FEMALE PRESIDENTS
Also see
Chronological List of Female Presidents,
Woman Heads of State and
Government
and
Woman Premier Ministers
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06.04.1940-11.10.1944 Head of State Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, People's Republic of
Tannu Tuva |
As Chairperson of the Presidium of
the Parliament, the Little H�ral,
Khertek
Amyrbitovna was
the Head of the
state which became
Independent in 1921, a People's Republic in 1926, was incoroprated
into the Soviet Union in 1944. She had held
various jobs in local administration
and the party administration, Chairperson of the
Women Department of the Central Committee of
the Tuvinian People's Revolutionary Party
1938-1940. Married to the First Secretary of the TPRP,
Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka in 1940, Deputy Chairperson of Oblast
Executive Committee
1944-1961 and
Deputy
Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Tuva
1961-1972.
She lived (1912-2008). |
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23.09.1953-07.07.1954 Acting Head of State S�hbaataryn Yanjmaa, Mongolia |
Member of the Politburo of the Mongolian People's
Revolutionary Party (MPRP) 1940-54, Secretary of the Central
Committee of the MPRP 1941-47, member of the Presidium of the Little
H�ral 1940-50 and of the People's Great H�ral 1950-62. She was the
widow of the great national hero Damdiny S�hbaatar (1893-1923) and
as 1. Deputy Chair of the Great H�ral since 1950, she took over
during a vacancy on the post of Head of State and
Chairperson of the H�ral.
Born as Nemendeyen Yanjmaa and lived (1893-1963). |
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31.10.1968-24.02.1972 Acting Head of State Song Qingling, China
06.07.1976-05.03.78 Joint Acting Head of State
1979-1980 "Honorary President" |
Born into a rich Christian family, she was educated in the USA. In
1927-29 Member of Government Council, 1929-49 Leader of Opposition
against her brother-in-Law President Chiang Kai-chek and 1948
Honorary Chairperson of the Kuomintang, 1949-54 Deputy Premier
Minister, 1954-59 Vice-Chairperson of The Peoples' Republic (Deputy
Head of State), 1954-76 and 1975-78 Vice-Chairperson of the National
People’s Congress, Vice-Chairperson of China People’s Consultative
Consultative Conference, CPPCC. In 1968-74 the Post of Chair of the
Republic was vacant and she and the other Vice-Chairperson, Dong Bow
shared the Presidential Powers. In 1976 the Chairman of the NPC died
and the 21 vice-chairmen, including Song, acted as collective heads
of state until 1978 when a replacement was elected. 1980 she was
Chairperson of the 3rd Session of the National People’s Congress.
Soong Qingling was widow of Sun Yat-Sen, Provisoric President of
China in 1911. Her sister Soong May-ling (b. 1897) played a crucial
role as wife of Chiang Kai-chek, President of China till 1945 and of
Taiwan 1945-75. And her brother, T. V. Soong, was Premier Minister
in Taiwan. A third sister was a business magnate. She lived
(1893-1981). |
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01.07.1974- 24.03.1976 Executive President Maria Estella Mart�nez de Per�n, Argentina |
Isabel Peron was Vice-President and President of the Senate 1973-74.
As Executive President she was also head of the Cabinet. Chairperson
of Partido Justicial, The Peronist party 1974-85, removed by a coup
d'etat and in Prison 1976-78, Exile in Spain 1981-93. She was
married to General Juan Peron, who was President two times. (b.
1931-). |
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17.11.1979-18.07.1980 Interim Executive President Lydia Gueiler
Tejada, Bolivia |
As President she was also Head of the Cabinet. Lidia Gueiler was
member of Parliament 1956-64 and afterwards in exile for 15 years.
Circa 1978 Subsecretary for Agriculture, 1978 President of Camera de
Diputados. Acting President of the Congress and acting Deputy Head
of State 1978-79.She was President of Partido Revolucionario de los
Izquierda Nazional Gueiler 1979-94, Exile in France 1980-82,
Ambassador in Embassy to West Germany 1982-83, and to Venezuela
1983-86 and since 1993 She was deposed by the 129th Coup
d’etat in the history of Bolivia, shortly before elections was due.
