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FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
from 2000 |
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This is a list of the women who stood as candidates for the post of
President.
Those who won can be seen
at Female Presidents
Also candidates in upcoming elections are listed
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2000
Riitta Uosukainen, Finland |
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1994-2003 Speaker of the
National Assembly. She finished third in first round. See
Presidents of Parliaments 1990-99. Tarja Halonen was elected
president and was reelected in 2006. |
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2000 and
2006 Heidi Hautala, Finland |
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Former leader of the Green Party and at presently a leading member of
the Green Group in the European Parliament. She finished fifth in first
round in both elections with around 3% of the votes. |
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2000
Ella Aleksandrovna Panfilova, Russia
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1991-92 and 1993-94 Minister of Social Welfare In 1993-94 Leader of
Russian Choice and since 1994 Co-Chairperson of Democratic Movement of
Russia. |
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2000
Maričme Wane Ly, Sénégal |
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Founding chairperson of Partie de la renaissance africaine. She
withdrew from the Presidential race before the elections. |
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2000
Ana Inés Polanco, Dominican Republic |
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Evangelical pastor and candidate of the
Movimiento de Integración Cristiana. VP candidate in 2008. |
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2000
Graziela-Elena Barla, Romania |
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Finished last with 3% f the vote. |
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2000
Cathy Gordon Brown, United States of America |
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Her
vice-Presidential running mate was Sabrina R. Allen. A total of around
200 candidates registered for the US Presidential elections in one state
or more. |
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2000
Temperance Alesha Lance-Council, United States of America |
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Candidate for the Anti-Hypocrisy Party |
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2000
Paula E Bennet, United States of America |
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Independent |
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2000
Deborah Katz Pueschel, United States of America |
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Independent |
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2000
Angel Joy Rocker, United States of America |
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Candidate in the Republican Primary |
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2000
Dorian Yaeger, United States of America |
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Candidate in the Republican Primary |
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2000
Rachelle OneFamily Miller, United States of America |
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Independent, appeared on the ballot in Maryland. |
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2000
Raj Alison Officewala, United States of America |
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Independent, appeared on the ballot in Maryland. |
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2000
and 2004 Yehanna Joan Malone, United States of America |
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Candidate in the Republican Primary Elections. She was Chairperson of
the Council of the District of Columbia in 1998.
(b. 1945-). |
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2000
Gloria Dawn Strickland, United States of America |
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Unaffiliated, write-in candidate. In 2004 she attempted to run as a
candidate again but withdrew. |
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2000
Lynda D. Blodgett, United States of America |
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2000
Saundra S. Duffy, United States of America |
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2000
Krystyna Stanisława Górniak, Poland |
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1998-2000 councillor in Gmina Warszawa Centrum. Right-wing independent
candidate. (b.
1951-) |
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2000
Gönül Saray Alphan, Turkey |
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Amasya deputy from the Democratic Left Part, she withdrew from the race
just before the Parliament started the election-process. (b.1953-) |
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2001
and 2006 Marie-Elise Akouavi Gbedo, Bénin |
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Minister of Commerce, Handicrafts and Tourism 1998-2000 |
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2001
and 2006 Lourdes Flores Nano, Perú |
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Also
known as Lourdes Celmira Rosario Flores Nano, she finished third in both
elections. Since 2001 leader Movimento Unidad Nacional in the Congress.
(b. 1959-) |
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2001
Martina Portocarrero Ramos, Perú |
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A
folkloristic singer she was candidate for FREPAP.
(b. 1953-). |
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2001
Francisca Izquierdo Negrón, Perú |
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Candidate of Primero Perú, she is Mayor of the City Jesús Maria. |
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2001
Farah Khosravi, Iran |
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Secretary-General of the conservative organization Iran-e Farda Society
and bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, she filed her name to the
Ministry of interior as one of a number women. But she withdrew from the
race before the list of candidates was screened by the Council of
Guardians. |
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2001
Samira Shams, Iran |
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She
was one of the many women who registered their names as candidates. |
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2001
Masoumeh Mohammadi, Iran |
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A
total of 47 women registered their name as candidates for the
Presidential elections. |
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2001
Somayyeh Haji, Iran |
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Of
the 814 candidates screened by the Guardian Council 5.77 percent were
women. |
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2001
Zahra Baratlou, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Fereshteh Sayyadi Shirtari, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Eshrat Salahi Abadi, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Dr.
Fatemeh Fadaei Fathabadi, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Maryam Arabi, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Sura Balali, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Azam Banou Rashidi, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Ashraf-ol-Sadat Mir-Sadeqi, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Mowloud Shahidi, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Mozhgan Zardoshtian, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Atifeh Attaran, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Faezeh Asgari-Fard, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Fariba Kazempour, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Zahra Shojaan, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Fereshteh Ebrahim, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Masoumeh Ebrahimi, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Akram Jahanmard-Arani, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Rana Qarah-Chaei, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Saryeh
Sadat Teymouri Barani, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Elahe Namini, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Touran Jamili, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Ehserin Rostam, Iran |
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Her
registration was rejected by the religious Guardian Council. |
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2001
Aqdas Modarres, Iran |
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The
religious Guardian Council rejected her registration. |
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2001
Zahra Hassanzadeh Siahpoushi, Iran |
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One
of the 47 female candidates whose registration was rejected by the
religious Guardian Council. |
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2001 Reneta Ivanova Indzhova, Bulgaria |
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Interim Prime Minister 1994-95. In 1995 Renata ran for the post of
Mayor of Sofia and the year after she failed to collect the required
number of signatures in order to be allowed to stand for President.
