Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership,

UPDATES

20.01.12
Guatemala Ministers (New government)
Guatemala Parliament (Updates)
Japan Ministers (Government changes)
Female Leaders in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (New entry)

15.01.12

Marshall Islands Ministers (New government)
Spain Local Leaders  (New Government Delegates to Autonomous Regions)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

 

06.01.12
Switzerland Ministers (Eveline Widmer-Sclumpf replaces Micheline Calmy-Rey as President. Calmy-Rey also left the government and position as Federal Councillor of Foreign Affairs)
Female Presidents (Updates)
Jamaica Ministers (New government with 5 women members (Including the Premier) and 23 male)

Woman Premier Ministers (Portia Simpson-Miller takes office as Prime Minister of Jamaica)
Czech Republic Ministers (New Minister of Culture)
Morroco Ministers (New Government with 1 woman and 30 men (The former government had 8 female members)
Switzerland Local Leaders (Updates to the Cantons of Fribourg, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Schaffhausen and Solothurn)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Updates)
Saint Lucia Parliament (Speaker of the Assembly and the President of the Senate were replaced by men)
United Kingdom Local Leaders (New Lord Lieutenant in United Kingdom)

 

01.01.12
Jamaica Ministers (Portia Simpson Miller Designate Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Updates)
European Union (Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, heads the rotating presidency)
Iceland Ministers (Government changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Icelandic Finance Minister)
Argentina Parliament (Provisorial President of the Senate)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)

 

26.12.11
Tunisia Ministers (New government with 3 women and 38 male ministers)
Croatia Ministers (New government)
Woman Premier Ministers (Jadranka Kosor leaves office as Croat Premier)
Female Foreign Ministers (Vesna Pusic is Croat Forign Minister)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Croat Finance Minister leaves office)

 Croatia Parliament (Updates)
Kyrgyzstan Ministers (New government)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Kyrgyz Vice-Premier)
Spain Parliament (Updates)

 

21.12.11
Spain Ministers (New government with 4 women and 10 male ministers)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Spanish Vice-Premier)
Female Foreign Ministers (Spanish Minister since 2010 replaced by a man)
Female Defence Ministers Spanish Minister since 2008 replaced by a man)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 Spanish Minister since 2009  replaced by a man)
Spain Local Leaders (New Mayor of Madrid)
Women Bishops (New German Lutheran Bishop)

 

18.12.11
Switzerland Ministers (Updates)
Female Presidents (Eveline Widmer-Sclumpf Swiss president for 2012)
Switzerland Parliament (Updates)
Switzerland Parties (Updates)
New Zealand Ministers (Government changes)
Netherlands Ministers (Government change)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Updates)

 

12.12.11
Gibraltar (New government)
Yemen Ministers (Government changes)
Cameroon Ministers (Government changes)
Argentina Local Leaders (New governor)
Female Governors from 2005 (updates)

 

08.12.11
Saint Lucia Ministers (New Government)
Egypt Ministers (Government changes)


06.12.11
Female Presidents (Rosa Otunbayeva leaves office as President of Kyrgyzstan)
Jordan Ministers (Government changes)
Guyana Ministers (Government changes)
Belgium Ministers (New government with only 25% women)

 

29.11.11
Guyana Parties (Death of Party Leader and former Prime Ministerial candidate)
South Ossetia (Alla Dzhioyeva wins presidential election which is subsequently annulled)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Slovakia Ministers (Prime Minister Iveta Radičová takes over post of Defence Minister)
Female Defence Ministers (Update)

 

27.11.11
Libya Ministers (New government)
Faero Islands Ministers (Nev government)
Faeroes Islands Parties (Updates)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Vice-Premier of the Faeroes)
Isle of Man Ministers (Updates)

 

22.11.11
Åland Ministers (New government, and Camilla Gunell replaces Viveca Eriksson as Lantråd or Premier)
Woman Heads of State and Government (Update with the developments in Åland)
Åland Parliament (Britt Lundberg is Speaker of the Lagting)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Update with the developments in Åland)
Madagascar Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (Madagasque Foreign Minister replaced)

Australia Local Leaders (First female Administrator of the Northern Territory)
Female Governors from 2005 (Update)

16.11.11
Poland Parliament (Marshal of the Sejm)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Polish Underhouse Chair)
Norway Ministers (Government changes)
Italy Ministers (New Government)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Nowegian and Italian Ministers)

Bulgaria Ministers (Designate Vice-President)
Guatemala Ministers (Designate Vice-President)
Female Vice-presidents (Designate Vice-Presidents)


11.11.11
Female Presidents (Mary McAleese leaves office as President of Ireland)
British Virgin Islands Ministers (New government without women)
Burundi Ministers (Government Changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Burundian Finance Minister (see 2007))
Poland Parliament  (Updates)
Poland Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates on Polish Governors)

 

01.11.2011
Latvia Ministers (Government changes)
Jamaica Ministers  (Government changes)

 

23.10.11
Åland Ministers (Designate Candidate Premier)
Woman Premier Ministers of External Territories (Camilla Gunell Designated as Lantråd of the Åland Islands)
Indonsia Ministers (Government changes)

 

20.10.2011
United Kingdom Ministers (Government changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Change of Economic Secretaries)
Haiti Ministers (New Government)
Female Foreign Ministers (Haitian Foreign Minister since 2009 leaves office)
Swaziland Ministers  (Government changes)

 

14.10.11
Belgium Parliament (New Senate President)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Belgian Senate President)
Belgium Parties (Updates)
Danish Party Leaders (Updates)

10.10.11
Canada Local Leaders (New Premier of Alberta)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Alison Redford, Premier of Alberta)

 

06.10.11
Denmark List of Female Party Leaders (Updates to the Deputy Party Leadership-positions)
Danish Party Leaders (Updates to Party Leaders)


03.10.11
List of Danish Female Ministers (New government with 9 women and 12 men (39 %))
Woman Premier Ministers (Helle Thorning-Schmidt takes office as Prime Minister)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Danish Minister of Economy)
Danish Female Parliament Vice-Chairmen (New Vice-Chairperson of the Folketing)
Denmark Parliament (Vice-Chair and Secretaries)
Sweden Ministers (Government changes)
Bolivia Ministers (Defence Minister resigns)
Female Defence Ministers (María Cecilia Chacón resigned as Bolivian Defence Minister after 5 months in office)




28.09.11
Denmark List of Female Party Leaders (New Political Spokesperson of the Conservative Party)
Russia Parliament (Valentina Matviyenko is new Chairperson of the Federation Council)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Russia Heads (Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko is also Second Deputy Head of State)
Female Presidents of Unterstate Entities (Added new information many new photos)

 

25.09.11
Sweden Local Leaders (Acting Governor of the County of Stockholm)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)
Sweden Parties (New leader of the centre party and other updates)
Israel Parties (New leader of the Labour Party)

 

20.09.11
Denmark List of Female Party Leaders (Updates)
Danish Party Leaders (Updates)
Nevis Parliament (New Assembly President)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Nevis Presidents in 2001 and 2011)
Costa Rica Ministers (Government changes)
Cuba Ministers (Government changes)
Dominican Republic Ministers (Government changes)
Cuba Local (New Regional Presidents)

 

16.09.11
Denmark Ministers (Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her coalition partners win the election and she is becomes the designate Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Designate Danish Prime Minister)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

09.09.11
Japan Ministers (Government changes)
Malawi Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (Malawi Foreign Minister)

 

05.09.11
Christmas Island (Acting Administator)
Cocos [Keelings] Islands (Acting Administator)
British Indian Ocean Territory (Acting Administator)
Female Governors of External Territories (Updates)
Argentina Local Leaders (New Governor)
Ecuador Local Leaders  (New Governor)
Congo-Kinshasa Local Leaders  (New Governor)
Liberia Local Leaders  (New Governor)
Female Governors 2000-2005  (New Governor)
Female Governors from 2005   (New Governor)
Uganda Substates  (Regents of traditional states)
Women in power from 2000 (See 2010)
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000  (Updates)

 

1.09.11
New Zealand Heads of State (Acting Governor General)
Female Governors General (Ditto - see 2001)
Jamaica Parliament (New Speaker)
Jamaica Ministers (Goverment change)
United Kingdom Parliament (New Lord Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Various updates)
Kenya Ministers (Government change)
Southern Sudan Ministers (Government changes)
Isle of Man Ministers (Updates)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Various updates)
Russian Local Leaders (Governor of St. Petersburg resigned)
Female Governors 2000-2005 (See 2003)

 

22,08.11
Vietnam Ministers (Government changes)
Libya Ministers (Interim National Council Member)

18.08.11
Nigeria Ministers (Finance Mininster 2003-06 reappointed to the post)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Ditto)
Chad Ministers (Government changes)
Vietnam Parliament (Update)


