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FEMALE
GOVERNORS
1990-1999
This is a list of female governors and
similar leaders of both federal territories and unitarian states. Some of the governors
listed are the actual leaders of the states, others are official representatives
of the central power with no executive roles.
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199..-? Civil Governor Adelaide
Lisboa, Lisboa (Portugal) |
| Governor of the capital of Portugal, Lisbon. |
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1990-96
Governor Rosa Francia Fadul Fadul de Villáman, Santiago (Dominican
Republic)
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Member of Parliament from 1998. (b. 1933-). |
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1990-94
Governor Olga Lucidaria Torres Puesan, San Pedro de Macoris (Dominican
Republic)
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Member of Parliament from 1998. (b. 1950-). |
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1990-96 Governor
Eva-Riitta Siitonen, Nyland Län/Uudenmann Lääni (Finland) |
| 1985-89 Member of
the City Government of Helsinki/Helsingfors, 1987-89 Vice-Chairperson of the
Parliamentary Group of the Conservative Party and since 1996 Lord Mayor
and City Director (stadsdirektör, överborgmästare)
of Helsinki. (b. 1940-). |
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1990-95 Lieutenant Governor Marion L. Reid, Prince Edwards Island (Canada) |
| Deputy Speaker
1979-82 and 1982-86 Speaker of the PEI Legislative Assembly (b. 1929-). |
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1990-91 Acting
Governor Elizabeth Azize, Amazonas (Brazil)
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President of the Asembleía Legislativa of the State. |
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1990 and
1995-97 Governor
Bélen Sánchez Cáceres, Quindio (Colombia) |
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1990-96 Landshövding Anita
Bråkenheilm, Kristianssand (Sweden)
1996-2002 Landshövding Kalmar |
| Chief Doctor,
1979-88 MP and Chairperson of the Committees of Defence and Foreign
Affairs. (b. 1937-). |
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1990-91 Acting Commissaris van de Konigin
N.H. van den Broek-Laman Trip,
Gelderland (The Netherlands)
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Member of the Executive 1982-91, Mayor of Heemstede since 1993 and
member of the Upper House where she was Vice-Faction Chairperson of the VVD 1994-99
until becoming Chair of the parliamentary group. |
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1990-94 Governor
Ligia Zúñiga Clachar, Cunanacaste (Costa Rica) |
| Councillor
in the Embassy in Nicaragua 1994-2000 and Member of the Directory of the
Partido Unidad Social Cristiana. MP from 2001. |
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1990-94
Governor N.N., Heredia (Costa Rica) |
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1990-94
Governor N.N., Cartago (Costa Rica) |
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1990-94
Governor N.N., Puntarenas (Costa Rica) |
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1990-94
Governor N.N., Limón (Costa Rica) |
| Five of the seven
governors in the country were women. |
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1991-95 Governor Ann Willis Richards, Texas (USA) |
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As County Treasurer 1975-82 and State Treasurer
1982-90, she was the first woman to hold any state office in Texas for 50 years since governor Ma Ferguson (1925-27 and 1933-35). Ann Richards was also a well
known Democrat in national politics. She lived (1933-2006). |
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1991-95 Governor Barbara Hughey Roberts, Oregon (USA) |
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Secretary of State 1985-91 (b. 1936-). |
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1991-95 Governor Joan McInroy
Finney, Kansas (USA) |
State Treasurer 1975-91 (b. 1925-). |
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1991-94 Mayor Susan Pratt
Dixon Kelly, District of Colombia (USA) |
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The US Capital, Washington D.C. has a semi-state position. She came from a distinguished
private career, but her time in office as Mayor was not very
successful. |
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1991-93 Lieutenant Governor
Chandrawati, Pondicherry (Union Territory)
(India) |
| 1964-66 Minister
and 1972-74 Minister of State in Haryana, 1977-79 President of Janata Party
and 1982-85 Leader of the Opposition, and later senior Congress Leader in
Haryana. |
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1991-93 Governor Dulce María Saurin Rianico, Yucatán (Mexico)
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1999 President of the Parliament of the State. Later federal leader of PRI.
(b. 1951-). |
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1991 Acting Governor Martha Irena Lara Alatorre, Chihuahua
(Mexio) |
She was Secretary of Internal Affairs in Chihuahua 1986-92, and 1992-97
Ambassador in the Foreign Ministry, since 1997 Senator and sometime Vice-President
of the
Parliament del Latino Americano. |
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1991-96 Governor Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, South Australia
(Australia) |
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In
1934 Roma Mitchell was admitted to practice law as a barrister and solicitor. In
1962 she was the first female Her Majesty’s Counsel in Australia and in 1965 she was
appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, as the first
woman ever appointed to an Australian superior court. In 1981-86 the first Chair
of the Australian Human Rights Commission. 1983-91 Chancellor of the University of Adelaide.
Also the
first woman in a vice-regional position (Governor) in Australia.