From 2001 Co-Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance.
(b.1953-) |
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2001 Dr.
Chomba Gwendoline G. Konie, Zambia |
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Ambassador to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland 1974-77 and
to Belgium, European Union and Germany 1992-99/2000. Also former
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and of the Cabinet
Office. In 2001 she founded and became chairperson of The Social
Democratic Party. |
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2001 Princess Dr Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika, Zambia |
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President of the opposition party, "Agenda for Zambia" and MP. Since
2002 Ambassador to Organization for African Unity (OAU), and she is
another of the total of 11 Presidential candidates which resulted in the
split of the opposition votes and the election of the unpopular
candidate of the governing party with only 27% of the votes. Daughter of
Paramount Chief Mbikusita of Barotseland, and her half cousin,
Princess Nakatindi Wina, was Member of the
government 1964-73 and 1992-98. Inonge is (b. 1943-). |
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2001
Flora Brovina, Kosova (Yugoslavia) |
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Announced her candidacy to promote the cause of women - without much success, the cabinet formed after the elections did not
have a single female member. |
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2001
Natalia Maszerowa, Belarus |
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Daughter of the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Belarus Pyotr Maszerow. She was very popular and President Lukashenko forced her
to resign from the race. |
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2002, 2004
and 2009 Kasimiera Prunskienė, Lithuania |
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Deputy Premier and Minister of Economy 1989-90 and one of the leaders of
the struggle for independence. Premier Minister 1990-91. In 1991
Chairperson of Democratic Party, and from 1995 Chairperson of Women’s
Party (from 1998 New Democracy-Women’s Party) and since 1996 Group
Chairperson of the independent MP’s. Candidate 2002 and in 2004
Candidate for candidate of the Farmers' Party-New Democracy Party (LVP-NDP)
and was in the second round against the former President Adamas, 77, who
won. Minister of Agriculture 2004-08. (b. 1945-). |
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2002
and 2004 Massouda Jalal, Afghanistan |
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In
2002 she was candidate for the post of Interim Head of State in the
elections held by Afghanistan's grand assembly - or loya jirga. She
worked as a doctor at the World Food Program, and returned to Kabul
after six years in exile. From 2004 Minister of Women's Affairs.
(b. 1963-). |
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2002
Christiane Taubira-Delannon, France |
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MP
from French Guyana since 1993 and Member of the European Parliament
1994-99 for a radical leftwing party.
(b. 1954-) |
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2002
Christine Boutin, France |
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Independent Candidate. Her full name is Christine-Marcelle-Valérie-Cécile-Marie
Martin, épouse Boutin.
Minister of Social Cohesion
in 2007 and of Housing and Cities 2007-09. |
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2002
Dr. Corinne Lepage-Jessua, France |
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1995-97 Minister of Environment and
Leader of Cap 21, right wing environmentalist group from 2001. In 2007
she withdrew her candidature in favour of the liberal candidate. (b. 1951-)
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2002
Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio de Lecompte, Colombia |
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Since
1996 Ingrid Betancourt has been leader of a Liberal Party. She was taken
hostage by the Leftwing Guerrilla, which controls about 40% of the
country during a visit there during the election campaign and was
prisoner until 2008. Her running
mate, Clara Rojas, was also taken hostage, but was freed much earlier. (b. 1952-). |
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2002
Roseana Maciera Sarney Murad, Brazil |
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Governor of Maranhăo 1994-2002, and is member of the Liberal Party, PFL.
Daughter of Jose Sarney, who was President in 1985-90. She was favourite
to win until she came under investigation in a corruption scandal and
was forced to resign from the race.
(b. 1953-) |
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2002
and 2004 Massouda Jalal, Afghanistan |
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In
2002 she was candidate for the post of Interim Head of State in the
elections held by Afghanistan's grand assembly - or loya jirga. Minister
of Women's Affairs 2004-06. She worked as a doctor at the World Food
Program, and returned to Kabul after six years in exile.
(b. 1968-), |
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2002
Colonel Dr. Lakshmi Sehgal, India |
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A
veteran freedom fighter and leader of the Rani Jhansi regiment of
Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army and feminist she was
nominated by the leftwing parties. (b. 1915-). |
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2002
Ivonne Juez de Abdel-Baki, Ecuador |
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Ivonne Leyla Juez Abuchakra de Abdel-Baki is also known as Ivonne Juez
Abuchakra de Abdel-Baki or Ivonne A-Baki, as she is normally known, was
ambassador to USA 1999-2002, Minister of External Commerce 2003-05 and
President of the Andean Parliament from 2007. |
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2002 Hawa Sanogo née Sidibé, Mali |
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A
businesswoman. |
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2002
Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leone |
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Her
running-mate was Deborah Salaam. Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. |
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2002 Barbara Breziger,
Slovenia |
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2000
Minister of Justice, Later Chief State Prosecutor. In 2002 she came
second in the Presidential elections. |
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2003
Prof. Dr. Jaroslava Moserová, Czech Republic |
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Former Ambassador to Poland and in 2002 Chairperson of the Senate Club
of Unity of Liberty - Civic Democratic Alliance and from 2002
Vice-chairperson of the Senate Club of Open Democracy, which succeeded
the Club of Unity of Liberty - Civic Democratic Alliance. In January
2003 the parliament failed in its attempt to elect a President. She was
successful in one of the rounds but did not gain enough votes to be
elected. Later Dagmar Buresova and Helena Illnerova were among the
persons who are being considered as compromise candidates, but instead
the parliament elected a man with a slim majority.
