This list includes women who were appointed by a governing committee or parliament where heads of state or government are not directly elected by citizens. The list does not include women chosen by a hereditary monarch. Interim heads of state or government are listed in italics.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | ![]() |
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Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Little Khural |
6 April 1940 | 11 October 1944 | 4 years, 188 days | Head of state | |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ![]() ![]() |
Prime Minister | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | 4 years, 249 days | Head of government | Executive | |
29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | 7 years, 55 days | ||||||
14 November 1994 | 9 August 2000 | 5 years, 269 days | ||||||
Indira Gandhi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 January 1966 | 24 April 1977 | 11 years, 90 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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15 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 ( assassinated) |
4 years, 290 days | ||||||
Golda Meir | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 17 March 1969 | 3 June 1974 | 5 years, 78 days | Head of government | Executive |
Isabel Perón | ![]() |
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President | 1 July 1974 | 24 March 1976 | 1 year, 267 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Elisabeth Domitien | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 2 January 1975 | 7 April 1976 | 1 year, 96 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Margaret Thatcher | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 4 May 1979 | 28 November 1990 | 11 years, 208 days | Head of government | Executive |
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 August 1979 | 3 January 1980 | 155 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Lidia Gueiler Tejada | ![]() |
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President | 16 November 1979 | 17 July 1980 | 244 days | Head of state | Executive |
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Eugenia Charles | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | 14 years, 328 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | ![]() |
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President | 1 August 1980 | 1 August 1996 | 16 years, 0 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gro Harlem Brundtland | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 4 February 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 252 days | Head of government | Executive |
9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | ||||||
3 November 1990 | 25 October 1996 | 5 years, 357 days | ||||||
Soong Ching-ling | ![]() |
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Honorary President | 16 May 1981 | 28 May 1981 | 12 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Agatha Barbara | ![]() |
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President | 15 February 1982 | 15 February 1987 | 5 years | Head of state | |
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Milka Planinc | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 May 1982 | 15 May 1986 | 3 years, 364 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Corazon Aquino | ![]() |
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President | 25 February 1986 | 30 June 1992 | 6 years, 126 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stella Sigcau | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 5 October 1987 | 30 December 1987 | 86 days | Head of government | Executive |
Benazir Bhutto | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 2 December 1988 | 6 July 1990 | 1 year, 216 days | Head of government | Executive |
19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | 3 years, 17 days |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Ertha Pascal-Trouillot | ![]() |
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President | 13 March 1990 | 7 February 1991 | 331 days | Head of state | |
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Kazimira Prunskienė | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 March 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 299 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl | ![]() |
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President of the People's Chamber | 5 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 180 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Violeta Chamorro | ![]() |
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President | 25 April 1990 | 10 January 1997 | 6 years, 260 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Mary Robinson | ![]() |
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President | 3 December 1990 | 12 September 1997 | 6 years, 283 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Khaleda Zia | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 27 February 1991 | 30 March 1996 | 5 years, 32 days | Head of government | Executive |
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1 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | 5 years, 28 days | |||||||||||||||
Édith Cresson | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 15 May 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 323 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Hanna Suchocka | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 July 1992 | 25 October 1993 | 1 year, 106 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tansu Çiller | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 13 June 1993 | 6 March 1996 | 2 years, 267 days | Head of government | |
Kim Campbell | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 25 June 1993 | 4 November 1993 | 132 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Sylvie Kinigi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 July 1993 | 7 February 1994 | 109 days | Head of government | |
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 (assassinated) |
263 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | ![]() |
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President | 12 November 1994 | 19 November 2005 | 11 years, 7 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claudette Werleigh | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 7 November 1995 | 27 February 1996 | 112 days | Head of government | |
Sheikh Hasina | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 12 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5 years, 33 days | Head of government | Executive |
6 January 2009 | Incumbent | 15 years, 172 days | ||||||
Ruth Perry | ![]() |
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Chairwoman of the Council of State | 3 September 1996 | 2 August 1997 | 333 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Rosalía Arteaga | ![]() |
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President | 9 February 1997 | 11 February 1997 | 2 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Mary McAleese | ![]() |
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President | 11 November 1997 | 10 November 2011 | 13 years, 364 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Jenny Shipley | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 December 1997 | 10 December 1999 | 2 years, 2 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Janet Jagan | ![]() |
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President | 19 December 1997 | 11 August 1999 | 1 year, 235 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | ![]() |
President | 8 July 1999 | 8 July 2007 | 8 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Mireya Moscoso | ![]() |
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President | 1 September 1999 | 1 September 2004 | 5 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Helen Clark | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 December 1999 | 19 November 2008 | 8 years, 350 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Tarja Halonen | ![]() |
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President | 1 March 2000 | 1 March 2012 | 12 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ![]() |
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President | 20 January 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 161 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Mame Madior Boye | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year, 246 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Megawati Sukarnoputri | ![]() |
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President | 23 July 2001 | 20 October 2004 | 3 years, 89 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Maria das Neves | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 October 2002 | 18 September 2004 | 1 year, 351 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 17 April 2003 | 24 June 2003 | 68 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yulia Tymoshenko | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 January 2005 | 6 September 2005 | 225 days | Head of government | Executive |
18 December 2007 | 3 March 2010 | 2 years, 75 days | ||||||
Maria do Carmo Silveira | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 June 2005 | 21 April 2006 | 317 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Angela Merkel | ![]() |
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Chancellor | 22 November 2005 | 8 December 2021 | 16 years, 16 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | ![]() |
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President | 16 January 2006 | 22 January 2018 | 12 years, 6 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |||||||||
Michelle Bachelet | ![]() |
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President | 11 March 2006 | 11 March 2010 | 4 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | 4 years | ||||||
Portia Simpson-Miller | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 30 March 2006 | 11 September 2007 | 1 year, 165 days | Head of government | Executive | |
5 January 2012 | 3 March 2016 | 4 years, 58 days | ||||||
Pratibha Patil | ![]() |
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President | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2012 | 5 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ![]() |
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President | 10 December 2007 | 10 December 2015 | 8 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Zinaida Greceanîi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 31 March 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1 year, 167 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Michèle Pierre-Louis | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 5 September 2008 | 11 November 2009 | 1 year, 67 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 111 days | Head of government | Executive |
Jadranka Kosor | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 6 July 2009 | 23 December 2011 | 2 years, 170 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Dalia Grybauskaitė | ![]() |
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President | 12 July 2009 | 12 July 2019 | 10 years | Head of state | |
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Roza Otunbayeva | ![]() |
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President | 7 April 2010 | 1 December 2011 | 1 year, 238 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Laura Chinchilla | ![]() |
