List of female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments explained

This list presents female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments of their respective nations or territories.[1] Many women have been elected to parliaments around the world, starting around the first quarter of 20th century. Some of them were entrusted to take the position of Speaker of the parliament.

In government, unicameralism (Latin uni, one + camera, chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house. Unicameral legislatures typically exist in small and homogeneous unitary states, where a second chamber is considered unnecessary.

National

Italics denotes an acting speaker of parliament and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.

Nameclass=unsortableImageCountryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Erzsébet Metzker Vass HungaryNational Assembly
Soong Ching-ling ChinaNational People's Congress
Alda Neves do Espírito SantoNational Assembly
Marie Davis Pierre DominicaHouse of Assembly
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini San MarinoGrand and General Council
Maria Julia Castillo Rodas El SalvadorLegislative Assembly
Gloriana Ranocchini San MarinoGrand and General Council
Rosemary Karspinsky Dodero Costa RicaLegislative Assembly
Guðrún Helgadóttir IcelandUnited Althing
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges LuxembourgChamber of Deputies
Sabine Bergmann-PohlVolkskammer
Elmira Gafarova AzerbaijanNational Assembly
Salome Þorkelsdóttir IcelandAlthing
Ana Catalina Soberanis GuatemalaCongress
Edda Ceccoli San MarinoGrand and General Council
Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl NorwayStorting
Patrizia Busignani San MarinoGrand and General Council
Neva Edwards DominicaHouse of Assembly
Balbina Herrera PanamaNational Assembly
Gloria Salguero Gross El SalvadorLegislative Assembly
Riitta Uosukainen FinlandEduskunta
Arabella Castro Quiñónez GuatemalaCongress
Birgitta Dahl SwedenRiksdag
Martha Chávez PeruCongress of the Republic
Ilga Kreituse LatviaSaeima
Myriam Spiteri Debono MaltaHouse of Representatives
Marijke Djwalapersad SurinameNational Assembly
Rosa Zafferani San MarinoGrand and General Council
Martha Hildebrandt PeruCongress of the Republic
Maria Domenica Michelotti San MarinoGrand and General Council
Alix Boyd Knights DominicaHouse of Assembly
Rina Contreras López Costa RicaLegislative Assembly
Susana González Muñoz EcuadorNational Congress
Luz Salgado PeruCongress of the Republic
Eugenia OstapciucParliament
Vesna Perović MontenegroParliament
Nino Burjanadze GeorgiaParliament
Nataša Mićić SerbiaNational Assembly
Katalin Szili HungaryNational Assembly
Ingrīda Ūdre LatviaSaeima
Anneli Jäätteenmäki FinlandEduskunta
Ene Ergma EstoniaRiigikogu
Liisa Jaakonsaari FinlandEduskunta
Valeria Ciavatta San MarinoGrand and General Council
Lilijana PopovskaAssembly of the Republic
Marcella Liburd Saint Kitts and NevisNational Assembly
Fatma EkenoğluAssembly of the Republic
Anna Benaki-Psarouda GreeceVouli
Margaret Wilson New ZealandHouse of Representatives
Fausta Morganti San MarinoGrand and General Council
Jozefina Topalli AlbaniaParliament
Dalia Itzik IsraelKnesset
Belinda Bidwell GambiaNational Assembly
Mercedes Cabanillas PeruCongress of the Republic
Cilia FloresNational Assembly
Akja Nurberdiýewa TurkmenistanAssembly
Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay GambiaNational Assembly
Slavica Đukić Dejanović SerbiaNational Assembly
Assunta Meloni San MarinoGrand and General Council
Joyce Bamford-Addo[2] [3] GhanaParliament
Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir IcelandAlthing
Tsetska Tsacheva BulgariaNational Assembly
Irena Degutienė LithuaniaSeimas
Margaret Nasha BotswanaNational Assembly
Verónica Macamo MozambiqueAssembly of the Republic
Jennifer Simons SurinameNational Assembly
Solvita Āboltiņa LatviaSaeima
Anne MakindaNational Assembly
Pany YathotouNational Assembly
