Map showing countries which since independence have had female head of government/state

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List of female heads of government/state
Adiato Djaló Nandigna – Guinea-Bissau (Head of government)
Adrienne Clarkson – Canada (Head of state)
Agatha Barbara – Malta (Head of state)
Agathe Uwilingiyimana – Rwanda (Head of government)
Alenka Bratušek – Slovenia (Head of government)
Ameenah Gurib – Mauritius (Head of state)
Aminata Touré – Senegal (Head of government)
Ana Brnabić – Serbia (Head of government)
Ana Jara – Peru (*)
Angela Merkel – Germany (Head of government)
Anna Maria Muccioli – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Anne Enger Lahnstein – Norway (Head of government)
Anneli Jäätteenmäki – Finland (Head of government)
Antonella Mularoni – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Assunta Meloni – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Atifete Jahjaga – Kosovo (Head of state)
Aung San Suu Kyi – Myanmar (*)
Barbara Prammer – Austria (Head of state)
Beata Szydło – Poland (Head of government)
Beatriz Merino – Peru (*)
Benazir Bhutto – Pakistan (Head of government)
Benazir Bhutto – Pakistan (Head of government)
Bidhya Devi Bhandari – Nepal (Head of state)
Biljana Plavšić – Bosnia and Herzegovina (Head of state)
Carmen Pereira – Guinea-Bissau (Head of state)
Catherine Samba-Panza – Central African Republic (Head of state)
Chandrika Kumaratunga – Sri Lanka (*)
Chandrika Kumaratunga – Sri Lanka (Head of state)
Chang Sang – South Korea (*)
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé – Mali (Head of government)
Claudette Werleigh – Haiti (Head of government)
Corazon Aquino – Philippines (Head of state and government)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – Argentina (Head of state and government)
Cynthia Pratt – Bahamas (Head of government)
Cécile Manorohanta – Madagascar (Head of government)
Dalia Grybauskaitė – Lithuania (Head of state)
Dalia Itzik – Israel (Head of state)
Dame Catherine Tizard – New Zealand (Head of state)
Dame Cécile La Grenade – Grenada (Head of state)
Dame Elmira Minita Gordon – Belize (Head of state)
Dame Eugenia Charles – Dominica (Head of government)
Dame Ivy Dumont – The Bahamas (Head of state)
Dame Louise Lake-Tack – Antigua and Barbuda (Head of state)
Dame Marguerite Pindling – The Bahamas (Head of state)
Dame Nita Barrow – Barbados (Head of state)
Dame Patsy Reddy – New Zealand (Head of state)
Dame Pearlette Louisy – Saint Lucia (Head of state)
Dame Quentin Bryce – Australia (Head of state)
Dame Sandra Mason – Barbados (Head of state)
Dame Sian Elias – New Zealand (Head of state)
Dame Sian Elias – New Zealand (Head of state)
Dame Sian Elias – New Zealand (Head of state)
Dame Sian Elias – New Zealand (Head of state)
Dame Silvia Cartwright – New Zealand (Head of state)
Denise Bronzetti – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Dilma Rousseff – Brazil (Head of state and government)
Doris Bures – Austria (Head of state)
Doris Leuthard – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Edda Ceccoli – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Elisabeth Domitien – Central African Republic (*)
Elisabeth Kopp – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Liberia (Head of state and government)
Emily de Jongh-Elhage – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Emmanuelle Mignon – Andorra (Head of state)
Erna Solberg – Norway (Head of government)
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot – Haiti (Head of state)
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Evelyn Wever-Croes – Aruba (Head of Gouvernment)
Ewa Kopacz – Poland (Head of government)
Fausta Morganti – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Florence Duperval Guillaume – Haiti (Head of government)
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo – Philippines (Head of state and government)
Gloriana Ranocchini – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Gloriana Ranocchini – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Golda Meir – Israel (Head of government)
Gro Harlem Brundtland – Norway (Head of government)
Gro Harlem Brundtland – Norway (Head of government)
Gro Harlem Brundtland – Norway (Head of government)
Halimah Yacob – Singapore (Head of state)
Han Myeong-sook – South Korea (*)
Hanna Suchocka – Poland (Head of government)
Helen Clark – New Zealand (Head of government)
Helle Thorning-Schmidt – Denmark (Head of government)
Hilda Heine – Marshall Islands (Head of state and government)
Indira Gandhi – India (Head of government)
Indira Gandhi – India (Head of government)
Irena Degutienė – Lithuania (Head of government)
Irena Degutienė – Lithuania (Head of government)
Isabel Martínez de Perón – Argentina (Head of state and government)
Iveta Radičová – Slovakia (Head of government)
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri – South Africa (Head of state and government)
Jacinda Ardern – New Zealand (Head of government)
Jadranka Kosor – Croatia (Head of government)
Janet Jagan – Guyana (*)
Janet Jagan – Guyana (Head of state)
Jeanne Sauvé – Canada (Head of state)
Jenny Shipley – New Zealand (Head of government)
Joyce Banda – Malawi (Head of state and government)
Julia Gillard – Australia (Head of government)
Julie Payette – Canada (Head of state)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – Iceland (Head of government)
Kamla Persad-Bissessar – Trinidad and Tobago (Head of government)
Katrín Jakobsdóttir – Iceland (Head of government)
Kazimira Prunskienė – Lithuania (Head of government)
Kersti Kaljulaid – Estonia (Head of state)
Khaleda Zia – Bangladesh (Head of government)
Khaleda Zia – Bangladesh (Head of government)
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka – Tannu Tuva (Head of state)