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President | 8 May 2010 | 8 May 2014 | 4 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kamla Persad-Bissessar | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 26 May 2010 | 9 September 2015 | 5 years, 106 days | Head of government | Executive |
Mari Kiviniemi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 June 2010 | 22 June 2011 | 1 year | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Julia Gillard | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 June 2010 | 27 June 2013 | 3 years, 3 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Iveta Radičová | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 July 2010 | 4 April 2012 | 1 year, 271 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Dilma Rousseff | ![]() |
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President | 1 January 2011 | 31 August 2016 Suspended 12 May 2016 |
5 years, 243 days 5 years, 139 days |
Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 April 2011 | 22 March 2012 | 354 days | Head of government | |
Atifete Jahjaga | ![]() |
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President | 7 April 2011 | 7 April 2016 | 5 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Yingluck Shinawatra | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 5 August 2011 | 7 May 2014 | 2 years, 275 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Joyce Banda | ![]() |
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President | 7 April 2012 | 31 May 2014 | 2 years, 54 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Park Geun-hye | ![]() |
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President | 25 February 2013 | 10 March 2017 Suspended 9 December 2016 |
4 years, 13 days 3 years, 288 days |
Head of state and government |
Executive |
Alenka Bratušek | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 20 March 2013 | 18 September 2014 | 1 year, 182 days | Head of government | Executive |
Tatiana Turanskaya | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 June 2013 | 13 October 2015 | 2 years, 125 days | Head of government | Executive |
30 November 2015 | 2 December 2015 | 2 days | ||||||
Sibel Siber | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 13 June 2013 | 2 September 2013 | 81 days | Head of government | Executive |
Aminata Touré | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Erna Solberg | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 October 2013 | 14 October 2021 | 7 years, 363 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Laimdota Straujuma | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 January 2014 | 11 February 2016 | 2 years, 20 days | Head of government | Executive |
Catherine Samba-Panza | ![]() |
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President | 23 January 2014 | 30 March 2016 | 2 years, 67 days | Head of state | Executive |
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca | ![]() |
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President | 4 April 2014 | 4 April 2019 | 5 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Ewa Kopacz | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | 1 year, 55 days | Head of government | |
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | ![]() |
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President | 19 February 2015 | 18 February 2020 | 4 years, 364 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | ![]() |
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President | 5 June 2015 | 23 March 2018 | 2 years, 291 days | Head of state | |
Bidya Devi Bhandari | ![]() |
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President | 29 October 2015 | 13 March 2023 | 7 years, 135 days | Head of state | |
Beata Szydło | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 November 2015 | 11 December 2017 | 2 years, 25 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Hilda Heine | ![]() |
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President | 28 January 2016 | 14 January 2020 | 3 years, 351 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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3 January 2024 | Incumbent | 175 days | |||||||||||||||
Aung San Suu Kyi | ![]() |
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State Counsellor | 6 April 2016 | 1 February 2021 | 4 years, 301 days | De facto head of government |
De facto Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Tsai Ing-wen | ![]() |
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President | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2024 | 8 years, 0 days | Head of state | Executive |
Theresa May | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 13 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 | 3 years, 11 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Kersti Kaljulaid | ![]() |
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President | 10 October 2016 | 11 October 2021 | 5 years, 1 day | Head of state | |
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Ana Brnabić | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 29 June 2017 | 20 March 2024 | 6 years, 265 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Halimah Yacob | ![]() |
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President | 14 September 2017 | 14 September 2023 | 6 years, 0 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Jacinda Ardern | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 26 October 2017 | 25 January 2023 | 5 years, 91 days | Head of government | Executive |
Katrín Jakobsdóttir | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 30 November 2017 | 9 April 2024 | 6 years, 131 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Viorica Dăncilă | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 29 January 2018 | 4 November 2019 | 1 year, 279 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Paula-Mae Weekes | ![]() |
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President | 19 March 2018 | 20 March 2023 | 5 years, 1 day | Head of state | ||||||||||
Mia Mottley | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 25 May 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 32 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Sahle-Work Zewde | ![]() |
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President | 25 October 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 245 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Salome Zourabichvili | ![]() |
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President | 16 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 193 days | Head of state | |
Brigitte Bierlein | ![]() |
Chancellor | 3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Maia Sandu | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 June 2019 | 14 November 2019 | 159 days | Head of government | Executive |
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President | 24 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 185 days | Head of state | |||||||||||||
Zuzana Čaputová | ![]() |
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President | 15 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 11 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Mette Frederiksen | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 365 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Sophie Wilmès | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 27 October 2019 | 1 October 2020 | 340 days | Head of government | Executive |
Sanna Marin | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 December 2019 | 20 June 2023 | 3 years, 192 days | Head of government | Executive |
Katerina Sakellaropoulou | ![]() |
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President | 13 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 105 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Rose Christiane Raponda | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 July 2020 | 9 January 2023 | 2 years, 177 days | Head of government | Executive [f] |
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Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 28 September 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 272 days | Head of government | Executive [g] | |||||||||
Ingrida Šimonytė | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 198 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Kaja Kallas | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 26 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 152 days | Head of government | Executive |
Samia Suluhu Hassan | ![]() |
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President | 19 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 99 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- style="background-color: #9BDDFF" | Vjosa Osmani | ![]() |
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President | 4 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 83 days | Head of state | |
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Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 33 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Natalia Gavrilița | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 6 August 2021 | 16 February 2023 | 1 year, 194 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Najla Bouden | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 October 2021 | 2 August 2023 | 1 year, 295 days | Head of government | Executive |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
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President | 30 November 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 209 days | Head of state | |
Magdalena Andersson | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Head of government | Executive |
Xiomara Castro | ![]() |
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President | 27 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 151 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Katalin Novák | ![]() |
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President | 10 May 2022 | 26 February 2024 | 1 year, 292 days | Head of state | |
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Élisabeth Borne | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 May 2022 | 9 January 2024 | 1 year, 238 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Droupadi Murmu | ![]() |
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President | 25 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 337 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Liz Truss | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 49 days | Head of government | Executive |
Giorgia Meloni | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 248 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- style="background-color: #9BDDFF" | Dina Boluarte | ![]() |
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President | 7 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 202 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Nataša Pirc Musar | ![]() |
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President | 23 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 186 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Borjana Krišto | ![]() |
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Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers | 25 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 153 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Christine Kangaloo | ![]() |