11.08.11
Papua New Guinea Ministers (New government without women)
Thailand Ministers (New government)
USA Cabinet (Update)
Germany Local Leaders (New Minister President of Saarland)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is Premier of Saarland)
Ghana Parties (Updates)


08.08.11
Mauritius Ministers (Government changes)
Israel Parliament (Updates)

05.08.11
Thailand Ministers (Yingluck Shinawatra is elected Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Thai Prime Minister)
Cyprus Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (Cypriot Foreign Minister)

03.08.11
Peru Ministers (New government)
Peru Heads (New Vice-President)
Female Vice-presidents (Ditto)

 
27.07.11
Uganda Parliament (New Speaker of the National Assembly)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Spain Local Leaders (President of the Government of Aragón)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Updates)
Nigeria Ministers (Government changes)
Norway Ministers (Updates)
Somalia Ministers (Government changes)
Greece Parties (New Party Leader)
Female Governors of External Territories (Updates)


11.07.11
Female Governors of External Territories (New High Commissioner of Greenland)
Lebanon Ministers (New government without women)
Vanuatu Ministers  (New government without women)


09.07.11

Southern Sudan Ministers (Updates of the government members in the country that became independent on 09.07.11)
South Sudan Local Leaders (Updates) 

08.07.11
Thailand Ministers (Designate Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Yingluck Shinawatra is Thai Designate Prime Minister)
Turkey Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Government Presidents of Castilla in Spain, Sankt Gallen (See 2006) and Neuchâtel in Switzerland)

06.07.11

Portugal Ministers (New government with 10 male ministers, 2, female, 28 male state secretaries and 6, female)
Uganda Ministers (Government changes)
Nouvelle Caledonie Ministers (Government changes)
Czech Republic Ministers (New Deputy Premier)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Finish and Czech Vice-Premiers)

Finland Parties (Updates)
Costa Rica Local Leaders (Governor in 1970)
Guyana Parties (Updates)

05.07.11

Finland Ministers (New government)
Woman Premier Ministers (Mari Johanna Kiviniemi left office as Prime Minister of Finland)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Finish Vice-Premier)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (who is also Minister of Finance, also a Finance Minister from Benin and Budget from France.)

Djibouti Ministers (Government changes)
Niue Ministers (New government)
Kuwait Ministers (Government changes)
Cote d'Ivoire Ministers (New government)
Greece Ministers (Government changes - with a substantial reduction of the number of women which was already low)
Nepal Ministers (Appointment of further ministers)
Benin Ministers (Government changes)
Canada Ministers (Appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries)
Portugal Parliament (Updates)
Portugal Parliament (Portugese Parliament President)

09.07.11
Southern Sudan Ministers (Updates of the government members in the country that became independent on 09.07.11)
South Sudan Local Leaders (Updates)

Sweden Parties (Updates)

20.05.11
Singapore Ministers (Government Changes)
Canada Ministers (Government Changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Candian Minister of Revenue)
Northern Ireland  Ministers (Government Changes)
Scotland Ministers (Government Changes)
Germany Local Leaders (Updates)
Australia Local Leaders (Chief Minister of ATC and updates of Parliament Chairs)
India Local Leaders (Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and the West Bengal)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Ditto)  

Cook Islands Parliament (Updates)
Thailand Parties (Prime Ministerial Candidate)

 

15.05.11
Germany Ministers (Updates)
Wales Ministers (Government changes)
Andorra Ministers (2 Ministers but State Secretaries not yet public)
Australia Local Leaders (Acting Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Updates)


11.05.11
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (New Swiss Chief of Government)
Germany Parties (Birgit Homburger replaced of Faction Chair of FDP)
Wales Parliament (New Presiding Officer)
Scotland Parliament (New Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer)

05.05.11
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)
Columbia Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Representatives to United Nations (Updates)

 
30.04.11

Vanuatu Ministers (Government changes)
France Local Leaders (New Department Presidents)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Ditto)

24.04.11
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (See 2008, President of the Assembly of the European Regions)
Austria Ministers (Government change)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Austrian Finance Minister)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (New Austrian Interior Minister)
Estonia Ministers (Government change)
Estonia Parliament (Various updates)
Estonia Parties (Various updates)
Niger Ministers (New government)
Burkina Faso Ministers (Government changes)
Central African Republic Ministers (New government)

 

17.04.11
St. Helena Parliament (Speaker from 2008)
Turk and Caicos Parliament (New information)
Female Presidents of Parliaments 1990-99 (New information (1991 and 1998))
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Saint Helena Speaker (2008))
Syria Ministers (Government changes)
Nepal Ministers (New government)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Switzerland Local Leaders (Chief of Government of Ticino)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Updates)


11.04.11
Kosova Ministers (New President)
Female Presidents (President of Kosovo)
Iceland Parliament (Chair of the Constituent Council)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
French Polynesia (ew government)

 

06.04.11
San Marino Ministers (New Captain Regent)
San Marino Parliament (Who is also Joint Head of the Parliament)
Female Presidents (San Marionese Joint Head of State)
Mali Ministers (New Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Malinese Prime Minister)
Madagascar Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (New Madagasque Foreign Minister)
Martinique (President of the General Council)
Woman Premier Ministers of External Territories (Ditto)


28.03.11
Peru Ministers (New Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Peruvian Prime Minister)
Samoa Ministers (Government changes)
Australia Local Leaders (Premier of New South Wales looses elections and other updates)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (See 2009)

23.03.11
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (New (male) President)
Women in power from 2000
Cape Verde Ministers (Government changes)
Serbia Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Cape Verdan and Serbian Vice-Prime Ministers)
Montserrat (Deputy Governor)
Female Governors of External Territories (Acting Governor of Montserrat)
Canada Local Leaders (New Premier of British Colombia)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (New Canadian Premier)
Germany Local Leaders (Hamburg gets new Deputy Chief of Government and President of the Parliament)


11.03.11
Ireland Ministers (New Government, with 3 female and 14 male cabinet members and 4 female and 11 male Ministers of State)
Egypt Ministers (Government changes (just one women left))
Denmark List of Female Party Leaders (New Political Spokesperson of Venstre)

08.03.11
Serbia Ministers (Updates)
Germany Local Leaders (New President of the Burgerschaft of Hamburg (see 2000))
List of Danish Female Ministers (Government change (Down from 9 female and 10 male to 7 female and 11 male ministers))

28.02.11
Egypt Ministers (Updates)
Turkey Ministers (Updates)
Kosova Ministers  (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Kosovar Deputy Prime Ministers)
France Ministers (Resignation of Foreign Minister)
Female Foreign Ministers (Updates (Kosovo and France)



20.02.11

Pakistan Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (Minister in charge of the Pakistani Foreign Ministry)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Update)

11.02.11
Kyrgyzstan Ministers (Government changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Kyrgyz Acting Finance Minister)
Jordan Ministers (Government change)
Russian Local Leaders (Acting Prime Minister of Kalmykia
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Ditto)
Palau Local Leaders (Governor of Angaur (Ngeaur))
Female Governors from 2005 (Governor in Palau)

 

06.02.11
Egypt Ministers (Government changes)
Tunisia Ministers(Government changes)
Balau/Palau Ministers (Correction and new information
Female Representatives to United Nations (New Czech Ambassador)


26.01.11
Australia Local Leaders (3 of Australia's States and Territories now have got female Premiers)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Australian Premier of Tasmania)
Monaco Ministers (Government changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Monasque Finance Minister replaced by a man)
List of Danish Female Ministers (Replacement of another Conservative Party leader)

 

22.01.11
Ireland Ministers (Government changes)
Andorra Ministers (Government changes)
Israel Ministers (Government changes)
Israel Parties (Group Chair of newly formed Party)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Peru Parties (Updates)
Peru Local Leaders (Updates)

 

18.01.11
Tunisia Ministers (New government)
Gabon Ministers (Government changes)
Female Defence Ministers (Gabonese Defence Minister moved to another portfolio)
France Parties (Updates)

 

14.01.11
List of Danish Female Ministers (Lene Espersen resigns as Party Leader and Vice-Premier)
USA Local Leaders (Updates on Lt. Governors)

11.01.11
Tonga (New government)

01.01.11
Brazil Ministers (New President and new government
Switzerland Ministers (For the first time a woman takes over as President from another woman - also a world first)
Female Presidents (Brazilian and Swiss Presidents)
Croatia Ministers (Government changes)
Montenegro (Government changes)

Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Croatian Minister)
Switzerland Local Leaders (Updates to Fribourg, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, and Zug)

24.12.10
Iraq Ministers (New government)
Argentina Ministers (Minister of Defence moved to Ministry of Security)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Update)
Brazil Ministers (Designate Ministers)
Iran Ministers (Two Vice-Presidents appointed in 2009)