She lived (1930-2006). |
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2003
and 2007 Elisa Carrió, Argentina |
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Elisa
María Avelina Carrió was of the founders of Alternativa por una
República de Iguales in 2001 and later became it's leader in the
Parliament. She finished fourth of five candidates in 2003 and second
with 23% in
2007 after Cristina de Kirchner .
(b. 1956-). |
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2003
Alicia Castro, Argentina |
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Candidate for The Frente para el Cambio and member of the Chamber of
Deputies. |
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2003
Karmela Osmanović, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Candidate for the Croat seat in the Presidency |
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2003
Sarah Nnadwa Jibril, Nigeria |
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Commissioner of Social Development, Youth, Sports and Culture in the
state of Kwara 1987-88. In 1992 she came third in the Presidential
primaries of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Around 2002 Deputy
National Chairperson of Progressive Liberation Party (PLP). Candidate
for the Progressive Action Congress in 2003 and 3 years later
she sought to become presidential candidate of the ruling People's
Democratic Party and so did Ambassador Elizabeth Pam, Mercy Onyeka
and Hajia Hadiza Ibrahim, Kofo Bucknor-Akerele, and Remi Adiukwu were
equally unsuccessful in seeking nomination for their respective parties.
(b.1946-). |
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2003
Mojisola Adekunla-Obasanjo, Nigeria |
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Moji
is a retired army major, she run for the Masses Movement of Nigeria, MMN.
She was married the incumbent President Obasanjo 1991-98 but claims that
they never formally divorced. (b. 1949-). |
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2003
Antonia Abayomi Jorge Ferreira, Nigeria |
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Candidate of the Democratic Alternative |
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2003
Gladys Teresa Notario Cortaza, Paraguay |
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Leader of the Humanist Party,
and Vice-Presidential Candidate in 2 |
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2003 Dr. Lala-Shovket
Gadijeva (Hajiyeua), Azerbaijan |
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1993-94 State Secretary in President's Office, In 1994 she was appointed
UN-ambassador but newer took up the position. Around 2000 chairperson of
the Liberal Party. Her name is also transcribed Lalā-Şōvkāt Hacıyeva.
(b. 1951-). |
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2003
Aicha Mint Jeddane, Mauritania |
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'A'isha
mint Jidana is Member of Parliament and former regional Secretary of the
Parti républicain démocratique et social (PRDS), the party of President
Maaouiya Ould Taya, which she later left. She finished last of six
candidates. |
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2003
Alivera Mukabaramba, Rwanda |
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Leader of he Party for Progress and Concordis and a former member of the
Transitional National Assembly, and withdrew before the elections. In
the Parliamentary elections held at the same time 48,8% of the MPs
elected were women - a worldwide record. Second is Sweden with 45,3 and
third Denmark with 38% female MPs |
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2003/04 Carol Mosley Braun, USA |
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US
Assistant Attorney General 1973-77, Member in the Illinois State
Legislature and Assistant Minority Leader 1978-88, Recorder of Deeds of
Cook County 1988-92. Senator for Illinoys 1992-99, Ambassador to New
Zealand and Samoa 1999-2001. In February 2003 she announced her
candidacy for the position of Democratic Presidential Candidate, but
withdrew before the first primary in January 2004. |
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2004
Irina Mutsuovna Khakamada, Russia |
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Party
Chairperson of the Common Course 1994-97, Minister-Chairperson of the
State Committee for Small Business Support and Development 1997-99,
Co-Leader of Just Course 1999-2001, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma
2000-03, Co-Leader of Union of Right Forces 2001-04, Presidential
Candidate 2004 and received little over 3% of the votes and finished 4th
of five candidates. Leader of Our Choice since 2004. Mother of two
children b. 1983 and 2001. (b. 1955-). |
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2004
and 2009 Louisa Hanoune, Algeria |
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Her
name is also transcribed Louiza Hannoun, she has been Spokesperson of
the Socialist Workers Party since 1989 and MP from 1997. In 1999 she
withdrew her candidature before the elections - like all the other
candidates but the one who was elected. |
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2004
Bentia Ferrero-Waldner, Austria |
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A
career diplomat, 1993 she was Minister-Counsellor and Assistant Chief of
Protocol of the Foreign Ministry, 1994-1995 Assistant Secretary General
of the United Nation and Chief of Protocol 1995-2000 Minister of State
of Foreign Affairs and since 2000 Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2000
she was Chairperson of OSCE. Candidate of the conservative governing
party ÖVP, she was defeated by the elderly male SPÖ-candidate. European
Commissioner for External Relations from 2004. (b. 1948-). |
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2004
and 2009 Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan, Germany |
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First time she was the candidate of the Governing Coalition, SPD and Greens, which had said
they would support any female candidate of the opposition CDU/CSU and
FDP, who nominated a male candidate. Second time she was again candidate
for the SPD and Green Party. She is President of the
European University and later in 2004 she was named Government
Commissioner and
National Coordinators for the
German/Polish Bilateral Relations. |
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2004 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė,
Lithuania |
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Vilija Blinkeviciutė was Vice-Minister of Social Affairs and Labour
1996-2000 and has been minister since 2000.Candidate of the New Union-
-Social Liberals (NS-SL) (b. 1961-). |
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2004
Ljiljana Arandjelovic, Serbia (Serbia-Montenegro) |
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Director of the radio and TV channel Cuprija and the United Serbia
candidate. |
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2004
Princess Elisabeth Karadjordjević (Serbia), Serbia-Montenegro |
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Withdrew before the elections. Also known as Her Royal Highness Princess
Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, she is daughter of the late prince-regent Paul
of Yugoslavia. She is President of various charities and lives Belgrade.