She lived (1913-2000). |
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1991-ca. 96 Governor Professor Lale
Ayataman, Mugla (Turkey) |
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1996-99 she was deputy to the Grand National Assembly for the Motherlands Party
(ANAP). Chairperson of the European Committee for Environment and Regional
Affairs and Vice-Chairperson of the Group of European Democrats (Conservatives). |
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1991 Governor
Maria Mambo Café, Cabinda (Angola) |
1977-78
Vice-Minister of Internal Trade, Ca.1982-86
Minister of Social Affairs, 1986-88
Vice- Premier, Minister of State for the Economic and Social Sphere (Second
in Cabinet after President Dos Santos) and
1986-88 Member of the Secretariat of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party and later Party Secretary. (b. 1945-). |
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1991-2007 Fylkesman Åshild Hauan, Nordland Fylke
(Norway)
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| 1979-83 Deputy
Mayor of Rana, Member of the Storting 1981-92 and President of the Odelsting
1985-89. She was appointed Local Governor in 1991 and took office one year
later. (b. 1942-). |
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1991-? Regional Commissioner Halima Hamisi, Tanza (Tanzania) |
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1991-? Regional Commissioner Mary Alice
Chipunglulu, Dar-es-Salaam
(Tanzania) |
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1991-2002
Prefect of Tarn-et-Garonne
1996-2002 Prefect of the Region Lorraine
and the Department of Moselle, Coordinating
Prefect of the Rhin-Meusse Bassin
1996-2004 Prefect of the Defence Zone of the East
2002-04 Prefect of the Region of
Bretagne and Prefect d'Ille-et-Vilaine Bernadette Malgorn
(France)
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| 1975-76
Sous-Prefect and Chief of the Cabinet of the Prefect of Saône-et-Loire,
1976-78 of Val-de-Marne, 1978-80 of Bretagne, 1983-86 Secretary General of
Lorraine Affairs in Metz, 1990-91 Secretary General of the Prefecture of
La Moselle and Director of the Cabinet of Philippe Séguin 1986-88 and
1993-96 (Minister of Social Affairs and President of the National Assembly)
(b. 1951-). |
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1991-95 Prefect Colette Horel, Meuse
(France)
1995-96 Prefect of Nièvre
1997-2002 Prefect and Secretary General of the Prefecture of Paris
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| Sous-Prefect of Châteaudun 1986-88. |
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1991-94 Voivod Janina Sagatowska, Tarnobrzeskie (Poland) |
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Deputy Governor 1990-91 and she later became Senator. |
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1991-96 Government Delegate Concepcíon Sanz
Laín, Murcia (Spain) |
| Governor of Castellón 1988-90 and of Murcia 1994-96. |
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1991 Prefect Wéré Regine Gazaro, Kozah (Togo)
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Later minister in the central government and Director in the African
Intellectual Property Organisation. |
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1991- District Commissioner
Dottis Arthur, Middle Caicos (Turks and Caicos Islands) |
| Very much involved in the environmental preservation of her island. |
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1991-...
District Commissioner Elizabeth Gardiner, North Caicos
(Turks and Caicos Islands) |
| Turk and Caicos
Islands is a British Dependency in the Caribbean. |
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1991-....
District Commissioner Patricia Simons, Salt Cay (Turks and Caicos Islands) |
| Sometime before
2001 she was on the post by Loreen Malcom and then by
Lydia Ewing. |
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1992-98 Governor Margarita (Tingting) de los Reyes Cojuangco, Tarlac (Philippines)
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Sister-in-law of former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. |
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1992-2001 Governor Priscilla
Lopong
Chiongbian, Sarangai (Philippines) |
| Her husband, James
Chiongbian, was Member of the Congress. |
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1992-2001 Governor Rosalinda Y. Lopez, Davao Oriental
(Philippines) |
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1992-98 Governor
Emily Relucio-Lopez, Guimaras (Philippines) |
| From 1998 member
of the House of Representatives and Ambassador to the Vatican from 2006. |
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1992-97 Governor M.M. Leneen Forde, Queensland
(Australia) |
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After
her first husband died in 1966, she was left in charge of her four
children. She took and education and 1974-92 she was a Partner of Cannan & Peterson in charge of
probate and estates. Her second husband died in 1999. (Born in Canada in
1935). |
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1992-96
Governor Theodosia Blailes, Angaur State
(Palau) |
| There are 16
federated states in the country with a large degree of autonomy |
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1992-96
Governor Joyce Wachunu Mujuru, Mashonaland Central (Zimbabwe) |
| 1980
Minister of
Youth, Sport and Recreation, 1980-85 Minister of Community
Development and Women's Affairs, 1985-88 Minister of State by the Prime
Minister, 1988-92 Minister of Community Development, Cooperatives and
Women’s Affairs, 1996-97 Minister of Information, Post and
Telecommunication and since 1997 Minister of Rural Resources and Water
Development. |
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1992-93
Federal Interventor (Acting Governor) Claudia Bello of Corrientes
(Argentina) |
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In
1991 she was 3rd and from 1996 1st Vice-President of the Municipal Council of Buenos
Aires, 1991 Subsecretary
of Political Action and Human Rights in the Ministry of Interior, 1991-92
Secretary of State in the Office of the President and Secretary of Relations with the Communities and 1993-96 Secretary of Public Affairs and National Public
Administration (b. 1960-)
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1992-95 Landshövding Görel Bohlin,
Västerbotten
(Sweden) |
| 1973-89 Member of
the Stockholm County Council, 1988-91 Mayor of Sigtuna. (b. 1911-). |
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1992-96 Prefect Marie-Françoise Haye-Guillard, Chantal (France)
1996-99 Prefect of Cher
1999-2001 Prefect of Charente
2001-04
Prefect of
Côtes-d'Armor |
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Sous-Prefect of Châteaudun 1979-81.
