List of female constituent and dependent territory leaders explained

This is a list of women who had been appointed as leaders of constituent states and dependent territories. This list also separates between the dependent territory leaders and the autonomous area leaders.

Female chief executives of a constituent country or state

Female heads of government of a constituent country or state

Nameclass=unsortablePortraitAdministrative divisionOfficeMandate startMandate end Term lengthCountry
Yevgenia BoschChairwoman of the People's Secretariat30 December 19171 March 191861 days
Nellie RossGovernor United States
Miriam A. FergusonGovernor United States
Kalima Amankulova Acting chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet
Acting head of state
Nadezhda GrekovaChairwoman of the Supreme Soviet
Head of state
Louise SchroederGoverning Mayor
 Germany
Sucheta KripalaniChief Minister India
Lurleen WallaceGovernor
 United States
Savka Dabčević-KučarChairwoman of the Executive Council
(prime minister)		11 May 19678 May 19691 year, 362 days
Nandini SatpathyChief Minister India
Shashikala KakodkarChief Minister India
Ella T. GrassoGovernor United States
Dixy Lee RayGovernor United States
Griselda ÁlvarezGovernor Mexico
Anwara TaimurChief Minister India
President30 November 198113 May 19831 year, 164 days
Martha Layne CollinsGovernor United States
Maria Liberia PetersPrime Minister Netherlands
Madeleine KuninGovernor United States
Iolanda FlemingGovernor Brazil
Kay A. OrrGovernor United States
Beatriz Paredes RangelGovernor Mexico
V. N. JanakiChief Minister India
Rose MoffordGovernor United States
Joan KirnerPremier Australia
Carmen LawrencePremier Australia
Sharon Pratt KellyMayor United States
Joan FinneyGovernor United States
Barbara RobertsGovernor United States
Ann RichardsGovernor United States
Dulce María Sauri RianchoGovernor Mexico
Rita JohnstonPremier Canada
J. JayalalithaaChief Minister India