Married three times and among other mother of the actress Catherine
Oxenberg. (b. 1936-). |
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2004
Dr. Mildred A. Williams Glover, United States of America |
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Qualified for 2004 primary ballots in New Hampshire (22nd place - 11
votes) and Maryland. Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
1975-83.
(1936-). |
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2004
Jeanne Chebib, United States of America |
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Independent write-in candidate |
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2004
Georgia L. Hough, United States of America |
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Independent write-in candidate |
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2004
Melanie G. Pridgen, United States of America |
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Independent write-in candidate.
(b. 1958-). |
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2004
Diana Ramsey-Rasmussen-Kennedy IV, United States of America |
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For
the Fair Representation Party (b. 1964-) |
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2004
Deborah Elaine Allen, United States of America |
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Write-in
candidate |
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2004
Joy Elaina Graham-Pendergast, United States of America |
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Write-in
candidate |
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2004
Jackie Hayward, United States of America |
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Write-in
candidate |
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2004
Debra Joyce Renderos, United States of America |
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Write-in
candidate |
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2004
Nancy Warrick , United States of America |
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Write-in
candidate |
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2004
"Candidate" Gordana Pop-Lazic, Serbia-Montenegro |
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Minister of Local Self-Administration 1998-2001 and in January 2004 her
radical nationalist party put her forward as candidate for the post of
Parliamentary Speaker and thereby for the position of Acting President.
(b. 1956- ). |
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2005
Jadranka Kosor, Croatia |
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Vice-President of the Sabor 1995-2000 and Deputy Chairperson of HDZ
1995-97. Deputy Premier from 2003 and in charge of different ministries. In the first round she got 20% of the
votes and on 16 January lost the second round to the incumbent President Stipe Mesic (b. 1953-). |
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2005
Đurđa Adlešić, Croatia |
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Djurda Adelesic is former Mayor of Bjelovar, Vice-President of the
Social Liberal Party, HSLS 2000-06 and then Leader of a new party formed
as a merger between the
Croatian
Social-Liberal Party and Liberal Party
- also named HSLS. Around 2000 and 2001-08 President of the
Parliamentary Committee on National Security. 2001 Deputy Foreign
Minister, 2004-08 Vice-President of the Sabor and Deputy Prime Minister
in charge of Interior Policy from 2008.
(b. 1960-). |
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2005
Doris Košta, Croatia |
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Attorney, candidate for parliament in 2004. |
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2005
Majda al-Batch, Palestine |
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Human-rights advocate. |
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2005
Zehra Cengiz, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
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Secretary General of the Socialist Party.
(b. 1956-). |
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2005
Rafat Bayat, Iran |
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One
of the 89 women who registered as candidates, but was deemed ineligible
by the Guardian Council, which only approved six of the 1.010 persons
who wanted to run for president. She is a former commander of the female
wing of the hard-line Basij militia, and among the 11 women elected to
Parliament in 2004. |
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2005
Dr.
Szili Katalin, Hungary |
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Dr.
Szili was Political State Secretary of Environmental Protection 1994-98
and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly 1998-2002 and Speaker since
2002. The Candidate for the Socialist Party, she lost by three votes as
the liberal coalition partner abstained in all three rounds of voting in
the Parliament, paving the for an elderly rightwing man. (b. 1956-). |
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2005
and 2009 Toktaiym
Umetalieva, Kyrgyzstan |
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A NGO-leader she was the only female presidential candidate of a total of
seven.
Gaisha Ibragimova managed to gather the required 50.000 signatures, but
did not run, and the Leader of
the Wisdom (Mudrost) Party, Damira Omurkulova, failed to get enough support for her
candidature in 2005 and
registered her name in the lists of presidential candidates in 2009, but
withdrew it later. |
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2005 Henryka Bochniarz, Poland |
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1991-92 Minister of Industry and Trade, President of various Employer's
Associations and Centrist Candidate in 2005.
(b.
1947-). Senator Maria
Szyszkowska had announced her independent candidacy but failed to
collect the required number of signatures. |
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2005
Dr.
Margaret Tor Thompson, Liberia |
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Returned home from exile to run for president.
A member of the Freedom Alliance of Liberia.
(b. 1962-). |
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2005
Anna Claudia Senkoro, Tanzania |
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Candidate for PPT-Maendeleo. |
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2006
Judie Joe C. Marie Roy, Haiti |
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From
around 2003 she has been leader of Parti Regroupement Patriotique pour
le Renouveau National (REPAREN). The elections was postponed several
times but was held on 7. February. She was the only woman among more
than 30 candidates. |
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2006
Miria Kalule Obote, Uganda |
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President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) from 2005.
Widow
of the late UPC Leader, Dr. Apollo Milton Obote. |
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2006
Celestine Zannou Wetohossou, Bénin |
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Ca. 1998-2005 Presidential Cabinet Director, she was one of 33
candidates, one other woman, Marie-Elise Akouavi was also a candidate in
2001. |
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2006 Susana Villaran de la Puente, Perú
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Minister of Women’s Affairs 2000-01, President of the Partido por la
Democracia Social (PDS). Her candidate for the post of first
Vice-president was Nery Saldarriaga de Kroll. |
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2006
Martha Chavez Cosso de Ocampo, Peru
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After
Alberto Fujimori was barred from running as candidate, she took over the
role, but dropped Luisa María Cuculiza Torre who had been designated as
Fujimori's vice-presidential candidate. Martha Chavez is Leader of
Parliamentary Leader of Nueva
Mayoría
and Leader of
Alianza para el futuro, and was President of the Congress 1994-95. |
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2006
Patricia Mercado Castro, Mexico |
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Candidate in the Party Primaries in 1999, Party President of México
Posible 2000-03 and President of the Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata
Campesina since 2005. (b. 1958-).