In 2004 she
became Prefect without posting (b. 1951-). |
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Ca. 1992-93 Minister in charge of the Province of Central Zambia Wendy
Wakapembe Sinkala (Zambia) |
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1993-99 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and from 1999 Ambassador to Kenya,
The Seychelles etc. |
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1992-93 Chairperson
of the District Administration Ing. Ludmila Kissova, District Trnava
(Slovakia) |
| The government representative in the District. |
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1992, 1992-93 and
1994 Chairperson of the District Administration
Gabriela Kacincova, District Povazska Bystrica (Slovakia) |
| The post is equivalent
to that of a prefect. |
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Until 1992
Chairperson of the District Administration PhDr. Eva Sahligerova, District Levice
(Slovakia) |
| Represented the State not the Self-government. |
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1992-95
Resident District Commissioner
Bernadette
Bigirwa,
Kasese
1995-96
Resident District Commissioner
of Jinja (Uganda) |
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District Administrator of
Rukungiri
1988-92 and MP
1996-2004 (†). |
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1992- Custos
Rotulorum Rev. The Honourable Carmen Stewart, The Parish of St. Andrew
Parish (Jamaica) |
| A pastor
Pentecostal Gospel Temple at Windward Road in East Kingston for about 40
years, and later the presiding Bishop for Pentecostal Gospel Temple Family
of Churches, a position she still holds. Custos rotulorum means 'keeper of
the rolls' and referring to an honorific post, often associated with the
Lord Lieutenancy of a county, and in Jamaica the Custodes of Parishes are
the Representatives of the Governor General in the Parish. Sometime Acting
Governor General. (b. 1924-). |
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1993-96 Governor Lolita Aniyar de Castro, Zulia (Venezuela) |
A former Member of Chamber of Deputies, she was, according to her own biography the first woman to be elected to the post of governor. She is now
Minister-Councillor to UNESCO.
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1993 Governor
Isaura Rosas Pérez,Povince of Colón (Panamá) |
| In 1992 she was
Mayor of Colón, since 2003 Vice-Minister of Labour. |
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1993-ca. 2003 Governor Khunying
Dr. Charatsri Teepirach, Nakhon Nayok (Thailand)
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Director General of Town and Country Planning in the Ministry of Interior prior to her appointment. |
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1993-94
Governor Sy
Kadiatou Sow, Capital District of Bamako (Mali) |
| 1994-95
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malians Abroad and African Integration and
1994-2000 Minister of Town Planning and Housing.
(b. 1955-). |
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1993-96 Prefect
Catherine Delmas-Comolli, Loir-et-Cher, Region Centre (France)
2006- Prefect of the Ardennes |
| Held many high administrative posts in the Government. In 1993 Prefect for Specific Tasks and 1997 Prefect without Charge and technical Advisor in the Government. (b. 1948-). |
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1993-94 Commissaris van de Konigin
Margreeth de Boer, Drenthe (The Netherlands) |
| 1994-98 Minister
of Housing, Planning and Environment, From 1998 MP and Chairperson of the
Foreign Affairs' Committee. (b. 1940-). |
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1993- Fylkesman Tora Aasland Haug,
Rogaland Fylke (Norway) |
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Deputy Party Leader
1983-87, Vice-Leader of the group of SV
1989-93, Vice-President of the Odelsting
1990-93 and Designated as Fylkesmann of Rogaland in 1991 Minister of Research and Higher
Education in 2007. (b. 1945-). |
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1993- Fylkesman
Inger Lise Gjøv, Nord-Trøndelag Fylke (Norway)
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| Deputy Mayor of
Inderøy 1975-79, Vice-President of the Storting 1988-91,
Vice-President of the European Council 1989 and President of the Odelsting
1991-93. (b. 1938-). |
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1993-97 Landshövding Ann-Cathrine Haglund, Malmöhus
(Sweden)
1997-2002 Landshövding of Uppsala |
| Formerly active in
municipal politics, 1989-93 Member of the European Council and various
committees and council. (b. 1937-). |
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1993-94 Governor Vestine Mbundagu, Cankuzo (Burundi) |
| From ca. 2003
Vice-President of the
Parliamentary Group of FRODEBU. |
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1993-? Governor Pentile Pîrvar, Cantemir (Moldova) |
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1993-98 Prefect Anna Maria D'Ascenzo,
Grosetto (Italy)
1998-2000 Prefect Perguia
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| The first woman to be appointed Government Representative and responsible for security. She had been Prefetto
della Repubblica (without charge)
from 1990 and 1997 Senior Prefect. (b. 1940-) |
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1993 and 1994
Chairperson of the District Administration Ing. Maria Gasparíkova, District Trnava
(Slovakia)
From before 2002-03 Chairperson of Piestany District |
| She was the
government representative in the District. |
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1993-95 Chairperson
of the District Administration Ing. Jana Potančoková , District Banska Bystrica
(Slovakia) |
| The post was equivalent
to that of a prefect. |
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1993-94 and
1994-95 Chairperson of the District Administration JUDr. Zuzana Michalikova,
District Dolny Kubin (Slovakia) |
| Represented the State, not the Self-government. |
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1993-94 Chairperson
of the District Administration Ing. Iveta Novakova, District Rimavska Sobota
(Slovakia)
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| Government representative in the District. |
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1994-2001 Governor Christine Todd Whitman, New Jersey (USA)
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| Reelected in 1998
and 2000, but resigned in 2001 to become member of the Federal Cabinet as
Environment Agency Administrator, a post she held until 2003. (b. 1946-). |
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1994-2002 Governor Roseana Maciera Sarney
Murad, Maranhão (Brazil) |
| Member of
the Liberal Party, PAL, and was reelected in 1998 with 60 pct. of the vote.