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President | 20 March 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 98 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Evika Siliņa | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 15 September 2023 | Incumbent | 285 days | Head of government | Executive |
Sylvanie Burton | ![]() |
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President | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | 268 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
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Prime Minister | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | 86 days | Head of government | |
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President | 4 April 2024 | Incumbent | 83 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova | ![]() |
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President | 12 May 2024 | Incumbent | 45 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Halla Tómasdóttir | ![]() |
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President | 1 August 2024 | −36 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
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President | 1 October 2024 | −97 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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This list includes women elected or appointed in an
acting capacity, wherein they assumed a vacated office on a temporary basis.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Head of state or government |
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Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa | ![]() |
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Acting
Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural |
7 September 1953 | 7 July 1954 | 303 days | Head of state |
Soong Ching-ling | ![]() |
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Acting Co-Chairperson | 31 October 1968 | 24 April 1972 | 3 years, 176 days | Head of state |
Acting Chairperson | 6 July 1976 | 5 March 1978 | 1 year, 242 days | ||||
Carmen Pereira | ![]() |
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Acting President | 14 May 1984 | 16 May 1984 | 2 days | Head of state |
Sylvie Kinigi | ![]() |
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Acting President | 27 October 1993 | 5 February 1994 | 101 days | Head of state |
Reneta Indzhova | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 17 October 1994 | 25 January 1995 | 100 days | Head of government |
Irena Degutienė | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 4 May 1999 | 18 May 1999 | 14 days | Head of government |
27 October 1999 | 3 November 1999 | 7 days | |||||
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 22 July 1999 | 30 July 1999 | 8 days | Head of government |
Nino Burjanadze | ![]() |
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Acting President | 23 November 2003 | 25 January 2004 | 63 days | Head of state |
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25 November 2007 | 20 January 2008 | 56 days | ||||
Barbara Prammer | ![]() |
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Co-Acting President | 6 July 2004 | 8 July 2004 | 2 days | Head of state |
Radmila Šekerinska | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 12 May 2004 | 12 June 2004 | 31 days | Head of government |
3 November 2004 | 15 December 2004 | 42 days | |||||
Dalia Itzik | ![]() |
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Acting President | 25 January 2007 | 15 July 2007 | 171 days | Head of state |
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | ![]() |
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Acting President | 25 September 2008 | 14 hours [3] [4] | Head of state and government | |
Rose Francine Rogombé | ![]() |
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Acting President | 10 June 2009 | 16 October 2009 | 128 days | Head of state |
Cécile Manorohanta | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 18 December 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 2 days | Head of government |
Adiato Djaló Nandigna | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 10 February 2012 | 12 April 2012 | 62 days | Head of government |
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau | ![]() |
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Acting President | 31 March 2012 | 21 July 2012 | 112 days | Head of state |
29 May 2015 | 5 June 2015 | 7 days | |||||
Slavica Đukić Dejanović | ![]() |
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Acting President | 5 April 2012 | 31 May 2012 | 56 days | Head of state |
Julie Bishop | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 20 December 2014 | 16 January 2015 | 27 days | Deputy Prime Minister |
Natalia Gherman | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 22 June 2015 | 30 July 2015 | 38 days | Head of government |
Vassiliki Thanou | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 27 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | 25 days | Head of government |
Maya Parnas | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 13 October 2015 | 30 November 2015 | 48 days | Head of government |
2 December 2015 | 23 December 2015 | 21 days | |||||
Doris Bures | ![]() |
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Co-Acting President of the National Council | 8 July 2016 | 26 January 2017 | 202 days | Head of state |
Julie Bishop | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Deputy Prime Minister |
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh | ![]() |
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Acting President | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Head of state |
Vjosa Osmani | ![]() |
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Acting President | 5 November 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 137 days | Head of state |
Maya Tskitishvili | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 18 February 2021 | 22 February 2021 | 4 days | Head of government |
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | ![]() |
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Acting President | 18 January 2023 | 2 March 2023 | 43 days | Head of state |
21 March 2024 | 22 May 2024 | 62 days | |||||
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara | ![]() |
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Acting President | 1 December 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 182 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Head of state or government |
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Alexandra Kollontai | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of People's Commissars | 26 October 1917 | 23 February 1918 | 120 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Nadezhda Krupskaya | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 December 1937 | 27 February 1939 | 1 year, 77 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Klavdiya Nikolayeva | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 December 1937 | 10 February 1946 | 8 years, 60 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Anna Pankratova | ![]() |
Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 14 March 1954 | 25 May 1957 | 3 years, 41 days | Member of the collective head of state | |
Yekaterina Furtseva | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 March 1950 | 18 April 1962 | 12 years, 6 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Alicja Musiałowa-Afanasjew | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 20 November 1952 | 24 June 1965 | 12 years, 216 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Yadgar Nasriddinova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 24 March 1959 | 25 September 1970 | 11 years, 154 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Luise Ermisch | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 12 September 1960 | 13 November 1963 | 3 years, 62 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Irmgard Neumann | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 12 September 1960 | 13 November 1963 | 3 years, 62 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Tursunoy Akhunova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 18 April 1962 | 16 June 1974 | 12 years, 59 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Lieselott Herforth | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 13 November 1963 | 25 June 1981 | 17 years, 224 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Else Merke | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 13 November 1963 | 26 November 1971 | 8 years, 13 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Brunhilde Hanke | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 19 November 1964 | 5 April 1990 | 25 years, 137 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Anni Neumann | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 19 November 1964 | 26 November 1971 | 7 years, 7 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Eugenia Krassowska-Jodłowska | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 24 June 1965 | 28 March 1972 | 6 years, 278 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Zoya Pukhova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 June 1966 | 25 May 1989 | 22 years, 347 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Maria Schneider | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 13 July 1967 | 26 November 1971 | 4 years, 136 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Margarete Müller | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 26 November 1971 | 11 January 1990 | 18 years, 46 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Ilse Thiele | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 26 November 1971 | 11 January 1990 | 18 years, 46 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Rosel Walther | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 26 November 1971 | 5 April 1990 | 18 years, 130 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Halina Koźniewska | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 28 March 1972 | 2 April 1980 | 8 years, 5 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Valentina Tereshkova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | June 1974 | March or April 1989 | c. 14 years | Member of the collective head of state |
Rimma Gavrilova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 16 June 1974 | 4 March 1984 | 9 years, 293 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Kamshat Donenbaeva | ![]() |
Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 16 June 1974 | 25 May 1989 | 14 years, 343 days | Member of the collective head of state | |
Eugenia Kempara | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 18 December 1976 | 6 November 1985 | 8 years, 323 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Yekaterina Mukhina | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 4 March 1979 | 4 March 1984 | 5 years, 0 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Violeta Chamorro | ![]() |
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Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction | 18 July 1979 | 19 April 1980 | 276 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Krystyna Marszałek-Młyńczyk | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 2 April 1980 | 23 March 1983 | 2 years, 355 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1981 | 1 October 1981 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Johanna Töpfer | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 25 June 1981 | 17 November 1989 | 8 years, 145 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Gloriana Ranocchini | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1984 | 1 October 1984 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