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2006
Catherine Nzuzi wa Mbombo, Congo-Kinshasa |
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Governor of Bas-Congo 1972-75 and of Kinshasa 1986–198?, Minister of
Solidarity and Humanitarian Affairs since 2003 and leader of the
Movement for Popular Revolution. (b.
1944-). |
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2006
Justine
Kasa Vubu M'Poyo,
Congo-Kinshasa |
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Also
known as Kasavubu. After her father, Joseph
Kasa-Vubu, was ousted as president in 1965 in a coup d'état by Mobutu,
she lived in exile and joined the Union for Democracy and Social
Progress (UDPS) of Etienne Tsisekedi - for which she was the
representative in the Benelux countries from 1992 until 1995.
1997 Minister of Civil Service, 1997-98 Minister in Residence and
Ambassador to Belgium. After resigning from the government, she remained
in Belgium and founded the
Rassemblement pour la Démocratie Congolaise.
Married to
Pierre
Victor M'Poyo,
a former Minister. (b. 1951-). |
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2006
Wivine N’Guz N'landu Kavidi, Congo-Kinshasa |
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Also
known as Wivine N'landu épouse Nguz, she was Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development 1994-96 and Minister of International Co-operation
1996-97. Widow of former Prime Minister Nguz-a-Karl-i-Bond.
(b.
1953-). |
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2006
Marie-Thérčse N'landu Mpolo, Congo-Kinshasa |
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Other versions of her name are
Nlandu Mpolo Nene Marie-Thérčse/N'Landu
Mpolo Nene Marie-Thérčse, Marie-Thérčse Nlandu Mpolo Nene or Ndona
Nkiangala na Nsundi, she was candidate for the Parti pour la Paix au Congo. She is a lawyer inKinshasa,
she
is daughter of Jean Nlandu
di Nsenda and Louise Mpolo and twin sister of Wivine N'landu.
(b. 1953-). |
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2006
Princess
Antoinette Ngongyombe Tosimiaka M'Fumfu,
Congo-Kinshasa |
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Independent candidate. |
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2006 Ene Ergma, Estonia |
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Chairperson of the Riigikogu
and Deputy Head of State 2003-06 and from 2007 and it's 2. Vice-Chair 2006-07. During the votings in
Parliament she was 3 votes short of the
necessary
twothirds majority.
(b.
1944-).
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2006 Rasheeda Al-Qaily, Yemen |
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Journalist and Women's Leader she has nominated herself for the
candidacy. She did not manage to collect the required 5% backing in
parliament. Nither did Hayat
Abdelmajid Ahmad Ghaleb,
Dhikra Ahmed Ali or most of the 45 other candidates. |
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2006
Heloisa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho, Brazil |
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Senator and since 2004 President of the
Socialism and Freedom Party. Finished third in the first round with
almost 7% of the votes. (P-SOL). |
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2006 Ana Maria Teixeira Rangel, Brazil |
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Candidate for
Partido Republicano Progressista, she and her female running mate, Delma
Gama e Narcini, ended up in fifth place with less than 1% of the votes. |
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2006
Cynthia Fernanda Viteri Jiménez,
Ecuador |
|
Cynthia Viteri
was Acting Head of the Partido Cristian Social and 1. Vice-president
of the Congress from 2005 and became its Acting President in April
2005 when her predecessor was ousted for supporting the deposed State
President, and immediately thereafter she swore in the Vice-President
as Acting State President. As presidential candidate she finished
fifth with about 10% of the votes.
(b. 1968-). |
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2006 Irena Javor-Korjenić, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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Independent candidate for the Croat seat in the Presidency. Received
less than one percentage of the vote. |
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2006
Svjetlana Udovičić,
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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Independent candidate for the Serbain seat in the Presidency. Received
less than one percentage of the vote. |
|
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2006
Snežana Avdalović, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
|
Independent candidate for the Serbain seat in the Presidency. Received
less than one percentage of the vote. |
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2006
Venezuela Portuguesa Da Silva Izquierdo, Venezuela |
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Finished fourth with 3.980 votes 0,03% of the vote. |
|
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2006
Carolina Contreras de León, Venezuela |
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As the 8th ranking candidate she got 0,01% of the vote. |
|
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2006
Yudith Salazar, Venezuela |
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Finished 11th with 1.355 votes. Also 0,01%
|
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2006
Isbelia
León, Venezuela |
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Candidate for the
Force and Peace Institution for the December elections. Finished last of the 14 candidates with 793 votes. |
|
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2006
Elia
Ravelomanantsoa Razafindrabe, Madagascar |
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A business-woman and leader of a number of Human Rights NGOs and the Movement of
Madagasikarantsika from 2004. |
|
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2006 Nadezhda Bondarenko, Dniester Republic in Moldova |
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Communist Candidate she wom 8,1% of the
votes in the breakaway and self-declared republic. |
|
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2006 Tamar
Charayeva, South Ossetia in Georgia |
|
Candidate in the
self-proclamed breakaway republic. |
|
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2007
Lucia Maria
Brandăo Freitas Lobato, East Timor |
|
MP since 2001. Deputy
Leader of the Democratical Social Party (PSD) since 2003 and Deputy
Opposition Leader. Minister of Justice and and Third in Cabinet from 2007. Jurist and university teacher.
