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
- Italics denotes an acting chief executive
Female heads of government of a constituent country or state
Name | class=unsortable | Portrait | Administrative division | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Country |
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Yevgenia Bosch | | | Chairwoman of the People's Secretariat | 30 December 1917 | 1 March 1918 | 61 days | |
Nellie Ross | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Miriam A. Ferguson | | | Governor | | | | United States |
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Kalima Amankulova | | | Acting chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet Acting head of state | | | | |
Nadezhda Grekova | | | Chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet Head of state | | | | |
Louise Schroeder | | | Governing Mayor
| | | | Germany |
Sucheta Kripalani | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Lurleen Wallace | | | Governor | |
| | United States |
Savka Dabčević-Kučar | | | Chairwoman of the Executive Council (prime minister) | 11 May 1967 | 8 May 1969 | 1 year, 362 days | |
Nandini Satpathy | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
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Shashikala Kakodkar | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Ella T. Grasso | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Dixy Lee Ray | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Griselda Álvarez | | | Governor | | | | Mexico |
Anwara Taimur | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
| | | President | 30 November 1981 | 13 May 1983 | 1 year, 164 days | |
Martha Layne Collins | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Maria Liberia Peters | | | Prime Minister | | | | Netherlands |
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Madeleine Kunin | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Iolanda Fleming | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Kay A. Orr | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Beatriz Paredes Rangel | | | Governor | | | | Mexico |
V. N. Janaki | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Rose Mofford | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Joan Kirner | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
Carmen Lawrence | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
Sharon Pratt Kelly | | | Mayor | | | | United States |
Joan Finney | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Barbara Roberts | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Ann Richards | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Dulce María Sauri Riancho | | | Governor | | | | Mexico |
Rita Johnston | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
J. Jayalalithaa | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
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Fiorella Ghilardotti | | | President | 12 December 1992 | 3 June 1994 | 1 year, 173 days | |
Catherine Callbeck | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
María Antonia Martínez | | | President | | | | Spain |
Laurette Onkelinx | | | Minister-President | | | | Belgium |
Heide Simonis | | | Minister-President | 19 May 1993 | 27 April 2005 | | Germany |
Suzanne Camelia-Römer | | | Prime Minister | | | | Netherlands |
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Christine Todd Whitman | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Alessandra Guerra | | | President | 18 July 1994 | 7 November 1995 | 1 year, 112 days | |
Roseana Sarney | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
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Mayawati | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
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Waltraud Klasnic | | | Governor | | | | Austria |
Biljana Plavšić | | | President | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Valentina Bronevich | | | Administrator | | | | |
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Jeanne Shaheen | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Rabri Devi | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
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Jane Dee Hull | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Sushma Swaraj | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Sheila Dikshit | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Nancy Hollister | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Margherita Cogo | | | President | 11 March 1999 | 14 March 2002 | 3 years, 3 days | |
Irene Sáez | | | Governor | | | | |
Rosario Robles | | | Head of government | | | | Mexico |
Maria Rita Lorenzetti | | | President | 15 May 2000 | 16 April 2010 | 9 years, 335 days | |
Judy Martz | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Ruth Ann Minner | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Jane Swift | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Alicia Lemme | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Dalva Figueiredo | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Benedita da Silva | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Linda Lingle | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Nataša Mićić | | Serbia | Acting President | | | | /