She lived (1921-2011). |
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01.08.1980-01.08.1996 President Vigd�s Finnbogad�ttir, Iceland |
In 1972-80 Director of Iceland’s National Theatre was the world’s
first democratically elected female President. Since 1996 she has
been involved in a wide range of international humanitarian and
cultural organizations. She was a divorcee and mother of an adopted
a daughter. (b.1930-). |
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01.04-01.10.1981 Captain Regent Maria Lea Pedini Angelini, San
Marino |
Every 6th month The Consiglio Grande e Generale elects two Captain
Regents, who acts as heads of State and Government and as Chairmen
of the Consiglio Grande e Generale. From ca. 1991 she has been
Director in Ministry of Government and Foreign Affairs, since 1995
Ambassador in the Ministry to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland
etc. (b. 1954- ). |
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15.02.1982-15.02.1987 President Agatha Barbara, Malta |
Labour M.P 1947-82 and for long periods the only woman in
Parliament. Minister of Education and Culture 1955-58 and
1971-74 Labour, Welfare and Culture (Third in Cabinet) 1974-81. In
the last period she was Acting Prime Minister on various brief
occasions. She resigned as President 2 years ahead of time because
Labour lost the 1987-elections. She lived (1923-2002).
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01.04.1984-01.10.1984 and 01.10.1989-01.04.90 Captain Regent
Gloriana Ranocchini, San Marino |
Member of the Parliament. (b. 1957-). |
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14.05-16.05.1984 Acting Head of State Carmen Pereira, Guinea Bissau |
Has been Member of the African Party for the Independence
of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) since 1962 and
later Political Commissioner for the Southern Front, and only female
member of the 24 members Committee Executivo da Luta (CEL). In
1973-84 Deputy President of Assembl�ia Nacional Popular, 1975-80
President of the Parliament of Cap Verde (which was in union with
Guinea Bissau at the time) 1981-83 Minister of Health and Social
Affairs 1984-89 President of Assembl�ia Nacional Popular, 1989-94
Member the Council of State and 1990-91 Minister of State (Deputy
Premier) for Social Affairs. She acted as head of state after Jo�o
Bernardo Viera, Head of state since 1980, was elected President in
1984. In 1999 he was deposed after a military coup d’etat. (b.
1937-). |
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25.2.1986-30.06.1992 Executive President Maria Coraz�n Sumulong
Cojuangco Aquino, The Philippines |
Cory Aquino became leader of the opposition after the murder of her
husband Ninoi Aquino in 1986, and was brought to power by the
so-called "People Power", which protested about President Marcos's
attempts to remain in power. She was also Head of the Cabinet. 1998
among the senior advisors of the new President Estrada. During her
term in office she fought off 8 attempted coup d'etats.
Constitutionally barred from running for re-election. Mother of 4
children.
She lived (1933-2009). |
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13.03.1990-07.02.1991 Acting President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot,
Haiti |
She was the first female High Court Judge 1986-90, and became acting
President during the turbulent political situation in Haiti in a
period where one Coup d’etat followed the other. She was held
hostage on one occasion by soldiers attempting a coup. (b. 1943-).
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05.04.1990-02.10.1990 Acting Head of State Dr. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl,
East-Germany |
As President of the People's Chamber she was acting as the last Head
of State of the German Democratic Republic, DDR/GDR before the
reunification. After the reunification she was Federal Minister
without Portfolio for the New Bundesstates 1990-91, Parliamentary
State Secretary of Health 1991-98 and member of the Bundestag
1998-2002. Mother of two children. (b. 1946-). |
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25.04.1990-10.01.1997 Executive President Violeta Barrios de
Chamorro, Nicaragua |
In 1979 Do�a Violeta was member of the Ruling Junta after the
overthrow of the Somoza-dictatorship but left because of
disagreement with the Sandinistas. Between 1979-90 Publisher of the
opposition newspaper La Prensa after the murder of her husband,
opposition leader Joaqu�n Chamorro Cardenal. As Executive President
she was also Head of the Cabinet and Minister of Defence. She did
not run for re-election. (b. 1929- ). |
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03.12.1990-12.09.1997 President Mary Robinson, Ireland |
In 1969 she was appointed Professor of Law, 1970-90 she was
Labour-senator. She did not run for re-election. From 1997 she
has been Assistant Secretary General and United Nations High
Commissioner of Human Rights. Mother of two children. (b. 1944-). |
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01.10.1991-01.04.1992 Captain Regent Edda Ceccoli, San Marino |
Member of the leadership of Partito Democratico Cristano Sammarinese.
