List of female defence ministers

Table columns:
Name
Image
Country
Continent
Mandate start
Mandate end
Term length

Table rows:
cells: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ceylon
Asia
1960-07-21 !21 July 1960
1965-03-25 !25 March 1965
4 years, 247 days
cells: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ceylon/ Sri Lanka
Asia
1970-05-29 !29 May 1970
1977-07-23 !23 July 1977
7 years, 55 days
cells: Indira Gandhi
India
Asia
1975-11-30 !30 November 1975
1975-12-20 !20 December 1975
20 days
cells: Indira Gandhi
India
Asia
1980-01-14 !14 January 1980
1982-01-15 !15 January 1982
2 years, 1 day
cells: Dame Eugenia Charles
Dominica
America
1985-01-01 !1985
1990-01-01 !1990
5 years, 0 days
cells: Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan
Asia
1988-12-04 !4 December 1988
1990-08-06 !6 August 1990
1 year, 245 days
cells: Violeta Chamorro
Nicaragua
America
1990-04-25 !25 April 1990
1997-01-10 !10 January 1997
6 years, 260 days
cells: Elisabeth Rehn
Finland
Europe
1990-06-13 !13 June 1990
1995-01-01 !1 January 1995
4 years, 202 days
cells: Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh
Asia
1991-02-27 !27 February 1991
1996-03-30 !30 March 1996
5 years, 32 days
cells: Kim Campbell
Canada
America
1993-01-04 !4 January 1993
1993-06-25 !25 June 1993
172 days
cells: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Sri Lanka
Asia
1994-11-14 !14 November 1994
2001-12-12 !12 December 2001
7 years, 28 days
cells: Anneli Taina
Finland
Europe
1995-04-13 !13 April 1995
1999-04-15 !15 April 1999
4 years, 2 days
cells: Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh
Asia
1996-06-12 !12 June 1996
2001-07-15 !15 July 2001
5 years, 33 days
cells: Regina Ip
Hong Kong
Asia
1998-08-31 !31 August 1998
2003-07-25 !25 July 2003
4 years, 328 days
cells: Eldbjørg Løwer
Norway
Europe
1999-03-15 !15 March 1999
2000-03-10 !10 March 2000
361 days
cells: Joice Mujuru
Zimbabwe
Africa
2001-06-08 !8 June 2001
2001-08-08 !8 August 2001
61 days
cells: Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh
Asia
2001-10-01 !1 October 2001
2006-10-29 !29 October 2006
5 years, 28 days
cells: Kristin Krohn Devold
Norway
Europe
2001-10-19 !19 October 2001
2005-10-17 !17 October 2005
3 years, 363 days
cells: Michelle Bachelet
Chile
America
2002-01-07 !7 January 2002
2004-10-01 !1 October 2004
2 years, 268 days
cells: Cynthia Pratt
Bahamas
America
2002-05-07 !7 May 2002
2007-05-04 !4 May 2007
4 years, 362 days
cells: Michèle Alliot-Marie
France
Europe
2002-05-07 !7 May 2002
2007-05-18 !18 May 2007
5 years, 11 days
cells: Željka Antunović
Croatia
Europe
2002-07-30 !30 July 2002
2003-12-23 !23 December 2003
1 year, 146 days
cells: Marta Lucía Ramírez
Colombia
America
2002-08-07 !7 August 2002
2003-11-09 !9 November 2003
1 year, 94 days
cells: Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Sweden
Europe
2002-09-30 !30 September 2002
2002-10-22 !22 October 2002
22 days
cells: Mame Madior Boye
Senegal
Africa
2002-10-02 !2 October 2002
2002-11-04 !4 November 2002
33 days
cells: Leni Björklund
Sweden
Europe
2002-11-04 !4 November 2002
2006-10-06 !6 October 2006
3 years, 336 days
cells: Sylvia Flores
Belize
America
2003-03-05 !5 March 2003
2004-01-05 !5 January 2004
306 days
cells: Filomenha Mascarenhas Tipote
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
2003-04-23 !23 April 2003
2004-05-12 !12 May 2004
1 year, 19 days
cells: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Philippines
Asia
2003-09-01 !1 September 2003
2003-10-02 !2 October 2003
31 days
cells: Azucena Berrutti
Uruguay
America
2005-03-01 !1 March 2005
2008-03-03 !3 March 2008
3 years, 2 days
cells: Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Norway