Daughter of Jose Sarney, who was President in 1985-90. In 2002
Presidential candidate, but she reigned before the elections because of a
corruption-scandal. (b. 1953-). |
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1994 and 1999-2004 Governor Irlena Brown Villalobos Province
of Panamá (Panamá)
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| Previously civil
servant in various ministries. |
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1994-98
Governor Susana Richa de Torrijos, Province of Panamá (Panama) |
Former
Vice-Minister and 1981-84 Minister of Education.
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1994-97
Lieutenant Governor Margaret Norrie McCain, New Brunswick (Canada) |
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Throughout her career, she has been active in
organizations which promote education, music and the arts. She has served as Chancellor of
the University of Mount Allison Board of Regents since 1986. (b. 1934-). |
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1994-99 Commissioner Helen Mamayaok
Maksagak, North West Territories
(Canada)
1999-2000 Commissioner of Nunavut |
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Deputy Commissioner 1992-95 and was the first inuit Commissioner.
(b. 1931-). |
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1994-98 Governor Agnes Lukudi, Bahr-al-Jabal (Sudan) |
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Agnes Poni Lukodi Woro was Minister of
Public Service and Manpower (Labour Forces) 1998-2000. |
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1994-98 Governor Kaarina
Suonio, Hämeen Lääni/Tavastehus Län (Finland) |
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1982 Second Minister of
Education for Culture, 1982-83 Minister of Culture and Science, 1983-86
Minister of Education (b. 1941-).
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1994-99 Commissaris van de Konigin Ir. J.M. Leemhuis-Stout, Zuid-Holland (The
Netherlands)
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| Worked by the
Union of Waterscapes and was Dijkgraaf in Rotterdam 1984-94. The Count of
the Dykes are in charge of the Dyke-systems. |
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1994-99 Prefect
Branislava Furjanovic, Prizren (Serbia/Yoguslavia) |
| Forced to leave the prefecture in Kosova during the uprising, and therefore considered herself "prefect in exile" until she was removed by the new government in 2001. |
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1994-? Governor Malachine
Burwauvba, Kayanza (Burundi) |
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1994-96 Government Delegate Amparo Rubiales
Torrejón, Andalucia (Spain) |
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Also governor of Sevilla. 1979-82 Vice-President of the City Council of
Sevilla, 1984-86 Councillor of the Presidency in Andalucia and 1986-96 Secretary
General of Relations with the Parliament. From 2000 2. Vice-President of the Chamber of
Deputies. |
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1994-96 Government Delegate
María del Pilar de la Vega Cebrión, Aragon (Spain) |
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Also Governor of Zaragoza. |
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1994 Governor Pauline
Nyingone, Province de L'Estvaire (Gabon) |
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1982-? Secretary of State of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, 1988-89 Secretary
of State for Social Affairs. |
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1994-
Lord-Lieutenant
F. Mary Fagan, Hampshire (United Kingdom)
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| Has been active in Community Affairs and Charitable Work for many years. (b. 1939-). |
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1994-
Lord-Lieutenant
Lady Mary
Holborow, Cornwall
(United Kingdom) |
| 1990-2000
Vice-Chairperson of the Cornwall and Isle of Scilly Health Authority and
member of a large number of official committees and boards and involved in
charitable work. Daughter of the 8th Earl of Courtown. (1934-). |
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1994-96 Prefect Anna Maria Cancellieri Peluso,
Vicenza (Italy)
2004- Prefect of Catania |
| Worked in various
ministries 1996-2004. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration Ing. Tatiana Klimkova, District Presov
(Slovakia)
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| The government representative in the District. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration Ing. Ludmila Richterova, District Prievidza
(Slovakia)
|
| The post is equivalent
to that of a prefect. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration JUDr. Zdenka Ivanikova, District Rimavska Sobota
(Slovakia) |
| Government representative in the District. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration JUDr. Eva Hudakova, District Bardejov
(Slovakia) |
| Represented the State not the Self-government. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration JUDr. Eva Safarikova, District Kosice
(Slovakia) |
| Appointed by the
government. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration Mgr. Helena Farkasova, District Nove Zamky
(Slovakia) |
| The official
state-representative. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration JUDr. Veronika Tothova, District Trebisov
(Slovakia) |
| The
government representative in the District. |
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1994-96 Chairperson
of the District Administration Ing. Marta Sajbidorova, District Trencin
(Slovakia)
|
| The post is equivalent
to that of a prefect. |
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1994 Chairperson
of the District Administration Mgr. Maria Stalmaskova, District Zilina
(Slovakia)
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| Not part
of the self-government, but state representative. |
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1995-97
Governor Leonor Serrano de Camargo, Cundinamarca (Colombia) |
| Manager of a
private company and senator from 2002. |
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1995-97 Governor
María Amparo Ossa Suárez, Caquetá (Colombia) |
| From 1998 worked with the
presidential admininstration. |
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1995-97 Governor
Cristina Mitchell Hunter, San Andres (Colombia) |
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1995-98 Governor Sheila
Kaul, Himshal Pradesh (India) |
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1982-89
Minister of State of Culture, Education and Social Welfare,
1991-95 Minister of Urban Development, 1995 Minister of Urban Affairs and
Employment. She is a relative of Indira Gandhi.
(b.1915-). |
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1995-98
Lieutenant Governor Dr. Rajendra Kumari Bajpai, Pondicherry (India) |
| 1970-77
Minister in the Cabinet of Uttar Pradesh, 1984-86 Union Minister of State
with independent charge of Social Welfare, 1986-87 Minister of State with
independent charge of Labour, 1987-89 Minister of State with independent
charge of of Welfare. She lived (1925-99). |
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1995-2004 Governor Maria Angelica Rosedell M. Amante, Agusan del Norte
(Philippines) |
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Daughter of the former Executive Secretary for the President Edelmiro Amante. Her mother,
Rosario, is Mayor of Cabadbaran. In 2001 she won against Sheila Libarios.