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01.04.1993-01.10.1993 Captain Regent Patrizia Busignani, San Marino |
1983-90 President of Partito Socialista Unitario. From around 1997
she was Chief of the Parliamentary Group of Socialisti per le
Riforme.
In March 2006 she was candidate for
the post for the period starting in April 2006.
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27.10.1993-05.02.1994 Acting Head of State Sylvie Kinigi, Burundi |
By the time of her appointment as Premier she was Head of the
Economic Planning Office in the President’s Office. During the Civil
War the President was killed and as the highest ranking remaining
official, she became Acting President (27.10.93-5.2.94). After her
resignation, she left politics and joined the Burundi’s Commercial
Bank. (b. 1952-). |
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14.11.1994-19.11.2005 Executive President Chandrika Bandaranaike
Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka |
Vice-President 1984-86 and President of Sri Lanka Maha Jana
Party 1984-86, Leader of United Socialist Alliance 1988 and since
1993 Leader of People’s Alliance and Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka
Freedom Party, 1993-94 Chief Minister of the Colombo Province and in
a few months in 1994 Prime Minister.
As Executive President she was also Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces and held the Portfolio of Defence and Finance and Planning
1994-2001 and was Minister of Defence, Information and Interior from
November 2003. She is the first person in the world to be daughter
of two premier ministers, Solomon and Sirivamo Bandaranaike and the
first to have appointed her mother to the post of Prime Minister.
Her husband politician Vijaya K. was assassinated 1988, and during
the Presidential campaign in 2000 she survived an
assassination-attempt but lost vision in one eye. She was not
allowed to stand for re-election in 2005. She is mother of 2
children. (b. 1945-). |
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03.09.1996-02.08.1997 Chairman of the Council of State Ruth Sando
Perry, Liberia |
1985-96 senator. Appointed to chair the Council of State preparing
the transfer to democracy after many years of civil war. From 1999
Ruth Perry was 1. Vice-Chairperson of the Organization for African
Unity. (b.
1939-). |
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09.02.1997-11.02.1997 Acting Executive President Rosalia Arteaga
Serrano de Fern�ndez de C�rdova, Ecuador |
A
former minister, she was Vice-President 1994-98 and Presidential
Candidate in 1998. She was inaugurated as Acting President after her
predecessor was removed from office but two days after the Congress
nominated someone else. As Executive President she was also Head of
the Cabinet. Presidential Candidate in 1997.
(b. 1953-). |
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11.11.1997-11.11.2011 President Mary McAleese, Ireland |
Professor of Law and 1993-97 Pro-chancellor of University of Belfast, the first person from Northern Ireland to be elected President of Ireland. During the 1997-elections 5 candidates were female and there was only one token male candidates finishing a distant last. 2004 she
was returned unopposed for a second term. (b. 1951-). |
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19.12.1997-11.08.99 Executive President Janet Jagan, Guyana |
Her country's first white and first female President and was
executive President but worked together with the Prime Minister.
1950-90 she held leading posts in the Progressive People's Party,
PPP, 1953 Deputy President of the National Assembly, 1954 imprisoned
by the British authorities for her activities for independence
1957-61. Minister of Labour, Health and Housing, 1963-64 Minister of
Home Affairs (Senator), 1973-97 Editor-in-Chief of The Mirror, 1993
Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In 1997 her
husband, President Dr. Cheddi Bharat Jagan, died, and she was chosen
to replace the Premier, who had become President. Janet was chosen
as her party's candidate in the following Presidential elections.
She was in office until July 1999 when she suffered a mild hart
attack and chose to resign from her post 3 years ahead of time. Born
as Janet Rosenberg in Chicago, mother of two children and
lived (1920-2009). |
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01.01.1999-31.12.1999 President of the Confederation Ruth Dreifuss, Switzerland |
A
former trade union-leader, she was Councillor of Interior in
1992-2002 and Vice-President 1998-99.
(b. 1939-). |
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01.04.1999-01.10.1999 and 01.04.2008-01.10.2008 Captain Regent Rosa Zafferani, San Marino |
Director in the Department of Finance, Budget and Programs before
she was elected to the Consiglio Grande e Generale in 1998.
