Courts: 107 (list very incomplete)
A. National or Federal Supreme Courts: 75
Country Women:Total Name Office Term
Angola Lizete Verissimo Judge Supreme Court 1993-
Australia 1: 7 Mary Genevieve Gaudron Justice High Court of Australia 2.1987-
Bahamas Joan Sawyer Chief Justice Supreme Court ?1996-
Bhutan Gagey Lhamu Judge High Court 199?-
Benin Elisabeth Pognon President Constitutional Court 199?-
Botswana Unity Dow Judge High Court of Botswana 199?-
Canada 3: 9 Beverley McLachlin Chief Justice Supreme Court of Canada 7.1.2000-
Claire L'Heureux-Dube Judge Supreme Court of Canada 15.4.1987-
Louise Arbour Judge Supreme Court of Canada 1999-
China MA Yuan Vice-President Supreme People's Court 1985-
Czech Republic Eliska Wagnerova Chief Justice Supreme Court 199?-
Denmark 2:15 Marie Louise Andersen Judge Supreme Court 1.8.1988-
Else Lagaard Mols Judge Supreme Court 1.7.1982-
Dominican Rep Adanela Cedeno Judge Court of Appeal 199?-
Fiji Nazhat Shameen Judge High Court 199?-
Finland 4:10 Pirkko-Liisa Harmannn Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Anja Irmeli Tulenheimo-Takki Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Riitta Suhonen Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Kati Hiden Judge Supreme Court 199?-
France Myriam Ezratty-Bader First President Court of Appeal 1988-
Gabon Marie-Madeleine Mborantso President Constitutional Court 199?-
Germany 4:16 Jutta Limbach President Federal Constitutional Court 1994-
Karin Grasshof Judge Federal Constitutional Court Karlsruhe 199?-
Helga Seibert Judge Federal Constitutional Court 199?-
Renate Jaeger Judge Federal Constitutional Court 199?-
1:11 Iris Ebling Judge Federal Finance Court Munich 199?-
1:12 Ingeborg Wolff Judge Federal Welfare Court Kassel 199?-
Antje Sedemund-Treiber President Federal Patents Court Munich 199?-
Ghana Joyce Bamford-Addo Judge Supreme Court ?1993-
Greece Anna Athanassiadi Presiding Judge Court of Appeal 199?-
Guinea-Bissau Maria do Ceu MONTEIRO Judge Supreme Court ?1996-
Guyana Desiree Bernard Chief Justice Supreme Court ?1996-
Hungary Ursula Vezekenyi Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Iceland Gudrun Erlendsdottir Judge Supreme Court 1986-
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Country Women:Total Name Office Term
India 2:16 Shobha Dixit Judge Supreme Court 1993-
Sujata Manohar Judge Supreme Court 1993-
Ireland Susan Gageby Denham Judge Supreme Court 12.1992-
Catherine McGuiness Judge High Court 199?-
Israel Shoshana Netanyahu Justice Supreme Court 1982-
Italy Maria Gabriella Luccioli Judge Supreme Court of Appeal 199?-
Fernanda Contri Judge High Council of Judges 199?-
Elena Paciotti Judge High Council of Judges 199?-
Japan 1:15 Hisako Takahashi Judge Supreme Court 9.2.1994-
Kenya Effie Owuor Judge High Court 1982-
Margaret Angawa Judge High Court ?1992-
Kyrgyzstan Baekova Cholpon Tursunova President Constitutional Court 199?-
New Zealand Sian Elias Chief Justice High Court 199?-
Silvia Cartwright Judge High Court 1993-
Nigeria Rose Nonyem Ukeje Judge Federal High Court of Nigeria 1986-
Poland Emilia-Janina Pogonowska-Jucha Judge State Court of Justice 1991-
Philippines Flerida Ruth Romero Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Papua New Guinea Tracy Doherty Justice Supreme Court ?1996-
Portugal Assuncao Esteves Judge Supreme Constitutional Court 199?-
Fernanda Palma Judge Supreme Constitutional Court 199?-
Saint Lucia 2:10 Suzie d'Auvergne Judge Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 199?-
Charles Judge Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 199?-
Senegal Maimouana Kane Judge Supreme Court 199?-
South Africa 2:11 Yvonne Mokgoro Judge Constitutional Court 199?-
Catherine O'Regan Judge Constitutional Court 199?-
Sudan Frida Ibrahim Gabreel Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Sweden Gunnel Leander Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Inger Nyström Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Ingegerd Westlander Judge Supreme Court 199?-
Elisabeth Palm Judge Supreme Administrative Court 199?-
Trinidad & Tob Annestine Sealey Justice High Court 19??-
Uganda J Kikonyogo Judge High Court 199?-
United Kingdom 1: 4 Elizabeth Butler-Sloss President High Court Family Division 10.1999-
Mary Arden Judge High Court 1993-
Joyanne Bracewell Judge High Court 1990-
Anne Ebsworth Judge High Court 1992-
Brenda Hale Judge High Court 1994-
Mary Claire Hogg Judge High Court 1995-
Janet Smith Judge High Court 1992-
Heather Steel Judge High Court 1993-
United States 2: 9 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Associate Justice US Supreme Court 1993-
Sandra Day O'Connor Associate Justice US Supreme Court 9.1981-
B. State and Regional Courts: 20
Canada Claire Barrette-Joncas Justice Superior Court of Quebec 1975-
Nicole Duval Justice Superior Court of Quebec 6.5.1992-
Judith Miriam Bell Judge Supreme Court of Ontario 1986-
Catherine Anne Fraser Chief Justice of Alberta 1992-
Constance Glube Chief Justice Supreme Court Nova Scotia 8.3.1982-
Germany Helga Oltrogge President Regional High Court Celle 199?-
India K K Usha Judge High Court Kerala 199?-
Netherlands Ingrid M Blaauw Vice Pres District Court Zwolle & Flevoland 199?-
United Kingdom Lolita Richardson Magistrate Anguilla 10.1994-98
United States Shirley Abrahamson Chief Justice Wisconsin Supreme Court 1996-
Ruth Abrams Justice Massachusetts Supreme Court 1977-
Dorothy Beasley Judge State Court of Georgia 1984-
Mere Tuisosopo Betham Judge High Court of American Samoa 1991-
Jeanne Coyne Judge Minnesota Supreme Court 1982-
Christine Meaders Durham Judge Utah Supreme Court 1982-
Marie Louise Garibaldi Judge New Jersey Supreme Court 1982-
Norma Holloway Johnson Chief Justice DC Federal District Court 199?-
Irma Vidal Santaella Judge New York State Supreme Court 1983-
Lesley Snyder Judge New York State Supreme Court 199?-
Janet Healy Weeks Judge Superior Court of Guam 1975-
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C. International Courts: 12
Country Women:Total Name Office Term
Europe Elizabeth Palm (Sweden) Judge European Court of Human Rights 199?-
Nina Vajic Judge European Court of Human Rights 199?