And from 2004 Member of the House of Representatives. (b. 1970-). |
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1995-2004 Governor
Remedios (Matin) Loretto-Petilla, Leyte (Philippines) |
| Trinidad G.
Apostol was Vice-Governor 1998-2001.
Remedios' husband, Leopoldo Petilla
is former Governor of the State, and in 2001 her niece, Catalina Loreto Go run
against her. |
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1995-2001 Governor Josephine Y. Ramirez-Sato, Occidental Mindoro
(Philippines)
|
| Until ca. 1998 her
vice-governor was Anita A. Villaroza. |
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1995-98 Governor
Josie Castillo-Co, Quirino
(Philippines) |
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1995- Governor Hannele Pokka, Lappin Lääni/Lappland Län (Finland) |
| In
1986-94 Deputy Chairperson of Suomen Keskusta/Centern i Finland (The
Centre Party), 1991-94 Minister of Justice, 1993 Candidate in her
party's primary-elections for the Presidential Elections. (b. 1952-).
|
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1995-2000
Commissioner Judy Gingell, Yukon Territory (Canada)
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The first Canadian Indian Commissioner. 1989-95 she was chairperson of the First Nation's Council (Today the title is Grand Chief).
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1995-97 Governor
Milda Petrauskienė, Utena County Council (Lithuania )
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Member of the Seimas
from 2004. (b. 1949). |
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1995-2001 Landshövding
Kristina Persson (Johansson), Jämtland
(Sweden) |
| Worked in the
Government Administration, social democrat MP 1993-95 and MEP 1995. (b. 1945-). |
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1995-2004 Landshövding Gerd Engman, Örebro
(Sweden) |
1987-90 State Secretary of
Church- and Equality Affairs
(b. 1942-). |
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1995-2005 Governor Hilde Houben-Bertrand, Limburg (Belgium) |
| Former
high-ranking civil servant (b. 1939-). |
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1995-96 Government Delegate
Carmen Moya García, Valencia (Spain) |
|
Also Governor of Valencia. 2004 she became
Government Commissioner for the Fight Against Drugs. |
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1995-96 Government Delegate
María del Pilar Uedó, Madrid (Spain) |
|
Also Governor of Madrid. |
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1995-97 Prefect and General Commander of the Department Mirtha Queuedo
Acalinovic, Oruro (Bolivia) |
|
Secretary of
the Cámera de Diputados
1993-94,
, Vice-President of the Municipal Council of Oruro 2001-02,
President
Cámera de Senadores Bolivia 2001-02 and from
2003
Minister of Popular Participation
(b. 1960-). |
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1995- Lord-Lieutenant Bridget K. Cracroft-Eley, Lincolnshire
(United Kingdom)
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| From 1980 Member
of the Local Parish Council, since 1988 Governor of Hackthon C of E
Primary School, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1989-90. She was born as
Cracrost-Amcotts and married to Robert Cracroft-Ely, who died 1996. (b.
1935-). |
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Until 1995
Chairperson of the District Administration JUDr. Eva Bubniakova, District Dunajska Streda
(Slovakia) |
| Government representative in the District. |
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1995-96 Chairperson
of the District Administration PhDr. Anna Novotna, District Banska Bystrica
(Slovakia) |
| The post is equivalent
to that of a prefect. |
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1995-96 and 1997-ca.
2002 Chairperson of the
District Administration Mgr. Eva Grossingerova, District Poprad (Slovakia) |
| Both state
representative under the new and the old district arrangement. |
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...JUDr. Danka Novotna,
District Spisska Nova Ves (Slovakia) |
| Government representative in the District. |
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1995 Chairperson
of the District Administration JUDr. Ludmila Mochnacova, District Stara Lubovna
(Slovakia)
|
| The official
state-representative. |
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1996-2000 Governor of Koryak Autonomous Okrug Valentina Tadeyevna Bronevich
(Russia) |
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Before becoming governor she was Chairperson of the local Executive Committee
1987-90. She
was the only female leader of a territorial unit in
Russia.
(b. 1956-). |
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1996-2007
Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault, Quebec (Canada) |
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When
she was a teenager an accident left her with a
permanent disability, which confined her to a wheelchair She
became involved in community affairs, and in 1977 she was appointed to the
Quebec Ministry of Education's Commission of Surveillance of Language
Education, 1987-1993 Vice President for Quebec's Commission of Labour
Health and Security, 1993-99 President and CEO of the Office for
Handicapped Persons in Québec. (b. 1939-). |
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1996-2000
Intendent Dra. Luz Peñalzo Serrano, Region VII de Maule (Chile) |
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1996-98 Governor
Ramona Lucrecia Paulino
Liriano, Sánchez Ramírez (Dominican Republic) |
| MP since 1998. (b.
1959-). |
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1996-2000 Governor Dra.
Nelly Asunción
Perez Duverge, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic) |
| From 2000 Consul
General in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. |
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1996-2000 Governor Dra. Isabel Matos, Bahoruco (Dominican Republic) |
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Before 1996 Governor
Olga Duque de Ospina,
Huila (Columia) |
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Former Senator,
Minister of Education
1996-97,
Presidential Candidate
2002.
