List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses explained

This list presents female speakers of national and territorial upper houses of their respective countries or territories. The upper house, often called the Senate, is the one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The upper house usually has less power than the lower house. In some countries, its members are appointed rather than elected by popular votes. Speaker of the upper house is the one who takes office as acting head of state in presidential republic.

National

Nameclass=unsortableImageCountryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Olga Rudel-Zeynek AustriaFederal Council
Ingeborg Hansen DenmarkLandstinget
Fathimath Ibrahim Didi MaldivesSenate
Johanna Bayer AustriaFederal Council
Helene Tschitschko AustriaFederal Council
María Lavalle Urbina MexicoSenate of the Republic
Muriel Fergusson CanadaSenate
Doris Louise Johnson BahamasSenate
Guadalupe López Bretón MexicoSenate of the Republic
Tras Honan IrelandSeanad Éireann
Isabel Perón ArgentinaSenate
Martha Chávez Padrón MexicoSenate of the Republic
Jeanette Rose Grant-Woodham JamaicaSenate
Doris June Garcia BelizeSenate
Helga Hieden-Sommer AustriaFederal Council
Jane Usher BelizeSenate
Margaret Neckles GrenadaSenate
Anna Elisabeth Haselbach AustriaFederal Council
Josi Meier SwitzerlandCouncil of States
Millicent Percival Antigua and BarbudaSenate
Katica Ivanišević CroatiaChamber of Counties
Margaret Reid AustraliaSenate
Alicja Grześkowiak PolandSenate
Elizabeth Zabaneh BelizeSenate
Libuše Benešová Czech RepublicSenate
Esperanza Aguirre SpainSenate
Naledi Pandor South AfricaNational Council of Provinces
María de los Ángeles Moreno MexicoSenate of the Republic
Françoise Saudan SwitzerlandCouncil of States
Johanna Auer AustriaFederal Council
Sylvia Flores BelizeSenate
Yolanda Eugenia González MexicoSenate of the Republic
Uta Barbara Pühringer AustriaFederal Council
Linda Baboolal Trinidad and TobagoSenate
Sharon R. Wilson BahamasSenate
Mirtha Quevedo AcalinovicChamber of Senators
Grace Minor[1] LiberiaSenate?
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck NetherlandsEerste Kamer
Leslie-Ann Seon GrenadaSenate
Joyce Kgoali South AfricaNational Council of Provinces
Anne-Marie Lizin BelgiumSenate
Chikage Oogi JapanHouse of Councillors
Hazelyn Francis Antigua and BarbudaSenate
Claudia Blum ColombiaSenate
Edna Madzongwe ZimbabweSenate
Sissy Roth-Halvax AustriaFederal Council
Gelani Zwane SwazilandSenate
Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman United KingdomHouse of Lords
Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin Saint LuciaSenate
Lynn Holowesko BahamasSenate
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez ColombiaSenate
Andrea Gill BelizeSenate
Joan Purcell GrenadaSenate
Rose Francine Rogombé GabonSenate
Dušanka Majkić Bosnia and HerzegovinaDom Naroda
Erika Forster-Vannini SwitzerlandCouncil of States
Ana María RomeroChamber of Senators
Hannelore Kraft GermanyBundesrat
Susanne Neuwirth AustriaFederal Council
Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza United KingdomHouse of Lords
Valentina MatviyenkoFederation CouncilIncumbent
Sabine de Bethune BelgiumSenate
Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich[2] ArgentinaSenate
Kerryann Ifill BarbadosSenate
Gabriela MontañoChamber of Senators
Ankie Broekers-Knol NetherlandsEerste Kamer
Teresa Efua Asangono Equatorial GuineaSenateIncumbent
Isabel Allende ChileSenate
Thandi Modise South AfricaNational Council of Provinces
Ana Blatnik AustriaFederal Council
Alincia Williams-Grant Antigua and BarbudaSenateIncumbent
Cristina Lizardo Dominican RepublicSenate
Christine Defraigne BelgiumSenate
Sonja Zwazl AustriaFederal Council
Raziah Ahmed Trinidad and TobagoSenate
Lucie Milebou Aubusson GabonSenate
Christine Kangaloo Trinidad and TobagoSenate
Margaret Mensah-Williams NamibiaNational Council
Gabriela Michetti ArgentinaSenate
Malu Dreyer GermanyBundesrat
Sonja Ledl-Rossmann AustriaFederal Council
Katherine Forbes-Smith BahamasSenate
Mamonaheng Mokitimi LesothoSenateIncumbent
Lucía Topolansky UruguaySenate
Karin Keller-Sutter SwitzerlandCouncil of States
Jeannine Giraudy-McIntyre Saint LuciaSenate
Elisabetta Casellati ItalySenate of the Republic
Keria Ibrahim EthiopiaHouse of FederationIncumbent
Inge Posch-Gruska AustriaFederal Council
Mabel Chinomona ZimbabweSenateIncumbent
Princess Lindiwe DlaminiSenateIncumbent
Adriana SalvatierraSenate
Jewel Taylor LiberiaSenate
Dariga Nazarbayeva KazakhstanSenate
Tanzila Norbaeva UzbekistanSenateIncumbent
Sabine Laruelle BelgiumSenate
Akiko Santō JapanHouse of Councillors
Mónica Fernández Balboa MexicoSenate of the Republic
Mónica Eva CopaSenate
Pilar Llop SpainSenate
Mildred Hall-Watson BahamasSenate
Natalya Kochanova BelarusCouncil of the RepublicIncumbent
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ArgentinaSenate
Claudia Ledesma Abdala[3] ArgentinaSenate
Beatriz Argimón UruguaySenateIncumbent
Adriana Muñoz D'Albora ChileSenate
Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler AustriaFederal Council
Stephanie D'Hose BelgiumSenateIncumbent
Carolyn Trench-Sandiford BelizeSenateIncumbent
Anca Dragu RomaniaSenate
Kamala Harris United StatesSenateIncumbent
Yasna Provoste ChileSenate
Ximena Rincón
Olga Sánchez Cordero MexicoSenate of the Republic
Lashell Adderley BahamasSenateIncumbent
Christine Schwarz-Fuchs AustriaFederal Council
Korinna Schumann AustriaFederal Council
Sue Lines AustraliaSenateIncumbent
Dessima Williams GrenadaSenateIncumbent
Brigitte Häberli-Koller SwitzerlandCouncil of States
Patty Murray[4] United StatesSenateIncumbent
Raymonde Gagné CanadaSenateIncumbent
Claudia Arpa AustriaFederal Council
Ana Lilia Rivera MexicoSenate of the RepublicIncumbent
Paulette Missambo GabonSenateIncumbent
Kandia CamaraSenateIncumbent
Manuela Schwesig GermanyBundesratIncumbent
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska PolandSenateIncumbent
Eva Herzog SwitzerlandCouncil of StatesIncumbent
Victoria Villarruel ArgentinaSenateIncumbent
Margit Göll AustriaFederal Council
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence[5] LiberiaSenateIncumbent
Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane South AfricaNational Council of ProvincesIncumbent

Territorial

Nameclass=unsortableImageTerritoryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Carol Bassett BermudaSenate
Clare ChristianLegislative Council and Tynwald
Joan Dillas-Wright BermudaSenateIncumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. [List of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia|President pro tempore]
  2. [List of Provisional Presidents of the Argentine Senate|Provisional President]
  3. [List of Provisional Presidents of the Argentine Senate|Provisional President]
  4. [President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore]
  5. [List of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia|President pro tempore]

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