(b. 1965-). |
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2007 Sidibé
Aminata Diallo, Mali |
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University Professor.
Minister
of Basic Education, Alphabetisation and the National Language from 2007. |
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2007
Ségolčne Royal,
France |
|
1992-93
Minister of Environment, 1994-95 President of National Council of the Socialist
Party,
1997-2000 Minister-Delegate of National Education, Technology and Science,
2000-02 Minister-Delegate of Family and Childhood, from 2004 President of the Regional Council of
Poitou-Charentes and
finished second as Socialist candidate in the second round of voting.
Candidate for the post of leader of the Socialist Party but narrowly
lost to Martine Aubry.
Mother of 4 children with her former partner through almost 30 year, the Socialist Party Secretary
until 2008,
François Hollande. (b. 1953-)
|
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2007 Marie-Gorge Buffet, France |
|
1997-2001 Minister of Youth and Sports and
Secretary General and Leader of Parti Communiste since 2001 after many years as a
leading member. (b. 1949-).
Arlette Laguiller and
Domenique Voynet were also official candidates. A number of women candidates did not fulfil the criteria and writdrew before the acctual elections. |
|
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2007
Colette Avital, Israel |
|
Ambassador to Portugal
1988-1992,
Consul General in New York 1992-1996 and Deputy
Director
General in the foreign
affairs ministry 1996-1999.
Elected as MK in 1999 for
Labour party, she chaired numerous parliament committees since. Deputy Speaker
from 2005. Presidential Candidate for Labour in 2007, and withdrew from the second round of voting, leaving Shimon Peres as the only candidate. Single. (b. 1940-) |
|
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2007 Sandra Kalniete, Latvia |
|
Former Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2002-04
and European Commissioner without Portfolio attached to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development in 2004, and later MP. In September 2006 she was nominated as presidential candidate by the New Area Party, but withdrew a few days before the elections
in favour of the rightwing male candidate. (b. 1952-). |
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2007
Karina Pētersone, Latvia |
|
Minister of Culture 1998-2002 and Minister for Special Assignments for Society
Integration Affairs in 2006,
Vice-President of the Saema from 2006. Nominated candidate by parts of the governing coalition 12 May, but withdrew in favour of
an unknown centrist male candidate. (b. 1954-). |
|
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2007 Rigoberta
Menchú Tum,
Guatemala |
|
Indiginas leader through many years, and Nobel Peace
Prize Laurate in 1992. Finished 6th of 14 candidates. |
|
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2007 Faryal Talpur, Pakistan |
|
The Head or Nazim of Nawabshah, a District in the Sindh Province, she was
the candidate of the Pakistan's Peoples Party, and like 3 of the other
candidates, she did not get a single vote. She is the sister of former
senator Asif Ali Zardari and sister-in-law of Benazir Bhutto. Her sister,
Dr. Azra Pechuho, is an MP. |
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2007
Elena Pečarič, Slovenia |
|
Elena Pecaric is President
of YHD – Association for theory and culture of handicap,
an activist in the disability movement and promotor of
independent living of disabled people and the
right for personal assistance. (1971-) |
|
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2007
Monika Piberl, Slovenia |
|
The
president of the
party The Voice of Women of Slovenia (VWS) since 1998. (b. 1950)
|
|
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2007 Vilma Ana Ripoll, Argentina |
|
Former MP. Candidate of the
Socialist Labour's Union, MST. (b.
1954-).
Cristina E. Fernández Wilhelm de Kirchner won the elections.
|
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2007
Dilorom Tashmukhamedova, Uzbekistan |
|
First Secretary of the Political Council of Social and Democratic Party
of Uzbekistan “Adolat” (“Justice”) and
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis 2005-08 and
Speaker from 2008.
Like all the other candidates she supported the incumbent
Islam Karimov, who was reelected for the third time in spite of the fact
that the consitution only allows for 2 terms. |
|
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2008
Milanka Karić, Serbia |
|
The Serbian Strength Movement nominated herafter failed attempt to
nominate her husband and party leader Bogoljub Karić, a tycoon under
arrest warrant who is hiding in Russia. |
|
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2008
Jana Bobosikova, The Czech Republic |
|
Nominated by the Communist Party of Bohemia and
Moravia when the first round of voting did not result in the election of
a President. A TV-journalist, Member of European Parliament since 2004,
she founded the political party Politika 21 in 2 and became its
chairperson. (b. 1964-). |
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2008 Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia, Georgia |
|
Deputy Premier 1993-94,
Member of the Presidium of the Head Committee of the Supreme Council
1994-99,
Leader 1994-99 and Group Chairperson of the National Democratic (Second
largest party in Parliament) 1995-99 after the assassination of her husband Georgi Chaturia
in an attack where she was herself seriously wounded.
From 2003 spokesperson of the
pro-Shevardnadze
bloc,
For a New Georgia,
Leader
of the
Imedi Party since 2006 and Presidential Candidate in 2008.