Secretary of State of Health, Social Security and Provision 2002-04,
Secretary of State of Public Education, University and Cultural
Institutions from 2004 and 2005-06 also in charge of Internal
Affairs.
(b.
1960 in USA). |
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08.07.1999-08.07.2007 President Vaira
Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvia |
Born in Latvia and grew up in refugee camps in
Germany, went to school in French Morocco, University studies in
Canada. Retired from the Universite de Montreal in 1998, after being
a professor of psychology there since 1965 and involved in various
scientific and administrative committees, among others as
Vice-Chairperson of the Science Council of Canada. She moved to
Latvia as Director of the newly created Latvian Institute in Riga.
Candiate for the Post of Secretary General of the United Nations in
2006. Married to her fellow countryman, Imants Freibergs, also exiled in
Canada, who moved to Latvia in October 1999. Mother of a son and a
daughter. (b. 1937-). |
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01.09.1999-01.09.2004 Executive President Mireya Moscoso Rodr�gez,
Panama |
Since 1991 President of the Arnolfist Party
(now Paname�ista), 1994 Presidential
Candidate. As Executive President she is also head of the Cabinet,
and she is the first female President to have officially appointed a
First Lady - her sister, Ruby Moscoso de Young. She was
constitutionally barred from running for re-election. Mireya was
first married to President Arnulfo Arias Madrid (1901-88) who
was President of Panama 1940-41, 1949-51 and 1968. Married to Mr.
Gruber 1991-97 and mother of an adopted a child.
(b. 1946-). |
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01.03.2000-01.03.2012 President Tarja Halonen, Finland |
Member of Parliament 1979-2000, 1984-87 Chairperson of the Social
Affairs Committee and Member of the Presidium of the Parliament,
1987-1990 Second Minister of Health and Social Affairs (Health
Minister) and 1989-1991 Minister of Nordic Co-operation, 1989-91
Co-leader of Soumen Sosialidemokraattinen Pulolue, The Social
Democrats. 1990-1991 Minister of Justice 1995-2000 Minister of
Foreign Affairs. The position as President is very powerful -
especially concerning foreign politics. Mother of one daughter. In
August 2000 she married her partner trough a decade, Pentti Araj�rvi.
They did not live together before they moved into the Presidential
palace. Mother of one daughter. (b. 1943-). |
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01.04.2000-01.10.2000 Capitano Reggente Maria Domenica Michelotti,
San Marino |
Former lecturer at San Marino University and Member of the Consiglio
Grande e Generale since 1998. She is widow and her married name was
Casadei Michelotti. Mother of two girls (b. 1952-). |
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20.01.2001-30.06.2010 Executive President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, The
Philippines |
As executive GMA is also Head of the Cabinet. 1987-1989 she was
Assistant Secretary and 1989-92 Undersecretary of Trade and Industry
and Senator 1992-98. Secretary of Social Development and
Welfare 1998-2000 and The President charged her with the leadership
of the Cabinet Meetings. In 2000 she resigned from her cabinet-post
after President Estrada was accused of accusations. In January 2001
he was forced to vacate the presidency and she succeeded him. 2002
and 2003 also Minister of Foreign Affairs and 2003 and 2006-07 Minister
of Defence. 2004 she was re-elected to the post of President.
In 2011 she was arrested on charges for electoral fraud. Daughter of the late President Diosdado Macapagal and Dr. Evangeline
Macaraeg-Macapagal, mother of two sons and a daughter (b. 1947-). |
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23.07.2001-20.10.2004 Executive President Megawati Sukarnoputri,
Indonesia |
When Megawati Setyawati Soekarnoputri became leader of the
Democratic Party in 1993, she triggered the opposition against
President Quarto. In 1999 her party won the most seats in the
Parliament, but Abdulrahman Wahid was elected President. This caused
serious riots all over the country and she was elected
vice-President the following day. In August 2000 the ailing
President Wahid charged her with the running of the daily business
of the government and state and she chaired the cabinet meetings. At
the 23rd of July he was ousted and she inaugurated as President. In
2004 she lost her bid for re-election. Ibu Mega, as she is known, is
daughter of Indonesia's founding father Sukarno, is married for the
3rd time and mother of 3 children. (b. 1946-). |
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30.12.2002-04.02.2004 Acting President Natasa Micic, Serbia
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As President of the Assembly since 2001, she became Acting President
since the attempt to elect a President failed twice. She continued
her duties as Chairperson of the Parliament.