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Jennifer Granholm | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Rosângela Garotinho | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Wilma de Faria | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Janet Napolitano | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Kathleen Sebelius | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Mirna Louisa-Godett | | | Prime Minister | | | | Netherlands |
Valentina Matviyenko | | | Governor | | | | |
Olene Walker | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Esperanza Aguirre | | | President | | | | Spain |
Uma Bharti | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Vasundhara Raje | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
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Kathleen Blanco | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Gabi Burgstaller | | | Governor | | | | Austria |
Jodi Rell | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Marie Arena | | | Minister-President | | | | Belgium |
Amalia García | | | Governor | | | | Mexico |
Maria Bolshakova | | | Acting Governor | | | | |
Christine Gregoire | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Mercedes Bresso | | | President | 27 April 2005 | 9 April 2010 | 4 Years, 344 days | |
Emily de Jongh-Elhage | | | Prime Minister | | | | Netherlands |
Maria de Lourdes Abadia | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Sarah Palin | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Ana Julia Carepa | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Yeda Crusius | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Borjana Krišto | | | President | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ivonne Ortega Pacheco | | | Governor | | | | Mexico |
Anna Bligh | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
Fabiana Ríos | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
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Bev Perdue | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Jan Brewer | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Christine Lieberknecht | | | Minister-President | 30 October 2009 | 5 December 2014 | | Germany |
Kristina Keneally | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
Arlene Foster | | | Acting First Minister | | | | United Kingdom |
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Natalya Komarova | | | Governor | | | | |
Catiuscia Marini | | | President | 16 April 2010 | 28 May 2019 | 9 years, 42 days | |
Renata Polverini | | | President | 16 April 2010 | 12 March 2013 | 2 years, 330 days | |
Hannelore Kraft | | | Minister-President | 14 July 2010 | 27 June 2017 | | Germany |
Sarah Wescot-Williams | | | Prime Minister | | | | Netherlands |
Kathy Dunderdale | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Susana Martinez | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Rosalba Ciarlini | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Mary Fallin | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Nikki Haley | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Lara Giddings | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
Christy Clark | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Mamata Banerjee | | | Chief Minister | | Incumbent | | India |
María Dolores de Cospedal | | | President | | | | Spain |
Yolanda Barcina | | | President | | | | Spain |
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda | | | President | | | | Spain |
| | | Acting President | | | | Spain |
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer | | | Minister-President | | | | Germany |
Alison Redford | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Lucía Corpacci | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Marina Kovtun | | | Governor | | | | |
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Pauline Marois | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Erika Farías | | | Governor | | | | |
Maggie Hassan | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Malu Dreyer | | | Minister-President | | | | Germany |
| | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Željka Cvijanović | | | Prime Minister | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
President | | | |
Svetlana Orlova | | | Governor | | | | |
Aleqa Hammond | | Greenland | Prime Minister | | | | Denmark |
Debora Serracchiani | | | President | 25 April 2013 | 26 March 2018 | 4 years, 336 days | |
Susana Díaz | | | President | | | | Spain |
Claudia Ledesma Abdala | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Anandiben Patel | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
Nicola Sturgeon | | | First Minister | | | | United Kingdom |
Suely Campos | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Muriel Bowser | | | Mayor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Gina Raimondo | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Annastacia Palaszczuk | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
Rachel Notley | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Kate Brown | | | Governor | | | | United States |
Cristina Cifuentes | | | President | | | | Spain |
Francina Armengol | | | President | | | | Spain |
Uxue Barkos | | | President | | | | Spain |
Claudia Pavlovich Arellano | | | Governor | | | | Mexico |
María Eugenia Vidal | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Alicia Kirchner | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Rosana Bertone | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Natalia Zhdanova | | | Governor | | | | |
Mehbooba Mufti | | | Chief Minister | | | | India |
