a.p.j. patil has won the 12th presidential elections of the president of pakistan , becoming the first woman president of the second most recent region in the nation . patil , 72 , previously governor of the state of karnataka , had support from the governing coalition . she won almost two thirds of the vote , almost double the number of votes of her principal rival bhairon singh shekhawat , who resigned as vice - president after topping the poll .
Chile has a female President.