1:15 Fidelma O'Kelly Macken (Ireland) Judge European Court of Justice 6.10.1999-
Virpi Tiili (Finland) Judge European Court of First Instance 199?-
Pernilla Lindh (Sweden) Judge European Court of First Instance 199?-
International Sharon Williams (Canada) Member Permanent Court Arbitration Hague 199?-
Delia Revoredo de Debakey (Peru) Member Permanent Court Arbitration Hague 199?-
Sonia Picado (Cos Rica) Vice-Pres Inter-American Ct of Human Rights 199?-
United Nations 2:14 #Florence Ndepele Mumba(Zambia) Vice-Pres Intl Criminal Tribunal ex-Yugo 17.11.99-01
Patricia Wald (US) Judge " " " " 17.11.99-01
1: 6 Navanathan Pillay (S Africa) Judge Intl Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 24. 4.95-
1:15 #Rosalyn Higgins (UK) Judge International Court of Justice 12.7.95-6.2.2010
6. Women Governors or Deputy Governors of Central Banks: 54
A. National Banks: 44
Angola Marinela Martins Amaral RIBAS Board Member Banco Nacional de Angola 1996-
Austria Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell First Vice-Governor Austrian National Bank 1998-
Barbados Marion Williams Acting Governor Central Bank of Barbados 1999-
Belgium Marcia De Wachter Vice-Governor Banque Nationale de Belgique 1999-
Belize Yvette Alvarez Deputy Governor Central Bank of Belize 1996-
Botswana Julia Majaha-Jartby Deputy Governor Bank of Botswana 1996-
Linah Mohohlo Deputy Governor Bank of Botswana 1997-
Bulgaria 2: 5 Emiliya Milanova Deputy Governor Bulgarian National Bank 4.1998-
Svetlana Pinzari Deputy Governor Bulgarian National Bank 1999-
Cambodia SUM Nipha Deputy Governor National Bank of Cambodia 1997-
TAL Nay Im Director General National Bank of Cambodia 1999-
Canada Nancy Orr-Gaucher Board Member Bank of Canada 199?-
Colombia Monica APARICIO Smith Vice President Banco de la Republica 1997-
Patricia Correa Vice President Banco de la Republica 1998-
Maria Mercedes de Martinez Board Member Banco de la Republica 1992-
Denmark Bodil Nyboe ANDERSEN Governor Danmarks Nationalbank 1.1.1995-
Egypt Faika El Refaie Sub Governor Central Bank of Egypt 1993-
Estonia Helo Meigas Deputy Governor Bank of Estonia 1998-
France Denise Osmont D'Amilly Member Monetary Council Banque de France 1997-
Guyana Dolly Sursattie Singh Acting Governor Bank of Guyana 1998-
Guatemala Antonieta De Bonilla Vice President Banco de Guatemala 1993-
Honduras President Banco Central de Honduras 1999-
Indonesia Miranda S Goeltom Deputy Governor Bank Indonesia 1999-
Kazakstan Rosa B Kutubayeva Deputy Chair National Bank 1992-
Lithuania Birute Grikinyte Board Member Bank of Lithuania 1994-
Macedonia Dusanka Hristova Vice-Governor National Bank of Macedonia 1998-
Malaysia Latifah Merican Cheong Assistant Governor Bank Negara Malaysia 1999-
Moldova Veronica Bacalu Deputy President National Bank of Moldova 9.1996-
Norway Anne Berit Christiansen Director Norges Bank 1999-
Papua New Guinea Flora Carruthers Chief Manager Bank of Papua New Guinea 1994-
Poland Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz Governor National Bank of Poland 1992-
Russia Tatiana V Paramonova First Deputy Chair Central Bank Russian Fedn 1998-
Sao Tome & Principe Maria Pires de Carvalho Silveira Governor Bank Central de Sao Tome e Principe 1999-
Slovakia Elena Kohutikova Chief Executive Director National Bank 199?-
South Africa Gill Marcus Deputy Governor South African Reserve Bank 8.1999-
Sweden 2: 5 Eva Schreiber Second Deputy Governor Sveriges Riksbank 1998-
Kerstin Hessius Member Governing Council Sveriges Riksbank 1998-
Thailand TANYA Sirivedhin Deputy Governor Bank of Thailand 1998-
United Kingdom 3:12 Frances Heaton Non-Executive Director Bank of England 1.3.1993-
Sheila Masters Non-Executive Director Bank of England 1994-
Kathleen O'Donovan Non-Executive Director Bank of England 8.1999-5.2002
1: 9 DeAnne Julius Member Monetary Policy Cte Bank of England 1997-
Merlyn Lowther Chief Cashier Bank of England 1.1.1999-
UK: Caymans Cindy Bush Director Cayman Islands Currency Board 1997-
United States 1: 7 Alice Rivlin Vice-Chair Board of Governors Federal Reserve 1996-
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B. International Banks: 10
Country Women:Total Name Office Term
Europe 1: 6 #Sirkka Hamalainen (Finland) Board Member European Central Bank 1.7.98-03
#Siv Hellen (Finland) Vice President Nordic Investment Bank 1999-
International K Burke Dillon (US) Executive VP Inter-American Development Bank 1999-
#Mamphela Ramphele (S Africa) Managing Director World Bank 1999-
Mieko Nishimizu (Japan) Vice President World Bank 1997-
Nemat Shafik Vice President World Bank 1999-
Katherine Sierra (US) Vice President World Bank 1999-
Dorothy Hamachi Berry (US) Vice President Intntl Finance Corporation 1999-
#Brigitta Kantola (Finland) Vice President Intntl Finance Corporation 1995-
Carol Lee (US) Vice President Intntl Finance Corporation 1995-
7. Bishops & Religious Leaders: 40 (list incomplete)
A. Anglican / Episcopalian: 15
Canada Victoria Matthews Bishop Edmonton Anglican 31.5.1997-
Ann E Tottenham Suffragan Bishop Credit Valley Anglican 22.9.1997-
New Zealand Penelope Ann Bansall Jamieson Bishop Dunedin Anglican 29.9.1990-
United States Carolyn Tanner Irish Bishop Utah Episcopalian 31.5.1996-
Mary Adelia McLeod Bishop Vermont Episcopalian 2.11.1993-
Chilton Abbie Richardson Knusden Bishop Maine Episcopalian 28.3.1998-
Catherine Eliz Maples Waynick Bishop Indianapolis Episcopalian 7.9.1997-
Geralyn Wolf Bishop Rhode Island Episcopalian 17.2.1996-
Jane Holmes Dixon Suffragan Bishop D C Episcopalian 19.11.1992-
Barbara Harris Suffragan Bishop Mass Episcopalian 11.2.1989-
Catherine S Roskam Suffragan Bishop N Y Episcopalian 27.1.1996-
United Kingdom Christina Baxter Chair House of Laity CofE General Synod 1.1996-
Gillian Brentford President Church Mission Society 1998-
Myriam Byrne Provost St Pauls Anglican Cathedral Dundee 5.1998-
Judith Rose Archdeacon Anglican Cathedral Rochester 9.1995-