Female Vice-presidents Iranian Vice-Presidents
Laos Parliament (President of the National Assembly)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Laotian Parliament Chair)

 

19.12.10
Saint Vincent Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (St. Vincent Deputy Premier)
Cook Islands Ministers (New government - without women)
Kyrgyzstan Ministers (New Government -without women)
Netherland Parties (New leader of the Green Party)

 

13.12.10
Switzerland Ministers (Designate President and Vice-President)
Female Presidents (Designate Swiss President (see 2007))
Female Vice-presidents (Designate Swiss Vice-President)
Sierra Leone Ministers (Government change)
Female Foreign Ministers (Sierra Leone Minister replaced)
Israel Parliament (New Deputy Speaker)
Canada Local Leaders (New Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Canadian Premier)
Angola Local Leaders (Updates)
Columbia Local Leaders (Updates)
Poland Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (Angolan and Columbian Governors)


27.11.10
Tanzania Ministers (Government changes)
Grenada Ministers (Government changes)
Georgia Ministers (New Deputy Premier)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Georgian Vice-Premier)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (New South African Provincial Premier)
South Africa Local Leaders (New Premier)

19.11.10
Mauritius Ministers (New Vice-President)
Female Vice-presidents (Vice-President of Mauritius)
Belize Parliament (Andrea Gill replaced as Senate President by a man)
Tanzania Parliament (New National Assembly Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
South Africa Ministers (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

 

14.11.10
France Ministers (Government Changes)
Liberia Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (New French Minister of External Relations and European Affairs and dismissal of the Liberian minister)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Updates)
Czech Republic Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Acting Czech Senate President)
Sweden Parties (Mona Salin announces that she will step down as Social Democrat Leader in March 2011)
Northern Ireland  Ministers (Updates)

 

06.10.11
USA Local Leaders (Updates on governors)
Palau Local Leaders (New governors) 
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)


01.10.11

Brazil Ministers (President Elect (See 2003))
Female Presidents (Dilma Vana Rousseff is President-elect of Brazil)
Bermuda Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Heads of State and Government (Paula Cox is new Bermudan Premier (The third woman))
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (New Bermudan Minister of Economy)

Latvia Ministers (Government appointments)
Latvia Parliament (New speaker)
Germany Parliament (New President of the Chamber of the States)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
France Local Leaders (New Acting Regional President)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (French Acting Regional President)

 

20.10.10
Kosova Ministers (Changes to the government)
Spain Ministers (Government changes - 7 women and 8 men (Including the Prime Minister))
Female Foreign Ministers (Foreign Ministers of Kosovo and Spain)
Sweden Ministers (Appointment of more State Secretaries)

 
15.10.10
Netherlands Ministers (New government with 4 women (none on important posts) and 16 men (8%))
Åland Ministers (New minister (in 2009). From then on 4 members are women (including the Chief and Deputy Chief of Governent) and 3 are men)

Austria Local Leaders (Updates)
Netherland Parties (Updates)

10.10.10
Netherlands Antillies Ministers (The entity is abolished)
Sint Maarten (New entity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Curaçao (New entity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Woman Heads of State and Government (Updates with former Prime Minister of the Nederlandse Antillen and new Prime Minister in Sint Maarten)
Current Women Leaders (Updates)
Sint Maarten Parliament (Chairperson of the new Parliament)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Netherlands Ministers (Designate Ministers (so far 2 out of 12 are women. No designated female State Secretaries so far)

 


08.10.10

Woman Premier Ministers (Death of Milka Planinc, Chair of the Executive Council of Yugoslavia 1982-86)
Sweden Ministers (Government changes (11 women and 13 men))
Ethiopia Ministers (Government changes),
Belarus Ministers (Additional information about the first Acting Head of the Republic in 1938)
Female Presidents of Parliaments 1920-90 (Added photo of Grekova)

Brazil Local Leaders (Updates of Newly elected, re-elected and no-elected Governors from 1. January 2011)

01.10.10
Canada Heads of State (Term of Governor General ends)
Female Governor Generals (Updates)
Barbados Ministers (Government changes)
Botswana Ministers (Government changes)
Female Defence Ministers (Botswanan Acting Minister)
North Korea Parties,
Botswana Heads of State (Information about chiefs)
Netherlands Local Leaders (Designate Governor of Overijsel)
Female Governors from 2005 (Ditto)

 

27.09.10
Uzbekistan Ministers (Updates),
Switzerland Ministers (Government changes - with 5 of the 8 Councillors and Federal Chancellor being women)
Female Vice-presidents (New Swiss Vice-President)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Updates)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Updates)

Woman Premier Ministers of External Territories (Designate Premier of Sint Maarten)
Sint Maarten (Designate Prime Minister of the new entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands to be established on 10.10.09)
Curaçau (New entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Nederlandse Antillen Local Leaders (Updates)


21.09.10
Senegal Ministers (Government change)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Senegalese Ministers of State)
Pakistan Local Leaders (Death of Governor)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

17.09.10
Peru Ministers (Government changes)
Japan Ministers  (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Updates)

10.09.10
Australia Ministers (Government change)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Updates)
Czech Republic Local Leaders (A governor steps down)


07.09.10
Romania Ministers (Government change)
Greece Ministers (Government change - down from 5 to 3 female ministers in the European government which already had the lowest percentage of women)

Female Governors from 2005 (New British Lord Lieutenant)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

30.08.10
Bahamas Ministers (Updates)
Kenya Ministers (Updates)
Burundi Ministers (Government changes)
Burundi Parliament (Updates)
Brazil Parliament (Updates)
Philippines Parliament (Updates)

Dominican Republic Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (New Dominican governors)
Female Governors of External Territories (New governor of the Easter Islands)
Woman Chiefs of Police (Updates)


15.08.10
São Tomé e Príncipé Ministers (New government)
Suriname Ministers (New government)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Updates)

 

08.08.10
Columbia Ministers (New Government)
Female Foreign Ministers (Columbian Minister)
South Korea (Government change)
British Virgin Islands Ministers (Acting Governor)

 

30.07.10
Jordan Ministers (Government Change)
Somaliland Ministers (Government change)
Turkey Substates (Added information about Saltuklu),
Georgia Substates (Updates to the Bosporanian Realm)
Australia External Territories (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

28.07.10
Cook Islands Ministers (Government change)
Norfolk Island Ministers (Government Change)
Norfolk Island Parliament (Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Norfolk Island Speaker)


25.07.10
Saint Lucia Parliament (New information of Senate Speaker from 2008, who is replaced by another woman)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Saint Lucia Senate Speakers in 2008 and 2010)
Slovenia Ministers (Darja Radić is New Economy Minister (See 2008))
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Slovene Economy Minister)

22.07.10
Mexico Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Kyrgyz Vice Premier (see 2009))
Female Ministers of the Presidency (Venezuelan Minister)
Latvia Parties (Updates)
Rwanda Party Leaders (Updates)
Mexico Parties (Updates)
Belgium Parliament (Updates)
Herm (Updates)

 

14.07.10
Germany Local Leaders (New Premier and Deputy Premier of Nordrhein-Westfalen and other updates)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Hannelore Kraft is Ministerpräsidentin of NRW)
Tonga Heads (Updates of Regencies of Princess Pilolevu Tuita)

08.07.10
Slovakia Ministers (New Government)
Woman Premier Ministers (Iveta Radičová is Slovak Prime Minister)
Czech Republic Ministers (New government without women)
Slovakia Parliament (Updates)


07.07.10
Georgia Ministers (New Economy Minister)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Georgian Minister)
Panamá Local Leaders (New Governor)
Female Governors from 2005 (Update)

01.07.10
Philippine Ministers (New government)
Venezuela Ministers (Government changes)
Zimbabwe Ministers (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister)
Suriname Parliament (New Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Surinam Chair)
Netherlands Parliament (Updates)
Eitrea Ministers (Updates)
Switzerland Chiefs of Government (Updates)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Landammann of Obwalden in 2010)


28.06.10
Slovakia Ministers (Iveta Radičová is charged with the formation of a government)
Columbia Ministers (Designate Foreign Minister)
Female Foreign Ministers (Designate Columbian Foreign Minister)
Hungary Parties (Updates)
Czech Republic Parliament (Updates)



24.06.10
Australia Ministers (Julia Gillard is new Prime Minister)
Woman Heads of State and Government (New Australian Prime Minister)
Belgium Parties (Updates)

22.06.10
Current Women Leaders (New Prime Minister of Finland)
Russian Local Leaders (New Premier of Yakut)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Update)
Pitcairn Ministers (New Governor)

South Georgia (Updates)
Female Governors of External Territories (Updates)