1 October 1989 | 1 April 1990 | 182 days | |||||
Elisabeth Kopp | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 21 October 1984 | 12 January 1989 | 4 years, 83 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Elżbieta Gacek | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 6 November 1985 | 17 June 1988 | 2 years, 224 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Monika Werner | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 16 June 1986 | 5 April 1990 | 3 years, 293 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Eveline Klett | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 16 June 1986 | 5 April 1990 | 3 years, 293 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Edda Ceccoli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 1991 | 1 April 1992 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Biljana Plavšić |
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Serb Member of the Presidency | 1 March 1992 | 9 April 1992 | 39 days | Member of the collective head of state | |
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović [5] | ![]() |
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Serb Member of the Presidency | 24 December 1992 | 5 October 1996 | 3 years, 286 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Ruth Dreifuss | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 April 1993 | 31 December 2002 | 9 years, 296 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Patrizia Busignani | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1993 | 1 October 1993 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Ruth Metzler | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 2003 | 4 years, 364 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Rosa Zafferani | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1999 | 1 October 1999 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
1 April 2008 | 1 October 2008 | 183 days | |||||
Maria Domenica Michelotti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2000 | 1 October 2000 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Micheline Calmy-Rey | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2011 | 8 years, 364 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Valeria Ciavatta | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2003 | 1 April 2004 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
1 April 2014 | 1 October 2014 | 183 days | |||||
Fausta Morganti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2005 | 1 October 2005 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Doris Leuthard | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 August 2006 | 31 December 2018 | 12 years, 152 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2008 | 31 December 2015 | 7 years, 364 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Assunta Meloni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2008 | 1 April 2009 | 182 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Simonetta Sommaruga | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 November 2010 | 31 December 2022 | 12 years, 60 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Maria Luisa Berti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2011 | 1 October 2011 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
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1 October 2022 | 1 April 2023 | 182 days | ||||
Denise Bronzetti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2012 | 1 April 2013 | 182 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Antonella Mularoni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2013 | 1 October 2013 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Anna Maria Muccioli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2013 | 1 April 2014 | 182 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Lorella Stefanelli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2015 | 1 April 2016 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Mimma Zavoli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2017 | 1 October 2017 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Vanessa D'Ambrosio | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2017 | 1 October 2017 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Karin Keller-Sutter | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 177 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Viola Amherd | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 177 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Aisha Musa el-Said [6] | ![]() |
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Member of the Sovereignty Council | 21 August 2019 | 21 May 2021 [7] | 1 year, 273 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Raja Nicola | ![]() |
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Member of the Sovereignty Council | 21 August 2019 | Incumbent [8] | 4 years, 310 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Mariella Mularoni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2019 | 1 April 2020 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Grazia Zafferani | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2020 | 1 October 2020 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Željka Cvijanović | ![]() |
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Serb Member of the Presidency | 16 November 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 223 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 177 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Adele Tonnini | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2023 | 1 October 2023 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Milena Gasperoni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | 86 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Below are women who have been appointed representatives of heads of state, such as female governors-general and French representatives of Andorra. As governors-general are appointed representatives of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms (currently Charles III) and the French Representatives of Andorra are appointed representatives of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (currently Emmanuel Macron), they act as heads of state and carry out on a regular basis the functions and duties associated with such a role in the Commonwealth realms (excluding the United Kingdom, which has no governor-general, as the monarch of the Commonwealth realms primarily resides there) and Andorra, respectively.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Elmira Minita Gordon | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 21 September 1981 | 17 November 1993 | 12 years, 57 days |
Jeanne Sauvé | ![]() |
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Governor General | 14 May 1984 | 29 January 1990 | 5 years, 260 days |
Nita Barrow | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 6 June 1990 | 19 December 1995 | 5 years, 196 days |
Catherine Tizard | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 13 December 1990 | 21 March 1996 | 5 years, 99 days |
Pearlette Louisy | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 17 September 1997 | 31 December 2017 | 20 years, 105 days |
Adrienne Clarkson | ![]() |
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Governor General | 7 October 1999 | 27 September 2005 | 5 years, 324 days |
Silvia Cartwright | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 4 April 2001 | 4 August 2006 | 5 years, 122 days |
Ivy Dumont | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 11 November 2001 | 30 November 2005 | 4 years, 19 days |
Michaëlle Jean | ![]() |
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Governor General | 27 September 2005 | 1 October 2010 | 5 years, 4 days |
Emmanuelle Mignon | ![]() |
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Representative of the French Co-Prince | 6 June 2007 | 24 September 2008 | 1 year, 110 days |
Louise Lake-Tack | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 17 July 2007 | 13 August 2014 | 7 years, 27 days |
Quentin Bryce | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 5 September 2008 | 28 March 2014 | 5 years, 204 days |
Sylvie Hubac | ![]() |
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Representative of the French Co-Prince | 15 May 2012 | 5 January 2015 | 2 years, 235 days |
Cécile La Grenade | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 7 May 2013 | Incumbent | 11 years, 50 days |
Marguerite Pindling | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 8 July 2014 | 28 June 2019 | 4 years, 355 days |
Patsy Reddy | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 28 September 2016 | 28 September 2021 | 5 years, 0 days |
Julie Payette | ![]() |
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Governor General | 2 October 2017 | 21 January 2021 | 3 years, 111 days |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 8 January 2018 | 30 November 2021 (became inaugural president) |
3 years, 326 days |
Susan Dougan | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 330 days |
Froyla Tzalam | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 27 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 30 days |
Mary Simon | ![]() |
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Governor General | 26 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 336 days |
Cindy Kiro | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 21 October 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 249 days |
Marcella Liburd | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 146 days |
Cynthia A. Pratt | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 September 2023 | Incumbent | 299 days |
Sam Mostyn | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 July 2024 | Appointed | −5 days |
This list includes women appointed as viceregal representatives in an
acting capacity, wherein they assumed a vacated office on a temporary basis.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Sian Elias | ![]() |
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Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) |
22 March 2001 | 4 April 2001 | 13 days |
4 August 2006 | 23 August 2006 | 19 days | ||||
23 August 2011 | 31 August 2011 | 8 days | ||||
31 August 2016 | 28 September 2016 | 28 days | ||||
Monica Dacon | ![]() |
Acting Governor-General | 3 June 2002 | 2 September 2002 | 91 days | |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
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Acting Governor-General | 30 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | 2 days |
Teniku Talesi Honolulu | ![]() |
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Acting Governor-General | 22 August 2019 | 15 January 2021 | 1 year, 146 days |
Helen Winkelmann | ![]() |
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Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) |
28 September 2021 | 21 October 2021 | 23 days |
This list includes women who were appointed by a governing committee or parliament where heads of state or government are not directly elected by citizens. The list does not include women chosen by a hereditary monarch. Interim heads of state or government are listed in italics.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | ![]() |
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Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Little Khural |