B. Lutheran: 7
Denmark Lise-Lotte Rebél Bishop Helsingor Lutheran 1.4.1995-
Sofie Petersen Bishop Greenland Lutheran 1.5.1995-
Germany Maria Jepsen Bishop Hamburg Lutheran 1992-
Margot Kaessemann Bishop Hannover Lutheran 1999-
Norway Rosemarie Koehn Bishop Hamar Lutheran 27.5.1993-
Sweden Christina Odenstam Bishop Lund Lutheran 1996-
Carolina Krook Bishop Stockholm Lutheran 5.1998-
C. Methodist: 10
Kenya Maureen Jones Bishop Nairobi Methodist 1996-
United States Sharon Brown Christopher Bishop Illinois United Methodist 1988-
Judith Craig Bishop Ohio West United Methodist 1984-
Susan Hassinger Bishop Boston United Methodist 1996-
Janice Riggle Huie Bishop Arkansas United Methodist 1996-
Charlene Kammerer Bishop Charlotte United Methodist 1996-
Susan Murch Morrison Bishop Albany United Methodist 1988-
Sharon Zimmerman Rader Bishop Wisconsin United Methodist 1992-
Ann Sherer Bishop Missouri United Methodist 1992-
Mary Ann Swenson Bishop Denver United Methodist 1992-
D. Other: 8
Canada Ruhiyyih Rabbani "Hand of the Cause" Baha'i Faith 198?-
India Dadi Prakashmani Administrative Head Brahma Kumaris worldwide 1.1969-
Dadi Janki Administrative Head Brahma Kumaris worldwide 3.1974-
Jagir Kaur President SGPC Sikh Community 3.1999-
United Kingdom Kathleen Richardson Moderator Free Church Council 1995-98
United States Joan Brown Campbell Gen Sec National Council of Churches of Christ 1995-
Uruguay Beatriz Ferrari President Evangelical Methodist Church 1996-
International Sister Nirmala Mother Superior Missionaries of Charity 13.3.1997-
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8. Women Heads or Deputy Heads of International Organizations: 40
Country Women:Total Name Office Term
Euro Commission 5:20 #Anna Diamantopoulou (Greece) Employment & Social Affairs 15.9.99-
#Michaele Schreyer (Germany) Budget & Taxation 15.9.99-
#Viviane Reding (Luxembourg) Education & Culture 15.9.99-
#Loyola de Palacio (Spain) Vice-President; Transport & Energy; Parlt 15.9.99-
#Margot Wallström (Sweden) Environment 15.9.99-
OECD Joanna Shelton (US) Deputy Secretary-General OECD 1996-
International 1: 4 #Veronica Sutherland (UK) Deputy Sec-Gen Commonwealth of Nations 1.2.1999-
Helen Corbett (Austrlia) Gen Sec Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Org 6.98-
Maritta Koch-Weser (Germany) Director General IUCN-World Conservation Union 6.99-
United Nations #Louise Frechette (Canada) Deputy Secretary General United Nations 2.1998-01
Under-Secs-Gen 6:44 #Mary Robinson (Ireland) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 12.9.1997-01
Sadako Ogata (Japan) UN High Commissioner for Refugees 1.1.91-99
Nafis Sadik (Pakistan) Exec Director UN Population Fund 30.5.87-99
#Carla Del Ponte (Switz) Prosecutor Int Crim Trib Rwanda/ex-Yugo 16.9.99-03
Carol Bellamy (US) Exec Director UN Children's Fund (Unicef) 4.95-03
#Catherine Bertini (US) Exec Director World Food Programme 5.4.92-01
Asst Secs-Gen 6:47 #Angela King (Jamaica) Asst Sec-Gen Advancement of Women 28.1.97-
Rafiah Salim (Malaysia) Asst Sec-Gen Human Resources Management 1998-
Gillian M Sorenson (US) Asst Sec-Gen External Relations 28.1.97-
Karin Sham Poo (Norway) Dep Exec Dir UN Children's Fund (Unicef) ?1993-
Kristin Trone (Sweden) Dep Exec Dir UN Population Fund 199?-
Dorothee Sampayo-Nijgh (Neths) Registrar Int Criminal Tribunal ex-Yugoslavia 1996-
#Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) Rapporteur Extra-Judicial Executions 1999-
Diana Russler Deputy United Nations Security Coordinator 1998-
Kayoko Mizuta (Japan) Dep Exec Sec UN Econ Comm for Asia (ESCAP) 1998-
Lalla Ben Barka (Mali) Dep Exec Sec UN Econ Comm for Africa (ECA) 2.1998-
#Danuta Hubner (Poland) Dep Exec Sec UN Econ Comm for Europe (ECE) 1997-
Yakin Erturk (Turkey) Director Institute Advancement Women (INSTRAW) 1998-
Patricia Lewis (UK) Director Institute Disarmament Research 1.7.97-
Specialized Agencies #Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND (Norway) Director-General World Health Organization 20.7.98-
3: 9 Ann Kern (Austrlia) Executive Director General Management WHO 1998-
Olive Shishana (S Africa) Executive Director Family & Health Service WHO 1998-
Poonam Ketrapal Singh (India) Executive Director Healthy Environments WHO 1998-
2: 3 Mary Chinery-Hesse (Ghana) Exec Director International Labour Office 1989-
Katherine Ann Hagen (US) Exex Director International Labour Office 1994-
1:10 #Mitsuko Horiuchi (Japan) Ass Dir-Gen International Labour Office 1998-
3:13 Kay Killingsworth (US) Ass Dir-Gen Food & Agriculture Organization 1.2000-
Carleen Gardner (Jamaica) Ass Dir-Gen Gen Affairs & Information FAO 1.2000-
Louise Fresco (Neths) Ass Dir-Gen Agriculture Department FAO 1.2000-
1: 9 Francine Fournier Ass Dir-Gen Unesco 1997-
9. Other Women Heads or Deputy Heads of State and Government since 1945: 103
A. Former Heads of State and Government: 20
Argentina Isabel Martinez de PERON President 1.7.1974-24.3.1976
Bolivia Lidia GUEILER Tejada Acting President 16.11.1979-17.7.1980
Costa Rica Victoria GARRON de Doryan Second Vice-President 8.5.1986- 8.5.1990
Rebeca Crynspan Second Vice-President 8.5.1994- 8.5.1998
Ecuador Rosalia Arteaga President 9-12.2.1997
Vice-President 10.8.1996- 3.1998
Guyana Viola Burnham Vice-President & Vice-P Minister 8.1985-19??
Janet Jagan President 19.12.1997-11.8.1999
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# Individuals from democracies who, prior to attaining their current high office, featured in earlier lists circulated by the Council for Parity Democracy from 8 August 1980 onward, drawing attention to the potential of some 4000 able women from 112 democracies for positions of national or international leadership. Other individuals are listed earlier in 5.C: International Courts and 6.B: International Banks; and later in 12: Former Judges,
14.B: Former Heads of International Banks, and 15: Former Heads of International Organizations.