18.06.10

Sudan Ministers (Government changes)
Trinidad and Tobago Parliament (Updates)

14.06.10
Finland Ministers (Updates and Designate Prime Minister)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Mari Kiviniemi designated to take over as Prime Minister 22. June 2010)
Slovakia Ministers (Government change)
Seychelles Ministers (Government change)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (President of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference from 2009)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Vojvodina (New government)


10.06.10

Korea North Ministers (Government change)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (North Korean Vice Premiers)
Japan Ministers (Government change)Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000

07.06.10
Iceland Local Leaders (Updates)
Iceland Parties (Updates)
Nederlandse Antillen Local Leaders (Updates)
Honduras Local Leaders (Updates)
Honduras Ministers (Updates)


22.05.10

Brunei (New appointments)
Togo Ministers (Government changes)

28.05.10
Trinidad and Tobago Ministers (New government)
Libya Ministers (Government Changes)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Speaker of the Arab Parliament (From 2009))

25.05.10
Woman Premier Ministers (Kamla Persad-Bissessar is Prime Minister of Trinidad)
Trinidad and Tobago Ministers (Updates)
Slovakia Parties (Updates)


20.05.10

Hungary Ministers (New government with no female Ministers or State Secretaries)
Hungary Parliament (Updates)
Mexico Parliament (Updates)
Canada Local Leaders (New Commissioner of Nunavut)

Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

14.05.10

United Kingdom Ministers (New Vice-Ministers - the full government has got 14 female and 83 male members and only 2 liberal women))
Peru Local Leaders (New governor)
Urugay Local Leaders (Updates)
Philippines Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors 1990-2000 (Philippine updates)
Female Governors 2000-2005 (Philippine updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (Various updates)
Taiwan Ministers (New appointment)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Updates)


12.05.10

United Kingdom Ministers (New Cabinet with 4 Conservative women and 19 Conservative and Liberal men)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (British Home Affairs Minister)
Mauritius Ministers(New government with 3 women and 23 men)

10.05.10
Female Presidents (Laura Chincilla took office as President of Costa Rica 8. May)
Costa Rica Parliament (Updates)
Israel Parliament (Updates)

05.05.10
Switzerland Chiefs of Government (Updates - also see Glarus 2008)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Updates)
Costa Rica Ministers (Designate ministers - 10 women and 12 men and a number of Vice-Ministers)
Malaysia Parties (Updates)
Columbia Local Leaders (Acting Governor)
Dominican Republic Local Leaders (New Governor)
Cuba Local (New Local Assembly President)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)


01.05.10
Belgium Parties (Updates)
Czech Republic Parliament (Acting Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Sudan Local Leaders (Updates)
Sri Lanka Ministers (Government changes)

26.04.10
India Local Leaders (Death of Governor of Rajestan)
Female Governors from 2005 (See 2008)
Russian Local Leaders (Premier of the Republic of Chuvashia)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Russian Premier)

24.04.10

Netherlands Antillies Ministers (Government change)
Belgium Ministers (Government change)
Ecuador Ministers (Updates)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Ecuadorian Economy Minister)
Women Bishops (Various updates)

20.04.10
Czech Republic Ministers (New Environment Minister (see 2006))
Panama Ministers (New Interior Minister)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Panamanian Minister of Interior)
Female Representatives to United Nations (New Ambassadors)

16.04.10
Kyrgyzstan Ministers (The Provisorial Government)

12.04.10

Brazil Ministers (Government Change)
Female Ministers of the Presidency (New Brazilian Presidency Chief)

10.04.10
Poland Ministers, Poland Parliament and Poland Parties (Former Minister and Party Leader Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, former Under-Secretaries of State Jolanta Szymanek-Derescz, who was Deputy Party Chairperson and Grażyna Gęsicka, who was also Parliamentary Party Leader, Vice-Chairperson of the Senate Krystyna Bochenek and Deputy Party Leader Aleksandra Natalli-Świat were killed when the plane carrying the President of Poland crashed in Russia on 10. April with a high number of diginitaries).

08.04.10
Kyrgyzstan Ministers (New Government)
Female Presidents (Head of the Kyrgyz Interim Government)
Nigeria Ministers (Allocations of Portfolios)
Montserrat Parliament (New Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Montserrat Speaker)
Australia Local Leaders (New Speaker of the South Australian Assembly)
Israel Local Leaders (Updates)


01.04.10
Balau/Palau Ministers (Foreign Minister Replaced)
Female Foreign Ministers (Updates)
Italy Local Leaders (Updates)
Canada Local Leaders  (Updates)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Canadian Acting Premier and Italian Regional Presidents)

09.03.10

Danish Local Leaders (Added list of Danish Parish Council Chairpersons and Mayors)

26.03.10
Ireland Ministers (Government change)
Nigeria Ministers (Designate Ministers)
Pakistan Local Leaders (Appointment of the second female governor ever)

Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)
Danish Party Leaders (Updates)
Female Ambassadors J-R (First female Ambassador from Monaco)

23.03.10
Latvia Ministers (Government changes)
Namibia Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Nambian Vice Premier leaves office (See 2005))

Falkland Islands (Updates)
France Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors 1920-90 (Added photo of first Costarican Governor (1970) Matilde Marín Chinchilla)

Namibia Parliament (Updates)

19.03.10
Nigeria Ministers (Government change)
Costa Rica Ministers (Designate Ministers)
Chile Local Leaders (New Intendent)
Female Governors from 2005 (Chilenan Intendents)
Female Governors of External Territories (Chilenan Governor of Antarctica)
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

12.03.10
Chile Ministers (New government)
Chile Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (Chilean Intendent)
Female Ministers of the Presidency (Chilean Presidency Minister)

11.03.10
Female Presidents (Chilean President leaves office)
Chile Parliament (New President of the Chamber of Deputies)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Ditto)
Current Women Leaders (Updates)

10.03.10
Netherland Parties(Party Leader resigns (see 1998))
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

07.03.10
Ukraine Ministers (Yuliya Tymoshenko resigns as Prime Minister after a vote of no confidence)
Woman Premier Ministers (Updates)


06.03.10
Finland Ministers (Government changes in 2009 and 2010 (Eeva Kuuskaski, Social Minister tvice from 1983 became Secretary of State of the Ministry in 2010)).
Finland Parties (New leader of the Greens (see 2000)).
Niger Ministers (Complete list of new female ministers)
Denmark Parliament (New Secretary of the Folketing)

Danish Party Leaders (who also became Group Secretary of the Conservative People's Party)
Philippines Local Leaders (Acting Governor)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

03.03.10
Urugay Ministers (New Government)
Niger Ministers (New Government)
Female Foreign Ministers (New Foreign Minister from Niger)


01.03.10
Netherlands Ministers (Government change)
List of Danish Female Ministers (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Dutch and Danish Interior Ministers leaves office)
Anguilla Parliament (New Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Ditto)

Poland Substates (Information about Overseers of Royal Lands)

23.02.10
Denmark Ministers (Government change (9 women and 10 men))
Female Foreign Ministers (Lene Espersen is Danish Foreign Minister)
Female Defence Ministers (Gitte Lillelund Bech is Danish Defence Minister)

22.02.10
Niger Ministers (Government deposed in coup d'etat)
Female Foreign Ministers (Including the Foreign Minister of Niger)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

18.02.10
Guinea Ministers (New government)
Pitcairn Ministers (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)

12.02.10
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Guinean President), Pitcairn Ministers
Guinea Parliament (Updates)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Two Vice-Presidents of the European Commission)
Chile Ministers (Designate Ministers (6 women and 16 men)
Female Foreign Ministers (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (Russian District Governor)


08.02.10
Costa Rica Ministers (Laura Chinchilla Mirand elected President)
Female Presidents (Costa Rican President-elect)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

Sweden Ministers (Ministerial Appointment)
Saint Christopher and Nevis Ministers (New government with first female minister in 5 years)
Angola Ministers (Government changes)
Botswana Ministers (Government changes)
Urugay Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Designate Uruguay Speaker)


01.02.10
Honduras Ministers (New Government)
Female Vice-presidents (Honduran Deputy Head of State)

27.01.10
Austria Ministers (New Minister)
Lithuania Ministers (Acting Foreign Minister)
Female Foreign Ministers (Lithuanian Minister)
Gibraltar (Acting Govornor in 2009)

26.01.10
Syria Ministers (New Minister of Economy)
The Vatican State (New Information)
Bolivia Ministers (New government with 50% women)
Ghana Ministers (Government changes)
Canada Cabinet (Government changes)
Ecuador Ministers (New Minister of Police)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Updates)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Syrian Minister)
Sweden Local Leaders (New Governor of Gotland)
Female Governors from 2005 (Palestinian (from 2009) and Swedish Governors)
Trinidad and Tobago Parties (New Party Leader)
Indian Parties (New Opposition Leader in the Lower House (see 1995))