(b. 1963-). |
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2008
Blanca Ovelar de
Duarte, Paraguay |
|
1999-2002 Vice-Minister and
2002-07 Minister of Culture and Education, Candidate for the rightwing-Colerado
Party, that governed the country for more than 60 years, she finished
second with 31% of the vote against little more than 40% for the male
winner. (b. 1957-). |
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2008 Hilary Rodham Clinton, United States of America |
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When her husband, Bill
Clinton, was governor of Arkansas 1979-81 and 1983-1992 and when he was
President of USA 1993- 2001 she held many influential posts. Senator for
New York since 2001, and announced her candidature in the Democratic Party Primary for Presidential
Candidate early 2007 and was favourite for more than a year, but lost the
nomination to a man. She suspended her presidential campaign June, but
her name was up for vote at the Democratic Convention, as only the 3rd
woman in US history after Republican Margaret Chase Smith in 1964 and
Democrat Shirley Chrisholm in 1972. Secretary of
State from 2009. (b. 1947-). |
|
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2008
Cynthia McKinney, United States of America |
|
Democrat Member of the House of Representatives 1993-2003
and 2005-07 from Georgia. Joined the Green Party in 2007. (b. 1955-) |
|
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2009 Slagjana Taseva, Macedonia |
|
Independent. |
|
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2009
Mirushe Hoxha, Macedonia |
|
Also known as Hodza, she is
Professor and candidate of the Democratic Party of Albanians. |
|
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2009
Prof. Dr.
Iveta Radičová, Slovakia |
|
Iveta Radicova is Professor of Sociology and Political Sciences at the Comenius University in
Bratislava, from 2005 Director of the Institute of Sociology at the Slovak
Academy of Sciences, 2005-06 Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, MP from 2006
and Deputy Leader of the Democratic and Christian Union–Democratic
Party 2006-10 and Party Leader since 2010. She was Presidential Candidate for all the opposition parties
and finished second in the second round of voting. Prime Minister from
2010. (b.
1956-). |
|
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2009 Martha Roldós Bucaram, Ecuador |
|
Member of the Directive Commission of the Constituent Assembly in 2008. |
|
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2009 Balbina Herrera
Araúz, Panamá |
|
Mayor of San Migel 1984-89, MP 1989-99, President of
the Asemblea Legislativa
1994-95,
President of the Partido Revolucionario Democratico, PRD
1999,
Deputy Party Leader 1999-2008 until she
became Party President again Party President and won the party primary to become Presidential Candidate. Minister of Housing 2004-08.
(b. 1955-). |
|
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2009
Loreta Graužinienė-Šniokaitė,
Lithuania |
|
Labour MP 2004-08. (b. 1963-).
Dalia Grybauskaitė won the elections and Kasimiera Prunskienė, was
also a candidate |
|
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2009 Loveness Gondwe, Malawi |
|
Deputy Speaker of National
Assembly 2003-04, Interim President of the Alliance for Democracy
(AFORD) 2007-08, President of the New Rainbow Coalition Party
since 2008. Her running mate is Beatrice Mwale. |
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2009 Zinaida Grecianîi, Moldova
|
|
Vice-Minister 2000-01 and First Vice-Minister of Finance 2001-02,
Minister of Finance 2002-05 and 1. Vice Prime Minister and Coordinator
of the activity of executive
institution in charge with economic-financial sector
from 2005.
Following the parliamentary elections in March she was put forward on
two rounds of voting for the post of President in May and June but got
60 votes, one short of the required majority, and the result will be new
elections.
(b. 1956-). |
|
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2009
Francisca Maria Monteiro e Silva Vaz Turpin, Guinea-Bissau |
|
The
Leader of the opposition Plataforma Unida
(PU), she was Designated as Minister
of Foreign Affairs but refused to join the
government. Presidential candidate for Union of Patriots of
Guinea-Bissau in 2009. (b. 1953.-) |
|
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2009
42
women were rejected as candidates in Iran |
|
They were among the more than 450 who put their names forward as
candidates. 4 were approved by the Guardian Council. |
|
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2009 Victoire Lasseny Duboze, Gabon |
|
Independent candidate. Former minister and
senator and President of the Senate Group of
The Democratic Party of Gabon
|
|
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2009 Anna
Claudine Ayo Assayi, Gabon |
|
Independent
candidate. She is a Prophet of the Church of
Prophets of Nations. (prophétesse
du ministčre des prophčtes des Nations). |
|
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2009
Yvette Ngwevilo Rekangalt, Gabon |
|
President of a number of
associations with the aim of protecting children and
families. |
|
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2009 Shehla Atta, Afghanistan |
|
Member of the Lower House. |
|
|
2009 Melba Jácome, Ecuador |
|
Candidate of the Movimiento Tierra Fértil. (1958-) |
|
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2009 Dr. Ferozan Fanam,
Afghanistan |
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|
|
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2009 Yvette Sam, Vanuatu |
|
Educator and the President of
the Transparency International Vanuatu. She received
7 votes in the first round of voting by the
Electoral College. |
|
 |
2009 Leiasmanu Cullwick, Vanuatu |
|
Also known as
Leas Manu she has been First Political Advisor to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2008. |
|
 |
2009 Ana María Flores
Sanzetenea, Bolivia |
|
Former senator. Candidate of
the alliance “Todo por Bolivia”.
Ximena Costa was a candidate but widrew before the
elections. |
|
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2009
Vesna Pusić,
Croatia |
|
2000-05
Chairperson
of Croatian of Narodna
Stranka (Peoples Party),
Vice-President of the Sabor
2003-04 and 2005-08 Chaiperson of the Narodna Stranka-Liberalni
Demokrati (Peoples Party-Liberal Democrats). (b. 1953-)- |
|
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2009
Vesa
Škare-Ožbolt, Croatia |
|
Former Advisor of the late President Tudjman. From
2003 Leader of Democratic Center (splitters from
HDZ), which was not represented in the parliament
from 2007. Minister of Justice 2003-06 (b. 1961-). |
|
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2010
Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ukraine
|
| Her name is also transcribed as Yulia Voldyrovna Timoshenkno. She is
former Co-Leader of the Hromda party, Director of United Energy System
1998-2000, Leader of Batkivsjtjina
(Fatherland's Party) 2000/01-05 and of the Bloc Tymoshenko from 2005,
Prime Minister in 2005 and since 2007.