(b.1965-). |
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01.10.2003-31.03.2004 Capitano Reggente Valeria Ciavatta, San Marino |
Member of the Grand and General Council for the Alianza Populare
since 1993 and Chairperson of the Council Group 2002-05, Party
President 2006, Minister of
Minister of Internal Affairs and Civil Protection and Accomplishment
of the Programme 2006-12. As
Captain Regent, she was joint head of a state with a man, and also
President of the Parliament and Head of Government. Mother of twins.
(b. 1959-). |
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23.11.2003-25.01.2004 Acting Executive President Nino Burjanadze,
Georgia
25.11.2007-20.01.2008 Acting Executive President |
As Chairperson of the Parliament 2001-08 she took over after
former President Eduard Shevardnadze
was forced to resign as result of a "velvet revolution" after he
rigged the parliamentary elections. She has been one of the
opposition leaders for some years, since 2003 as President of
the Burjanadze-Democrats. In 2007 she aced as President again as the
incumbent,
Mikheil Saakashvili,
resigned to run in the elections in January 2008. She did not run
for parliament in 2008.
Her full name is Nino Anzoris
asuli Burjanadze, and her surname is
also transcribed
as Burdzhanadze.
Mother of two children. (b.
1964-). |
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06.07.2004-08.07.2004 Acting Joint Head of State Barbara Prammer,
Austria |
As Vice-President of the National Assembly she assumed the
Presidential duties together with the two other members of the
Presidium, when the outgoing President died two days before his
successor was to take office in July. She is a former Federal
Minister and leading member of the Social Democrats of Austria, SP�. From
2006 President of the Nationalrat.
(b.
1954-). |
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01.04.2005-01.10.2005 Capitano Reggente Fausta Simona Morganti, San
Marino |
In 1974 she was one of the first three women elected to the
Consiglio Grande e Generale. 1978-83 and 1988-92 Minister of State
of Culture, Education and Justice, In the late 1990s Leader in
Partito Progressista Democartico Sammarinese and Chief of the
Parliamentary Group from around 1997 to 2002 and then again later in
2002 and Secretary of State of Public Education, Universities,
Cultural Institutions and Social Affairs in 2002. (b. 1944-). |
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16.01.2006- Executive President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia |
1972-73 and 1977-79 Secretary of State of Finance, 1979-80 Minister
of Finance, 1980 President of the National Bank, 1980-85 worked for
the World Bank, 1985-86 in house arrest after her return, 1990-92
Leading member of exile-government of Amos Sawyer in United States
of America, 1992-97 African Director of the UNDP (United Nations
Development Program). From 1997 Leader of the Unity Party.
Presidential Candidate in 1997, Candidate for the Chairmanship of
the National Transitional Government in 2003 and finally won the
presidential elections in November 2005. She is divorced, mother of
a number of children, and grandmother. (b. 1938-). |
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11.03.2006-11.03.2010 Executive President Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Chile |
2000-02 Minister of Health and 2002-04 Minister of Defence. Her
father, a general, was killed by the Pinochet dictatorship. Her
boyfriend was also detained, tortured and disappeared. She and her
mother were also detained and tortured and afterwards lived in exile
in Australia and East Germany. She returned to Chile in 1979 and
worked for various NGOs helping children of the tortured and
disappeared. She had two children with her first husband and a
daughter with her former partner. (b. 1952-). |
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01.01.2007-31.12.2007 President of the Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey,
Switzerland
01.01.2011-31.12.2011 President of the Consideration |
Former President of the Socialist
Party of G�n�ve, she was President of the Grand Conseil of G�n�ve
1993, Councillor of Finance 1997-2002, Vice-President of the Cantonal Government
2000-01 and
President of the Cantonal Government
2001-02. Federal Foreign Minister 2003-11 and Vice-President
in 2006 and 2010.
