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Female world leaders currently in power (April 13, 2005)
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Country
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Leader
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Latvia
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga
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Finland
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President Tarja Halonen
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New Zealand
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Prime Minister Helen Clark
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Ireland
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President Mary McAleese
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Sri Lanka
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President Chandrika Kumaratunga
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The Philippines
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Presidnet Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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Mozambique
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Prime Minister Luisa Diogo
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Ukraine
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Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
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Bangladesh
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Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
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The world record amount of female world leaders was 13, in July of 2002,
when Latvia, Finland, New Zealand, Ireland, Sri Lanka, The Philippines,
Indonesia, Panama, Bangladesh, Sengal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and South
Korea all had female leaders.
Monarchial or Vice-Regal Females in power
A few countries have reining female Queens, or, if they are a member of the British Commonwealth, a female Governor General representing Queen Elizabeth as Head of State.
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Country
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Leader
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Canada
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Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
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Bahamas
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Governor General Dame Ivory Dumont
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Denmark
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Queen Margrethe II
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The Netherlands
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Queen Beatrix
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New Zealand
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Governor General Dame Silvia Cartwright
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United Kingdom
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Queen Elizabeth II
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St. Luca
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Governor General Dame Perlette Louisy
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Countries that used to have female presidents (Chronological Order)
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Country
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Leader
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Argentina
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President Isabel Peron (1974-1976)
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Iceland
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President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1980-1996)
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Malta
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President Agatha Barbara (1982-1987)
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The Phillipines (1st)
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President Corazon Aquino (1986-1992)
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Nicaragua
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President Violeta de Chamorro (1990-1997)
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Ireland (1st)
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President Mary Robinson (1990-1997)
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Sri Lanka
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President Chandrika Kumaratunga (1992 - )
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Ireland (2nd)
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President Mary McAleese (1997- )
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Guyana
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President Janet Jagan (1997-1999)
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Switzerland
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President Ruth Dreifuss (1999)
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Latvia
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (1999- )
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Panama
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President Mireya Moscoso (1999-2004)
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Finland (1st)
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President Tarja Halonen (2000- )
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The Phillipines (2nd)
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001- )
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Indonesia
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President Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001-2004)
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Less than a year in Power: (Acting, interim leaders, etc)
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Country
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Leader
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Bolivia
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President Lydia Gueiler Tejada (1979-1980)
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Guinea-Bissau
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President Carmen Pereira (May 14-16, 1984)
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Haiti
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President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (1990-1991)
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East Germany
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President Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (Apr.-Oct. 1990)
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Liberia
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President Ruth Perry (1996-1997)
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Ecuador
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Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (Feb 9-11, 1997)
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Georgia
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President Nino Burjanadze (2003-2004)
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Countries that used to have female Prime Ministers: (Chronological Order)
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Country
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Leader
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Sri Lanka (2nd)
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Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960-1965, 1970-1977,
1994-2000)
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India
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Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
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Israel
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Prime Minister Golda Meir (1969-1974)
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Central African Republic
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Prime Minister Elisabeth Domitian (1975-1976)
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United Kingdom
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990)
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Dominica
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Prime Minister Eugenia Charles (1980-1995)
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Norway
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Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland (Feb-Oct, 1981,
1986-1989, 1990-1996)
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Yugoslavia
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Prime Minister Milka Planinc (1982-1986)
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Pakistan
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Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1988-1990, 1993-1996)
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Bangledesh (1st)
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Prime Minister Khaleda Zia (1991-1996, 2001- )
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Poland
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Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka (1992-1993)
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Turkey
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Prime Minister Tansu Ciller (1993-1996)
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Bangledesh (2nd)
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed (1996-2001)
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New Zealand (1st)
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Prime Minister Jenny Shippley (1997-1999)
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New Zealand (2nd)
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Prime Minister Helen Clark (1999- )
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Senegal
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Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye (2001-2002)
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Sao Tomas and Principe
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Prime Minister Maria das Neves (2002-2004)
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Mozambique
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Prime Minister Luisa Diogo (2004- )
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Ukraine
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Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko (2005- )
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Less than a year in Power: (Acting, interim leaders, etc)
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Country
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Leader
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Portugal
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Prime Minister Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo (1979-1980)
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Lithuania (1st)
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Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene (1990-1991)
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France
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Prime Minister Edith Cresson (1991-1992)
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Burundi
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Prime Minister Sylvie Kinigi (1993-1994)
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Canada
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Prime Minister Kim Campbell (1993)
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Rwanda
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Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1993-1994)
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Bulgaria
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Prime Minister Reneta Indzhova (1994-1995)
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Sri Lanka (3rd)
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Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994)
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Hati
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Prime Minister Claudette Werleigh (1995-1996)
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Guyana
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Prime Minister Janet Jagan (1997)
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Lithuania (2nd)
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Prime Minister Irena Degutiene (1999)
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Mongolia
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Prime Minister Tuyaa Nyam-Osoryn (1999)
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South Korea
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Prime Minister Chang Sang (2002)
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Finland (2nd)
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Prime Minister Anneli Jatteenmaki (2003)
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Peru
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Prime Minister Beatriz Merino (2003)
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Macedonia
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Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska (2004)
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Sri Lanka wins. Two women have served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka,
and one as President.
New Zealand, Bangledesh, Ireland, The Phillipines, Lithuania,
and Finland also deserve credit for having two female leaders.