20.01.10
Mozambique Ministers (Government change)
Woman Premier Ministers (Luisa Diogo leaves office as Mozambique Premier)

Guinea Ministers (Government change)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Guinean Vice-Premier (who was candidate for Prime Minister))
Equatorial Guinea Ministers (Government changes)
European Union (Bulgarian Designate Commissioner withdraws and is replaced by another woman, but remains in office as Foreign Minister)
Bolivia Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Bolivian Senate President)
India Local Leaders (New Governors)
Mozambique Local Leaders (New Governors)
Bolivia Parliament (Updates)
South Ossetia (Updates)
Nargonyi-Karabakh (Updates)
Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (Updates)

Abkhasia (Updates)

16.01.10
Mozambique Parliament (New Parliament Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Poland Parties (New Group Chairperson of a Party)
Republic of Afganistan (Designate Ministers)


11.01.10
Northern Ireland  Ministers (Acting First Minister)
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Northern Ireland Acting First Minster)
Aruba Ministers (Added Deputy Governors)
Chile Ministers (New Minister of National Assets)
Georgia Ministers (New Minister of Correctional Affairs)

Kazakstan Ministers (New Minister of Labour and Social Affairs)
Zambia Ministers (New Minister of Lands)

10.01.10
Cook Islands Ministers (Government changes)
Madagascar Ministers (Government changes)
Costa Rica (Updates)
Columbia Local Leaders (Updates)

Angola Local Leaders (Updates)
Ghana Substates (Corrections and new information)
Women with power 1840-70(Updates)
Women with power 1870-1900(Updates)
Women in power 1900-1940 (Updates)
Women in power 1940-1970 (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

 

04.01.10
Republic of Afghanistan (Only female nominee (Incumbent Women's Minister) rejected by parliament together with 17 of the 24 appointments)
Dominica Ministers (Government changes)

01.01.10
Switzerland Ministers (Doris Leuthard takes office as Preisdent)
Female Presidents (Swiss President)

Switzerland Local Leaders (Number of new Parliament Presidents)

Burkina Faso Local Leaders (New governors)
Sweden Local Leaders (New governors)
Danish Local Leaders (Updates on Departemental Mayors in Copenhagen)
Female Governors 1990-2000 (Updates)
Female Governors 2000-2005 (Updates)

Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

29.12.09

Peru Ministers (Government Change)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Peruvian Finance Minister)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)


21.12.09
Madagascar Ministers (Prime Minister replaced after 2 days in office)
Woman Premier Ministers (Madagasque Premier replaced)


20.12.09
List of Danish Female Ministers (Government change)
Eitrea Ministers (Government change)
Female Governors 1920-90 (Updates)
Female Governors 1990-2000 (Updates)
Female Governors 2000-2005 (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005
Woman Local Premiers from 1990 (Updates)

Sri Lanka Parliament (Senate Vice-President in 1955)
Chile Local Leaders (Intendent in 1950 and other updates)
Estonia Local Leaders (Added governors)
Lithuania Local Leaders (Added governors)
Argentina Local Leaders (First female governor in 1990)
Portugal Local Leaders (Various updates)
Eitrea Local Leaders (Regional Administrator)

Turkey Local Leaders (Added Sub-Governor)
Moldova Local Leaders (Added Regional Presidents)
Peru Local Leaders (Updates on Regional Presidents)
Malta Local Leaders (Added mayors)
Andorra Local Leaders (Added mayors=
San Marino Local Leaders (Added mayors)

Algeria Local Leaders (Updates)
Liberia Local Leaders (Updates)

18.12.09
Madagascar Ministers (Cécile Manorohanta, who has been Acting as Premier since 3. December in the absence of the Premier, she was appointed to the position)
Woman Premier Ministers (Madagasque Premier)


07.12.09

Honduras Ministers (Vice-President Elect)
Female Vice-presidents (Ditto)
United States of America Government (Updates)

 

06.12.09
Rwanda Ministers (New Foreign Minister)
Female Foreign Ministers (Ditto)
Australia Local Leaders (Premier of New South Wales)
Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Update)

02.12.09
Switzerland Ministers (President-elect)

01.12.09
French Polynesia (New government)

29.11.09
Germany Ministers (Government changes)
Philippine Ministers (Government changes (see 2003 and 2009)
Costa Rica Local Leaders (Updates on Governors)


27.11.09

European Union (Designate EU-Commissioners)

26.11.09
Belgium Ministers (Government changes)
Female Representatives to United Nations (New Ambassadors)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)


25.11.09

Danish Local Leaders (Departemental Mayors of Copenhagen from 2010)
Danish Party Leaders (Updates)

24.11.09
List of Danish Female Ministers  (Government changes (now 9 women and 11 men))
European Union (Last designate Commissioners)

23.11.09
Switzerland Parliament (Female Presidents of both chambers)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Portugal Local Leaders (Updates)
Burundi Local Leaders (Updates)
Rwanda Local Leaders (Updates)


19.11.09
European Union (Designate Commissioners)
Female Foreign Ministers (Designate EU-High Representative for Foreign Affairs)
Congo-Brazzaville Ministers (Updates)
Congo-Kinshasa Parliament (Updates)
Hong Kong Parliament (Updates)
Bermuda Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Various updates)


16.11.09
Woman Premier Ministers (Madagascan Acting Premier leaves office)
Burundi Parliament (Updates)

11.11.09
Haiti Ministers (New government)
Woman Premier Ministers (Haitian Prime Minister repleced)
Female Foreign Ministers (New Haitian Minister)

10.11.09
Lebanon Ministers (New Government)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Lebanese Finance Minister)

04.11.09
Chile Ministers (Minister of Women's Affairs replaced)
Ecuador Ministers (New appointment)
Female Representatives to United Nations (Ecuador's UN Ambassador re-appointed to cabinet)
Germany Parties (Updates)


03.11.09

Portugal Ministers (5 female and 32 male State Secretaries appointed)

02.11.09
Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Christine Liebknecht, Minister-President of the German state of Thüringen)
Guinea Ministers (New appointment)
Guinea Bissau Ministers (Government change)
Chronological List of Female Foreign Ministers (Guinea-Bissauan Foreign Minister leaves office)


29.10.09

Portugal Ministers (5 female and 12 male ministers (Up from 1 woman and 16 men (State Secretaries announced later))

28.10.09
Botswana Ministers (Government changes)
Germany Parliament (Updates)


27.10.09
Madagascar Ministers (Acting Premier)
Woman Premier Ministers (Madagascque Acting Premier)


26.10.09

Germany Ministers (New government with 5 women (Including the Federal Chancellor) and 11 men)

22.10.09
Indonsia Ministers (Government changes)
Kyrgyzstan Ministers  (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Kyrgyz Vice-Premier)


21.10.09
Botswana Parliament (New Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Speaker of Botswana's National Assembly)
Norway Ministers (Updated with State Secretaries)

20.10.09
Norway Ministers (Government Changes - 10 women and 10 men)
Female Defence Ministers (New Norwegian Defence Minister - the 4th woman and the 3rd in a row)
Chronological List of Finance Ministers (Norwegian Finance Minister leaves office)
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Germany Local Leaders (Designate Premier of Thüringen)


18.10.09
Female Presidents (Gabonese Interim President since June leaves office)
Gabon Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Two Gabonese Vice-Premiers replaced)
Female Defence Ministers (New Gabonese Defence Minister)
Panamá Local Leaders (Updates)


16.10.09
Senegal Ministers (Government change (see 1991))
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Senegalese Deputy Chief of Government (see 2005))
Iran Ministers (New Vice-President)
Female Vice-presidents (Iranian Vice-President)
 

15.10.09
United Kingdom Ministers (Government changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Aruban Economy Minister)
Aruba Ministers (New government)

Aruba Parliament (Parliament Chairperson replaced)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)

13.10.09
Female Presidents of Parliaments 1920-70 (Added Picture of Maldivian Senate President 1953-54
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (New Bosnia-Herzegovinian Parliament President)
Bosnia Parliament (Ditto)

10.10.09
Norway Parliament (Vice-Presidents of the Storting)
Andorra Ministers (Added new State Secretaries)
USA Native Entities(New Chief of the Mohegan Tribe in Conneticut)

06.10.09
Greece Ministers (New government with 5 women and 10 men on 11 posts (Prime Minister is Foreign Minister), 2 male Alternate Ministers, 4 female and 15 male Deputy Ministers)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (New Greek Economy Minister)
Female Foreign Ministers (Greek Foreign Minister replaced)