6 April 1940 | 11 October 1944 | 4 years, 188 days | Head of state | |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ![]() ![]() |
Prime Minister | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | 4 years, 249 days | Head of government | Executive | |
29 May 1970 | 23 July 1977 | 7 years, 55 days | ||||||
14 November 1994 | 9 August 2000 | 5 years, 269 days | ||||||
Indira Gandhi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 January 1966 | 24 April 1977 | 11 years, 90 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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15 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 ( assassinated) |
4 years, 290 days | ||||||
Golda Meir | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 17 March 1969 | 3 June 1974 | 5 years, 78 days | Head of government | Executive |
Isabel Perón | ![]() |
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President | 1 July 1974 | 24 March 1976 | 1 year, 267 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Elisabeth Domitien | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 2 January 1975 | 7 April 1976 | 1 year, 96 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Margaret Thatcher | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 4 May 1979 | 28 November 1990 | 11 years, 208 days | Head of government | Executive |
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 August 1979 | 3 January 1980 | 155 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Lidia Gueiler Tejada | ![]() |
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President | 16 November 1979 | 17 July 1980 | 244 days | Head of state | Executive |
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Eugenia Charles | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | 14 years, 328 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | ![]() |
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President | 1 August 1980 | 1 August 1996 | 16 years, 0 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Gro Harlem Brundtland | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 4 February 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 252 days | Head of government | Executive |
9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | ||||||
3 November 1990 | 25 October 1996 | 5 years, 357 days | ||||||
Soong Ching-ling | ![]() |
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Honorary President | 16 May 1981 | 28 May 1981 | 12 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Agatha Barbara | ![]() |
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President | 15 February 1982 | 15 February 1987 | 5 years | Head of state | |
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Milka Planinc | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 May 1982 | 15 May 1986 | 3 years, 364 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Corazon Aquino | ![]() |
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President | 25 February 1986 | 30 June 1992 | 6 years, 126 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Stella Sigcau | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 5 October 1987 | 30 December 1987 | 86 days | Head of government | Executive |
Benazir Bhutto | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 2 December 1988 | 6 July 1990 | 1 year, 216 days | Head of government | Executive |
19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | 3 years, 17 days |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Ertha Pascal-Trouillot | ![]() |
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President | 13 March 1990 | 7 February 1991 | 331 days | Head of state | |
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Kazimira Prunskienė | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 March 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 299 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl | ![]() |
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President of the People's Chamber | 5 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 180 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Violeta Chamorro | ![]() |
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President | 25 April 1990 | 10 January 1997 | 6 years, 260 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Mary Robinson | ![]() |
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President | 3 December 1990 | 12 September 1997 | 6 years, 283 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Khaleda Zia | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 27 February 1991 | 30 March 1996 | 5 years, 32 days | Head of government | Executive |
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1 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | 5 years, 28 days | |||||||||||||||
Édith Cresson | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 15 May 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 323 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Hanna Suchocka | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 July 1992 | 25 October 1993 | 1 year, 106 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Tansu Çiller | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 13 June 1993 | 6 March 1996 | 2 years, 267 days | Head of government | |
Kim Campbell | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 25 June 1993 | 4 November 1993 | 132 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Sylvie Kinigi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 July 1993 | 7 February 1994 | 109 days | Head of government | |
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 (assassinated) |
263 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | ![]() |
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President | 12 November 1994 | 19 November 2005 | 11 years, 7 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Claudette Werleigh | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 7 November 1995 | 27 February 1996 | 112 days | Head of government | |
Sheikh Hasina | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 12 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5 years, 33 days | Head of government | Executive |
6 January 2009 | Incumbent | 15 years, 172 days | ||||||
Ruth Perry | ![]() |
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Chairwoman of the Council of State | 3 September 1996 | 2 August 1997 | 333 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Rosalía Arteaga | ![]() |
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President | 9 February 1997 | 11 February 1997 | 2 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Mary McAleese | ![]() |
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President | 11 November 1997 | 10 November 2011 | 13 years, 364 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Jenny Shipley | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 December 1997 | 10 December 1999 | 2 years, 2 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Janet Jagan | ![]() |
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President | 19 December 1997 | 11 August 1999 | 1 year, 235 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | ![]() |
President | 8 July 1999 | 8 July 2007 | 8 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Mireya Moscoso | ![]() |
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President | 1 September 1999 | 1 September 2004 | 5 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Helen Clark | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 December 1999 | 19 November 2008 | 8 years, 350 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Tarja Halonen | ![]() |
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President | 1 March 2000 | 1 March 2012 | 12 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ![]() |
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President | 20 January 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 161 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Mame Madior Boye | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1 year, 246 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Megawati Sukarnoputri | ![]() |
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President | 23 July 2001 | 20 October 2004 | 3 years, 89 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Maria das Neves | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 October 2002 | 18 September 2004 | 1 year, 351 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 17 April 2003 | 24 June 2003 | 68 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yulia Tymoshenko | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 January 2005 | 6 September 2005 | 225 days | Head of government | Executive |
18 December 2007 | 3 March 2010 | 2 years, 75 days | ||||||
Maria do Carmo Silveira | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 June 2005 | 21 April 2006 | 317 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Angela Merkel | ![]() |
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Chancellor | 22 November 2005 | 8 December 2021 | 16 years, 16 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | ![]() |
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President | 16 January 2006 | 22 January 2018 | 12 years, 6 days | Head of state and government |
Executive | |||||||||
Michelle Bachelet | ![]() |
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President | 11 March 2006 | 11 March 2010 | 4 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 March 2014 | 11 March 2018 | 4 years | ||||||
Portia Simpson-Miller | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 30 March 2006 | 11 September 2007 | 1 year, 165 days | Head of government | Executive | |
5 January 2012 | 3 March 2016 | 4 years, 58 days | ||||||
Pratibha Patil | ![]() |
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President | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2012 | 5 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ![]() |
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President | 10 December 2007 | 10 December 2015 | 8 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Zinaida Greceanîi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 31 March 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1 year, 167 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Michèle Pierre-Louis | ![]() |
Prime Minister | 5 September 2008 | 11 November 2009 | 1 year, 67 days | Head of government |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 111 days | Head of government | Executive |
Jadranka Kosor | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 6 July 2009 | 23 December 2011 | 2 years, 170 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Dalia Grybauskaitė | ![]() |
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President | 12 July 2009 | 12 July 2019 | 10 years | Head of state | |
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Roza Otunbayeva | ![]() |
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President | 7 April 2010 | 1 December 2011 | 1 year, 238 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Laura Chinchilla | ![]() |
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President | 8 May 2010 | 8 May 2014 | 4 years | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kamla Persad-Bissessar | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 26 May 2010 | 9 September 2015 | 5 years, 106 days | Head of government | Executive |