Fiorella GhilardottiPresident12 December 19923 June 19941 year, 173 days
Catherine CallbeckPremier Canada
María Antonia MartínezPresident Spain
Laurette OnkelinxMinister-President Belgium
Heide SimonisMinister-President19 May 199327 April 2005 Germany
Suzanne Camelia-RömerPrime Minister Netherlands
Christine Todd WhitmanGovernor United States
Alessandra GuerraPresident18 July 19947 November 19951 year, 112 days
Roseana SarneyGovernor Brazil
MayawatiChief Minister India
Waltraud KlasnicGovernor Austria
Biljana PlavšićPresident Bosnia and Herzegovina
Valentina BronevichAdministrator
Rajinder Kaur BhattalChief Minister India
Jeanne ShaheenGovernor United States
Rabri DeviChief Minister India
Jane Dee HullGovernor United States
Sushma SwarajChief Minister India
Sheila DikshitChief Minister India
Nancy HollisterGovernor United States
Margherita CogoPresident11 March 199914 March 20023 years, 3 days
Irene SáezGovernor
Rosario RoblesHead of government Mexico
Maria Rita LorenzettiPresident15 May 200016 April 20109 years, 335 days
Judy MartzGovernor United States
Ruth Ann MinnerGovernor United States
Jane SwiftGovernor United States
Alicia LemmeGovernor Argentina
Dalva FigueiredoGovernor Brazil
Benedita da SilvaGovernor Brazil
Linda LingleGovernor United States
Mercedes Aragonés de JuárezGovernor Argentina
Nataša Mićić SerbiaActing President/
Jennifer GranholmGovernor United States
Rosângela GarotinhoGovernor Brazil
Wilma de FariaGovernor Brazil
Janet NapolitanoGovernor United States
Kathleen SebeliusGovernor United States
Mirna Louisa-GodettPrime Minister Netherlands
Valentina MatviyenkoGovernor
Olene WalkerGovernor United States
Esperanza AguirrePresident Spain
Uma BhartiChief Minister India
Vasundhara RajeChief Minister India
Kathleen BlancoGovernor United States
Gabi BurgstallerGovernor Austria
Jodi RellGovernor United States
Marie ArenaMinister-President Belgium
Amalia GarcíaGovernor Mexico
Maria BolshakovaActing Governor
Christine GregoireGovernor United States
Mercedes BressoPresident27 April 20059 April 20104 Years, 344 days
Emily de Jongh-ElhagePrime Minister Netherlands
Maria de Lourdes AbadiaGovernor Brazil
Sarah PalinGovernor United States
Ana Julia CarepaGovernor Brazil
Yeda CrusiusGovernor Brazil
Borjana KrištoPresident Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivonne Ortega PachecoGovernor Mexico
Anna BlighPremier Australia
Fabiana RíosGovernor Argentina
Governor
Bev PerdueGovernor United States
Jan BrewerGovernor United States
Christine LieberknechtMinister-President30 October 20095 December 2014 Germany
Kristina KeneallyPremier Australia
Arlene FosterActing First Minister United Kingdom
First Minister
Natalya KomarovaGovernor
Catiuscia MariniPresident16 April 201028 May 20199 years, 42 days
Renata PolveriniPresident16 April 201012 March 20132 years, 330 days
Hannelore KraftMinister-President14 July 201027 June 2017 Germany
Sarah Wescot-WilliamsPrime Minister Netherlands
Kathy DunderdalePremier Canada
Susana MartinezGovernor United States
Rosalba CiarliniGovernor Brazil
Mary FallinGovernor United States
Nikki HaleyGovernor United States
Lara GiddingsPremier Australia
Christy ClarkPremier Canada
Mamata BanerjeeChief MinisterIncumbent India
María Dolores de CospedalPresident Spain
Yolanda BarcinaPresident Spain
Luisa Fernanda Rudi UbedaPresident Spain
Acting President Spain
Annegret Kramp-KarrenbauerMinister-President Germany
Alison RedfordPremier Canada
Lucía CorpacciGovernor Argentina
Marina KovtunGovernor
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Pauline MaroisPremier Canada
Erika FaríasGovernor
Maggie HassanGovernor United States
Malu DreyerMinister-President Germany
Premier Canada