Maria Luisa Berti San MarinoGrand and General Council
Rebecca Kadaga UgandaParliament
Maria da Assunção Esteves PortugalAssembly of the Republic
Denise Bronzetti San MarinoGrand and General Council
Halimah Yacob SingaporeParliament
Antonella Mularoni San MarinoGrand and General Council
Liliana PalihoviciParliament
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury BangladeshJatiyo SangshadIncumbent
Gabriela Rivadeneira EcuadorNational Assembly
Sibel SiberAssembly of the Republic
Anna Maria Muccioli San MarinoGrand and General Council
Loreta Graužinienė LithuaniaSeimas
Maja Gojković SerbiaNational Assembly
Ana María Solórzano PeruCongress of the Republic
Jiko Luveni FijiParliament
Ināra Mūrniece LatviaSaeima
Gladys Kokorwe BotswanaNational Assembly
Maya Hanoomanjee MauritiusNational Assembly
Zoe Konstantopoulou GreeceVouli
Lorena Guadalupe Peña El SalvadorLegislative Assembly
Maria Lohela FinlandEduskunta
Pia Kjærsgaard DenmarkFolketing
Lorella Stefanelli San MarinoGrand and General Council
Onsari Gharti Magar NepalLegislature Parliament
Amal Al Qubaisi United Arab EmiratesFederal National Council
Nguyễn Thị Kim NgânNational Assembly
Hadiya Khalaf AbbasPeople's Council
Iris Marina Blandón NicaraguaNational Assembly
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir IcelandAlthing
Mimma Zavoli San MarinoGrand and General Council
Vanessa D'Ambrosio San MarinoGrand and General Council
Mariam Jack-Denton GambiaNational Assembly
Yanibel Ábrego PanamaNational Assembly
Valentina Leskaj AlbaniaParliament
Marija Ćatović MontenegroParliament
Tsveta Karayancheva BulgariaNational Assembly
Paula Risikko FinlandEduskunta
Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen NorwayStorting
Elizabeth Cabezas EcuadorNational Assembly
Gülşat Mämmedowa TurkmenistanAssembly[4]
Yawa Djigbodi Tségan TogoNational AssemblyIncumbent
Carolina Hidalgo Herrera Costa RicaLegislative Assembly
Roser Suñé Pascuet AndorraGeneral Council
Zinaida GreceanîiParliament
Catherine Gotani Hara MalawiNational AssemblyIncumbent
Mariella Mularoni San MarinoGrand and General Council
Esperança Bias MozambiqueAssembly of the RepublicIncumbent
Vjosa OsmaniAssembly of the Republic
Sahiba Gafarova AzerbaijanNational AssemblyIncumbent
Grazia Zafferani San MarinoGrand and General Council
Tangariki Reete KiribatiHouse of AssemblyIncumbent
Anu Vehviläinen FinlandEduskunta
Smilja Tišma SerbiaNational Assembly
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen LithuaniaSeimasIncumbent
Rocío Silva-Santisteban PeruCongress
Mirtha Vásquez PeruCongress
Rochelle Forde Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHouse of AssemblyIncumbent
Iva Miteva BulgariaNational Assembly
Silvia Hernández Sánchez Costa RicaLegislative Assembly
Guadalupe Llori EcuadorNational Assembly
Annita Demetriou CyprusHouse of RepresentativesIncumbent
Elisa Loncón ChileConstitutional Convention
Maricarmen Alva PeruCongress
Nelly Mutti ZambiaNational AssemblyIncumbent
Lindita Nikolla AlbaniaParliamentIncumbent
Eva Kristin Hansen NorwayStorting
María Elisa Quinteros ChileConstitutional Convention
Shirley Rivera GuatemalaCongress
Tulia AcksonNational AssemblyIncumbent
Danijela Đurović MontenegroParliament
Lady Camones PeruCongress
Martha Moyano PeruCongress
Carolina Cerqueira AngolaNational AssemblyIncumbent
Brigitte Boccone-Pagès MonacoNational CouncilIncumbent
Lanien Blanchette Saint Kitts and NevisNational AssemblyIncumbent
Celmira SacramentoNational AssemblyIncumbent
Dinorah Figuera[5] National AssemblyIncumbent
Adele Tonnini San MarinoGrand and General Council
Dünýägözel Gulmanowa TurkmenistanAssemblyIncumbent
Maria Fernanda LayNational ParliamentIncumbent
Jessica Tan SingaporeParliament
Daiga Mieriņa LatviaSaeimaIncumbent
Ana Brnabić SerbiaNational AssemblyIncumbent
Milena Gasperoni San MarinoGrand and General CouncilIncumbent
Raya Nazaryan BulgariaNational AssemblyIncumbent
Dana Castañeda PanamaNational AssemblyIncumbent

Notes:

Territorial

Italics denotes an acting speaker of parliament

Nameclass=unsortableImageCountryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Marguerite Story Cook IslandsParliament
Ruby M. RoussLegislature
Rosita Beatrice Missick-Butterfield Turks and Caicos IslandsHouse of Assembly[6]
Sybil I. McLaughlin Cayman IslandsLegislative Assembly
Anabela RitchieLegislative Assembly
Lillian Oh Christmas IslandShire Council
Margie SudreRegional Council
Marita Petersen Faroe IslandsLøgting
Lorraine L. BerryLegislature
Emily Augusta Saunders Turks and Caicos IslandsHouse of Assembly[7]
Rita Fan Hong KongLegislative Council
Susana ChouLegislative Assembly
Lucette Taero French PolynesiaAssembly
Viveka ErikssonLagtinget
Anne Mitchell-GiftHouse of Assembly200124 January 2013
Julianna O'Connor-Connolly Cayman IslandsLegislative Assembly
V. Inez ArchibaldHouse of Assembly
Nassimah DindarDepartamental Council
Brenda ChristianIsland Council
Barbro SundbackLandtag
Edna Moyle Cayman IslandsLegislative Assembly
Eileen BellAssembly
Margaret Anne Catherine HopkinsLegislative Council
Ruth Heilmann GreenlandInatsisartut
Judith Won Pat GuamLegislature
Marthe Ogoundélé-TessiTerritorial Council
Mary J. Lawrence Cayman IslandsLegislative Assembly
Barbara Webster-Bourne AnguillaHouse of Assembly
Incumbent
Robin Adams Norfolk IslandLegislative Assembly
Teresina Bodkin MontserratLegislative Council
Josette Manin MartiniqueGeneral Council
Rosemary ButlerNational Assembly
Tricia MarwickParliament
Britt LundbergLagtinget
Ingrid Moses-ScatliffeHouse of Assembly
Niki Rattle Cook IslandsParliament
Nivaleta IloaiTerritorial Assembly
Aline HansonTerritorial Council
Sarah Wescot-WilliamsStaten
Incumbent
Shirley Osborne MontserratLegislative Council
Josette Borel-Lincertin GuadeloupeDepartmental Council
Elin JonesNational AssemblyIncumbent
Vanessa Cutting-ThomasHouse of Assembly
[8]
Giselle McWilliamsStaten
Denise Tsoiafatt-AngusHouse of Assembly
Seri Wati Iku Cocos (Keeling) IslandsShire Council
Therese M. Terlaje GuamLegislature
Incumbent
Vivian Motzfeldt GreenlandInatsisartut
Tina Rose Muña Barnes GuamLegislature
Ana-Maria PaulettaStaten
Fofo Tuisano TokelauGeneral Fono
Charliena White MontserratLegislativeIncumbent
Donna Frett-GregoryLegislature
Charetti America-FranciscaStatenIncumbent
Alison JohnstoneParliamentIncumbent
Marie-Antoinette MaupertuisAssemblyIncumbent
Huguette Bello ReunionRegional CouncilIncumbent
Abby TaylorHouse of AssemblyIncumbent
Bjørt Samuelsen Faroe IslandsLøgtingIncumbent
Corine George-MassicoteHouse of Assembly
Katherine Ebanks-Wilks Cayman IslandsParliament
Mimi Karlsen GreenlandInatsisartutIncumbent
Ingrid ZettermanLagtingetIncumbent
Karen Ramagge Prescott GibraltarParliamentIncumbent

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Female Vice-presidents.
  2. Web site: 2019-12-03. Joyce Bamford-Addo Inner Temple. 2021-01-08. en-GB.
  3. News: Cynthia Boakye. 8 January 2009. Ghana records another first. Justice Bamford Addo is first Female Speaker. Business News. Statesman Online. dead. 30 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100208074230/http://thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=2&newsid=7953. 8 February 2010.
  4. In 2021–2023, the Parliament of Turkmenistan was bicameral.
  5. President of the opposition-led IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile. Disputed with Jorge Rodríguez.
  6. News: The life and times of Dr Rosita Butterfield. 5 February 2016. Turks & Caicos Weekly News. 19 January 2015. Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.
  7. Web site: PRZEWODNICZĄCE PARLAMENTÓW 1991-2000. SMOLEC. 27 January 2016. Warsaw, Poland. Polish. 2000.
  8. Web site: Williams. Elizabeth. Presiding Officer Resigns. 2020-09-29. Caribbean Communications Network. en.

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