(b. ca. 1935-) |
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1996-98 and
2004-05 Governor
Olgalina de Quijada, Province of Colón
(Panama) |
| MP 1999-2004 and Chairperson of the Women's Affairs Committee of the Parliament. |
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1996-? Governor
Martha Johnson, Limón (Venezuela) |
| The first female governor and the first of African decent in the state. |
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Ca.
1996-2000 Governor Ana María Medrano, Department of Guatemala (Guatemala) |
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1996 Zupan Prof. Dr. Sabria
Hadzovic, Canton of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
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In office from March till October. |
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1996-97 Zupan Fatima Leho,
The Herceg-Neretva Canton
(Bosnia-Herzegovina)
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In the rotating administration, she was
Vice-Governor 1997-98 and became a Deputy Minister in the central government in 1998.
(b. 1946-). |
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1996-97 Regional Supervisor
and Deputy High Representative Cheryl Plumridge, Banja Luka in The Republic
of Sprska (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
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Head of the Banja Luka Regional Office of the High Representative
in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A British civil servant. |
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1996-98 Prefect
Janine Pichon, Gers (France)
1998-99 Prefect of Mayenne |
| (b. 1937-). |
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1996-2003 Government Delegate Julia García-Valdecasas
Salgado, Cataluña/Catalunya (Spain) |
| Former civil
servant in the government of Catalunya, and from
Minister of Public Administration in the
central government. (b. 1944-). |
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1996-2003 Government Delegate Catalina Cirer Adrover, Illes Balares/Islas
Baleares (Spain) |
| 1993-96 Councillor (Minister) in the Government of the Canary Islands. |
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1996-99 Lord-Lieutenant and Lord Provost of Aberdeen
Margaret Farquhar (United Kingdom) |
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In Scotland the Lord Mayor is named Lord Provost and in a number
of cities also acts as the Queen's Represenative. In the virtue of her
office, she was also Lord High Admiral of the Northern Seas and Vice Admiral
of the Coast of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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1996-99 Prefect
Elisabeth Allaire, Haute Marne
1999-2005
Prefect of
Sarthe
2005- Prefect of
Morbihan (France) |
| A high ranking
civil servant. |
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1996-99 Prefect Maria-Teresa Cortellessa dell'Orco of
Perugia (Italy)
2003-06 Prefect of
Brescia
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| From 1968
administrator in the Ministry of Interior, appointed Prefect without
charge in 1991, 1993-94 she was
the first female Deputy Chief of Police, 1996 Chief of the Cabinet of the
Minister of Interior before she became the first female prefect and later
again worked in a leading position in the Ministry of Interior. |
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1997-2002 Governor Jane Dee Hull, Arizona (USA) |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989-93 and Secretary of State 1995-97.
She succeeded to the post after her predecessor resigned. She was barred by term
limits from seeking re-election. (b. 1935-). |
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1997-2002 Governor Jeanne Bowers
Shaheen, New Hampshire (USA) |
| State
Senator 1990-96 and unsucessful canidate for the US Senate in 2002. (b. 1947-) |
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1997- Governor
Cecilia Trejos Gómez de Larios, Guanacaste (Costa Rica) |
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1997-2000 Governor Dame Josephine
Abaijah, Milne Bay Province |
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Former leader of the Papuan secessionist movement as Leader of The Papuan Freedom Party since 1972. It merged with another party in the 1990's. She was Chairperson of the Interim Commission (Government) of the National Capital District around 1989. She was ousted as Governor by a vote of
no confidence but retained her position as MP, but later the High Court apparently reinstalled her as governor, but it was not effectuated. Since 2000 Member of the National Committee on Bougainvillea. She was knighted in 1991 (b. 1942).
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1997-2001 Governor
Selvi M. Fathima Beeri, Tamil Nadu (India) |
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In
1983 she was appointed judge in the Kerala High Court. 1989-93 Judge in
the Supreme Court of India as the first woman. She was removed from the
post of governor after having appointed J. Jayalalitha Jayaram as chief
Minister in spite of her conviction for corruption. (b. 1927-)
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1997-99 Governor V.S. Ramadevi, Himashal Pradesh (India)
1999- Governor of Karnataka |
| Former Chief
Election Commissioner, 1993-97 Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha. |
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1997-2002
Lieutenant Governor Hilary Frayne Weston, Ontario (Canada) |
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Worked in business and philanthropy before her appointment as Lt. Governor. She supported cultural projects and research into breast cancer and aids. Born in Dublin (b. 1942-). |
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1997-2003
Lieutenant Governor Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Councell, New Brunswick (Canada) |
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A
hospital doctor, she also worked as a nutritionist for the governments of New Brunswick
and Ontario and, during her early years in Toronto, as a free-lance journalist. Minister of State of Family and Conservation
Service in New Brunswick 1995-97. 2003 appointed senator. (b. 1933-). |
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Around 1997 Governor Pilar
Villegas de Hoyos, Caldas (Columbia) |
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1997- Provincial Governor
Grace Uushona, Otjozondjupa (Namibia) |
| Also
Councillor
in the National Council from Grootfontein. |
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1997-99
Governor Satu
Camará Pinto,
Region of Gabú (Guinea Bissau) |
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1990-97
President of the Region of Cacheu,
2.
Vice-President of the
African
Party for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Independence (PAIGC) and from 2004
1.
Vice-President of the People's
National Assembly
(b.
1948-). |
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1997-99 Voivode Krystyna Lukaszuk, Białostocki
1999-2001 Voivode in Podlaski (Poland)
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| (b.