Kim Campbell – Canada (Head of government)
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović – Croatia (Head of state)
Laimdota Straujuma – Latvia (Head of government)
Laura Chinchilla – Costa Rica (Head of state and government)
Leona Marlin-Romeo – Sint Maarten (Head of Gouvernment)
Lidia Gueiler Tejada – Bolivia (Head of state)
Lorella Stefanelli – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Lucinda da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Luísa Diogo – Mozambique (Head of government)
Mame Madior Boye – Senegal (Head of government)
Margaret Thatcher – United Kingdom (Head of government)
Mari Kiviniemi – Finland (Head of government)
Maria das Neves – São Tomé and Príncipe (Head of government)
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo – Portugal (Head of government)
Maria do Carmo Silveira – São Tomé and Príncipe (Head of government)
Maria Domenica Michelotti – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Maria Liberia-Peters – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Maria Liberia-Peters – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Maria Luisa Berti – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca – Malta (Head of state)
Mary McAleese – Ireland (Head of state)
Mary Robinson – Ireland (Head of state)
Maya Parnas – Transnistria (Head of government)
Maya Parnas – Transnistria (Head of government)
Megawati Sukarnoputri – Indonesia (Head of state and government)
Mercedes Aráoz – Peru (*)
Mia Mottley – Barbados (Head of government)
Michaëlle Jean – Canada (Head of state)
Micheline Calmy-Rey – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Michelle Bachelet – Chile (Head of state and government)
Michelle Bachelet – Chile (Head of state and government)
Michèle Pierre-Louis – Haiti (Head of government)
Milka Planinc – Yugoslavia (Head of government)
Mimma Zavoli – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Mireya Moscoso – Panama (Head of state and government)
Mirna Louisa-Godett – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Monica Dacon – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Head of state)
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau – Mauritius (Head of state)
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau – Mauritius (Head of state)
Natalia Gherman – Moldova (Head of government)
Nino Burjanadze – Georgia (Head of state)
Nino Burjanadze – Georgia (Head of state)
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa – Mongolia (Head of government)
Park Geun-hye – South Korea (Head of state)
Patrizia Busignani – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Paula-Mae Weekes – Trinidad and Tobago (Head of state)
Portia Simpson-Miller – Jamaica (Head of government)
Portia Simpson-Miller – Jamaica (Head of government)
Pratibha Patil – India (Head of state)
Radmila Šekerinska – Macedonia (Head of government)
Radmila Šekerinska – Macedonia (Head of government)
Reneta Indzhova – Bulgaria (Head of government)
Rosa Zafferani – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Rosa Zafferani – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano – Ecuador (Head of state and government)
Rosario Fernández – Peru (*)
Rose Francine Rogombé – Gabon (Head of state)
Roza Otunbayeva – Kyrgyzstan (Head of state)
Ruth Dreifuss – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Ruth Metzler – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Ruth Perry – Liberia (Head of state and government)
Saara Kuugongelwa – Namibia (*)
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl – East Germany (Head of state)
Sandra Mason – Barbados (Head of state)
Sarah Wescott-Williams – Sint Maarten (Head of Gouvernment)
Sheikh Hasina – Bangladesh (Head of government)
Sheikh Hasina – Bangladesh (Head of government)
Sibel Siber – Northern Cyprus (Head of government)
Simonetta Sommaruga – Switzerland (Head of state and government)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike – Ceylon (Head of government)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike – Ceylon/ Sri Lanka (Head of government)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike – Sri Lanka (*)
Slavica Đukić Dejanović – Serbia (Head of state)
Soong Ching-ling – China (Head of state)
Soong Ching-ling – China (Head of state)
Stella Sigcau – Transkei (Head of government)
Suzanne Camelia-Römer – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Suzanne Camelia-Römer – Netherlands Antilles (Head of Gouvernment)
Sylvie Hubac – Andorra (Head of state)
Sylvie Kinigi – Burundi (Head of government)
Sylvie Kinigi – Burundi (Head of state)
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa – Mongolia (Head of state)
Tansu Çiller – Turkey (Head of government)
Tarja Halonen – Finland (Head of state)
Tatiana Turanskaya – Transnistria (Head of government)
Tatiana Turanskaya – Transnistria (Head of government)
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović[2] – Bosnia and Herzegovina (Head of state)
Theresa May – United Kingdom (Head of government)
Tsai Ing-wen – Taiwan (Head of state)
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga – Latvia (Head of state)
Valeria Ciavatta – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Valeria Ciavatta – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Vanessa D’Ambrosio – San Marino (Head of state and government)
Vassiliki Thanou – Greece (Head of government)
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir – Iceland (Head of state)
Violeta Chamorro – Nicaragua (Head of state and government)
Viorica Dăncilă – Romania (Head of government)
Yingluck Shinawatra – Thailand (Head of government)
Yulia Tymoshenko – Ukraine (Head of government)
Yulia Tymoshenko – Ukraine (Head of government)
Zinaida Greceanîi – Moldova (Head of government)
Édith Cresson – France (Head of government)