Mari Kiviniemi | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 June 2010 | 22 June 2011 | 1 year | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Julia Gillard | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 June 2010 | 27 June 2013 | 3 years, 3 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Iveta Radičová | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 July 2010 | 4 April 2012 | 1 year, 271 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Dilma Rousseff | ![]() |
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President | 1 January 2011 | 31 August 2016 Suspended 12 May 2016 |
5 years, 243 days 5 years, 139 days |
Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 April 2011 | 22 March 2012 | 354 days | Head of government | |
Atifete Jahjaga | ![]() |
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President | 7 April 2011 | 7 April 2016 | 5 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Yingluck Shinawatra | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 5 August 2011 | 7 May 2014 | 2 years, 275 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Joyce Banda | ![]() |
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President | 7 April 2012 | 31 May 2014 | 2 years, 54 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Park Geun-hye | ![]() |
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President | 25 February 2013 | 10 March 2017 Suspended 9 December 2016 |
4 years, 13 days 3 years, 288 days |
Head of state and government |
Executive |
Alenka Bratušek | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 20 March 2013 | 18 September 2014 | 1 year, 182 days | Head of government | Executive |
Tatiana Turanskaya | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 June 2013 | 13 October 2015 | 2 years, 125 days | Head of government | Executive |
30 November 2015 | 2 December 2015 | 2 days | ||||||
Sibel Siber | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 13 June 2013 | 2 September 2013 | 81 days | Head of government | Executive |
Aminata Touré | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 September 2013 | 8 July 2014 | 310 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Erna Solberg | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 October 2013 | 14 October 2021 | 7 years, 363 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laimdota Straujuma | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 January 2014 | 11 February 2016 | 2 years, 20 days | Head of government | Executive |
Catherine Samba-Panza | ![]() |
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President | 23 January 2014 | 30 March 2016 | 2 years, 67 days | Head of state | Executive |
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca | ![]() |
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President | 4 April 2014 | 4 April 2019 | 5 years | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Ewa Kopacz | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | 1 year, 55 days | Head of government | |
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | ![]() |
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President | 19 February 2015 | 18 February 2020 | 4 years, 364 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | ![]() |
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President | 5 June 2015 | 23 March 2018 | 2 years, 291 days | Head of state | |
Bidya Devi Bhandari | ![]() |
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President | 29 October 2015 | 13 March 2023 | 7 years, 135 days | Head of state | |
Beata Szydło | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 November 2015 | 11 December 2017 | 2 years, 25 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Hilda Heine | ![]() |
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President | 28 January 2016 | 14 January 2020 | 3 years, 351 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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3 January 2024 | Incumbent | 175 days | |||||||||||||||
Aung San Suu Kyi | ![]() |
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State Counsellor | 6 April 2016 | 1 February 2021 | 4 years, 301 days | De facto head of government |
De facto Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tsai Ing-wen | ![]() |
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President | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2024 | 8 years, 0 days | Head of state | Executive |
Theresa May | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 13 July 2016 | 24 July 2019 | 3 years, 11 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Kersti Kaljulaid | ![]() |
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President | 10 October 2016 | 11 October 2021 | 5 years, 1 day | Head of state | |
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Ana Brnabić | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 29 June 2017 | 20 March 2024 | 6 years, 265 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Halimah Yacob | ![]() |
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President | 14 September 2017 | 14 September 2023 | 6 years, 0 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Jacinda Ardern | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 26 October 2017 | 25 January 2023 | 5 years, 91 days | Head of government | Executive |
Katrín Jakobsdóttir | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 30 November 2017 | 9 April 2024 | 6 years, 131 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Viorica Dăncilă | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 29 January 2018 | 4 November 2019 | 1 year, 279 days | Head of government | Executive |
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Paula-Mae Weekes | ![]() |
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President | 19 March 2018 | 20 March 2023 | 5 years, 1 day | Head of state | ||||||||||
Mia Mottley | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 25 May 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 32 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Sahle-Work Zewde | ![]() |
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President | 25 October 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 245 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salome Zourabichvili | ![]() |
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President | 16 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 193 days | Head of state | |
Brigitte Bierlein | ![]() |
Chancellor | 3 June 2019 | 7 January 2020 | 218 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Maia Sandu | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 8 June 2019 | 14 November 2019 | 159 days | Head of government | Executive |
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President | 24 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 185 days | Head of state | |||||||||||||
Zuzana Čaputová | ![]() |
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President | 15 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 11 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Mette Frederiksen | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 365 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Sophie Wilmès | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 27 October 2019 | 1 October 2020 | 340 days | Head of government | Executive |
Sanna Marin | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 10 December 2019 | 20 June 2023 | 3 years, 192 days | Head of government | Executive |
Katerina Sakellaropoulou | ![]() |
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President | 13 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 105 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Rose Christiane Raponda | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 July 2020 | 9 January 2023 | 2 years, 177 days | Head of government | Executive [f] |
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Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 28 September 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 272 days | Head of government | Executive [g] | |||||||||
Ingrida Šimonytė | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 198 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Kaja Kallas | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 26 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 152 days | Head of government | Executive |
Samia Suluhu Hassan | ![]() |
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President | 19 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 99 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- style="background-color: #9BDDFF" | Vjosa Osmani | ![]() |
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President | 4 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 83 days | Head of state | |
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Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 33 days | Head of government | Executive | |||||||||
Natalia Gavrilița | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 6 August 2021 | 16 February 2023 | 1 year, 194 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Najla Bouden | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 11 October 2021 | 2 August 2023 | 1 year, 295 days | Head of government | Executive |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
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President | 30 November 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 209 days | Head of state | |
Magdalena Andersson | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Head of government | Executive |
Xiomara Castro | ![]() |
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President | 27 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 151 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Katalin Novák | ![]() |
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President | 10 May 2022 | 26 February 2024 | 1 year, 292 days | Head of state | |
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Élisabeth Borne | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 16 May 2022 | 9 January 2024 | 1 year, 238 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Droupadi Murmu | ![]() |
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President | 25 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 337 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Liz Truss | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 49 days | Head of government | Executive |
Giorgia Meloni | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 248 days | Head of government | Executive |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- style="background-color: #9BDDFF" | Dina Boluarte | ![]() |
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President | 7 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 202 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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Nataša Pirc Musar | ![]() |
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President | 23 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 186 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Borjana Krišto | ![]() |
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Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers | 25 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 153 days | Head of government | ||||||||||
Christine Kangaloo | ![]() |
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President | 20 March 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 98 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
Executive or non-executive |
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Evika Siliņa | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 15 September 2023 | Incumbent | 285 days | Head of government | Executive |