1949-). |
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1997-99 Voivode Maria Piór,
Elbląski (Poland)
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| (b.1954-). |
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1997-99 Voivode Grażyna
Sztark,
Koszaliński (Poland)
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| (b.1954-). |
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1997-99 Governor Danuté Mileikiené, Telsiai (Lithuania )
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(b. 1948-). |
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1997-2004 Governor Tuula Linnainmaa, Södra Finland Län/Etelä-Soumen Lääni
(Finland)
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1995-97
Minister of Transport and Communication . The South Finland County was a newly established province as a meger of a number of provinces
as part of a new administrative structure of the country. (b. 1942-). |
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1997-2004 Landshövding Karin
Starrin, Halland (Sweden) |
| MP for the Center
Party 1988-97 and Member of the European Parliament 1995. From 2004
Director General of the Directorate of Costums.(b. 1947-). |
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Ca. 1997-99 Prefect
Makbule Çeço, Tirana (Albania) |
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1999-2001 she was Deputy Premier of the country. See Vice Premiers 1990-99,
and from 2001 Vice-President of the Parliament. |
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1997-99 Prefetto
Italia Fortunati,
Piacenza (Italy)
1999-2000 Commissioner of the Government of the Regione Campania
2000-07 Prefect of Modena.
2007- Prefect of
Verona |
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Former Vice-Prefct of Isernia and Prefect and
Vice-Commissioner of the Government in Napoli 1993. |
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1997-2007 Statsamtmand Bente
Flindt Sørensen, København og Frederiksberg (Denmark)
1997- Stiftsamtmand for the Diocese of København (Copenhagen)
2006- Director of the State Administration for the Capital Region
(Statsforvaltningsdirektør for Statsforvaltningen Hovedstaden)
2007- Stiftamtmand for the Diocese of Helsingør
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| In 2005 she was appointed to handle the transfer from
the County of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and parts of Sealand to new State
Administration (Statsforvaltningen Hovedstaden). She previously worked in the
ministries of Labour and Social Affairs 1969-84, 1984 Acting Chief of
Complaint in the Administration of Social Complaints and 1986-92 its chief,
1992-97 Deputy Chief of the Administration. Daughter of the Late Mogens
Flindt Nielsen and Lise Nørgaard (a famous Danish journalist and author ),
and married to the judge in the High Court, Per Sørensen. (b. 1943-). |
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1997- Lord-Lieutenant Sarah Goad, Surrey (United
Kingdom)
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| Director of Tilburstow Farms Co Ltd, 1963-70, and a partner in
Lambert Farmers, 1970-94. Deputy Chairperson of the Family Panel 1992-1997,
and has served extensively in the educational and charitable fields.
(b. 1938-). |
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1998-99 Governor Nancy Putnam Hollister, Ohio (USA)
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The 66th Governor of the State. She was Lt. Governor and was appointed during a vacancy after the former
Governor were elected to the US Senate. |
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1998- Regional
Co-coordinator and Governor Alba Rivera de Vallejos, North Atlantic
Autonomous Region (RAAN) (Nicaragua) |
| The remote area
inhabited by Indians from the former kingdom of Miskito has got virtual self government. Alba Rivera was
Political Leader of the Partido Liberal
Constitucionalista until 2000. |
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Ca. 1998- Governor Lucila Esparanza Barahona de Castro,
Santa Barbára (Honduras)
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| In December 1998 Lucila
Barahona was suspended, for inflating her region's death toll from
Hurricane Mitch. It also lowered its official death count by 1.350 people.
the crash, which occurred while Castellanos was surveying hurricane damage.
She was later cleared and reinstated. |
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Before 1998-2002 Governor Prof. María Teresa
Jansen de Aguillar, Cortes (Honduras)
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1998-99
Governor Antonia Zaracho de Recalde, Department of Boquerón (Paraguay)
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1998-2002 Lieutenant Governor Dr.
Jajani
Rai, Pondicheery (India) |
| Dean of Nagpur
University Home Science Faculty (b. 1931-). |
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1998- Governor Josefina
(Josie) Mendoza Dela Cruz, Bulacan (Philippines) |
| City Councillor 1980 and Vice-Mayor of Bocave 1982-88, Board Member of Bulacan 1988.
She had been Vice-Governor 1992-98 and succeeded the former governor in
February 1998, and was elected in May. In 2001 she was reelected against Luz
Parungao-Viado. (b. 1958-). |
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1998- Governor Carmencita O. Reyes, Marinduque
(Philippines)
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| Undersecretary of Social Secretary and Devlopment 1981-82 and
later Member of the House of Representatives. (b. 1931-). |
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1998- Governor Imelda Quibranza
Diamporo, Lano del Norte (Philippines) |
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She is daughter of the late former governor of the state, Arsenio Quibranza. Her
husband, Abdullah D, is former governor of the state. |
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1998-2007
Governor Rosette Yñiguez Lerias, Southern Leyte (Philippines) |
| The vice-governor
is Eva L. Tomol. (b. 1945-). |
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1998-2001 Governor Ruthie de Lara
Guingona, Misamis Oriental (Philippines) |
| Her husband,
Teofisto Guingona, is Senator and former Executive Secretary and Secretary
of Justice in the national cabinet. She did not run for reelection. (b. 1942-). |
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1998-2001 Governor Madeleine
Mendoza Ong, Northern Samar (Philippines) |
| In 2001 she lost
the bid for reelection. |
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1998-2001 Governor Valentina G.
