Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of State of Antigua and Barbuda
(Universal Suffrage 1951)British Colony since 1632, independent 1981 as a constitutional Monarchy

See also Antigua Parliament and Heads

1981- Elizabeth the Second, By the Grace of God, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth (1.11-)
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain since 1952. (b. 1926-)

1994-99 Parliamentary Secretary of Women’s Affairs Gwendolyn Tonge
1999-2001 Commissioner for Gender Affairs, Child Welfare, Single Parents and Care for the Elderly in the Ministry of of the Prime Minister

1999-..Deputy Governor General and Ambassador-At-Large Dame Yvonne Maginley
Former Director General of the Tourism Board in the Ministry of Tourism

2000- Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Governor General Lorna Simon

2000- Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Agnes James

2000- Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ena Thomas
One of two Permanent Secrerataries in the Department

1998-2001 Attorney-General Gertel Thom
She was Deputy Solicitor-General for Antigua and Barbuda, Attorney-General of Montserrat and Chief Legal Advisor to the Governor 1990-96. As Antiguan Attorney-General she was Second in the Cabinet. She then practiced law until 2005 when she became a High Court Judge in St. Vincent.

2003-04 Junior Minister in the Ministry of Health Gail A.J. Christian
Public Prosecutor 1999-2001. Senator 2003. Candidate for the Assembly for Antigua Labour Party and from 2004 Minority Leader in the Senate.
 
2004-05 Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister for Information and Public Service Affairs
2005- Minister of Labour, Public Administration and Empowernment Dr. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro
Elected as the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly in 2004 (The speaker was appointed). In January 2005 she was appointed Acting Prime Minister when the chief of government was abroad.

2004-05 Minister of State attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Production and Marine Affairs Joanne Massiah
2005- Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture with
with responsibility for Food Production and Marine Affairs
2006 Acting Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Marine Resources (June-August)
Senator from 2000. (b. 1968-).

2004- Cabinet Secretary Eusalyn Lewis
Until 2004 Chief Establishment Officer, she previously served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministries of Education and Health.

2007- Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack
A former nurse and magistrate from 1995. (b. 1944-).

 

Last update 04.01.07