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Worldwide
Guide to Women in Leadership
WOMAN EXILE LEADERS
This is a list of female
leaders of officially recognized
or de-facto governments-in-exile
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1940-45
Leader of the Government-in-Exile Queen Wilhelmina of
The Netherlands |
| She
was Dutch Head
of State 1890-1948 and lived (1880-1962). |
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1940-44
Leader of the Government-in-Exile Grande Duchesse Charlotte of
Luxembourg (10.5-10.9)
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was Head
of State of Luxembourg 1919-64. During World War II she
was in exile in London. She lived (1896-1985).
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1956-circa
1976
Vice-President of the Revolutionary Council Kéthly Anna, Hungary
(Strassbourg) |
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In
1944-48 Vice-President of the National Assembly, 1956 Minister of
State and Minister of Social Affairs, 1956 Chief of Social
Democratic Party and Leader-in-exile of the Party, in witch she
had been a leading figure before World War II. The party was
member of the Socialist International. She lived (1889-1976, dead
in Paris)
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1979-80
Regent-in-exile Dowager Empress Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi of
Iran (in Egypt and France) |
| She
was widow of The Shah, she was Acting Head of the Imperial Family, and acted as regent for son who
became shah on his 20th birthday 31/10-80. (b. 1938-)
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1986-91
President of the Ukrainian State Administration
Jarosława Stećko (Germany) |
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After her husband died she took over
as President of the
Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and
Chairperson of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in
exile, 1991-2003
Founder and Chairperson of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists,
Deputy and President-by-Age of the Parliament. She lived
(1921-2003). |
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1993-
President of the Government-in-Exile Maryam Rajavi, Iran (in
Paris) |
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1985-92 Commander-in-Chief of Muhjedin-Army operating from Iraq.
She is head of the 250 member exile-parliament. Half of its
members are women and the exile-government is dominated by women.
(b. 1953-) |
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1997-
President of the Council Ivonka J. Survilla, Belarussian
Democratic Republic-in-Exile (Canada) |
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exile-government was established in 1918 and situated in Canada. Born in
Stoupcy, a small town West
of Miensk, in 1936, Ivonka Symaniec-Survilla spent only eight years of her life
in her native Belarus. After a dramatic exodus through Eastern Prussia,
she lived in Denmark, France and Spain before moving to Canada in 1969. (b.
1936-) |
Last
update
18.12.05 |