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List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government

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This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include monarchs (see Category:Queens regnant) or female heads of government, such as prime ministers (see Category:Female heads of government). Names in italics refer to temporary presidencies.

Name Country Name of post Mandate start Mandate end
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Tuva Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Khural 1940 1944-10-11
Sühbaataryn Yanjmaa Mongolia Acting Chairman of the Presidium 1953-09-23 1954-07-07
Isabel Martínez de Perón Argentina President 1974-07-01 1976-03-24
Lidia Gueiler Bolivia Interim President 1979-11-17 1980-07-18
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Iceland President 1980-08-01 1996-08-01
Nataša Mićić Serbia President 2002 2004
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini San Marino Captain Regent 1981-04-01 1981-10-01
Agatha Barbara Malta President 1982-02-15 1987-02-15
Gloriana Ranocchini (1st term) San Marino Captain Regent 1984-04-01 1984-10-01
Carmen Pereira Guinea-Bissau Acting President 1984-05-14 1984-05-16
Elisabeth Kopp Switzerland Member of the Federal Council 1984-10-20 1989-01-12
Corazon Aquino Philippines President 1986-02-25 1992-06-30
Gloriana Ranocchini (2nd term) San Marino Captain Regent 1989-10-01 1990-04-01
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot Haiti Interim President 1990-03-13 1991-02-07
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl East Germany Chairman of the Volkskammer 1990-04-05 1990-10-02
Violeta Chamorro Nicaragua President 1990-04-25 1997-01-10
Mary Robinson Ireland President 1990-12-03 1997-09-12
Edda Ceccoli San Marino Captain Regent 1991-10-01 1992-04-01
Ruth Dreifuss Switzerland Member of the Federal Council 1993-04-01 2002-12-31
Patricia Busignani San Marino Captain Regent 1993-04-01 1993-10-01
Sylvie Kinigi Burundi Acting President 1993-10-27 1994-02-05
Chandrika Kumaratunga Sri Lanka President 1994-11-12 2005-11-19
Ruth Perry Liberia Chairman of the Council of State 1996-09-03 1997-08-02
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano Ecuador Caretaker President 1997-09-02 1997-02-11
Mary McAleese Ireland President 1997-11-11 present
Janet Jagan Guyana President 1997-12-19 1999-08-11
Rosa Zafferani San Marino Captain Regent 1999-04-01 1999-10-01
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Latvia President 1999-07-08 present
Mireya Moscoso Panama President 1999-09-01 2004-09-01
Tarja Halonen Finland President 2000-03-01 present
Maria Domenica Michelotti San Marino Captain Regent 2000-04-01 2000-10-01
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Philippines President 2001-01-20 present
Megawati Sukarnoputri Indonesia President 2001-07-23 2004-10-20
Micheline Calmy-Rey Switzerland Member of the Federal Council 2003-01-01 present
Valeria Ciavatta San Marino Captain Regent 2003-10-01 2004-04-01
Nino Burjanadze Georgia Acting President 2003-11-23 2004-01-25
Fausta Morganti San Marino Captain Regent 2005-04-01 2005-10-01
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Liberia President 2006-01-16 present
Michelle Bachelet Chile President 2006-03-11 present

See also

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