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A. Former Heads of State and Government: 20
Country Name Office Term
Liberia Ruth Perry Chair Council of State 3.9.1996-2.8.1997
Victoria Refell Deputy Chair Council of State 3.9.1996-2.8.1997
Macedonia Zlatka Popovska Vice-President 29.5.1997-30.11.1998
Nicaragua Violeta Barrios de CHAMORRO President 25.4.1990-10.1.1997
Julia de la Cruz MENA Rivera Vice-President 10.1995-10.1.1997
Rwanda Agathe Uwilingiymana Interim President (assassinated) 6- 7.4.1994
Philippines Corazon Aquino President 25.2.1986-30.6.1992
Switzerland Ruth Dreifuss President 1.1-31.12.1999
Vice-President 1.1-31.12.1998
San Marino Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini Captain Regent 1.4-30.9.1981
Gloriana Ranocchini Captain Regent 1.4-30.9.1984, 1.4-30.9.1989
Edda Ceccoli Captain Regent 1.10.1991-1.4.1992, 1.4-30.9.1998
Patricia Busignani Captain Regent 1.4-30.9.1993
Rosa Zafferani Captain-Regent 1.4-30.9.1999
B. Former Heads of State: 31
Albania Emine Guri Vice-President 1982-1989
Bahamas Doris Johnson Acting Governor General 1979
Barbados Nita Barrow Governor General (died in office) 1990-19.12.1995
Belize Minita Gordon Governor General 21.9.1981-1993
Bhutan Ashi Kesang Queen Regent 22.4-24.7.1972
Bosnia & Herzegovina Tatjana Ljujic-Mijatovic Member Bosnian Presidency ?1993-1996
Bulgaria Blaga Dimitrova Vice-President 1.1992-7.1993
Burundi Sylvie Kinigi Acting Head of State 27.10-5.11.1993
Cambodia Kossamak Nearireath Queen Regent 3.4-10.7.1960, 3-10.1970
Canada Jeanne Sauvé Governor General 1984-1989
China SOONG Ching Ling Vice-Chair 31.10.1968-24.2.1972
Honorary President ?.1979-29.5.1981
Germany (DDR) Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Acting Head of State 5.4-2.10.1990
Guinea-Bissau Carmen Pereira Acting Head of State 14-16.5.1984
Guyana Viola Burnham Vice-President 8.1985-1991
Haiti Ertha Pascal-Trouillot President 12.3.1990-6.2.1991
Honduras Guadalupe Jerezano Vice-President 27.1.1994-27.1.1998
Iceland Vigdis Finnbogadottir President 1.8.1980-31.7.1996
Ireland Mary Robinson President 3.12.1990-12.9.1997
Lesotho 'Ma-Mohato Regent-Queen 5.6-20.11.70,6-12.11.90,17.1-6.2.1996
Luxembourg Charlotte Grand Duchess 15.1.1919-12.11.1964
Malta Agatha Barbara President 15.2.1982-15.2.1987
Netherlands Juliana Queen 4.9.1948-30.4.1980
New Zealand Catherine Tizard Governor General 12.1990-3.1996
Romania Maria Paretti Vice-President 1961-1966
Constanta Craciun Vice-President 1966-1970
Maria Ciocan Vice-President 1980-1985
Maria Ghitulica Vice-President 1985-1989
Swaziland Dzeliwe Queen Regent 21.9.1982-9.8.1983
Ntombi Queen Regent 18.9.1983-25.4.1986
Thailand Sirikit Queen Regent 22.10-7.12.1956
Tonga Salote Tupou III Queen 1918-15.12.1965
C. Former Heads of Government: 52
Bangladesh Khaleda Zia Prime Minister 20. 3.1991-30.3.1996
Bulgaria Drazha Deleva Vulcheva Deputy Prime Minister 1979-81
Reneta Indjova Prime Minister 17.10.1994-24.1.1995
Christina Vutcheva First Deputy Prime Minister 17.10.1994-24.1.1995
Burundi Sylvie Kinigi Prime Minister 10.7.1993- 7.2.1994
Canada Kim Campbell Prime Minister 25.6-29.9.1993
Flora MacDonald Acting Prime Minister (some days)1987-88
Sheila Copps Deputy Prime Minister 4.11.1993- 2.6.1997
Central African R Elizabeth Domitien Prime Minister 3.1.1975-7.4.1976
Croatia Ljerka Mintas-Hodak Deputy Prime Minister 12.1995-27.1.2000
Czechoslovakia Ludmilla Jankovcova Deputy Prime Minister 1954-63
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C. Former Heads of Government: 52 (continued)
Country Name Office Term
Denmark Mimi Jakobsen First Deputy Prime Minister 25.1.1993-1996
Dominica Eugenia Charles Prime Minister 21.7.1980-13.6.1995
Fiji Taufa Vakatale Deputy Prime Minister 8.1997-5.1999
Finland Tynne Leivo-Larson Deputy Prime Minister 1958
France Nicole Questiaux Deputy Prime Minister 1980
France Edith Cresson Prime Minister 15.5.1991- 2.4.1992
Georgia Irena Sarishvili Deputy Prime Minister 11.9-?.11.1993
Grenada Grace Duncan Deputy Prime Minister 30.9.1996- .2.1997
Guyana Janet Jagan Prime Minister 17.3-19.12.1997
Haiti Claudette Werleigh Prime Minister 7.11.1995-26.2.1996
Hungary Judit Csehak Deputy Prime Minister 1984-87
India Indira Gandhi Prime Minister (assassinated) 1.66-3.77,1.80-31.10.84
Israel Golda Meir Prime Minister 17.3.1969-10.4.1974
Jordan Rima Khalaf Hunaidi Deputy Prime Minister 4.3.1999-15.1.2000
Kazakstan Aitkul Samakova Deputy Prime Minister 22.1.1999-12.10.1999
Korea DPR KIM Pok-Sin Deputy Premier 1981-96
Kyrgyzstan Mira Jangaracheva Deputy Prime Minister 3.1996-4.4.1998
Lithuania Irena Degutiene Acting Prime Minister 3-18.5, 27.10-3.11.1999
Luxembourg Colette Flesch Deputy Prime Minister 1980-84
Macedonia Radmila Kiprijanova-Radovanovik Vice-Premier 30.11.1998-28.11.1999
Mongolia Nyam-Osoriyn Tuya Acting Prime Minister 22-30.7.1999
Nepal Salaija Acharya Deputy Prime Minister 18.4-28.12.1998
New Zealand Helen Clark Deputy Prime Minister 8.1989- 90
Jenny Shipley Prime Minister 8.12.1997-10.12.1999
Norway Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND Prime Minister 1981, 1986-89,3.11.90-23.10.1996
Anne Enger Lahnstein Acting Prime Minister 30.8-23.9.1998
Pakistan Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister 2.12.88-6.8.90, 20.10.93-5.11.96
Poland Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister 8.7.1992-16.10.1993
Portugal Maria de Lurdes PINTASILGO Prime Minister 1.8.1979-3.1.1980
Rwanda Agathe Uwilingiymana Prime Minister (assassinated) 16.7.1993- 7. 4.1994
Slovakia Brigita Schmoegnerovna Deputy Prime Minister 16.3.1994- 3.11.1994
Katarina Tothova Deputy Prime Minister 13.12.1994-30.10.1998
Sri Lanka Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister 7.60-5.65,31.5.70- 21.7.1977
Chandrika Kumaratunga Prime Minister 19.8.94-10.11.1994
Sweden Mona Sahlin Deputy Prime Minister 3.10.1994-10.11.1995
Tajikistan Bozgul Dodkhudoyeva Deputy Prime Minister 2-7.1994
Munira Inoyatova Abdulloyevna Deputy Prime Minister 7.1994-21.12.1999
Turkey Tansu Ciller Prime Minister 14.6.1993-12. 3.1996
Deputy Prime Minister 28.6.1996-30. 6.1997
Turkmenistan Abad Sehedovna Risaeva Deputy Prime Minister 3.1994- 6.1997
United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister 4.5.1979-28.11.1990
Yugoslavia Milka Planinc Prime Minister 15.5.1982-15.5.1986
10. Other Women Presiding & Deputy Presiding Officers of Parliament since 1945: 163