Sylvanie Burton | ![]() |
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President | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | 268 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- style="background-color: #9BDDFF" | Judith Suminwa | ![]() |
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Prime Minister | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | 86 days | Head of government | |
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Myriam Spiteri Debono | ![]() |
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President | 4 April 2024 | Incumbent | 83 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova | ![]() |
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President | 12 May 2024 | Incumbent | 45 days | Head of state | ||||||||||
Halla Tómasdóttir | ![]() |
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President | 1 August 2024 | −36 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length | Head of state or government |
- | Claudia Sheinbaum | ![]() |
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President | 1 October 2024 | −97 days | Head of state and government |
Executive |
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This list includes women elected or appointed in an
acting capacity, wherein they assumed a vacated office on a temporary basis.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Head of state or government |
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Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa | ![]() |
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Acting
Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural |
7 September 1953 | 7 July 1954 | 303 days | Head of state |
Soong Ching-ling | ![]() |
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Acting Co-Chairperson | 31 October 1968 | 24 April 1972 | 3 years, 176 days | Head of state |
Acting Chairperson | 6 July 1976 | 5 March 1978 | 1 year, 242 days | ||||
Carmen Pereira | ![]() |
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Acting President | 14 May 1984 | 16 May 1984 | 2 days | Head of state |
Sylvie Kinigi | ![]() |
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Acting President | 27 October 1993 | 5 February 1994 | 101 days | Head of state |
Reneta Indzhova | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 17 October 1994 | 25 January 1995 | 100 days | Head of government |
Irena Degutienė | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 4 May 1999 | 18 May 1999 | 14 days | Head of government |
27 October 1999 | 3 November 1999 | 7 days | |||||
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 22 July 1999 | 30 July 1999 | 8 days | Head of government |
Nino Burjanadze | ![]() |
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Acting President | 23 November 2003 | 25 January 2004 | 63 days | Head of state |
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25 November 2007 | 20 January 2008 | 56 days | ||||
Barbara Prammer | ![]() |
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Co-Acting President | 6 July 2004 | 8 July 2004 | 2 days | Head of state |
Radmila Šekerinska | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 12 May 2004 | 12 June 2004 | 31 days | Head of government |
3 November 2004 | 15 December 2004 | 42 days | |||||
Dalia Itzik | ![]() |
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Acting President | 25 January 2007 | 15 July 2007 | 171 days | Head of state |
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | ![]() |
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Acting President | 25 September 2008 | 14 hours [3] [4] | Head of state and government | |
Rose Francine Rogombé | ![]() |
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Acting President | 10 June 2009 | 16 October 2009 | 128 days | Head of state |
Cécile Manorohanta | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 18 December 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 2 days | Head of government |
Adiato Djaló Nandigna | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 10 February 2012 | 12 April 2012 | 62 days | Head of government |
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau | ![]() |
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Acting President | 31 March 2012 | 21 July 2012 | 112 days | Head of state |
29 May 2015 | 5 June 2015 | 7 days | |||||
Slavica Đukić Dejanović | ![]() |
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Acting President | 5 April 2012 | 31 May 2012 | 56 days | Head of state |
Julie Bishop | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 20 December 2014 | 16 January 2015 | 27 days | Deputy Prime Minister |
Natalia Gherman | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 22 June 2015 | 30 July 2015 | 38 days | Head of government |
Vassiliki Thanou | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 27 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | 25 days | Head of government |
Maya Parnas | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 13 October 2015 | 30 November 2015 | 48 days | Head of government |
2 December 2015 | 23 December 2015 | 21 days | |||||
Doris Bures | ![]() |
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Co-Acting President of the National Council | 8 July 2016 | 26 January 2017 | 202 days | Head of state |
Julie Bishop | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Deputy Prime Minister |
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh | ![]() |
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Acting President | 21 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 32 days | Head of state |
Vjosa Osmani | ![]() |
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Acting President | 5 November 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 137 days | Head of state |
Maya Tskitishvili | ![]() |
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Acting Prime Minister | 18 February 2021 | 22 February 2021 | 4 days | Head of government |
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | ![]() |
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Acting President | 18 January 2023 | 2 March 2023 | 43 days | Head of state |
21 March 2024 | 22 May 2024 | 62 days | |||||
Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara | ![]() |
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Acting President | 1 December 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 182 days | Head of state |
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Head of state or government |
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Alexandra Kollontai | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of People's Commissars | 26 October 1917 | 23 February 1918 | 120 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Nadezhda Krupskaya | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 December 1937 | 27 February 1939 | 1 year, 77 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Klavdiya Nikolayeva | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 December 1937 | 10 February 1946 | 8 years, 60 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Anna Pankratova | ![]() |
Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 14 March 1954 | 25 May 1957 | 3 years, 41 days | Member of the collective head of state | |
Yekaterina Furtseva | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 March 1950 | 18 April 1962 | 12 years, 6 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Alicja Musiałowa-Afanasjew | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 20 November 1952 | 24 June 1965 | 12 years, 216 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Yadgar Nasriddinova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 24 March 1959 | 25 September 1970 | 11 years, 154 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Luise Ermisch | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 12 September 1960 | 13 November 1963 | 3 years, 62 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Irmgard Neumann | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 12 September 1960 | 13 November 1963 | 3 years, 62 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Tursunoy Akhunova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 18 April 1962 | 16 June 1974 | 12 years, 59 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Lieselott Herforth | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 13 November 1963 | 25 June 1981 | 17 years, 224 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Else Merke | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 13 November 1963 | 26 November 1971 | 8 years, 13 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Brunhilde Hanke | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 19 November 1964 | 5 April 1990 | 25 years, 137 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Anni Neumann | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 19 November 1964 | 26 November 1971 | 7 years, 7 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Eugenia Krassowska-Jodłowska | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 24 June 1965 | 28 March 1972 | 6 years, 278 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Zoya Pukhova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 12 June 1966 | 25 May 1989 | 22 years, 347 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Maria Schneider | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 13 July 1967 | 26 November 1971 | 4 years, 136 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Margarete Müller | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 26 November 1971 | 11 January 1990 | 18 years, 46 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Ilse Thiele | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 26 November 1971 | 11 January 1990 | 18 years, 46 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Rosel Walther | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 26 November 1971 | 5 April 1990 | 18 years, 130 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Halina Koźniewska | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 28 March 1972 | 2 April 1980 | 8 years, 5 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Valentina Tereshkova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | June 1974 | March or April 1989 | c. 14 years | Member of the collective head of state |
Rimma Gavrilova | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 16 June 1974 | 4 March 1984 | 9 years, 293 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Kamshat Donenbaeva | ![]() |
Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 16 June 1974 | 25 May 1989 | 14 years, 343 days | Member of the collective head of state | |
Eugenia Kempara | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 18 December 1976 | 6 November 1985 | 8 years, 323 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Yekaterina Mukhina | ![]() |
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Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | 4 March 1979 | 4 March 1984 | 5 years, 0 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Violeta Chamorro | ![]() |
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Member of the Junta of National Reconstruction | 18 July 1979 | 19 April 1980 | 276 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Krystyna Marszałek-Młyńczyk | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 2 April 1980 | 23 March 1983 | 2 years, 355 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1981 | 1 October 1981 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Johanna Töpfer | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 25 June 1981 | 17 November 1989 | 8 years, 145 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Gloriana Ranocchini | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1984 | 1 October 1984 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
