List of female speakers of national and territorial lower houses explained

This list presents female speakers of national and territorial lower houses of their respective countries or territories. The lower house is one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The lower house has more power than the upper house. It usually has the power to impeach the executive in presidential republics or remove the prime minister in semi-presidential republics. Its members are elected by popular votes, compared to the upper house members who are usually appointed.

National

Name	class=unsortable	Image	Country	Legislative Body	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir		Iceland	Lower House of the Althing
Marta Andrade del Rosal		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Annemarie Renger			Bundestag
María Aurelia de la Cruz Espinosa Ortega		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Concepción Rivera Centeno		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Elisabeth Blunschy		Switzerland	National Council
Nilde Iotti		Italy	Chamber of Deputies
Lidia Gueiler Tejada			Chamber of Deputies
Beatriz Paredes Rangel		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Jeanne Sauvé		Canada	House of Commons
Hedi Lang		Switzerland	National Council
Irma Cué Sarquis		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Lindsay Bolden		Barbados	House of Assembly
Elba Esther Gordillo		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Joan Child		Australia	House of Representatives
Rita Süssmuth		Germany	Bundestag
Socorro Díaz Palacios		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
María Maluenda		Chile	Chamber of Deputies
María Claudia Esqueda Llanes		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Occah Seapaul		Trinidad and Tobago	House of Representatives
Betty Boothroyd		United Kingdom	House of Commons
María de los Ángeles Moreno		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Laura Garza Galindo		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Gret Haller		Switzerland	National Council
Takako Doi		Japan	House of Representatives
Bridgett Harris		Antigua and Barbuda	House of Representatives
Irene Pivetti		Italy	Chamber of Deputies
Frene Ginwala		South Africa	National Assembly
Judith Stamm		Switzerland	National Council
Violet Neilson		Jamaica	House of Representatives
Rome Italia Johnson		Bahamas	House of Assembly
Carlota Vargas Garza		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Sofía Valencia Abundis		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Rosario Guerra Díaz		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Sara Muza Simón		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Sylvia Flores		Belize	House of Representatives
Trix Heberlein		Switzerland	National Council
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven		Netherlands	Tweede Kamer
Gloria Lavara		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Ntlhoi Motsamai		Lesotho	National Assembly
Rafaela Alburquerque		Dominican Republic	Chamber of Deputies
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez		Colombia	Chamber of Representatives
Luisa Fernanda Rudi		Spain	Congress of Deputies
Elizabeth Zabaneh		Belize	House of Representatives
Liliane Maury Pasquier		Switzerland	National Council
Adriana Muñoz D'Albora		Chile	Chamber of Deputies
Isabel Allende		Chile	Chamber of Deputies
Giselle Isaac-Arindell		Antigua and Barbuda	House of Representatives
Baleka Mbete		South Africa	National Assembly
Zulema Jattin Corrales		Colombia	Chamber of Representatives
Nora Castro		Uruguay	Chamber of Deputies
Thérèse Meyer		Switzerland	National Council
Marcela González Salas		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Barbara Prammer		Austria	National Council
Christine Egerszegi		Switzerland	National Council
Gerdi Verbeet		Netherlands	Tweede Kamer
Nancy Pelosi		United States	House of Representatives
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun		Saint Lucia	House of Assembly
Patricia Etteh		Nigeria	House of Representatives
María Elena Álvarez Bernal		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Ruth Zavaleta		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Diloram Tashmukhamedova		Uzbekistan	Legislative Chamber
Fahmida Mirza		Pakistan	National Assembly
Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin		Saint Lucia	House of Assembly
Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde		South Africa	National Assembly
Rose Mukantabana		Rwanda	Chamber of Deputies
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi		Switzerland	National Council
Roberta Anastase		Romania	Chamber of Deputies
Meira Kumar		India	Lok Sabha
Ivonne Passada		Uruguay	Chamber of Deputies
Alejandra Sepúlveda		Chile	Chamber of Deputies
Miroslava Němcová			Chamber of Deputies
Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert		Jamaica	House of Representatives
Ewa Kopacz		Poland	Sejm
Betty Tejada			Chamber of Deputies
Anouchka van Miltenburg		Netherlands	Tweede Kamer
Anna Burke		Australia	House of Representatives
Maya Graf		Switzerland	National Council
Laura Boldrini		Italy	Chamber of Deputies
Donatille Mukabalisa		Rwanda	Chamber of Deputies		Incumbent
Bronwyn Bishop		Australia	House of Representatives
Christine Razanamahasoa		Madagascar	National Assembly
Sumitra Mahajan		India	Lok Sabha
Doris Bures		Austria	National Council
Gabriela Montaño			Chamber of Deputies
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska		Poland	Sejm
Borjana Krišto		Bosnia and Herzegovina	House of Representatives
Bridgid Annisette-George		Trinidad and Tobago	House of Representatives		Incumbent
Christa Markwalder		Switzerland	National Council
Khadija Arib		Netherlands	Tweede Kamer
Leonne Theodore-John		Saint Lucia	House of Assembly
Ana Pastor Julián		Spain	Congress of Deputies
Lucía Medina		Dominican Republic	Chamber of Deputies
Laura Tucker-Longsworth		Belize	House of Representatives
Guadalupe Murguía Gutiérrez		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Elisabeth Köstinger		Austria	National Council
Muferiat Kamil		Ethiopia	House of Peoples' Representatives
Maya Fernández Allende		Chile	Chamber of Deputies
Gülşat Mämmedowa		Turkmenistan	Assembly^[1]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		Philippines	House of Representatives
Marina Carobbio Guscetti		Switzerland	National Council
Fawzia Zainal		Bahrain	House of Representatives
Cecilia Bottino		Uruguay	Chamber of Representatives
Jeannine Mabunda			National Assembly		Incumbent
Meritxell Batet		Spain	Congress of Deputies
Thandi Modise		South Africa	National Assembly
Elżbieta Witek		Poland	Sejm
Laura Rojas Hernández		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Puan Maharani		Indonesia	People's Representative Council		Incumbent
Isabelle Moret		Switzerland	National Council
Dulce María Sauri Riancho		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies
Eliane Tillieux		Belgium	Chamber of Representatives		Incumbent
Valerie Woods		Belize	House of Representatives		Incumbent
Vera Bergkamp		Netherlands	Tweede Kamer
Jennifer Arias		Colombia	Chamber of Representatives
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula		South Africa	National Assembly
Patricia Deveaux		Bahamas	House of Assembly		Incumbent
Bärbel Bas		Germany	Bundestag		Incumbent
Markéta Pekarová Adamová			Chamber of Deputies		Incumbent
Irène Kälin		Switzerland	National Council
Urška Klakočar Zupančič		Slovenia	National Assembly		Incumbent
Yaël Braun-Pivet		France	National Assembly		Incumbent
Cecilia Moreau		Argentina	Chamber of Deputies
Francina Armengol		Spain	Congress of Deputies		Incumbent
Khuon Sudary		Cambodia	National Assembly		Incumbent
Marcela Guerra Castillo		Mexico	Chamber of Deputies		Incumbent
Juliet Holness		Jamaica	House of Representatives		Incumbent
Roelien Kamminga		Netherlands	House of Representatives
Ana Olivera		Uruguay	Chamber of Deputies		Incumbent
Karol Cariola		Chile	Chamber of Deputies		Incumbent
Thoko Didiza		South Africa	National Assembly		Incumbent

Territorial

Name	class=unsortable	Image	Territory	Legislative Body	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
María L. Gómez Garriga		Puerto Rico	House of Representatives			?
Zaida Cucusa Hernández		Puerto Rico	House of Representatives
Jenniffer González		Puerto Rico	House of Representatives

See also

• Bicameralism
• List of current presidents of legislatures
• List of legislatures by country
• Lower House
• Parliament
• Speaker (politics)

Notes and References

1. In 2021–2023, the Parliament of Turkmenistan was bicameral.