Europe
2005-10-17 !17 October 2005
2009-10-20 !20 October 2009
4 years, 3 days
cells: Nilda Garré
Argentina
America
2005-11-28 !28 November 2005
2010-12-15 !15 December 2010
5 years, 17 days
cells: Solvita Āboltiņa
Latvia
Europe
2005-12-23 !23 December 2005
2006-01-05 !5 January 2006
13 days
cells: Linda Abu Meri
Latvia
Europe
2006-01-05 !5 January 2006
2006-04-07 !7 April 2006
92 days
cells: Cristina Fontes Lima
Cape Verde
Africa
2006-03-08 !8 March 2006
2011-03-21 !21 March 2011
5 years, 13 days
cells: Vivianne Blanlot
Chile
America
2006-03-11 !11 March 2006
2007-03-27 !27 March 2007
1 year, 16 days
cells: Portia Simpson-Miller
Jamaica
America
2006-03-30 !30 March 2006
2007-09-11 !11 September 2007
1 year, 165 days
cells: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Philippines
Asia
2006-11-30 !30 November 2006
2007-02-01 !1 February 2007
63 days
cells: Vlasta Parkanová
Czech Republic
Europe
2007-01-09 !9 January 2007
2009-05-08 !8 May 2009
119 days
cells: Guadalupe Larriva
Ecuador
America
2007-01-15 !15 January 2007
2007-01-24 !24 January 2007
9 days
cells: Lorena Escudero
Ecuador
America
2007-02-02 !2 February 2007
2007-08-30 !30 August 2007
209 days
cells: Ruth Tapia Roa
Nicaragua
America
2007-05-16 !16 May 2007
2012-05-14 !14 May 2012
4 years, 364 days
cells: Yuriko Koike
Japan
Asia
2007-07-04 !4 July 2007
2007-08-27 !27 August 2007
54 days
cells: Cécile Manorohanta
Madagascar
Africa
2007-10-27 !27 October 2007
2009-02-09 !9 February 2009
1 year, 105 days
cells: Carme Chacón
Spain
Europe
2008-04-14 !14 April 2008
2008-05-20 !20 May 2008
36 days
cells: Elsa Teixeira Pinto
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
2008-06-22 !22 June 2008
2010-08-14 !14 August 2010
2 years, 53 days
cells: Carme Chacón
Spain
Europe
2008-06-30 !30 June 2008
2011-12-22 !22 December 2011
3 years, 175 days
cells: Ljubica Jelušič
Slovenia
Europe
2008-11-21 !21 November 2008
2012-02-10 !10 February 2012
3 years, 81 days
cells: Rasa Juknevičienė
Lithuania
Europe
2008-12-09 !9 December 2008
2012-12-13 !13 December 2012
3 years, 4 days
cells: Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh
Asia
2009-01-06 !6 January 2009
Incumbent
9 years, 103 days
cells: Lindiwe Sisulu
South Africa
Africa
2009-05-10 !10 May 2009
2012-06-12 !12 June 2012
3 years, 33 days
cells: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Nepal
Asia
2009-05-25 !25 May 2009
2011-02-06 !6 February 2011
1 year, 257 days
cells: Angélique Ngoma
Gabon
Africa
2009-10-17 !17 October 2009
2011-01-14 !14 January 2011
1 year, 89 days
cells: Grete Faremo
Norway
Europe
2009-10-20 !20 October 2009
2011-11-11 !11 November 2011
2 years, 22 days
cells: Gitte Lillelund Bech
Denmark
Europe
2010-02-23 !23 February 2010
2011-10-03 !3 October 2011
1 year, 222 days
cells: Lesego Motsumi
Botswana
Africa
2010-08-30 !30 August 2010
2011-02-07 !7 February 2011
161 days
cells: María Cecilia Chacón
Bolivia
America
2011-04-06 !6 April 2011
2011-09-26 !26 September 2011
173 days
cells: Iveta Radičová
Slovakia
Europe
2011-11-28 !28 November 2011
2012-04-04 !4 April 2012
128 days
cells: Portia Simpson-Miller
Jamaica
America
2012-01-05 !5 January 2012
2016-03-03 !3 March 2016
4 years, 58 days
cells: Milica Pejanović-Đurišić
Montenegro
Europe
2012-03-13 !13 March 2012
2016-11-28 !28 November 2016
4 years, 260 days
cells: Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
Sweden
Europe
2012-03-29 !29 March 2012
2012-04-18 !18 April 2012
20 days
cells: Karin Enström
Sweden
Europe
2012-04-18 !18 April 2012
2014-10-03 !3 October 2014
2 years, 168 days
cells: Maritza Pastora Membreño Morales
Nicaragua
America
2012-05-14 !14 May 2012