A. National Parliaments: 98
Antigua & Barbuda Novelle Richards President Senate 1964-71
Argentina Isabel Martinez de PERON Acting President Senate 12.10.73-1.7.74
Australia Joan Child Speaker House of Representatives 1986-89
Austria Olga Rudel-Zeynek President Federal Council 12.27-5.1928, 6-11.1932
Johanna Bayer President Federal Council 1.7-31.12.1953
Helen Tschitschenko President Federal Council 1-6.65,68,7-12.69,1-6.74
Helga Heiden-Sommer President Federal Council 1.7-31.12.87
Heidi Schmidt Deputy Speaker National Council 1994-
Bahamas Doris Johnson Speaker Senate 1973-83
Italia Johnson Deputy Speaker House of Assembly 1992-97
Belize Doris June Garcia President Senate 1984-89
Jane Usher President Senate 1989-93
Bolivia Lidia GUEILER Tejada President Chamber of Deputies 1979
Bulgaria Sneahana Botyshorova Acting President National Assembly 1992
Canada Muriel McQueen Fergusson Speaker Senate 1972-74
Renaude La Pointe Speaker Senate 1974-79
Jeanne Sauvè Speaker House of Commons 1980-84
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A. National Parliaments: 98 continued
Country Name Office Term
Cape Verde Carmen Pereira President National Assembly 1975-80
China CHEN Muhua V-Chair Standing Cte Peoples Congress 1988-98
Costa Rica Rosemary Karpinsky Rodero de M Speaker Legislative Assembly 1986-87
Croatia Katica Ivanisevic President House of Counties 4.1993-00
Jadranka Kosor Dep Pres House of Representatives 10.1995-99
Czechoslovakia Dagmar Buresova President National Council 1990-91
Czech Republic Libuse Benesova President Senate 1998
Denmark Ingeborg Hansen Speaker Landsting (Upper House) 1950-53
Dominica Marie Davis-Pierre Speaker House of Assembly 1980-88
Neva Edwards Speaker House of Assembly 1990-95
El Salvador Julia Castillo Rodas Speaker Legislative Assembly 1981-82
Gloria Salguero Gross Speaker Legislative Assembly 3.1994-97
Fiji Samanunu Cakobau Tolakuli Chair Great Council of Chiefs 1994-95
Finland Elsi Hetema-Orlander First Deputy Speaker Eduskunta 1988-91
Germany Annemarie Renger President Bundestag 1972-76
Rita Suessmuth President Bundestag 1988-94,1994-98
Grenada Margaret Neckles Speaker Senate 1990-95
Marcelle Peters Speaker House of Representatives 1992-95
Guatemala Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes President Congress of the Republic 14.1.91-92
Arabella Castro Quinones de C President Congress of the Republic 1994-95,1997-98
Guinea-Bissau Carmen Pereira President National Assembly 1984-89
Guyana Lola Willems President House of Assembly 1973-83
Hungary Erzebet Metzker Vass President National Assembly 1963-67
Iceland Ragnhildur Helgadottir President Lower House 1974-78
Salome Thorkelsdottir President Upper House 1983-87
Gudrun Helgadottir President (Unicameral) Althing 1988-91
Salome Thorkelsdottir President (Unicameral) Althing 1991-95
India Violet Alva (Dep) Chair Rajya Sabha-States Council 1962-69
Pratibha Devi Patel (Dep) Chair Rajya Sabha 18.11.1986-5.11.1988
Najma Heptulla (Dep) Chair Rajya Sabha 18.11.88-4.7.92,25.1.85-20.1.86
Indonesia Aisyah Aminyh Acting Pres House of Representatives 1998-99
Ireland Tras Honan Speaker Senate 23.5.82-23.2.83,1987-89
Italy Nilde Iotti President Chamber of Deputies 1979-92
Irene Pivetti President Chamber of Deputies 16.4.1994-10.5.1996
Jamaica Jeanette Grant-Woodham Speaker Senate 1983-89
Syringa Marshall-Burnett Speaker Senate 1996-98
Japan Takako Doi Speaker House of Representatives 8.1993-96
Kazakstan Zinayida Fedotova Speaker Parliament 199?
Latvia Ilga Kreituse President Saeima 1995-96
Luxembourg Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Speaker Chamber of Deputies 1989-94,1994-1.95
Malta Miriam Spiteri Debono Speaker House of Representatives 1996-98
Mexico Maria Lavalle Urbina President Senate 12.1965
Lucia Carrasco Xochipa President Senate 12.1993
Maria Guadelupe Lopez Breton President Senate 1995
Hilda Anderson Nevarez President Chamber of Deputies 1976
Marcela Gonzales S Pietricioli President Chamber of Deputies 1982
Graciela Larios Rivas President Chamber of Deputies 1987
Maria de los Angeles MORENO President Chamber of Deputies 1994
Mongolia Yanjmaa Nemendeyen Acting Chair National Great Khural 23.9.1953-7.7.1954
Nicaragua Myriam Arguello Morales President National Assembly 1990-91
Norway Torild Skard President Lagting (Upper House) 1973-77
Magit Tosdal President Lagting (Upper House) 1977-81
Ase Wind Lionaes President Odelsting (Lower House) 1973-77
Liv Andersen President Odelsting (Lower House) 1981-85
Deputy President Storting (Grand Assembly) 1977-81
Ashild Hauen President Odelsting (Lower House) 1985-89
Ingerlise Gjorv President Odelsting (Lower House) 1991-93
Panama Balbina HERRERA ARAUZ Speaker Legislative Assembly 1994-95
Peru Martha Chavez Cossio de Ocampo President Congress 1995-96
Martha Hildebrandt Second Vice President Congress 1996-99
Philippines Leticia Ramos-Shahani Acting President Senate 1995-98
Romania Alexandrina Gainuse President Legislative Chamber 1979-81
Marie Gheorge President Legislative Chamber 1983-89
St Vincent & Gr Fatima Adams Speaker House of Assembly 1989-91
Sao Tome & Principe Alda de Graca do Espirito Santo President National Assembly 12.5.80-2.3.91
Sweden Ingegerd Troedsson Speaker of Parliament 1991-94
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A. National Parliaments: 98 continued
Country Name Office Term
Switzerland Elisabeth Blunschy President National Council 1977
Heidi Lang-Agheri President National Council 1982
Josi Meier President Council of States 1992
Gret Haller President National Council 1994
Judith Stamm President National Council 1996
Trix Heberlein President National Council 1999
Taiwan YEH Ching-Seng President National Assembly 1980-92
Trinidad & Tobago Occah Seapaul Speaker House of Representatives 1991-95
USSR Yadgar Naridnova President Supreme Soviet USSR 1970-74
United Kingdom Janet Fookes Second Deputy Speaker House of Commons 4.92-4.97
Uruguay Alba Roballo President Senate 1963, 65, 67
Venezuela Carmen Lavria President Chamber of Deputies 1994-95
Yugoslavia Vida Tomsic President Federal Chamber 16.5.67-16.5.69
Stana Tomasevic-Arnesen President Federal Chamber 31.10.79-15.5.82
Milka Gligorijevic-Takeva President Federal Chamber 15.5.86-15.5.87
Bogdana Glumac-Levakov President Federal Chamber 15.5.89-11.6.92
B. State, Provincial or Territorial Assemblies: 52 (list incomplete)
