Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership

Head of the Commonwealth

Queen Elisabeth is former Head of State and Monarch of a number of countries who are now members of the Commonwealth:

Pakistan (1952-56)
Malayan Federation (1952-56)
South Africa (1952-61)
Ghana (1957-60)
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) (1957-72)
Nigerial (1960-63)
Tanzania (1961-62)
Sierra Leone (1961-71)
Trinidad and Tobago (1962-76)
Uganda (1962-63)
Kenya (1963-64)
Malawi (1964-66)
The Gambia (1965-70)
Malta (1966-74)
Guyana (1966-70)
Mauritius (1968-92)
Fiji (1968-87).


A number of British Colonies and Territories became independent as Republics:

Sudan (1956)
Cyprus and Somalia (1960)
The Seychelles (1976)
Dominica  and Kiribati (1978).
Zimbabwe (1980-2003)

In 1997 Hong Kong was handed over to the Chinese.

Her other Realms and Territories includes 15 independent countries. The year indicates the year the country acieved independence.

Canada (1867)
Australia (1901)
New Zealand (1907)
Jamaica (1962)
Barbados (1966)
Bahamas (1973)
Grenada (1974)
Papua New Guinea (1975)
Solomon Islands (1978)
Tuvalu (1978)
Saint Lucia (1979)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
Antigua and Barbuda (1981)
Belize (1981)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983).

Members of the Commonwealth who was already republics upon her acession to the throne

India (1947)
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Last update 09.12.03