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Gladys Berejiklian | | | Premier | | | | Australia |
| | | Acting President | | | | Spain |
Kay Ivey | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Johanna Mikl-Leitner | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Austria |
Kim Reynolds | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Manuela Schwesig | | | Minister-President | | Incumbent | | Germany |
Carmen Meléndez | | | Governor | | | | |
Laidy Gómez | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | |
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría | | | President
| | | | Spain |
Evelyn Wever-Croes | | Aruba | Prime Minister | | Incumbent | | Netherlands |
Leona Marlin-Romeo | | | Prime Minister | | | | Netherlands |
Katharina Fegebank | | | Acting First Mayor | | | | Germany |
Ilse Aigner | | | Acting Minister-President | | | | Germany |
Cida Borghetti | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
| | | President | 27 June 2018 | 10 December 2018 | 166 days | |
Vera Shcherbina | | | Acting Governor | | | | |
Srebrenka Golić | | | Acting Prime Minister | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Claudia Sheinbaum | | | Head of government | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Martha Érika Alonso | | | Governor | |
| | Mexico |
Gretchen Whitmer | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Michelle Lujan Grisham | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Fátima Bezerra | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Brazil |
Janet Mills | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Kristi Noem | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Laura Kelly | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Liesbeth Homans | | | Minister-President | | | | Belgium |
María Chivite | | | President | | Incumbent | | Spain |
Isabel Díaz Ayuso | | | President | | Incumbent | | Spain |
Concha Andreu | | | President | | | | Spain |
Donatella Tesei | | | President | | Incumbent | | |
Silveria Jacobs | | | Prime Minister | | Incumbent | | Netherlands |
Arabela Carreras | | | Governor | | | | Argentina |
Michelle O'Neill | | | Deputy First Minister | | | | United Kingdom |
First Minister | | Incumbent | |
Olga Antipina | | | Acting Governor | | | | |
Jole Santelli | | | President | 15 February 2020 | 15 October 2020
| 243 days | |
Kathy Hochul | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
María Eugenia Campos Galván | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Layda Sansores | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Evelyn Salgado Pineda | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Indira Vizcaíno Silva | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Heather Stefanson | | | Premier | | | | Canada |
Franziska Giffey | | | Governing Mayor | | | | Germany |
Regina Sousa | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Izolda Cela | | | Governor | | | | Brazil |
Anke Rehlinger | | | Minister-President | | Incumbent | | Germany |
Mara Lezama Espinosa | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Mexico |
Danielle Smith | | | Premier | | Incumbent | | Canada |
Raquel Lyra | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | Brazil |
Katie Hobbs | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Maura Healey | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Celina Leão | | | Interim Governor | | | | Brazil |
Tina Kotek | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Sarah Huckabee Sanders | | | Governor | | Incumbent | | United States |
Lidija Bradara | | | President | | Incumbent | | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Mae de la Concha | | | President | | | | Spain |
Marga Prohens | | | President | | Incumbent | | Spain |
Jacinta Allan | | | Premier | | Incumbent | | Australia |
Emma Little-Pengelly | | | Deputy First Minister | | Incumbent | | United Kingdom |
Maryam Nawaz | | | Chief Minister | | Incumbent | | Pakistan |
Alessandra Todde | | | President | | Incumbent | | Italy |
Eluned Morgan | | | First Minister | | Incumbent | | United Kingdom | |
Female viceregal or central government representatives in a constituent country
Dependent, autonomous and insular territories
- Italics denotes an acting head of territories and territories that are defunct.
See also
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Book: World Factbook, 2011 . Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. Government Printing Office . 2011 . 9780160893650 . CIA World Factbook . 97.
- Web site: 29 July 2014 . First meeting of the Turks and Caicos Government Audit Committee . 28 May 2024 . gov.uk .
- Web site: 10 May 2013 . Govt bids farewell to Deputy Governor . 28 May 2024 . GBC.gi . GBC News.
- Web site: 5 April 2018 . Minutes of the Ascension Island Council (AIC) Meeting . 28 May 2024 . ascension.gov.ac .
- Web site: Deputy Governor General . 28 May 2024 . Nevis Island Administration.
- Web site: 30 June 2020 . Lord Howe Island Board Annual Report 2019-2020 . 28 May 2024 . opengov.nsw.gov.au . 6 . .pdf.
- Web site: 4 August 2020 . Fiona Kilpatrick Starts her Second Stint as Administrator . 28 May 2024 . Tristan da Cunha Government News.
- 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.
- Web site: 10 May 2023 . Change of Governor of Anguilla: Julia Crouch . gov.uk . Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
External links
- http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Governors_External.htm
- http://guide2womenleaders.com/Premier_Ministers_External.htm