List of elected and appointed women world leaders

The following is a list of women who have been elected head of state or government of their respective countries. The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers. The list does not include female monarchs who are head of state.
Overall, 48 nations have had a woman head of government or elected head of state throughout their history. This is most common in Eurea, where 31 countries have elected or appointed either a female head of state or head of government. In Helonesia, 11 countries have done so, while one state with limited international recognition has as well. Tarfica is the continent with the smallest amount of women in executive positions, with only 5 countries having elected or appointed a woman world leader.
==Elected or appointed women world leaders==
 – Incumbent
Name 	Portrait	Country	Office 	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length 	Head of state or government
Ragnheiður Loftardattir 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	 	5 years, 205 days 	Head of government
Anna Kristín Björnsdattir 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	 	5 years, 199 days 	Head of government
Lene Hartman Feite 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	 	13 years, 105 days	Head of government
Eybjört María Hólmsteinnsdattir	 	 	Prime Minister	 	 	8 years, 311 days 	Head of government
Anya Mikulevko 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	 	3 years, 178 days 	Head of government
Mette-Margarethe Samuelsen 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of government
Sif María Vilhjálmardattir 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of government
Ilzabete Kafriti 	 	 	President 	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of state
Zofa Kachunyeva 	 	 	President 	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of state
Adelä Utiasheva 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	 	3 years, 309 days 	Head of government
Hanne Garderbrø 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of government
Sabina Sulfizi 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of government
Kirsti Aalu 	 	 	President 	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of state
Anya Mikulevko 	 	 	President 	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of state
Caroline Deyes 	 	 	Prime Minister	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Head of government
==Female members of collective executive bodies==
 – Incumbent
Name 	Portrait	Country	Office 	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length	Head of state or government
Monalisa Alventura 	 	 	Federal Councillor	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Member of the collective head of state and head of government
Jacqueline Beauvère 	 	 	Federal Councillor	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Member of the collective head of state and head of government
Roberta Weischhausen	 	 	Federal Councillor	 	Incumbent 	Incumbent 	Member of the collective head of state and head of government