List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
Female viceregal representatives
Below are women who have been appointed representatives of heads of state, such as female governors-general and French representatives of Andorra.

List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government

Section Title: Female viceregal representatives
Table Section Text: Below are women who have been appointed representatives of heads of state, such as female governors-general and French representatives of Andorra.

Name	Portrait	Country	Office	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length	Head of state or government

Elmira Minita Gordon	-	Belize	Governor-General	21 September 1981	17 November 1993	12 years, 57 days	Head of state

Jeanne Sauvé	-	Canada	Governor General	14 May 1984	29 January 1990	5 years, 260 days	Head of state

Nita Barrow	-	Barbados	Governor-General	6 June 1990	19 December 1995	5 years, 196 days	Head of state

Catherine Tizard	-	New Zealand	Governor-General	13 December 1990	21 March 1996	5 years, 99 days	Head of state

Vibeke Larsen	Faroe Islands	High Commissioner	30 June 1996	1 November 2001	5 years, 124 days	Government's representative

Pearlette Louisy	-	Saint Lucia	Governor-General	17 September 1997	31 December 2017	20 years, 105 days	Head of state

Adrienne Clarkson	-	Canada	Governor General	7 October 1999	27 September 2005	5 years, 324 days	Head of state

Sian Elias	-	New Zealand	Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General)	22 March 2001	4 April 2001	13 days	Head of state

Silvia Cartwright	-	New Zealand	Governor-General	4 April 2001	4 August 2006	5 years, 122 days	Head of state

Birgit Kleis	-	Faroe Islands	High Commissioner	1 November 2001	1 August 2005	3 years, 273 days	Government's representative

Ivy Dumont	-	The Bahamas	Governor-General	11 November 2001	30 November 2005	4 years, 19 days	Head of state

Monica Dacon	-	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Acting Governor-General	3 June 2002	2 September 2002	91 days	Head of state

Michaëlle Jean	-	Canada	Governor General	27 September 2005	1 October 2010	5 years, 4 days	Head of state

Sian Elias	-	New Zealand	Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General)	4 August 2006	23 August 2006	19 days	Head of state

Emmanuelle Mignon	-	Andorra	Representative of the French Co-Prince	6 June 2007	24 September 2008	1 year, 110 days	Head of state

Louise Lake-Tack	-	Antigua and Barbuda	Governor-General	17 July 2007	13 August 2014	7 years, 27 days	Head of state

Quentin Bryce	-	Australia	Governor-General	5 September 2008	28 March 2014	5 years, 204 days	Head of state

Mikaela Engell	-	Greenland	High Commissioner	1 April 2011	Incumbent	8 years, 14 days	Government's representative

Sian Elias	-	New Zealand	Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General)	23 August 2011	31 August 2011	8 days	Head of state

Sylvie Hubac	-	Andorra	Representative of the French Co-Prince	15 May 2012	5 January 2015	2 years, 235 days	Head of state

Sandra Mason	-	Barbados	Acting Governor-General	30 May 2012	1 June 2012	2 days	Head of state

Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede	-	Curacao	acting Governor	24 November 2012	4 November 2013	345 days	Queen's (later King's) representative

Cécile La Grenade	Grenada	Governor-General	7 May 2013	Incumbent	5 years, 343 days	Head of state

Lucille George-Wout	-	Curacao	Governor	4 November 2013	Incumbent	5 years, 162 days	King's representative

Marguerite Pindling	-	The Bahamas	Governor-General	8 July 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 281 days	Queen’s representative

Sian Elias	-	New Zealand	Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General)	31 August 2016	28 September 2016	28 days	Head of state

Patsy Reddy	-	New Zealand	Governor-General	28 September 2016	Incumbent	2 years, 199 days	Queen’s representative

Lene Moyell Johansen	-	Faroe Islands	High Commissioner	15 May 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 335 days	Government's representative

Julie Payette	-	Canada	Governor General	2 October 2017	Incumbent	1 year, 195 days	Queen’s representative

Sandra Mason	-	Barbados	Governor-General	8 January 2018	Incumbent	1 year, 97 days	Head of state

Sentence(s)

Quentin Bryce held the position of Governor-General.

final_sentence: Quentin Bryce held the position of Governor-General.