Eveline
Widmer-Schlumpf was elected Vice-President for 2011, the first time two
women would fill the two highest post in the country. (b. 1945-). |
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25.01.2007-01.07.2007 Acting President Dalia Itzik, Israel
01.08.2007-15.07.2007 Interim President |
Former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem in charge of Education, Labour Member
of the Knesset 1992-2005, Minister of Environment 1999-2001, Minister of
Trade and Industry 2001-02, Group Chairperson of Labour 2003-05 and
Minister of Communication in 2005. She joined Kadima, a new party formed
by Ariel Sharon in 2006 and Speaker of the Knesset 2006-09. She became Acting President when the President Moshe Katsaw on his own request was temporary suspended after the Attorney General announced that
he would charge the president with offences including rape, obstruction of justice and fraud, on 1. July he resigned and she became Interim President until his successor took office.
Chairperson of the Kadima Knesset Group 2009-12.
(b. 1952-). |
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25.07.2007-25.07.2012 President
Pratibha Patil, India |
Member of the Government of
Maharashtra 1967-78 and 1982-85 as Deputy Minister, Public Health,
Prohibition, Tourism, Housing and Parliamentary Affairs 1967-72,
Minister of Social Welfare 1972-74, Minister of Public Health and
Social Welfare 1974-75, Minister of Prohibition, Rehabilitation and
Cultural Affairs 1975-76, Minister of Education 1977-78, Minister of
Urban Development and Housing 1982-83 and Minister of Civil Supplies
and Social Welfare 1983-85, Congress Leader and Leader of the
Opposition 1979-80.
Deputy Chairperson of the Union Upper House, the Rajya Sabha
1986-88 and Acting Chairperson in 1987, when the incumbent was elected
President, Governor of Rajasthan 2004-07. Married to Devisingh Shekhawat, a former Mayor of Amravati. (b. 1934-). |
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10.12.2007- Executive President Cristina Fern�ndez de Kirchner, Argentina |
Won the first round of the presidential elections in
October 2007 as candidate for Partido Justicalista. She was Member of the Assembly of Santa Cruz 1989-95 and 1. Vice-President of the Assembly in 1990, National Senator 1995-97 and again since 2001, National Deputy 1997-2001. President of the Senate Committee of Contitutional
Affairs since 2001. Her late husband N�stor Carlos Kirchner (1950-2010)
was President of Argentina 2003-07 and held a number of other posts.
Mother of 2 children. (b. 1953-). |
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25.09.2008 Acting
President
Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri,
South Africa |
Premier of the Free State
1996-99, Federal Minister of Communication
1999-2009.
Acting
President on one or two occations in 2003 and Member of the Pool of Possible Acting Presidents
from 2005 and Acting Executive after the resignation of the
President until a successor was elected and sworn in. She lived (1937-2009). |
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01.10.2008-31.03.2009 Capitano
Reggente Assunta Meloni, San Marino |
Member of the
Consiglio Grande e Generale for
Alleanza Popolare from 2006. Married to Fabrizio Stacchini and mother of
2 sons. (b. 1951-). |
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10.06.2009-16.10.2009 Interim President
Rose Francine
Rogomb�, Gabon |
Secretary of State for the Advancement of Women and Human Rights during
the 1980s. As President of the Senate from 2008 she is Deputy Head of
State and became Interim President when President Bongo died until his
successor was elected (his son). (b.
1942-). |
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12.07.2009- President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuania |
1994-1995 Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the
Lithuanian Mission to the EU and Deputy Head Negotiator for the
Europe Agreement with EU, 1996-1999 Plenipotentiary Minister at
the Embassy in USA, 1999-2000 Vice-Minister of
Finance and 2000-01 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head
of the EU Accession negotiations,
2001-04 Minister of Finance and 2004 EU-Commissioner of Financial
Programming and Budget 2004-09. Won 69% of the votes in the
presidential elections.
Unmarried and no children.
(b.
1956-). |
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01.01.2010-
31.12.2010 President of the Confederation Doris Leuthard,
Switzerland
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Member of the Assembly in Aargau 1997-2000, Vice-President of
Christian Democratic Party, CVP 2001-04, President of CVP Schweiz
2004-06 and Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs
2006-10 and Federal Councillor of Environment, Transport, Energy and
Communication and Vice-President in 2009. (b. 1963-). |
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07.04.2010-19.05.2010 Head of the Interim
Government 19.05.2010- 01.12.2011 President Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan |
Other versions of her
surname are
Otunbaeva or
Otunbajewa.