Željka CvijanovićPrime Minister Bosnia and Herzegovina
President
Svetlana OrlovaGovernor
Aleqa Hammond GreenlandPrime Minister Denmark
Debora SerracchianiPresident25 April 201326 March 20184 years, 336 days
Susana DíazPresident Spain
Claudia Ledesma AbdalaGovernor Argentina
Anandiben PatelChief Minister India
Nicola SturgeonFirst Minister United Kingdom
Suely CamposGovernor Brazil
Muriel BowserMayorIncumbent United States
Gina RaimondoGovernor United States
Annastacia PalaszczukPremier Australia
Rachel NotleyPremier Canada
Kate BrownGovernor United States
Cristina CifuentesPresident Spain
Francina ArmengolPresident Spain
Uxue BarkosPresident Spain
Claudia Pavlovich ArellanoGovernor Mexico
María Eugenia VidalGovernor Argentina
Alicia KirchnerGovernor Argentina
Rosana BertoneGovernor Argentina
Natalia ZhdanovaGovernor
Mehbooba MuftiChief Minister India
Governor
Gladys BerejiklianPremier Australia
Acting President Spain
Kay IveyGovernorIncumbent United States
Johanna Mikl-LeitnerGovernorIncumbent Austria
Kim ReynoldsGovernorIncumbent United States
Manuela SchwesigMinister-PresidentIncumbent Germany
Carmen MeléndezGovernor
Laidy GómezGovernorIncumbent
Soraya Sáenz de SantamaríaPresident
 Spain
Evelyn Wever-Croes ArubaPrime MinisterIncumbent Netherlands
Leona Marlin-RomeoPrime Minister Netherlands
Katharina FegebankActing First Mayor Germany
Ilse AignerActing Minister-President Germany
Cida BorghettiGovernor Brazil
President27 June 201810 December 2018166 days
Vera ShcherbinaActing Governor
Srebrenka GolićActing Prime Minister Bosnia and Herzegovina
Claudia SheinbaumHead of governmentIncumbent Mexico
Martha Érika AlonsoGovernor
 Mexico
Gretchen WhitmerGovernorIncumbent United States
Michelle Lujan GrishamGovernorIncumbent United States
Fátima BezerraGovernorIncumbent Brazil
Janet MillsGovernorIncumbent United States
Kristi NoemGovernorIncumbent United States
Laura KellyGovernorIncumbent United States
Liesbeth HomansMinister-President Belgium
María ChivitePresidentIncumbent Spain
Isabel Díaz AyusoPresidentIncumbent Spain
Concha AndreuPresident Spain
Donatella TeseiPresidentIncumbent
Silveria JacobsPrime MinisterIncumbent Netherlands
Arabela CarrerasGovernor Argentina
Michelle O'NeillDeputy First Minister United Kingdom
First MinisterIncumbent
Olga AntipinaActing Governor
Jole SantelliPresident15 February 202015 October 2020
243 days
Kathy HochulGovernorIncumbent United States
Lorena Cuéllar CisnerosGovernorIncumbent Mexico
María Eugenia Campos GalvánGovernorIncumbent Mexico
Layda SansoresGovernorIncumbent Mexico
Evelyn Salgado PinedaGovernorIncumbent Mexico
Marina del Pilar Ávila OlmedaGovernorIncumbent Mexico
Indira Vizcaíno SilvaGovernorIncumbent Mexico
Heather StefansonPremier Canada
Franziska GiffeyGoverning Mayor Germany
Regina SousaGovernor Brazil
Izolda CelaGovernor Brazil
Anke RehlingerMinister-PresidentIncumbent Germany
Mara Lezama EspinosaGovernorIncumbent Mexico
María Teresa Jiménez EsquivelGovernorIncumbent Mexico
Danielle SmithPremierIncumbent Canada
Raquel LyraGovernorIncumbent Brazil
Katie HobbsGovernorIncumbent United States
Maura HealeyGovernorIncumbent United States
Celina LeãoInterim Governor Brazil
Tina KotekGovernorIncumbent United States
Sarah Huckabee SandersGovernorIncumbent United States
Lidija BradaraPresidentIncumbent Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mae de la ConchaPresident Spain
Marga ProhensPresidentIncumbent Spain
Jacinta AllanPremierIncumbent Australia
Emma Little-PengellyDeputy First MinisterIncumbent United Kingdom
Maryam NawazChief MinisterIncumbent Pakistan
Alessandra ToddePresidentIncumbent Italy
Eluned MorganFirst MinisterIncumbent United Kingdom