Australia Anne Levy President Legislative Council S Australia 1986-89
Virginia Anne Chadwick Speaker Upper House Victoria ?1991-99
Lillian Oh President Shire Council Christmas Island 1992-95
Canada Nancy Hodges Speaker Legislature British Columbia 1949-52
Joan Sawacki Speaker Legislature British Columbia 1991-94
Thelma Forbes Speaker Legislature Manitoba 1963-66
Louise Dacquay Speaker Legislature Manitoba 1995-99
Dep Speaker Legislature Manitoba 1990-95
Myrna Phillips Speaker Legislature New Brunswick 1986-88
Shirley Dysart Speaker Legislature New Brunswick 1993-96
Jeannie Marie-Jewell Speaker Legislature North West Territories 1991-93
Rebecca Mike Speaker Legislature North West Territories 1993-96
Francene Cosman Dep Speaker Legislative Assembly N Scotia 1995-
Marion Reid Speaker House of Assembly Pr Edward Is 1982-86
Nancy Guptill Speaker House of Assembly Pr Edward Is 1993-96
Denmark Marita Petersen Speaker Logting Faroe Islands 9.1993-94
Germany Hanna-Renate Laurien President Berlin State Parliament 1991-95
Helga Elstner President Hamburg State Parliament 1987-91
Elisabeth Kiausch President Hamburg State Parliament 1991-93
Ingeborg Friebe President North-Rhine/Westphalia Assembly 1991-95
Lianne Paulina-Muerl President Schleswig-Holstein Assembly 1988-92
Ute Erdsiek-Rave President Schleswig-Holstein Assembly 1992-96
India Sushila Nayyar Speaker Assembly Delhi 1955-56
Ammal Lakshimi Pathi Speaker Legislature Madras 1955-56
Vidya Stokes Speaker Legis Assembly Himachal Pradesh 1985-90
Netherlands Lucille Wout-George Speaker Parliament Neths Antilles 6.1994-6.1998
New Zealand Marguerite Eikura Stoery President Legislature Cook Islands 1965-79,1983
Portugal Anabela Ritchie President Legislative Assembly Macao 1992-99
Spain Laura Gonzales Alvarez President Parliament Asturias 1991-93
Rosa Maria Posada Chapado President Parliament Madrid 1987-91
USSR Elmira Gafarova President Supreme Soviet Azerbaijan 1989-90
Valentina Kiblik President Supreme Soviet Latvia 1971-89
Roza A Bazarova President Supreme Soviet Turkmenistan 1989-90
Valentina Shevchenko President Supreme Soviet Ukraine 1985-89
Yadgar Naridnova President Supreme Soviet Uzbekistan 1959-70
United Kingdom Emily Saunders Speaker Leg Assembly Turks & Caicos 1991-94
United States Doris Allen Speaker California Assembly 1995
Bonnie Lee Jack Speaker House Representatives Alaska 1981-82
Ramona L Barnes Speaker House Representatives Alaska 1993-94
Jane Dee Hull Speaker House Representatives Arizona 1989-92
Dee Long Speaker House Representatives Minnesota 1993-94
Patricia Kelly Speaker House Representatives North Dakota 1982-85
Carmen Orechio President Senate New Jersey 1982-85
Vera Katz President House Representatives Oregon 1982-85
Minnie D Craig Speaker House Representatives South Dakota 1933
Debra R Anderson Speaker House Representatives South Dakota 1987-88
Bev Clarno Speaker House Representatives 1995-98
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B. State, Provincial or Territorial Assemblies: 52 continued
Country Name Office Term
United States (cont) Consuelo Northrop Bailey Speaker House Representatives Vermont 1953-55
Edness Kimball Wilkins Speaker House Representatives Vermont 1966
Verda I Jones Speaker House Representatives Vermont 1969
Maude Baker Priest President Legislature Utah 1937-39
Lorraine Ledee Berry President Legislature Virgin Islands 1997-98
C. Regional and International Assemblies: 13 (list incomplete)
Circumpolar Conference Mary Simmons (Canada) President Inuit Assembly 1992
Rose Mary Kuptana (Alaska) President Inuit Assembly 1995
Europe Simone Veil (France) President European Assembly 7.79-12.1981
Nicole Fontaine (France) First Vice-President European Parlt 7.1994- 7.1999
Nicole Pery (France) Second Vice-Pres European Parlt 14.1.1997- 4.1998
Council of Europe Leni Fischer (Germany) President Parliamentary Assembly 1996-99
Nordic Council Elsi Hetema-Orlander (Finland) President Nordic Council 1982-83,1987-88
Karin Soder (Sweden) President Nordic Council 1984-85,1988-89
Gun Hellsvik (Sweden) President Nordic Council 1999-2000
United Nations Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (India) President UN General Assembly 1953
Angie Brooks (Liberia) President UN General Assembly 1969
Marie-Bernard Meunier (Canada) Chair Unesco Executive Board 7.11.91-16.11.93
Attiya Inayatullah (Pakistan) Chair Unesco Executive Board 17.11.93-17.11.95
11. Other Women Heads of Provincial or State Governments since 1945: 133 (list incomplete)
A. Appointed: 35
Australia Leneen Forde State Governor Queensland 1992-97
Roma Mitchell State Governor South Australia 1991-10.1996
Carolyn Stuart Administrator Cococ (Keeling) Islands 1986-89
Dawn Laerie Administrator Cococ (Keeling) Islands 1989-93
Canada Helen Hunley Lieutenant-Governor Alberta 22.1.1985-91
Pearl McGonigal Lieutenant-Governor Manitoba 1985-91
Margaret McCain Lieutenant-Governor New Brunswick 1994-97
Pauline McGibbon Lieutenant-Governor Ontario 1974-80
Marion Reid Lieutenant-Governor Pr Edward Is 16.8.1990-95
Sylvia O Fedoruk Lieutenant-Governor Saskatchewan 1988-94
Helen Maksagak Territorial Commissioner N W T 1994-1.4.1999
Finland Sylvi Siltanen Governor Turunja Porin Province 1972-77
Eva-Riita Siitonen Governor Uudenmann Province 1990-98
Kaarina Suonio Governor Hameen Province 3.1994-98
India Kumudben Joshi Governor Andra Pradesh 1984-90
Sharada Mukherjee Governor Andra Pradesh 1977
Governor Gujarat 1978-84
Sheila Kaul Governor Himachal Pradesh 3.10.1995-96
V S Ramadevi Governor Himachal Pradesh 1997-99
Jyoti Venkatachalam Governor Kerala 1977-83
Ram Dulari Sinha Governor Kerala 1988-90
Serla Grewal Governor Madhya Pradesh 1989-90
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Governor Maharashtra 1963-64
Sarojini Naidu Governor Uttar Pradesh (died in office) 1947-2.3.1949
Padmaja Naidu Governor West Bengal 1956-67
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai Lt Governor Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1996
Lt Governor Pondicherry 19.4.1995-98
Chandravati Lt Governor Pondicherry 2-12.1990
Mexico Griselda Alvarez Governor Colima 10.1979-85
Beatriz Paredes Governor Tlaxcala 15.1.1987-92
Dulce Maria Sauri Governor Yucatan 6.1991-96
Norway Ann Kristin Olsen Governor Svalbard 1995-98
Pakistan Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan Governor Sind 1973-