1983-86 Secretary of the Municipal Communist Central Committee of Frunze,
1986-89 Deputy Prime Minister and Foregin Minister in the Kyrgyz
SSR, 1991 Ambassador of the USSR to Malaysia,
1992 Kyrgyz Deputy Premier Minister
and Minister of Foreign Affairs,
1992-93 Ambassador to USA and Canada and 1994 to Turkey, Foreign
Minister 1994-96, Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain
1996-2003, Deputy Head of
the United Nations special mission to Georgia 2002-04, Acting
Foreign Minister 2007, Parliamentary Leader of the Social Democrats
20009-10 and Interim Head of State and Government from April 2010
after the former President was ousted. In May she was appointed
President for the term ending in December 2011. (b. 1950-). |
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08.05.10.2010- President Laura Chinchilla Miranda, Costa Rica |
Vice-Minister
of Security 1994-96, Minister of Public Security, Interior and
Police 1996-98, 1. Vice-President and Minister of Justice 2006-08
and Acting Minister of Security in 2008.
Resigned to become Liberal Party Presidential
Candidate for the 2010-elections which she won.(b. 1959-). |
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01.01.2011- President
Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff,
Brazil |
Dilma Rousseff is a
former student leader who fought Brazil's
military dictatorship as a guerrilla during the early 1970s
and an economist. Secretary of Mines, Energy and Communication of Rio Grande do
Sul 1993-94 and 1999-2002,
Minister of Mines and
Energy
2003-05
and
Minister and Secretary General of the Presidential Staff (Cabinet Chief)
2005-10. (b.
1947-). |
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01.04.2011-01.10.2011
Capitano Reggente
Maria Luisa Berti, San
Marino |
Member of the Consiglio Grande e Generale for Noi
Sammarinesi since 2008. In 2011 she was also joint president of the
parliament. (b. 1971-) |
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07.04.2011- President Atifete Jahjaga, Kosovo |
She was Deputy Chief of Police of Kosovo with
rank of Major General at the time of her election. Married to Astrit Ku�i. (b.
1975-) |
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01.01.2012 President of the
Confederation Eveline
Widmer-Sclumpf,
Switzerland |
Councillor of Finance and Military of
Graub�nden 1998-2007, Vice-President of the Government
2000 and 2004 and President of the Government
2001 and
2005,
Federal Councillor
of Justice and Police 2008-10
and Councillor of Finance from 2010 and Vice-President in 2011. (b. 1956-). |
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31.03.2012-21.07.2012 Acting President
Monique Ohsan-Bellepeau,
Mauritius |
1995-2000 Junior Minister of Urban- and Rural
Development and
Pr�sident of the parti travailliste
2007-2010 and as Vice-President since 2010, she took over in an acting
capacity after the resignation of her predecessor. |
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05.04.2012-31.05.2012 Acting
President
Slavica
Đukić-Dejanović, Serbia |
Dukic-Dejanovic is Vice-President of the Socijalističke partije Srbije,
and as
President
of the
Skupština 2008-12, she took over as Head of State
when her predecessor resigned. (b. 1951-) |
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07.04.2012- President Joyce Banda, Malwai |
2004-06 Minister of Women, Child Welfare and Community Service,
2006-09 Minister of Foreign Affairs,
2009-12
Vice-President, Founder and leader of the People's Party in 2011 after she fell
out with the President who did not include her in the Cabinet,
though she remained Vice-President according to the
constitution, and as such she took over as head
of state after the death of her predecessor. (b. 1950-) |
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01.10.2012-31.10.2013 Capitano Reggente
Denise Bronzetti, San Marino |
Held various positions
within the Politica del Partito Socialista Sammarinese and Partito
dei Socialisti e dei Democratici and member of the Consiglio Grande
Generale since 2006. (b. 1972-) |
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25.02.2013- President
Park Geun-hye, South Korea |
MP 1998-2012, Chairperson
of the Grand National Party 2004-06, Candidate in the party
primaries for presidential candidate in 2008, Leader of Saenuri
(Renamed GNP) 2011-12. (b. 1952-) |
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01.04.2013-01.10.2013
Capitano Reggente Antonella
Mularoni,
San Marino |
Member of the General Grand Council 1993-2001 and again from
2008, and Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 2001-08, Leader of the
Government, Secretary of State of Foreign and Political Affairs,
Telecommunication and Transport 2008-12. (b. 1961-). |
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04.04.13
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