Finished second in the first round in January and narrowly
lost the second round in February. (b. 1961-). |
|
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2010 Inna
Bohoslovska, Ukraine |
| Leader of the Viche Ukrainy in 2003-07. MP
since 2007 as member of Party of Regions. (b. 1960-). |
|
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2010 Nataliya Mykhaylievna Vitrenko, Ukraine |
|
Leader of the Communists. Also a candidate in 1999. |
|
 |
2010 Liudmyla Pavlivna Suprun, Ukraine |
|
MP of the People's Democratic Party 1998-2006. Leader of the
People's Democratic Party since 2007. (b. 1965). The candidatures of
Olena Bessarab and Viktoriya Polischuk were rejected |
|
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2010 Mayra González León, Costa Rica |
|
Candidate of the Renovación Costarricense.
Laura Chinchilla Miranda
won the elections. |
|
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2010 Jacqueline Lohoučs-Oblé, Côte d'Ivoire |
|
Minister of Justice and Keaper of the Seals 1990-94.
Member of the General Committee of the Rassemblement des républicains,
RDR. According to rumours she was the preferred candidate in 2005 for the post
of Prime Minister of
Simone Ehivet, the
Parliamentary Leader of the Front Populaire Ivoirien and wife of President Laurent Gbagbo.
|
|
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2010 Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, Togo |
|
Minister of Welfare, Human Rights and National Solidarity in
1991-92. (b. 1958-). |
|
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2010
Fatima Abd el-Mahoud,
Sudan |
|
1972 Deputy Minister of Social
Welfare, Youth and Sport,
1974-75 Minister of State of Social
Welfare,1974-79 Minister of Social Welfare, MP 1973-2005 and Deputy
Parliamentary Speaker 1983-85, President of the Socialist Union Party from
2007, apparently also Governor of the State of al-Gezira sometime after 2000. |
|
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2010
Barbara Rosenkranz, Austria |
|
Member of
the local Assembly and former MP, she has been
Chairperson
of the rightwing FPÖ in Niederösterreich
since 2003, Federal Vice-Chairperson from 2005,
Councillor of Animal Protection and Housing in
Niederösterreich from 2008 and mother of 10. (b.
1958-). |
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2010 Alice Nzomukunda,
Burundi
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As Deputy Chief of State and Government, she
was responsible for Economic and Social Issues. Secretary General of the
Transitional National Assembly 2004-05 and Spokesperson of RAFEBU (Ralliement
des associations des Femmes Burundaises) and the League of the Women of CNDD-FDD,
2. State Vice-President
2005-06
and 1. Vice-President of the National Assembly 2007-08,
Leader of the Democratic Alliance for Renewal (ADR) from 2009 and
Presidential Candidate in 2010, but withdrew together with all the
opposition candidates before the elections. (b. 1966-). |
|
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2010
Pascaline Kampayano, Burundi |
|
Former MP. The opposition claimed those elections were rigged and pulled
out of the presidential ballot, so only te incumbent President was a
candidate. |
|
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2010
Luc Jochimsen, Germany |
|
Lukrezia Luise Jochimsen is a former journalist
she has bem MP for Die Linke since 2002. (b. 1936-) |
|
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2010 Kaba Hadja Saran Daraba, Guinea |
|
1996-99 and 2000-01 Minister of Social Affairs and Promotion of Women
and the Child. 2006 Minister of Commerce, Industry and Small and
Medium Sized Entreprises. |
|
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2010-
Krisztina Morvai, Hungary |
|
Member of the European Parliament for the right
wing Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom (Movement for a Better Hungary)
from 2009. (b. 1963-). |
CANDIDATES IN UPCOMMING ELECTIONS
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2010
Dr. Alvera Mukabaramba,
Rwanda |
|
A candidate in 2003 but withdrew
before the elections. Later elected to the Senate.
Against expectations the opposition leader,
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza -
President of the Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda (RDR) since
2000 and Leader of the United Democratic Front-INKINGI (coalition of
the RDR, l’Alliance Démocratique Rwandaise and Forces de Résistance
pour la Démocratie) since 2006 - did not run for president. |
|
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2011 Mariama Bayard-Gamatié, Niger |
|
Also known as Bayard Mariama Gamatié, she was
Minister of Communication and Culture and Government Spokesperson
in 1997-98. |
|
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2010
Luisete de Jesus Macedo de Sousa Araújo, Angola |
|
Registered her candidacy in
2007 for the elections that might be postponed until
2012. |
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2010
Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff,
Brazil |
|
A former student leader who fought Brazil's
military dictatorship as a guerrilla during the early 1970s
and an economist. Secretary of Mines, Energy and Communication
in the Province of Rio Grande do Sul 1993-94 and
1999-2002. 2003-05 Minister of Mines and
Energy and
2005-10 Minister and Secretary General of the Presidential Staff
until she became Presidential Candidate for the governing socialist party. (b. 1947-).
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2010
Marina Silva, Brazil |
|
Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima
was Senator from 1994 and Minister of Environment
2003-08. (b. 1958-).
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30.07.10 |