List of elected or appointed female heads of government
List
Columns: Name a | Country | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Ceylon | Prime Minister | 21 July 1960 | 27 March 1965 | 4years, 249days | Indira Gandhi | India | Prime Minister | 24 January 1966 | 24 April 1977 | 11years, 90days | Golda Meir | Israel | Prime Minister | 17 March 1969 | 3 June 1974 | 5years, 78days | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Ceylon | Prime Minister | 29 May 1970 | 22 May 1972 | 1year, 359days | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister | 22 May 1972 | 23 July 1977 | 5years, 62days | Elisabeth Domitien | Central African Republic | Prime Minister | 2 January 1975 | 7 April 1976 | 1year, 96days | Margaret Thatcher | United Kingdom | Prime Minister | 4 May 1979 | 28 November 1990 | 11years, 208days | Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | Portugal | Prime Minister | 1 July 1979 | 3 January 1980 | 0years, 186days | Indira Gandhi | India | Prime Minister | 15 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | 4years, 290days | Dame Eugenia Charles | Dominica | Prime Minister | 21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | 14years, 328days | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | Prime Minister | 4 February 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 0years, 252days | Milka Planinc | Yugoslavia | Chairman of the Federal Executive Council | 16 May 1982 | 15 May 1986 | 3years, 364days | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | Prime Minister | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3years, 160days | Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | Prime Minister | 2 December 1988 | 6 July 1990 | 1year, 216days | Kazimira Prunskienė | Lithuania | Prime Minister | 11 March 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 0years, 305days | Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | Prime Minister | 3 November 1990 | 25 October 1996 | 5years, 357days | Khaleda Zia | Bangladesh | Prime Minister | 20 March 1991 | 30 March 1996 | 5years, 10days | Édith Cresson | France | Prime Minister | 15 May 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 0years, 323days | Hanna Suchocka | Poland | President of the Council of Ministers | 11 July 1992 | 25 October 1993 | 1year, 106days | Tansu Çiller | Turkey | Prime Minister | 13 June 1993 | 6 March 1996 | 2years, 267days | Kim Campbell | Canada | Prime Minister | 25 June 1993 | 4 November 1993 | 0years, 132days | Sylvie Kinigi | Burundi | Prime Minister | 10 July 1993 | 27 October 1993 | 0years, 109days | Agathe Uwilingiyimana | Rwanda | Prime Minister | 18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 | 0years, 263days | Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | Prime Minister | 19 October 1993 | 5 November 1996 | 3years, 17days | Reneta Indzhova | Bulgaria | Acting Prime Minister | 17 October 1994 | 25 January 1995 | 0years, 100days | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister | 19 August 1994 | 14 November 1994 | 0years, 87days | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister | 14 November 1994 | 10 July 2000 | 5years, 239days | Claudette Werleigh | Haiti | Prime Minister | 7 November 1995 | 27 February 1996 | 0years, 112days | Sheikh Hasina | Bangladesh | Prime Minister | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5years, 22days | Janet Jagan | Guyana | Prime Minister | 6 March 1997 | 19 December 1997 | 0years, 288days | Jenny Shipley | New Zealand | Prime Minister | 5 December 1997 | 5 December 1999 | 2years, 0days | Anne Enger Lahnstein | Norway | Acting Prime Minister | 30 August 1998 | 23 September 1998 | 0years, 24days | Irena Degutienė | Lithuania | Acting Prime Minister | 4 May 1999 | 18 May 1999 | 0years, 14days | Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa | Mongolia | Acting Prime Minister | 22 July 1999 | 30 July 1999 | 0years, 8days | Irena Degutienė | Lithuania | Acting Prime Minister | 27 October 1999 | 3 November 1999 | 0years, 7days | Helen Clark | New Zealand | Prime Minister | 5 December 1999 | 19 November 2008 | 8years, 350days | Mame Madior Boye | Senegal | Prime Minister | 3 March 2001 | 4 November 2002 | 1year, 246days | Khaleda Zia | Bangladesh | Prime Minister | 10 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | 5years, 19days | Chang Sang | South Korea | Acting Prime Minister | 11 July 2002 | 31 July 2002 | 0years, 20days | Maria das Neves | São Tomé and Príncipe | Prime Minister | 3 October 2002 | 18 September 2004 | 1year, 351days | Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Finland | Prime Minister | 17 April 2003 | 24 June 2003 | 0years, 68days | Beatriz Merino | Peru | President of the Council of Ministers | 28 June 2003 | 15 December 2003 | 0years, 170days | Luisa Diogo | Mozambique | Prime Minister | 17 February 2004 | 16 January 2010 | 5years, 333days | Radmila Šekerinska | Macedonia | Acting Prime Minister | 12 May 2004 | 12 June 2004 | 0years, 31days | Radmila Šekerinska | Macedonia | Acting Prime Minister | 3 November 2004 | 15 December 2004 | 0years, 42days | Yulia Tymoshenko | Ukraine | Prime Minister | 24 January 2005 | 6 September 2005 | 0years, 225days | Cynthia Pratt | Bahamas | Acting Prime Minister | 4 May 2005 | 6 June 2005 | 0years, 32days | Maria do Carmo Silveira | São Tomé and Príncipe | Prime Minister | 8 June 2005 | 21 April 2006 | 0years, 317days | Angela Merkel | Germany | Chancellor | 22 November 2005 | Incumbent | 8years, 71days | Portia Simpson-Miller | Jamaica | Prime Minister | 30 March 2006 | 11 September 2007 | 1year, 165days | Han Myeong-sook | South Korea | Prime Minister | 19 April 2006 | 7 March 2007 | 0years, 322days | Yulia Tymoshenko | Ukraine | Prime Minister | 18 December 2007 | 3 March 2010 | 2years, 75days | Zinaida Greceanîi | Moldova | Prime Minister | 31 March 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1year, 167days | Michèle Pierre-Louis | Haiti | Prime Minister | 5 September 2008 | 11 November 2009 | 1year, 67days | Sheikh Hasina | Bangladesh | Prime Minister | 6 January 2009 | Incumbent | 5years, 26days | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Iceland | Prime Minister | 1 February 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4years, 111days | Jadranka Kosor | Croatia | Prime Minister | 6 July 2009 | 23 December 2011 | 2years, 170days | Cécile Manorohanta | Madagascar | Acting Prime Minister | 18 December 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 0years, 2days | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | Trinidad and Tobago | Prime Minister | 26 May 2010 | Incumbent | 3years, 251days | Mari Kiviniemi | Finland | Prime Minister | 22 June 2010 | 22 June 2011 | 1year, 0days | Julia Gillard | Australia | Prime Minister | 24 June 2010 | 27 June 2013 | 3years, 3days | Iveta Radičová | Slovakia | Prime Minister | 8 July 2010 | 4 April 2012 | 1year, 271days | Rosario Fernández | Peru | President of the Council of Ministers | 19 March 2011 | 28 July 2011 | 0years, 131days | Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé | Mali | Prime Minister | 3 April 2011 | 22 March 2012 | 0years, 354days | Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand | Prime Minister | 5 August 2011 | Incumbent | 2years, 180days | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | Denmark | Prime Minister | 3 October 2011 | Incumbent | 2years, 121days | Portia Simpson-Miller | Jamaica | Prime Minister | 5 January 2012 | Incumbent | 2years, 27days | Adiato Djaló Nandigna | Guinea-Bissau | Acting Prime Minister | 10 February 2012 | 12 April 2012 | 0years, 62days | Alenka Bratušek | Slovenia | Prime Minister | 20 March 2013 | Incumbent | 0years, 318days | Sibel Siber | Northern Cyprus | Prime Minister | 13 June 2013 | 2 September 2013 | 0years, 81days | Tatiana Turanskaya | Transnistria | Prime Minister | 20 June 2013 | Incumbent | 0years, 226days | Aminata Touré | Senegal | Prime Minister | 1 September 2013 | Incumbent | 0years, 153days | Erna Solberg | Norway | Prime Minister | 16 October 2013 | Incumbent | 0years, 108days