United Kingdom Hilda Louise Bynoe Governor Grenada 1968-1974
Anson Chan Deputy Governor Hong Kong 11.1993-30.6.1997
Louise Svaili Administrator British Indian Ocean Territory 1996-97
United States Janet J McCoy High Commissioner Pacific Trust Territories 1981-86
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B. Elected: 98
Country Name Office Term
Australia Rosemary Follet Chief Minister Australian Capital Territory 1989,91-95
Joan Sheldon Deputy Premier Queensland 1995-98
Sue Napier Deputy Premier Tasmania 1996-98
Joan Kirner State Premier Victoria 1990-92
Carmen Lawrence State Premier Western Australia 1990-6.2.1993
Belgium Laurette Onkelinx Minister-President Communauté française 1993-11.7.1999
Bosnia-Herzegovina Biljana Plavsic President Republika Srpska 19.7.96-25.9.1997
Canada Rita Johnson Premier British Columbia 1991-92
Camille Theriault Premier New Brunswick 1998-99
Catherine Callbeck Premier Prince Edward Island 1992-6.8.1996
Nellie Cournoyea Government Leader Northwest Territories 1994-95
Grace McCarthy Deputy Premier British Columbia 1975-86
Rita Johnson Deputy Premier British Columbia 1986-91
Anita Hagen Deputy Premier British Columbia 1991-93
Elizabeth Cull Deputy Premier British Columbia 1993-96
Muriel Smith Deputy Premier Manitoba 1985-88
Adele Landry Deputy Premier New Brunswick 1987-91
Lise Bacon Deputy Premier Quebec 1985-89
Pat Smith Deputy Premier Saskatchewan 1988-91
Denmark Marita Petersen Prime Minister Faroe Islands 12.1.1993-7.3.1994
France Lucette Michaux-Cheruy President Regional Council Guadeloupe 1983
Marie-Christine Blandin President Regional Council Nord-PasdeCalais 1992-98
Margie Sudre President Regional Council Reunion 1992-98
Germany Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner Deputy Prime Minister Bavaria 1986-93
Brunhilde Peter Deputy Prime Minister Saarland 1985-90
Christine Krajewski Deputy Prime Minister Saarland 1995-99
Jenny Matern Deputy Prime Minister Saxony 1945-47
Heidrun Heidecke Deputy Prime Minister Saxony-Anhalt 1994-98
Marianne Tideck Deputy Prime Minister Schleswig-Holstein 1988-90
Eva Ruehmkorf Deputy Prime Minister Schleswig-Holstein 1990-92
Germany (cont) Louise Schroeder Deputy Mayor Berlin 1946-50
Hanna-Renate Laurien Deputy Mayor Berlin 1986-89
Ingrid Stahmar Deputy Mayor Berlin 1989-90
Christa Bergmann Deputy Mayor Berlin 1991-98
Annette Fugmann-Heesing Deputy Mayor Berlin 1998-99
Annemarie Mevissen Deputy Mayor Bremen 1967-75
Helga Elstner Deputy Mayor Hamburg 1978-87
India Anwara Sayeda Timur Chief Minister Assam 1980-81
Rabri Devi Yadav Chief Minister Bihar 27.7.1997-99
Sushma Swaraj Chief Minister Delhi 10.1998
Shashikala Gurudutt Kakodhar Chief Minister Goa, Daman & Diu 1973-79
Nandini Satpathy Chief Minister Orissa 1972-73,74-76
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Chief Minister Punjab 1996-11.2.97
Janaki Ramachandran Chief Minister Tamil Nadu 7.1.1988-9?
Jayaram Jayalalitha Chief Minister Tamil Nadu 24.6.1991-9.5.1996
Sucheta Kripalani Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh 1963-67
Mayawati Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh 3.6-17.10.95
Italy Fiorella Ghilardotti President Regional Board Lombardy 1995-
Netherlands Lucinda Gomes-Matheuws Prime Minister Neths Antilles 1977
Maria Liberia-Peters Prime Minister Neths Antilles 1984-85,17.5.88-25.11.93
Suzy Camelia-Römer Prime Minister Netherlands Antilles 25.11-28.12.1993
South Africa Ivy Matsepe-Cassburri Premier Free State 1994-17.6.99
Spain Maria Antonia Martinez Garcia President Murcia Region 1993-28.5.1995
Maria Rosa Estaras Ferragut Vice-President of Government Balearic Is 1994
Elvira Borondo Mora Vice-President of Government La Rioja 1991-93
USSR Elmira Gafarova Chair Council of Ministers Azerbaijan 1989
Kazimiera Prunskiene Prime Minister Lithuania 11.3.90-8.1.1991
United Kingdom Pamela Gordon Premier Bermuda 29.3.1997-11.1998
United States Lurleen Burns Wallace Governor Alabama (D) 1.1967-1968
Rose Mofford Governor Arizona (D) 1988-1991
Ella Grasso Governor Connecticut (D) 8.1.1975-1979
Joan Finney Governor Kansas (D) 1.1991-1995
Martha Layne Collins Governor Kentucky 1.1983-1.1987
Kay Orr Governor Nebraska (R) 1.1987-1.1991
Barbara Roberts Governor Oregon (D) 1991-1995
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B. Elected: 98
Country Name Office Term
United States (cont) Miriam Amanda Ferguson Governor Texas (D) 1.1925-27,1.1933-35
Ann Richards Governor Texas (D) 1.1991-1995
Madeline Kunin Governor Vermont (D) 1.1985-1.1991
Dixy Lee Ray Governor Washington State (D) 1.1977-1.1981
Nellie Tayloe Ross Governor Wyoming (D) 1.1925-1.1927
Gail Sinton Schroettler Lieut-Governor Colorado 1995-98
Eunice Groach Lieut-Governor Connecticut 1991-96
Jean S King Lieut-Governor Hawaii 1978-82
Jo Ann Zimmermann Lieut-Governor Iowa 1987-91
Joy Corning Lieut-Governor Iowa 1991-99
Thelma Stovall Lieut-Governor Kentucky 1975-79
Sheila Frahm Lieut-Governor Kentucky 1995-96
Melinda Schwegmann Lieut-Governor Louisiana 1992-94
Evelyn F Murphy Lieut-Governor Massachusetts 1987-91
Mathilda R Wilson Lieut-Governor Michigan 1940
Martha W Griffiths Lieut-Governor Michigan 1979-91
Connie Binsfeld Lieut-Governor Michigan 1991-99
Marlene S Johnson Lieut-Governor Minnesota 1983-91
Joanelle M Dyrstad Lieut-Governor Minnesota 1991-96
Joanne Benson Lieut-Governor Minnesota 1995-99
Evelyn Granly Lieut-Governor Mississippi 1976-80
Harriet Woods Lieut-Governor Missouri 1984-88
Maxine B Moul Lieut-Governor Nebraska 1991-93
Kim Robak Lieut-Governor Nebraska 1993-99
Sue Wagner Lieut-Governor Nevada 1991-96
Mary Anne Krupsaek Lieut-Governor New York 1975-79
Betsy McCaughey Ross Lieut-Governor New York 1.1995-1.1999
Nancy Putnam Hollister Lieut-Governor Ohio 1991-96
Nancy Stevenson Lieut-Governor South Carolina 1979-83
Consuelo Northrop Bailey Lieut-Governor Vermont 1955-57
Madeline Kunin Lieut-Governor Vermont 1978-82
Barbara W Snelling Lieut-Governor Vermont 1993-97
Wilma Mankiller Principal Chief Cherokee Nation Oklahoma 1985-1995
12. Other Women Supreme Court Judges since 1980: 14 (list incomplete)
Australia Roma Mitchell Judge Supreme Court of South Australia 1965-83
Canada Bertha Wilson Judge Supreme Court of Canada 1982-90
France Simone Rozes President Court of Appeal (Cassation) 1984-88
Germany Christine Krohn Judge Federal Supreme Court Karlsruhe 199?-??
