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FEMALE GOVERNORS
from 2015
This is a list of female governors both of
federal territories and unitarian states. This means that some of the governors
listed are the actual leaders of the states, other are official representatives
of the central power with no executive roles.
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2015- Governor Maria Suely Silva Campos, Roraima (Brazil) |
| Suely Campos was federal
deputy 2003-07 and former Mayor of Letras. (b. 1953-) |
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2015- Governor
Gina Raimondo,
Rhode Island (USA) |
| General Treasurer for the
State of Rhode Island 2011-14. (b. 1971-) |
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2015- Mayor
Muriel
Bowser,
District of
Columbia
(USA) |
| Member of the Council of
the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
since 2007. (b.
1972-) |
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2015-
Governor Helena Taipo, Sofala
(Mozambique) |
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Minister of Labour 2005-15. |
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2015-
Governor
Iolanda Maria Pedro Campos Cintura, Maputo City
(Mozambique) |
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Iolanda Cintura was Minister of Women´s Affairs and Social Welfare
2010-15. |
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2015- Governor Celmira Silva, Cabo Delgado
(Mozambique) |
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Former official in the Ministry of Youth and Sport |
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2015- Governor Stella da Graca Pinto Novo Zeca,
Gaza
(Mozambique) |
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Stella da Graca Pinto is former Deputy Director of the Quuelimane
branch of the Pedagogic University |
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2015-
Governor
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake, North Western Province
(Sri
Lanka) |
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Entered the political
arena after her husband, W.M. Wimalaratne Bandara, was killed by
political opponents and was MP 1977-2004. Deputy Minister of Transport
1987-88, State Minister of Home Affairs 1988-91, Minister in charge of Public Administration
1991-94 and
2001-04 Minister in charge of Women's Affairs. (b. 1938-). |
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2015-16 (†) Governor Surangani Ellawala, Central Province
(Sri Lanka) |
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She lived (1939-2016). |
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2015
Acting Governor
Eva Valjentová, Karlovarský Region
(Czech Republic) |
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Deputy Governor from 2012. |
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2015- Governor Kate Brown, Oregon (USA) |
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As Secretary of State 2009-15, she succeeded to
the governorship after her predecessor resigned. Member of the
Oregon House of Representatives 1991-97 and Senate 1997-2009.
The first openly bisexual elected official in the
US. (b.
1960-). |
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2015- Governor Irina Vlah,
Gagauz-Yeri
(Moldova)
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MP 2005-09 and 2014-15. Left the Communist Party in 2014. (b.
1974-). |
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2015-16 Fylkesmann Christl Kvam, Oppland
(Norway)
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| Trade Union Leader and
State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs from 2016. (1962-). |
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2015-16 Fylkesmann Brit Skjelbred,
Sør-Trøndelag
(Norway)
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| Trade Union Leader and
State Secretary of Labour and Social Affairs from 2016. (1962-). |
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2015- Landshövding Ylva Thörn, Darlana
(Sweden) |
Former
Chair of a Trade Union. (b. 1954-)2013-17 Deputy
2017- Governor
2002-12 head of the state-run Alexandria water supply company. She
was elected a member of parliament in 2010 on a ticket of the then
ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) of longtime President Hosni
Mubarak who was forced to step down in a 2011 uprising.
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2015- Landshövding Maria
Larsson, Örebro län (Sweden)
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Former Christian Democrat MP and Deputy Minsiter of Social
Affairs 2006-2014. (b. 1956-) |
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2015- Lieutenant-Governor
Janice Filmon, Manitoba
(Canada) |
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Former chair on the CancerCare Foundation board of
directors and is a noted healthcare fundraiser in Manitoba. |
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2015-
Lord-Lieutenant Anne Maw, Somerset (United Kingdom) |
| Invoved in charities and
High Sheriff of Somerset in 2008. |
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2015-
Lord-Lieutenant Susan Margaret Winfield, Tyne and Wear (United
Kingdom) |
| Civil Servant and former
High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear |
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2015-
Lord-Lieutenant the Countess of Euston,
Suffolk (United Kingdom) |
| Lady Claire Euston has
been inovled in community work and is the mother of the Duke of
Grafton and four daughters. |
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2015- Lieutenant-Governor Lois
Mitchell, Alberta
(Canada) |
| Former
business woman. |
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2015- Governor Sima Joyenda,
Ghor (Afghanistan) |
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A member of the Emergency Loya Jirga
in 2002, as well as in the Constitutional Loya Jirga in 2003, she
worked as teacher and in the provincial administration. (b. 1971-) |
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2015- Governor Masoods Muradi.