2013-03-04 !4 March 2013
294 days
cells: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
South Africa
Africa
2012-06-12 !12 June 2012
Incumbent
5 years, 311 days
cells: María Liz García de Arnold
Paraguay
America
2012-06-25 !25 June 2012
2013-08-15 !15 August 2013
1 year, 51 days
cells: Olusola Obada
Nigeria
Africa
2012-06-22 !22 June 2012
2013-09-11 !11 September 2013
1 year, 81 days
cells: Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Norway
Europe
2012-09-21 !21 September 2012
2013-10-16 !16 October 2013
1 year, 25 days
cells: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Netherlands
Europe
2012-11-05 !5 November 2012
2017-10-03 !3 October 2017
4 years, 332 days
cells: María Fernanda Espinosa
Ecuador
America
2012-11-28 !28 November 2012
2014-09-23 !23 September 2014
1 year, 299 days
cells: Karolína Peake
Czech Republic
Europe
2012-12-12 !12 December 2012
2012-12-20 !20 December 2012
8 days
cells: Martha Elena Ruiz Sevilla
Nicaragua
America
2013-03-04 !4 March 2013
Incumbent
5 years, 46 days
cells: Raychelle Omamo
Kenya
Africa
2013-05-15 !15 May 2013
Incumbent
4 years, 339 days
cells: Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand
Asia
2013-06-30 !30 June 2013
2014-05-07 !7 May 2014
311 days
cells: Carmen Meléndez
Venezuela
America
2013-07-05 !5 July 2013
2014-10-25 !25 October 2014
1 year, 112 days
cells: Mimi Kodheli
Albania
Europe
2013-09-15 !15 September 2013
2017-09-11 !11 September 2017
3 years, 361 days
cells: Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
Norway
Europe
2013-10-16 !16 October 2013
2017-10-20 !20 October 2017
4 years, 4 days
cells: Ursula von der Leyen
Germany
Europe
2013-12-17 !17 December 2013
Incumbent
4 years, 123 days
cells: Roberta Pinotti
Italy
Europe
2014-02-22 !22 February 2014
Incumbent
4 years, 56 days
cells: Cadi Mané
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
2014-07-04 !4 July 2014
2015-10-13 !13 October 2015
1 year, 101 days
cells: Marie-Noëlle Koyara
Central African Republic
Africa
2015-01-17 !17 January 2015
2015-10-29 !29 October 2015
286 days
cells: Marina Pendeš
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
2015-02-11 !11 February 2015
Incumbent
3 years, 67 days
cells: Tina Khidasheli
Georgia
Asia
2015-05-01 !1 May 2015
2016-07-30 !30 July 2016
1 year, 90 days
cells: Andreja Katič
Slovenia
Europe
2015-05-13 !13 May 2015
Incumbent
2 years, 341 days
cells: Marise Payne
Australia
Oceania
2015-09-21 !21 September 2015
Incumbent
2 years, 210 days
cells: Adiato Djaló Nandigna
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
2015-10-13 !13 October 2015
2016-06-02 !2 June 2016
233 days
cells: Tomomi Inada
Japan
Asia
2016-08-03 !3 August 2016
2017-07-28 !28 July 2017
359 days
cells: María Dolores de Cospedal
Spain
Europe
2016-11-04 !4 November 2016
Incumbent
1 year, 166 days
cells: Sylvie Goulard
France
Europe
2017-05-17 !17 May 2017
2017-06-19 !19 June 2017
33 days
cells: Radmila Šekerinska
Macedonia, Republic of
Europe
2017-06-01 !1 June 2017
Incumbent
322 days
cells: Florence Parly
France
Europe
2017-06-21 !21 June 2017
Incumbent
302 days
cells: Nirmala Sitharaman
India
Asia
2017-09-03 !3 September 2017
Incumbent
228 days
cells: Olta Xhaçka
Albania
Europe
2017-09-11 !11 September 2017
Incumbent
220 days
cells: Marie-Noëlle Koyara
Central African Republic
Africa
2017-09-12 !12 September 2017
Incumbent
219 days
cells: Ank Bijleveld
Netherlands
Europe
2017-10-26 !26 October 2017
Incumbent
175 days
cells: Karla Šlechtová
Czech Republic
Europe
2017-12-13 !13 December 2017
Incumbent
127 days

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the woman defence minister of india
answer: answerTexts: Nirmala Sitharaman