Female viceregal or central government representatives in a constituent country

NamePortraitCountryOfficeMandate startMandate endTerm lengthParent country
Vibeke Larsen[1] [2] Faroe IslandsHigh Commissioner Denmark
Mo MowlamSecretary of State United Kingdom
Helen LiddellSecretary of State United Kingdom
Birgit Kleis Faroe IslandsHigh Commissioner Denmark
Cheryl GillanSecretary of State United Kingdom
Mikaela Engell GreenlandHigh Commissioner Denmark
Theresa VilliersSecretary of State United Kingdom
Adèle van der Pluijm-VredeActing Governor Netherlands
Lucille George-WoutGovernorIncumbent Netherlands
Lene Moyell Johansen Faroe IslandsHigh CommissionerIncumbent Denmark
Karen BradleySecretary of State United Kingdom
Julie Præst Wilche GreenlandHigh CommissionerIncumbent Denmark
Jo StevensSecretary of StateIncumbent United Kingdom

Dependent, autonomous and insular territories

NameImageTerritoryOfficeMandate startMandate endTerm lengthParent country
Susanne le PelleyDame of Sark
Marie CollingsDame of Sark
Sibyl HathawayDame of Sark United Kingdom
Sakina Aliyeva Nakhichevan ASSRChair of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Carolyn Stuart[3] [4] Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAdministrator Australia
Stella SigcauPrime Minister South Africa
Dawn Lawrie Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAdministrator Australia
Rosemary FollettChief Minister Australia
Catherine TizardGovernor-General New Zealand
Nellie CournoyeaPremier Canada
Marita Petersen Faroe IslandsPrime Minister Denmark
Anson ChanChief Secretary United Kingdom
Hong KongChief Secretary for Administration China
Ann-Kristin Olsen SvalbardGovernor Norway
Åshild Hauan Jan MayenAdministrator Norway
Kate CarnellChief Minister Australia
Pamela F. GordonPremier United Kingdom
Brigitte GirardinPrefect and Superior Administrator France
Administrator
Jennifer M. Smith BermudaPremier United Kingdom
Florinda ChanSecretary for Administration and Justice China
Pat DuncanPremier Canada
Sila María CalderónGovernor United States
Sian EliasActing Governor-General New Zealand
Silvia CartwrightGovernor-General New Zealand
Clare MartinChief Minister Australia
Cynthia Astwood Turks and Caicos IslandsActing Governor United Kingdom
Deborah Barnes Jones MontserratGovernor United Kingdom
Marie-Noëlle Thémereau New CaledoniaPresident of the Government France
Brenda ChristianActing Mayor United Kingdom
Mahala Wynns Turks and Caicos IslandsActing Governor United Kingdom
Anne Boquet French PolynesiaHigh Commissioner of the Republic France
Harriet Hall South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsActing Commissioner? United Kingdom
Kjerstin Askholt Bouvet IslandAdministrator Norway
Peter I Island
Queen Maud Land
Jane RumbleAdministrator United Kingdom
Melania Carolina Hotu HeyGovernor Chile
Dancia PennActing Governor United Kingdom
Joanne Yeadon[5] British Indian Ocean TerritoryAdministrator United Kingdom
Michèle Alliot-MarieAdministrator France
Viveka ErikssonChief Minister Finland
Eva AariakPremier Canada
Doreen Quelch-Missick Turks and Caicos IslandsMember of the Advisory Council United Kingdom
Edith Cox[6] Turks and Caicos IslandsMember of the Advisory Council United Kingdom
Lesley Pallet[7] GibraltarActing Governor United Kingdom
Hill-Marta Solberg Jan MayenAdministrator Norway
Marie-Luce PenchardAdministrator France
Victoria TreadellGovernor United Kingdom
V. Inez ArchibaldActing Governor United Kingdom
Carmen Cardinali PaoaGovernor Chile
Paula Cox BermudaPremier United Kingdom
Sarita Francis MontserratActing Governor United Kingdom
Josette Manin MartiniquePresident of the General Council France
Katy GallagherChief Minister Australia
Camilla Gunell Aland IslandsChief Minister Finland
Carrie Lam Hong KongChief Secretary for Administration China
Chief Executive
GuadeloupePrefect France
Lydia EmerenciaLieutenant Governor Netherlands
Juliana O'Connor-ConnollyPremier United Kingdom
Christina Scott AnguillaGovernor United Kingdom
María Isabel SalvadorChair of the Governing Council Ecuador
Anya Williams Turks and Caicos IslandsActing Governor United Kingdom
Helen Kilpatrick Cayman IslandsGovernor United Kingdom
Alison MacMillan GibraltarActing Governor United Kingdom
Marta Hotus TukiGovernor Chile
George Pau-LangevinAdministrator France
Cynthia Ligeard New CaledoniaPresident of the Government France
Esther Kia'aina Wake IslandAdministrator United States
V. Inez ArchibaldActing Governor United Kingdom
Cécile Pozzo di BorgoPrefect and Superior Administrator France
Sonia ChanSecretary for Administration and Justice China
Anne LaubiesPrefect Delegated France
Irina VlahGovernor
Elizabeth Carriere MontserratGovernor United Kingdom
Melania Carolina Hotu HeyGovernor Chile
Alison MacMillan GibraltarActing Governor United Kingdom
Kjerstin Askholt SvalbardGovernor Norway
Katrin Sjögren Aland IslandsChief Minister Finland
Linda Te Puni TokelauActing Administrator New Zealand
Sonja StewartChair of the Island Board Australia
Lisa Honan Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaGovernor United Kingdom
Ginny Ferson BermudaActing Governor United Kingdom
Ericka BareigtsAdministrator France
Patsy ReddyGovernor-General New Zealand
Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson Turks and Caicos IslandsPremier United Kingdom
Annick GirardinAdministrator France
Lorena Tapia NúñezChair of the Governing Council Ecuador
Marjorie MortonActing Deputy Governor-General Saint Kitts and Nevis
Natasha Griggs Christmas IslandAdministrator Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Lyndell Simpson MontserratActing Governor United Kingdom
Laura ClarkeGovernor United Kingdom
Laura Alarcón RapuGovernorIncumbent Chile
Justine Allan[8] Administrator United Kingdom
President Italy
Sylvie FeucherPrefect Delegated France
Hyleta Liburd[9] Deputy Governor-GeneralIncumbent Saint Kitts and Nevis
Prefect and Superior Administrator France
Margaret Everson United States Minor Outlying IslandsAdministrator United States
Lou Leon Guerrero GuamGovernorIncumbent United States
Anissa Levy[10] Chair of the Island Board Australia
Wanda Vázquez GarcedGovernor United States
Caroline CochranePremier Canada
Veronica Thörnroos Aland IslandsChief Minister Finland
Charlene Warren-PeuMayor United Kingdom
Fiona Kilpatrick[11] Co-AdministratorIncumbent United Kingdom
Rena Lalgie BermudaGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam AnguillaGovernor United Kingdom
Helen WinkelmannActing Governor-General New Zealand
Cindy KiroGovernor-GeneralIncumbent New Zealand
Julie ThomasChief MinisterIncumbent United Kingdom
Sarah Tucker MontserratGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
Natasha FylesChief Minister Australia
Kristina MooreChief Minister United Kingdom
Alison BlakeGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsCommissioner
Iona ThomasGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
Sarah Vandenbroek[12] Christmas IslandActing Administrator Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Jane Owen Cayman IslandsGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam Turks and Caicos IslandsGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
Farzian Zainal Christmas IslandAdministratorIncumbent Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Evghenia GuțulGovernorIncumbent
Julia Crouch[13] AnguillaGovernorIncumbent United Kingdom
Eva LawlerChief MinisterIncumbent Australia

