Women in government
Current women leaders of national governments
The following women leaders are currently in office as either the head of their nation's government or the head of state:

Women in government

Section Title: Current women leaders of national governments
Table Section Text: The following women leaders are currently in office as either the head of their nation's government or the head of state:

Date term began	Title of office	Name	Country

22 November 2005	Chancellor	Angela Merkel	Germany

6 January 2009	Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina	Bangladesh (also Prime Minister 1996–2001)

12 July 2009	President	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Lithuania

16 October 2013	Prime Minister	Erna Solberg	Norway

4 April 2014	President	Marie Louise Coleiro Preca	Malta

18 February 2015	President	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović	Croatia

21 March 2015	Prime Minister	Saara Kuugongelwa	Namibia

5 June 2015	President	Ameenah Gurib	Mauritius

22 August 2015	President	Bidhya Bhandari	Nepal

6 April 2016	State Counsellor	Aung San Suu Kyi	Myanmar

20 May 2016	President	Tsai Ing-wen	Taiwan

28 January 2016	President	Hilda Heine	Marshall Islands

13 July 2016	Prime Minister	Theresa May	United Kingdom

10 October 2016	President	Kersti Kaljulaid	Estonia

29 June 2017	Prime Minister	Ana Brnabić	Serbia

14 September 2017	President	Halimah Yacob	Singapore

17 September 2017	Prime Minister	Mercedes Aráoz	Peru

26 October 2017	Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern	New Zealand

30 November 2017	Prime Minister	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	Iceland

29 January 2018	Prime Minister	Viorica Dăncilă	Romania

25 October 2018	President	Sahle-Work Zewde	Ethiopia

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