05.10.09
Maldive Islands Parliament (Senate President around 1954)
Iceland Parliament (Updates)
Iceland Ministers (Government change (50% women in the Cabinet))
Iceland Parties (Updates),
India Local Leaders (New Governor)


04.10.09
Cayman Islands Ministers (Deputy Government Leader)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Ditto)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

30.09.09
Germany Local Leaders (Updates)
Norway Ministers (Minister of Fisheries becomes Parliamentary Leader of Labour)
Norway Parties (Ditto)
Female Governors of External Territories (Updates)


29.09.09
Moldova Ministers (New government)

27.09.09
Spy Chiefs (Norwegian Leader of the Police Security Service)

24.09.09
Japan Ministers (Vice-Ministers)

17.09.09
Lithuania Parliament (Speaker of the Seimas)
Lithuania Heads of State (She is also Deputy Head of State)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Updates)


16.09.09
Japan Ministers (New government)
Montserrat Parties (Updates)

14.09.09
Moldova Ministers (Resignation of Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Moldovan Prime Minister resigns)
Albania Ministers (Government changes)
South Korea (Government changes)


09.09.09
Lebanon Ministers (Designate Ministers)
Bolivia Ministers (Updates)
Nicaragua Ministers (Updates)
Madagascar Ministers (Updates)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Madagascue Vice-Premier)
Dominican Republic Local Leaders (New governor)
 

05.09.09
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
El Salvador Local (Updates)


03.09.09
Iran Ministers
(One woman appointed to the cabinet and 2 rejected (Unfortunately it is not unusual with countries who don't have female ministers for decades. Several countries only had one woman minister throughout their history - in Burma the last was in office 51 years ago. And Iran has had a Female Vice-President since 1997) (See Situation in 2009))


31.08.09
Poland Ministers (Updates)
European Union (Updates)
Poland Local Leaders (Updates)


24.08.09
Nederlandse Antillen Local Leaders (Update St. Maarten)
Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Sarah Wescott-Williams no longer Leader of the government of St. Maarten)

17.08.09
Mauritania Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (Mauritanian Foreign Minister)


16.08.09

Iran Ministers (Two designate female ministers - the first since 1979)


08.08.09

Croatia Ministers (Death of former Premier of Croatia, Savka Dabčević-Kúčar)
Croatia Parliament (Updates)
Croatia Parties (Updates)
Grenada Ministers (Government change)

06.08.09
Netherlands Antillies Ministers (Government change)
Costa Rica Ministers (Government Changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Costa Rican Finance Minister)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

05.08.09

Ecuador Local Leaders (Updates)
USA Local Leaders (Updates - Secretaries of States and Assembly Speakers)
India Local Leaders (Updates - Assembly Speakers)

01.08.09

Female Presidents (Death of former President Cory Aquino of the Philippines)

31.07.09
Rwanda Ministers (Government changes)
United States of America Government (Updates)
Bulgaria Ministers (Appointment of first Deputy Ministers)
Ecuador Local Leaders (Governors)

23.07.09
Luxembourg Ministers (Government changes (4 female and 11 male members))
Bulgaria Ministers (Designate Government with 4 female and 12 male members)
Female Foreign Ministers (Designate Bulgarian Foreign Minister)
Luxembourg Parliament (Updates)

20.07.09
India Local Leaders (New governor)
Female Governors from 2005 (Margaret Alva is appointed Governor)
Female Presidents of Parliaments 1920-70 (Added photo of Violet Alva (1969))

17.07.09
Belgium Ministers (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Belgian Interior Minister)
Belgium Local Leaders (Updates to various Parliaments and Governments)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Angola Heads of State (New information about the Kingdom of Kongo)


16.07.09

Romania Ministers (Government changes)
Honduras Local Leaders (Sandra Hernández replaced by Ana Kilgore as Governor of Cortés)


15.07.09

European Parliament (Updates)

14.07.09
Bulgaria Parliament (Tsetska Tsacheva is elected new President)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (New Bulgarian National Assembly President)
Malaysia Parliament (First female Deputy Presiding Officer)
Belgium Local Leaders (New government in Flanders and other updates)

 

13.07.09
Croatia Ministers (New appointment)

12.07.09
Female Presidents Dalia Grybauskaite takes office as President of Lithuania)
Peru Ministers  (Government change)
Panamá Local Leaders (Updates)
Italy Substates (New information about Sicily (1677))
Portugal Heads  (New information (1706))
Cambodia Substates (New entry)
Bulgaria Heads of State 9 (New information (1398))

09.07.09
Latvia Ministers (New Health Minister)
Lithuania Ministers (New Finance Minister)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Lithuanian Finance Minister)

06.07.09
Woman Premier Ministers (Jadranka Kosor takes office as Prime Minister of Croatia)

05.07.09
Female Governors from 2005 (Sarah Palin, resigns as Governor of Alaska one year ahead of schedule)


02.07.09

Panama Ministers (New government)
Panama Parliament (Updates)
Argentina Ministers (Government changes)
Switzerland Local Leaders (Updates to Obwalden)

01.07.09
Croatia Ministers (Designate Prime Minister)
Woman Premier Ministers (Croatian Designate Prime Minister)

Cameroon Ministers (Government changes)

 

30.06.09

Honduras Ministers (Government changes after coup d'etat)
Female Foreign Ministers (Honduran Foreign Minister replaced)

Female Finance Ministers 1920-99 (New Finance Minister (See 1997))

Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Replaces former Minster (see 2006))
Honduras Parliament (Acting Congress President)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Ditto)

 

28.06.09
Maruritania Ministers (Government changes)

27.06.09
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Rwanda Party Leaders (Updates)
Ukraine Parties (Updates)

 

24.06.09
Bermuda Ministers (Government changes)
France Ministers (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (French Interior Minister moved to anothr minsitry)

 

 

19.06.09

Poland Parliament (New Vice-Marshal of the Sejm)
Urugay Ministers (Interior Minister resigns)

Nouvelle Caledonie Ministers (Portfolios allocated)

United Kingdom Ministers (Resignation of Treasury Minister and appointment of a replacement)

 

18.06.09

Malawi Ministers (Government changes)
Female Foreign Ministers (Malawian Foreign Minister replaced by another woman)

Greenland Parliament (Updates)
Gambia Ministers (New appointments)

Gambia Parliament (Updates)

Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Gambian Parliament Speaker replaced by another woman)

 

12.06.09

Croatia Local Leaders (Updates)
United Kingdom Local Leaders (Updates)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)
India Parliament (Updates)

 

10.06.09
Greenland Ministers (New government with 4 women and 5 men)
United States of America Government (Further nominations)

 

09.06.09

Female Presidents in(Interim President of Gabon)
Gabon Ministers (Ditto (see 1980s))
Andorra Ministers (New government)
United Kingdom Ministers (Further changes)
Greenland Parties (New Chairperson of Siumut)

 

08.06.09
Ireland Ministers (Government change - number of women down from from 5 to 4 out of a total of 30 government members)
Tonga (Government changes)
Ecuador Ministers (Government changes)
Liberia Ministers (Government changes)
Australia Ministers (Government Change - with proportionally fewer women)
United Kingdom Ministers (Appointment of Ministers of State)
Japan Local Leaders (Updates)
Spain Local Leaders (Updates)

Female Governors from 2005 (New Japanese Governor and Spanish Government Delegate)
Moldova Parties (Updates)

New Zealand Parties (Updates)

 

 

07.06.09

United Kingdom Ministers (Government change underway)
United Kingdoms Cabinet (New cabinet with still fewer women members and a lot of "semi-members"; Attending without full membership)
Nepal Ministers (Government beeing appointed)

India Ministers (Government changes)

Kuwait Ministers (Government change - from 2 to 1 female member)
El Salvador Ministers (New leftwing government with very few female members)
Nouvelle Caledonie Ministers (Government Members appointed, portfolios yet to be allocated)

 Female Foreign Ministers (Elsalvadorian Minister replaced, new

austra

Nepalese minister)
Female Defence Ministers (New Nepalese Minister)

Andorra Parliament (Updates)

India Parliament (New Speaker) 
Cayman Islands Parliament (New Speaker)

 Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Indian and Cayman Speakers)
Switzerland Local Leaders (New Parliament Presidents in Bern, Sankt Gallen and Thurgau)
Greenland Parties

 

 

21.05.09
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

 

20.05.09
Palestine Ministers (Government changes)
Ukraine Ministers (Vera Ulyanchenko becomes Minister of the Presidency )
Ukraine Parties (and Leader of the People's Union Our Ukraine)
Ukraine Local Leaders (She was Governor of Kiev from 2009)
Female Governors from 2005 (Ditto)

 