See also

References

  1. Web site: Amtmænd og Rigsombudsmænd siden 1816 (Prefects and High Commissioners since 1816) . https://web.archive.org/web/20240528233734/https://en.rigsombudsmanden.fo/the-high-commission/the-danish-high-commissioner-in-the-faroe-islands/prefects-and-high-commissioners-since-1816/ . 28 May 2024 . 28 May 2024 . The Danish High Commissioner in the Faroe Islands . fohcsince1816.
  2. Web site: Female Governors of External Territories and Self-Ruling Entities . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240528233955/https://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Governors_External.htm . 28 May 2024 . 28 May 2024 . guide2womenleaders.com . femalegovexternal.
  3. Web site: Catalogue Item: Biographical cuttings on Carolyn Stuart, Administrator of the Cocos Islands, 1965, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals . 28 May 2024 . The National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Bartho . David James . 10 December 2018 . 14 November 1985 . Ms. Carolyn Stuart named today as the new administrator of the territory of Cocos (keeling) Islands . 28 May 2024 . Fairfax Media Archives . Getty Images.
  5. Book: World Factbook, 2011 . Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. Government Printing Office . 2011 . 9780160893650 . CIA World Factbook . 97.
  6. Web site: 29 July 2014 . First meeting of the Turks and Caicos Government Audit Committee . 28 May 2024 . gov.uk .
  7. Web site: 10 May 2013 . Govt bids farewell to Deputy Governor . 28 May 2024 . GBC.gi . GBC News.
  8. Web site: 5 April 2018 . Minutes of the Ascension Island Council (AIC) Meeting . 28 May 2024 . ascension.gov.ac .
  9. Web site: Deputy Governor General . 28 May 2024 . Nevis Island Administration.
  10. Web site: 30 June 2020 . Lord Howe Island Board Annual Report 2019-2020 . 28 May 2024 . opengov.nsw.gov.au . 6 . .pdf.
  11. Web site: 4 August 2020 . Fiona Kilpatrick Starts her Second Stint as Administrator . 28 May 2024 . Tristan da Cunha Government News.
  12. Web site: 25 August 2022 . Community Bulletin: Sarah Vandenbroek Appointed as Deputy Administrator . 28 May 2024 . Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts . Government of Australia . .pdf.
  13. Web site: 10 May 2023 . Change of Governor of Anguilla: Julia Crouch . gov.uk . Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

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