1 October 1989 | 1 April 1990 | 182 days | |||||
Elisabeth Kopp | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 21 October 1984 | 12 January 1989 | 4 years, 83 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Elżbieta Gacek | ![]() |
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Member of the Council of State | 6 November 1985 | 17 June 1988 | 2 years, 224 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Monika Werner | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 16 June 1986 | 5 April 1990 | 3 years, 293 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Eveline Klett | ![]() |
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Member of the State Council | 16 June 1986 | 5 April 1990 | 3 years, 293 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Edda Ceccoli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 1991 | 1 April 1992 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Biljana Plavšić |
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Serb Member of the Presidency | 1 March 1992 | 9 April 1992 | 39 days | Member of the collective head of state | |
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović [5] | ![]() |
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Serb Member of the Presidency | 24 December 1992 | 5 October 1996 | 3 years, 286 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Ruth Dreifuss | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 April 1993 | 31 December 2002 | 9 years, 296 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Patrizia Busignani | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1993 | 1 October 1993 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Ruth Metzler | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 2003 | 4 years, 364 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Rosa Zafferani | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 1999 | 1 October 1999 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
1 April 2008 | 1 October 2008 | 183 days | |||||
Maria Domenica Michelotti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2000 | 1 October 2000 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Micheline Calmy-Rey | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2011 | 8 years, 364 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Valeria Ciavatta | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2003 | 1 April 2004 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
1 April 2014 | 1 October 2014 | 183 days | |||||
Fausta Morganti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2005 | 1 October 2005 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Doris Leuthard | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 August 2006 | 31 December 2018 | 12 years, 152 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2008 | 31 December 2015 | 7 years, 364 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Assunta Meloni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2008 | 1 April 2009 | 182 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Simonetta Sommaruga | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 November 2010 | 31 December 2022 | 12 years, 60 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Maria Luisa Berti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2011 | 1 October 2011 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
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1 October 2022 | 1 April 2023 | 182 days | ||||
Denise Bronzetti | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2012 | 1 April 2013 | 182 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Antonella Mularoni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2013 | 1 October 2013 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Anna Maria Muccioli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2013 | 1 April 2014 | 182 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Lorella Stefanelli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2015 | 1 April 2016 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Mimma Zavoli | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2017 | 1 October 2017 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Vanessa D'Ambrosio | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2017 | 1 October 2017 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Karin Keller-Sutter | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 177 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Viola Amherd | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 177 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Aisha Musa el-Said [6] | ![]() |
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Member of the Sovereignty Council | 21 August 2019 | 21 May 2021 [7] | 1 year, 273 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Raja Nicola | ![]() |
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Member of the Sovereignty Council | 21 August 2019 | Incumbent [8] | 4 years, 310 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Mariella Mularoni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 October 2019 | 1 April 2020 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Grazia Zafferani | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2020 | 1 October 2020 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Željka Cvijanović | ![]() |
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Serb Member of the Presidency | 16 November 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 223 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | ![]() |
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Member of the Swiss Federal Council | 1 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 177 days | Member of the collective head of state and government |
Adele Tonnini | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2023 | 1 October 2023 | 183 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Milena Gasperoni | ![]() |
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Captain Regent | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | 86 days | Member of the collective head of state |
Below are women who have been appointed representatives of heads of state, such as female governors-general and French representatives of Andorra. As governors-general are appointed representatives of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms (currently Charles III) and the French Representatives of Andorra are appointed representatives of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (currently Emmanuel Macron), they act as heads of state and carry out on a regular basis the functions and duties associated with such a role in the Commonwealth realms (excluding the United Kingdom, which has no governor-general, as the monarch of the Commonwealth realms primarily resides there) and Andorra, respectively.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Elmira Minita Gordon | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 21 September 1981 | 17 November 1993 | 12 years, 57 days |
Jeanne Sauvé | ![]() |
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Governor General | 14 May 1984 | 29 January 1990 | 5 years, 260 days |
Nita Barrow | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 6 June 1990 | 19 December 1995 | 5 years, 196 days |
Catherine Tizard | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 13 December 1990 | 21 March 1996 | 5 years, 99 days |
Pearlette Louisy | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 17 September 1997 | 31 December 2017 | 20 years, 105 days |
Adrienne Clarkson | ![]() |
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Governor General | 7 October 1999 | 27 September 2005 | 5 years, 324 days |
Silvia Cartwright | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 4 April 2001 | 4 August 2006 | 5 years, 122 days |
Ivy Dumont | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 11 November 2001 | 30 November 2005 | 4 years, 19 days |
Michaëlle Jean | ![]() |
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Governor General | 27 September 2005 | 1 October 2010 | 5 years, 4 days |
Emmanuelle Mignon | ![]() |
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Representative of the French Co-Prince | 6 June 2007 | 24 September 2008 | 1 year, 110 days |
Louise Lake-Tack | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 17 July 2007 | 13 August 2014 | 7 years, 27 days |
Quentin Bryce | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 5 September 2008 | 28 March 2014 | 5 years, 204 days |
Sylvie Hubac | ![]() |
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Representative of the French Co-Prince | 15 May 2012 | 5 January 2015 | 2 years, 235 days |
Cécile La Grenade | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 7 May 2013 | Incumbent | 11 years, 50 days |
Marguerite Pindling | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 8 July 2014 | 28 June 2019 | 4 years, 355 days |
Patsy Reddy | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 28 September 2016 | 28 September 2021 | 5 years, 0 days |
Julie Payette | ![]() |
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Governor General | 2 October 2017 | 21 January 2021 | 3 years, 111 days |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 8 January 2018 | 30 November 2021 (became inaugural president) |
3 years, 326 days |
Susan Dougan | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 330 days |
Froyla Tzalam | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 27 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 30 days |
Mary Simon | ![]() |
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Governor General | 26 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 336 days |
Cindy Kiro | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 21 October 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 249 days |
Marcella Liburd | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 146 days |
Cynthia A. Pratt | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 September 2023 | Incumbent | 299 days |
Sam Mostyn | ![]() |
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Governor-General | 1 July 2024 | Appointed | −5 days |
This list includes women appointed as viceregal representatives in an
acting capacity, wherein they assumed a vacated office on a temporary basis.
Name | Portrait | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Sian Elias | ![]() |
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Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) |
22 March 2001 | 4 April 2001 | 13 days |
4 August 2006 | 23 August 2006 | 19 days | ||||
23 August 2011 | 31 August 2011 | 8 days | ||||
31 August 2016 | 28 September 2016 | 28 days | ||||
Monica Dacon | ![]() |
Acting Governor-General | 3 June 2002 | 2 September 2002 | 91 days | |
Sandra Mason | ![]() |
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Acting Governor-General | 30 May 2012 | 1 June 2012 | 2 days |
Teniku Talesi Honolulu | ![]() |
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Acting Governor-General | 22 August 2019 | 15 January 2021 | 1 year, 146 days |
Helen Winkelmann | ![]() |
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Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) |
28 September 2021 | 21 October 2021 | 23 days |