19.05.09
Lithuania Ministers (Former Finance Minister, Dalia Grybauskaitė, is elected president)

Lithuania Heads of State (She will take office 12 July)
Female Presidents (Ditto)
Iceland Parliament (All 6 vice-chairpersons and the Chairperson are women)
Madagascar Local Leaders (Updates)
Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Madagascar Chiefs of Region)

 

11.05.09

Iceland Ministers (Government changes (5 women and 7 men (previously there was 50% women)
Iceland Parliament (New Chairperson of the Althing)
Iceland Heads (Updates)

 

10.05.09

Czech Republic Ministers (New government)
South Africa Ministers (Government changes)
South Africa Heads of State (Updates)
Female Defence Ministers (Czech Minister leaves office, and New South African Minister appointed)
Female Foreign Ministers, (South African Foreign Minister since 1999 succeeded by another woman)
Female Defence Ministers (New South African Defence Minister)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (South African Home Affairs Minister since 2004 replaced by another woman
Israel Parliament (New Deputy Speakers)
Israel Parties (New Kadima Parliamentary Leader)

 

 )0.05.09

 

05.05.09

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Government change)
Cyprus Tyrkish Republic Parliament (Speaker leaves office)

 


04.05.09

Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Senegal Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Senegalese Deputy Head of Government)

 

03.05.09

Nepal Ministers (One the parties leaves government)
Turkey Ministers (Government changes)
Switzerland Local Leaders (Updates to Valais and Zürich)

  

01.05.09
Qatar Ministers (Updates)
South Africa Parliament (Updates)
South Africa Parties (New ANC Leaders)

South Africa Local Leaders (New Premiers)
Woman Local Premiers 1990 (South African Provincial Premiers and Swiss President of Cantonal Government)

Italy Substates (Updates to Napoli)

 

29.04.09

USA Cabinet (Kathleen Sibelius confirmed as Health Secretary as last Cabinet Member)

United States of America Government (Updates)

USA Local Leaders (Sibelius resigns as Governor of Kansas)

Female Governors 2000-2005 (See 2003)
Indonesia Substates (Various updates)

 

27.04.09
Female Representatives to United Nations (Updates)
Guinea Bissau Substates (New entry)

 

24.04.09

Ghana Ministers (Last appointments to the government)

 

23.04.09
Andorra Heads (Personal Representative of the French Co-Prince)
Women in power from 2000 (Ditto (see 2007))

 

19.04.09

Hungary Ministers (New government without women)

Female Foreign Ministers (Hungarian Minister replaced)

French Polynesia (Government change)

 

18.04.09

Venezuela Ministers (Government change)
Venezuela Local Leaders (Head of new Capital District)

Brazil Local Leaders (Roseana Maciera Sarney Murad who was Governor of Maranhão 1995-2002 takes office again)
Female Governors from 2005
(Jacqueline Faría Pineda is Head of the newly created Distrito Capital (Caracas))
Female Governors 1990-2000 (See 1995)

 

17.04.09

Malaysia Ministers (Government changes)

United Kingdom Local Leaders (Dame Mary Peter to succeed Lady Romaine Carswell as Lord Lieutenant of Belfast)

Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

 

16.04.09
Spain Local Leaders  (Updates)

Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

 

15.04.09
Spain Ministers (Further updates - new goverment has got 9 women and 8 men plus the Prime Minister)
Mali Ministers (Government changes)

 

12.04.09
Niger Parliament (Updates)
Ecuador Local Leaders (New Governor)
Cyprus Parties (New Party Leader)

 

10.04.09
Spain Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Second female Spanish Vice-Premier)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (who is also Minister of Finance and Economy)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Danish Interior Minister)

07.04.09
List of Danish Female Ministers (Government changes - 8 women and 11 male ministers - 42% women)

 

04.04.09
List of Danish Female Ministers (Resignation of Minister (See 1993))
United States of America Government (Updates)

 

31.03.09
Monaco Ministers (First female member of government)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Monasque Finance Minister)
Israel Ministers (New government)
Israel Parliament (Speaker replaced)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Ditto)
Female Foreign Ministers (Foreign Minister replaced)
San Marino Heads (Captain General leaves office)
Iceland Parties (Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir becomes Leader of the Social Democratic Alliance)
Women Bishops (Updates to "Other Christian Churches")

 

29.03.09
Chad Ministers (Government changes)
Women Chairs of Parliaments (Updates and adjustments to most entries)

 

26.03.09
Turks and Caicos Ministers (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Home Affairs Minister replaced)

 

25.03.09

Liechtenstein Ministers (Government change)
Female Foreign Ministers (Liechtenstein's minister since 2005 replaced by another woman)

 

24.03.09


Woman Ministers and Woman Heads of Government (Updates to most country entries)

 

22.03.09
Liberia Local Leaders (New entry)

 

20.03.09
Danish Party Leaders (Updates)
Liechtenstein Parliament (New entry)
Liechtenstein Parties (Updates)

 

18.03.09

Russia Ministers (New Agriculture Minister)
Madagascar Ministers (Government changes)

 

17.03.09
Antigua and Barbuda Ministers (Government changes)

 

14.03.09

Chile Ministers (Government changes)
Chile Local Leaders (Updates)

Latvia Ministers (Government changes)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (New Latvian Interior Minister)

Nordic Council (New President and other updates)

Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Various updates)

 

12.03.09

Female Representatives to United Nations (Updates)
Women Bishops (Added new Bishop to Other Christian Churches 2004)

 

05.03.09
Venezuela Ministers (Government changes)

 

04.03.09
Balau/Palau Ministers (Government appointments)
Female Foreign Ministers (Palauan Foreign Minister)
Peru Ministers (New Interior Minister (see 1987))
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Updates)

 

03.03.09
Cuba Ministers (Government changes)
Uganda Ministers (Government changes)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Cuban and Ugandan Finance Minsiters)
Zimbabwe Ministers (Government changes)
Jordan Ministers (Government changes)
French Polynesia (Government changes)
United States of America Government (New appointments)
Gabon Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Gabonese Senate President)

 

 

15.02.09
Turks and Caicos Ministers Government Changes)

Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Turk-caicosian Deputy Premier)

 

14.02.09

Saudia Arabia Ministers  (First female Deputy Minister appointed (Leaving Monaco as the only country in the world never to have had a female member of government))

 

13.02.09
Zimbabwe Ministers (Government changes)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Zimbabwian Deputy Prime Minister)

 

12.02.09

Bougainville  (Updates)
French Polynesia Parliament (Updates)

 

11.02.09

Zimbabwe Ministers (Designate Ministers)
Zimbabwe Local Leaders (Governors removed from office)
Female Governors 2000-2005 (See 2003)
Female Governors from 2005 (See 2005)
Scotland Ministers (Government changes)

 

09.02.09
Madagascar Ministers (Defence Minister resigns)

Female Defence Ministers (Ditto)

08.02.09
Woman Chiefs of Police (Updates)

 

07.02.09
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Malawi Parties (Updates)

 

02.02.09
Malawi Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

01.02.09
Iceland Ministers (New goverment with 5 female and 5 male members)
Woman Premier Ministers (Johanna Sigurdardottir new Icelandic Prime Minister - as the first open homosexual state leader in the world)
Burundi Ministers (Government change 9 women and 17 men)

Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (New Burundian Ministers)

Female Foreign Ministers (Iceland's Minister resigns, Burundi's is replaced and Honduras' takes office)

 

27.01.09

Iceland Ministers (Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir charged with the formation of a new government)

 

25.01.09
Ghana Ministers (Designated Members of the new government)
Bangladesh Substates (New entry)
El Salvador Local (Updates)

 

23.01.09

Balau/Palau Ministers (Designate Appointments to the Government)
Female Foreign Ministers (Designate Palau Minister)

 

22.01.09
Female Foreign Ministers (Hilary Rodham Clinton is US Secretary of State)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Janet Napolitano is US Secretary of Homeland Security)
Female Governors from 2005 (New Governor of Arizona)
USA Local Leaders (Updates)

 

20.01.09
United States of America Government (Bush Administration leaves office)
USA Cabinet (Ditto)

 

19.01.09

Female Representatives to United Nations (Updates)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Kyrgyz Minister replaced (see 2007)

 

18.01.09
Gabon Ministers (Government changes)
France Ministers (Minor government changes)
Women Bishops (New information added to "Other Churches")
Female Representatives to United Nations (Added information about Romanian Ambassador)
Representatives to Leauge of Nations (Updated information about Romanian Representative)

 

15.01.09
Guinea Ministers (New government)

Czech Republic Ministers (Designate changes)

Bangladesh Parties (Updates)
Women Bishops (New Lutheran Bishop - in UK)

 

12.01.09
Czech Republic Ministers (Government changes)
Kyrgyzstan Ministers (Government changes)

Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Kyrgyz and Czech Deputy Premiers)
Poland Parties (New Party Leader)