Ghana Annie Ruth Jiagge President Court of Appeal 1980-83
Haiti Ertha Pascal-Trouillot Judge Supreme Court 1986-90
India Fathima Beevi Judge Supreme Court 1990-94
Liberia Angie Brooks Judge Supreme Court 1997-
United Kingdom Elizabeth Butler-Sloss Lord Justice of Appeal 1988-99
United States Rose Elizabeth Bird Chief Justice California Supreme Court 1977-86
Rosemary Barkett Chief Justice Florida Supreme Court 1992-94
Venezuela Cecilia Sosa President Supreme Court 199?-24.8.99
United Nations Gabrielle K McDonald (US) President Intl Criminal Tribunal ex-Yugo 17.11.97-99
#Elizabeth Odio Benito (Cos Rica) Vice-Pres " " " " 17.11.93-97
13. Other Women Governors of Central Banks since 1980: 36 (list incomplete)
A. National Banks: 31
Albania Rexhina Bajraktari Deputy Governor Bank of Albania 1995-96
Elisabeta Gjoni First Deputy Governor Bank of Albania 17.9.1996-97
Austria Maria Schaumayer Governor Austrian National Bank 1.6.90-31.5.95
Belize Carla Barnett Deputy Governor Central Bank of Belize 1993-96
Bulgaria Rozalina Natzeva Board Member Bulgarian National Bank 1992-96
Nikolina Micheva Board Member Bulgarian National Bank 1996-97
Lena Rousenova Board Member Bulgarian National Bank 1996-97
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A. National Banks: 31
Country Name Office Term
Cambodia CHULONG Someara Deputy Governor National Bank of Cambodia 1993-96
China CHEN Muhua President People's Bank of China 1987-93
Ecuador Ana Lucia Armijos President Banco Central del Ecuador 1993-8.96
Finland Sirkka Hamalainen Chair Board of Management Bank of Finland 1992-6.98
Germany Julia Dingwort-Nusseck Member Board of Directors Bundesbank 198?-9?
Ghana Teresa Owusu Deputy Governor Bank of Ghana 1993-98
Hungary Katalin Botos President State Banking Supervision 1993-94
Laos Pany Yathotou Governor Bank of the Lao PDR 1992-98
Malaysia Rafia Salim Assistant Governor Bank Negara Malaysia 1995-97
Moldova Klaudia Melnick Deputy Governor National Bank of Moldova 6.91-11.92
Lilia Burunciuc Deputy Governor National Bank of Moldova 11.92- 9.96
Philippines Carlotta Valenzuela Deputy Governor Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 1985
Escolastica Bince Deputy Governor Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 1985-89
Russia Tatiana V Paramonova Acting Chair Central Bank Russian Fedn 21.10.94-8.11.95
Sweden Kersti Eriksen Administrative Director Sveriges Riksbank 199?-
Louise Eidsmo Director Sveriges Riksbank 199?-
Lena Kvist Director Sveriges Riksbank 199?-
Gunilla Wikman Director Sveriges Riksbank 199?-97
Thailand CHUSRI Daengprapai Assistant Governor Bank of Thailand 1996-98
United States Nancy Teeters Member Board of Governors Federal Reserve 1978-84
Martha Seger Member Board of Governors Federal Reserve 1984-91
Janet Yellen Member Board of Governors Federal Reserve 1994-97
Venezuela Ruth de Krivoy President Banco Central de Venezuela 1992-4.94
Leonor Filardo Vice President Banco Central de Venezuela 1993-4
B. International Banks: 5
Europe Anne Wibble (Sweden) Chair Board of Governors EBRD 28.4.93-19.4.94
#Ariane Obolensky (France) Vice President European Investment Bank 6.1994-99
International Jessica Einhorn (US) Managing Director World Bank 1996-98
Rachel Lomax (UK) Vice President World Bank 10.1995-96
Nancy Birdsall (US) Executive VP Inter-American Development Bank 1994-99
14. Other Women Religious Leaders since 1980: 11 (list incomplete)
Australia Eva Burrows World General Salvation Army 1986-93
Jillian Claire Tabart Nat President Uniting Church in Australia 1994-97
Canada Lois Wilson Moderator United Church Canada 1980-82
Marion S Best Moderator United Church Canada 8.1994-97
Victoria Matthews Suffragan Bishop Toronto Anglican 12.2.1994-97
United Kingdom Ruth Clarke Moderator United Reform Church 199?
United States Leontine T C Kelly Bishop United Methodist 1984-
Marjorie Matthews Bishop United Methodist 19??-86
Patricia A McClurg President Nat Council Churches of Christ 1988-89
International Ruth Elizabeth Jenks President Church of Christ Scientist 6.94-6.95
Mother Teresa of Calcutta Founder Missionaries of Charity 7.10.1950-3.97
15. Other Women Heads of International Organizations since 1980: 22
European Commission #Vasso Papandreou (Greece) Education, Employment & Social Affairs 6.1.89- 5.1.93
Christiane Scrivener (France) Taxation, Customs & Consumer Policy 6.1.89- 5.1.95
#Ritt Bjeeregaard (Denmark) Environment, Nuclear Security 24.1.95-15.3.99
#Edith Cresson (France) Science & Research, Education & Youth 24.1.95-15.3.99
#Monika Wulf-Mathies (Germany) Regional Policy, Cohesion Fund 24.1.95-15.3.99
Emma Bonino (Italy) Consumers, Humanitarian Aid, Fisheries 24.1.95-15.3.99
#Anita Gradin (Sweden) Immigration & Legal Affairs, Anti-Fraud 24.1.95-15.3.99
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15. Other Women Heads of International Organizations since 1980: 22 continued
Office Name Office Term
Council of Europe #Catherine Lalumiere (France) Secretary General 1.6.89-31.5.94
Francophone Community Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra (Mau) Pres Conseil Permanent de la Francophonie 1993-95
International #Narcisa L Escaler (Philpns) Dep Dir-Gen Intntl Org for Migration 1994-97
OECD #Helga Steeg (Germany) Dir-Gen International Energy Agency 15.5.84-96
United Nations Therese Paquet-Sevigny (Canada) Under-Sec-General Public Information .87-12.91
Under-Secs-Gen Melissa F Wells (US) Under-Sec-Gen Administration & Management 5.4.93-17.2.94
Gillian M Sorenson (US) Under-Sec-Gen Information & Public Policy 5.93-28.1.97
#Louise Arbour (Canada) Prosecutor Int Crim Trib Rwanda/ex-Yugo 1.10.96-15.9.99
Elizabeth Dowdeswell (Canada) Exec Director UN Environment Programme 1.1.93-1.1.98
#Margaret Joan Anstee (UK) Director-General UN Office Vienna 1.3.87- 5.2.92
SG's Special Representative in Angola 6.2.92-30.6.93
Asst Secs-Gen Lucille Mair (Jamaica) Secretary General Conference on Palestine 1982-83
Gertrude Mongella (Tanzania) Sec Gen 4th World Conference on Women 1993-95
Dunja Pastizzi-Ferencic Croatia Dep Exec Sec UN Econ Comm for Europe (ECE) 1994-12.1997
Seiko Takahashi (Japan) Dep Exec Sec UN Econ Comm for Asia (ESCAP) 1990-97
#Ann Hercus (NZ) SG's Special Representative in Cyprus ?1998-28.7.99
#Elisabeth Rehn (Finland) Human Rights Rapporteur Former Yugoslavia ?12.95-99
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