Plaza, Agusan del Sur (Philippines) |
| The vice-governor of
the state has been Virginia M. Getes since around 1995. |
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Ca. 1998-2001 Governor Maria Zita Valera, Abra
(Philippines)
|
| Known as Ching
Valera, she was not reelected in 2001. |
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1998-2000 Prefect Eleni Beseba, Athens (Greece)
|
| Sometime Socialist
MP. |
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1998-2002 Prefect Marry Tzanaki, Piraeus-Sorotou (Greece)
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| Elected as Regional Governor with limited powers. |
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1998-2001 Isabella Giannola,
Caltanissetta (Italy)
2000-03 Prefect
of Siena (Italy) |
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From 2003 Prefect-at-Large,
later Deputy Secretary General of the
Ministry of Interior and
Vice-Director of the Secret Service from 2006.
(b. 1943-)d
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1998-2004 Landshövding Birgit Friggebo, Jönköping (Sweden)
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1976-78
Minister of Planning in Ministry of Housing, 1978-83 of Housing and Planning,
1991-94 of Culture and Immigration. Party Secretary 1983-86, Deputy Chairperson
1986-90 and Parliamentary Leader of Folkepartiet Liberaerne (Liberals) 1990-91,
Chairperson of the Constitutional Committee of Riksdag 1994-98, (b. 1944-).
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1998-2004 Landshövding Lillemor Arvidsson, Gotland (Sweden) |
| Chairperson of Kommunal
(Union of Municipal Employees) 1988-95. (b. 1943-). |
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1998- Governor Pirjo
Ala-Kapelee, Östra Finlands Län/Itä-Suomen Lääni
(Finland)
|
| 1986-87
Minister of Education. |
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1998-2001 Fylkesmann Karin Moer Røisland, Oslo og Akershus Fylke (Norway)
|
| 1978-81 Vice-Mayor
of Ås, Assistant Fylkesman 1991-99 and acting governor from December 1998 til
January
1999. From 2001 Permanent Secretary, Departementsråd, in the Ministry of Labour
and Administration (b. 1939-). |
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1998-2004 Fylkesmann Solveig Helene Sollie, Telemark Fylke (Norway) |
Member of the Parliament 1985-97, 1989-90 Minister
of Family and Consumer Affairs, 1987-93 and from 1996 Deputy Leader of Kristeligt Folkeparti,
Christian People's Party. (b. 1944-). |
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1998- Fylkesmann Ann-Kristin Olsen, Vest-Agder Fylke (Norway) |
1983-95 Chief of Police of Halden (as the first woman in the country) and Sysselman of Svalbard
1995-1998 (b. 1945-). |
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1998 Governor Raymonde Dury, Administrative Arrondissement of Bruxelles-Capital
(Belgium) |
| Member of the
European Parliament 1982-98. Governor May-November. |
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1998- Governor Véronique Paulus de Châtelet, Administrative Arrondissement of Bruxelles-Capital
(Belgium)
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| Judge in various high courts 1981-94 and chairperson of a commission in charge of modernizing the court-system 1994-1998. (b. 1948-). |
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1998-99 Voivode Teresa
Piotrowska, Bydgoski
(Poland)
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| A historian and theologist. Since 2001 she is deputy in Sejm. (b.1955-). |
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1998- Lord-Lieutenant The Hon. Shâh
Legge-Bourke, Powys (United Kingdom)
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| A former Lady-in-Waiting for HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne), High Sheriff
of Powys 1991 and had other community posts. Mother of 4 children. |
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1998-2007 Lord-Lieutenant Dr. June
Paterson-Brown, Roxburgh, Eltrich and Lauderdale (United Kingdom)
|
| Deputy Lieutenant of the County 1990, and had been active in girl scout affairs for many years. She was the first female Lord-Lieutenant in Scotland. |
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1998- Lord-Lieutenant Lady Juliet Townsend,
Northamptonshire (United Kingdom)
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| Former High
Sheriff and involved in local charity and community work trough many
years. |
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1998-
Lord-Lieutenant Lady Elizabeth Gass, Sommerset (United Kingdom) |
| County Councillor 1985-988 and is member of the board of the English Heritage Commission and holds other posts in the community. |
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1999-2003 Governor Luciana Perosa de Policani,
Colón (Panamá)
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| Resigned to run for an elective office in 2004. |
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1999-before 2001 Governor Soledad Aguirre de Rengel,
Loja (Ecuador)
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1999-2000 Governor Irene Lailin Sáez
Conde, Nuevo Esparta (Islas de
Margaritas etc) (Venezuela) |
| Former Mayor in a part of
Caracas, 1999 Presidential Candidate. |
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1999-2005 (†) Lieutenant-Governor Lois E.
Hole, Alberta (Canada) |
|
"Gardening
guru", philantropist,
education advocate and community supporter, 1998-2002, The 16th Chancellor
of the University of Alberta.
2003 her husband died of cancer and she died of the same dicease. Mother
of two sons, she lived (1933-2005). |
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1999-2004 Wali Nouria Yamina Zerhouni, Tipaza
Province (Algeria) |
| Niece of the Minister of Interior
and first female prefect in the country. |
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1999- Fylkesmann Kirsti Kolle Grøndal, Buskerud (Norway) |
| 2. Assistant Vice-President of the Storting (Grand Assembly)
1984-86 and 1989-90 and it's 1. Vice-President 1990-93 and President 1993-2001. She was also Minister
of Church Affairs and Education 1986-88, Minister of Development Aid
1988-89. In 1999 she was appointed Fylkesmann of Buskerud with absence-of-leave until
she left the parliament after the elections in 2001. (b. 1943-). |
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Around 1999 Governor
Bounpheng Mounphos | |