 

11.01.09
Danish County Sheriffs (Added more pictures)

 

10.01.09
Honduras Ministers (Designated Foreign Minister)
Female Foreign Ministers (Honduran Designated Minister)

Kyrgyzstan Ministers (Resignation of Deputy Premier)
Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (Updates)
Turks and Caicos Ministers (Government change)

Bolivia Local (Updates)

Angola Parties (Death of Party Leader)

Honduras Parties (New entry)

Mali Heads of State (Corrected and new information)

 

09.01.09
American Samoa Ministers (Updates)

Greece Ministers (Update (Fanni Palli-Petralia was reappointed to cabinet late 2007, and in a reshuffle the government was expanded in 2009 - still 2 female Ministers and 1 female Deputy Minister and now 15 male Ministers, 1 male Alternate Minister and 25 male Deputy Ministers - 3 women and 41 men, the lowest ratio of women in Europe -- and most of the world))

 

08.01.09
Guinea Bissau Ministers (Government change)

Female Foreign Ministers (Guinea Bissauan Foreign Minister since 2007 replaced by another woman)

Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Guinea Bissauan Economy Minister)
France Local Leaders (Updates)
United Kingdom Local Leaders (2 new Lord Lieutenants)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates and new information)
Female Governors 1920-90 (New photos)

 

07.01.09

Ghana Parliament (New Speaker)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (New Ghanese Speaker)

Woman Vice Premiers from 2000 (New Bangladeshi Second in Cabinet)

Female Foreign Ministers (New Bangladeshi Foreign Minsiter)

Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (New Bangladeshi Home Affairs Minister)

Female Defence Ministers (New  Bangladeshi Premier is also Defence Minister (see 1996))

Guinea Bissau Parliament (Updates)

 

06.01.09

Bangladesh Ministers (New government with 5 women and 27 men)
Woman Premier Ministers (Sheik Hasina Wajed takes office as Prime Minister of Bangladesh (see 1996))
Danish Party Leaders (Update)
 

03.01.09

Danish County Sheriffs  (Added new pictures)
Women in Power 1600-1800 (Various new information, updates and pictures)

 

 

02.01.09

Germany Local Leaders (Vice-Premier of Thüringen becomes Acting Premier)

Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Ditto)
Puerto Rico Ministers (Designated members of the new administration)
Woman Premier Ministers of External Territories (Secretary of State since 2005 leaves office)

Puerto Rico Parliament (Designate Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Italy Ecclesiastical  (Updates)
France Ecclestiastical (Updates)
Ireland Ecclestiastical Territory (New entry)

 

01.01.09
Palau Parliament (New information)

 

30.12.08

Bangladesh Ministers (Sheik Hasina Wajed wins election and is Prime Minister-elect)

Woman Premier Ministers (Sheik Hasina designated to take office in the first week of January 2009)
Belgium Ministers (Government change)
Belgium Parliament (Acting President of the Chamber of Deputies)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Belgian Acting Parliament President)

 

27.12.08

Switzerland Local Leaders (President of Government of Schaffenhausen to take office 1. January 2009)

Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Swiss Canton Government President)

21.12.08

Thailand Ministers (New government)

 

20.12.08
Romania Parliament (Updates)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (New President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies)
Romania Parties (Updates)

USA Cabinet (All nomintaions filled (5 women and 11 men))

 

18.12.08

Nigeria Ministers (Government changes)
Chile Ministers (New appointment)
Ecuador Ministers (Foreign Minister resigns)
Female Foreign Ministers (Ditto)

Venezuela Local Leaders (New governor)

Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

 

16.12.08

Jersey Ministers (Government change (no female ministers, 6 female and 9 male Assistant Ministers))

Jersey Local (Updates)

United States of America Government (Further appointments to the future administration)

 

15.12.08

Mongolia Ministers (Government change)

Female Foreign Ministers (Mongolian Minister Replaced)

 

14.12.08

Netherlands Ministers (Government changes)

Argentina Ministers (Government changes)
New Zealand Parliament (Update (No women in Parliamentary Leadership))

Czech Republic Local Leaders, (Updates)

Angola Local Leaders (2 new governors)

Chile Local Leaders (New Provincial Governor)

Azerbaijan Local Leaders (Heads of District Executives)
Belgium Parties (Updates)

 

11.12.08

Switzerland Ministers (Vice-President elect to take office 1. January)

Female Vice-presidents  (Swiss Vice-President-elect)

 

10.12.08

Slovenia Ministers (New State Secretaries (6 women and 9 men))

 

08.12.08
Georgia Ministers (Government changes)

Female Foreign Ministers (Georgian Minister replaced)

Lithuania Ministers (Designate Minister)

Lithuania Parliament (Deputy Speaker)
Female Defence Ministers (Lithuanian Defence Minister)

 

03.12.08

San Marino Ministers (New government takes office)
Female Foreign Ministers (San Marino Foreign Minister)

Woman Premier Ministers(San Marino Government Leader)


02.12.08

Venezuela Local Leaders (New Governor)

 

01.12.2008
United States of America Government (New appointments to the government)

Female Foreign Ministers (Hilary Clinton Designated as US Secretary of State)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Janet Napolitano Designated as Secretary of Homeland Security)

Female Representatives to United Nations (Susan Rice as US Ambassador to the United Nations)
 USA Local Leaders (Designate Governor of Arizona as successor of Janet Napolitano)

Female Governors from 2005 (Janet Bewer Designat Arizona Governor and other updates)

Switzerland Parliament (New President and Vice-Presidents)

Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (New President of the Swiss National Council)

 

29.11.08

Honduras Local Leaders (Updates)

 

28.11.08

Nepal Parliament (Vice-Chair of the Constituent Assembly)

Austria Parties (New ÖVP Vice-Chairs (see 1994 and 2008))

 

27.11.08

Czech Republic Local Leaders (New Governor)

Female Governors from 2005 (Czech Governor)

 

26.11.08
France Parties (Martine Aubry defeats Ségolène Royal as leader of the Socialists)

Canada Parliament (New Deputy Presiding Officer of the House of Commons)

 

 

25.11.08

Austria Ministers (New government)

Female Foreign Ministers (Austrian Minister resigns)
United States of America Government (Further designations to the future government)
Female Finance Ministers from 2000 (Designate Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors in USA)
USA Local Leaders (Updates)

Female Governors from 2005 (Designate Governor of New Mexico)


24.11.08

San Marino Ministers (Designate Secretary of Foreign and Political Affairs (And government leader)

 

23.11.08
Dominica Ministers (Government changes)

Barbados Ministers (Government changes)

Female Foreign Ministers (New Barbadian Foreign Minister)
Princess-Abbesses  (Updates)

 

19.11.08
Zambia Ministers (Government changes)
New Zealand Ministers (New government with 8 women and 20 men)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Newzealandian Police Minister)
Female Defence Ministers (New Newzealandian Veteran, Disarmament and Associate Defence Ministers)
Woman Premier Ministers (Helen Clark leaves office as Prime Minister of New Zealand)
France_Parliament (Updates)

 

17.11.08
Saint Lucia Parliament (Change of House Speaker and Senate President)
Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000 (Ditto)

 

16.11.08

United States of America Government (Updates)
Slovenia Parties (New Party Leader)
New Zealand Parties (Updates)

 

15.11.08
Canada Local Leaders (Eva Aariak elected Premier of Nunavut)
Woman Local Premiers 1990 (Ditto)

Germany Ecclesiastical Territories (New information about the Chapter Wald)
France Ecclestiastical (New information about the Royal Abbey of Jouarre)

12.11.08
Germany Ministers (New Agriculture Minister (7 women and 9 men))
Slovenia Ministers (New Government)
Female Ministers of Interior, Home Affairs, Security, Civil Defence and Police (Slovene Interior Minister)
Female Defence Ministers (Slovene Defence Minister)
Czech Republic Local Leaders (Designate Governor)
Female Governors from 2005 (Czech designate governor)

 

11.11.08

Maldives Ministers (New government)

New Zealand Parties (Helen Clark resigns as Labour Leader and a Annette King is new female Deputy Leader)

 

09.11.08
France Ecclestiastical (Added new information about Bourbourg)

 

08.11.08
Canada Ministers (Government changes)
Female Governors from 2005 (Updates)

 

05.11.08
USA Local Leaders (Beverly Perdue won governorship of North Carolina, Gaye Symington lost in Vermont and  Jill Long Thomson in Indiana)
Female Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)

 

03.11.08
Georgia Ministers (Government changes)
Ethiopia Ministers (Government changes)
Malawi Parties (New entry)
Woman Vice Presidential Candidates from 2000 (Updates)