Daikundi
(Afghanistan) |
| Civil servant. |
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2015- Governor Linda
Dessau, Victoria (Australia) |
| She was judge of the
Family Court of Australia 1995-2013. (b. 1953-) |
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2015- Governor Rosana Bertone, Tierra
del Fuego, Antarctica and the Islands of the South Atlantics
(Argentina) |
| MP 2003-13
and Senator 2013-15. (b. 1972-) |
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2015-
Government Delegate Concepción Dancausa Treviño, Madrid (Spain) |
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Member of
the Assembly 2003-15 and Parliament President 2003-05, National MP
2003-07 and 1. Deputy Mayor of the City of Madrid 2013-15.
(b. 1952-) |
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2015- Government Delegate María José Salgueiro Cortiñas, Castilla y
León, Madrid (Spain) |
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Councillor of Interior
and Administration 2000-03, Councillor of Culture and Tourism
2007-11 and Vice-Councillor of Administration and Interior 2011-15. |
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2015-
Government Delegate Cristina Herrera
Santa-Cecilia, Extremadura (Spain) |
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Former
member of
the Assembly |
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2015
Voivode Katarzyna
Osos, Lubuski
(Poland) |
| MP
from 2015. |
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2015- Voivode Agata Wojtyszek, Świętokrzyski
(Poland) |
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Former local councillor. |
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2015- Voivode Ewa Leniart, Podkarpacki
(Poland) |
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Former
local councillor. |
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2015-16 Acting Governor Valentyna Ivanivna
Sichova, Kherson
(Ukraine) |
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(b. 1952-) |
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2015-16 Special Commisisoner Marie Thérèse
Gberengbo, Nord-Ubangi (Democratic Republic of Congo)
2016- Governor of the Province of
Nord-Ubangi
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| In 2016, 21 new Provinces
were established. |
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2015-16 Special Commissioner Marceline
Mondjiba Akondoma, Mongala
(Democratic Republic of Congo) |
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2015
Acting Governor Jacqueline Victor, Hatohobei
(Hatobohei) (Palau) |
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2015-
Governor
Huana Kyoshi Nestor, Hatohobei (Hatobohei)
(Palau) |
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2015- Governor Alicia Kirchner Ostić,
Santa Cruz (Argentina) |
| Minister of Social
Development Alicia Kirchner (2003-05 and 2006-2015) and Senator
2005-06. (b. 1946-). |
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2015- Governor
María Eugenia Vidal, Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| Minister of Social
Development of the City of Bueos Aires
2008-11 and Deputy Chief of the Government 2011-14. (b. 1973-) |
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2015- Governor Yasemin Özata Çetinkaya, Sinop
(Turkey) |
Former Deputy Provincial Governor and District Governor.
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2015- Walie Fatma Zohra Raïs,
Guelma (Algeria) |
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Former Secretary General of 2 other gouvernerates,
Deputy Prefect of
Zéralda 2008-10 and of Birtouta
2010-15 |
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2015-
Governor Madelaine Bamwizere, Bururi
(Burundi) |
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2015 Governor-Elect
Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan,
Taraba State (Nigeria) |
| Former Senator.
A lower court
declared the election of her predecessor as illegal and her as the
elected governor,
but this was later reversed by the
Appeal Court. She was Appointed Minister of
Women´s Affairs in November 2015. |
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2015- Governor Rhodora Cadiao, Antiqua (The
Philippines) |
Dodod Cadiao was Vice-Governor 2013-16.
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2016- Governor Czarina Umali, Nueva Ecija (The
Philippines) |
| Her
husband is member of the Congress. |
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2016- Governor Maria Jocelyn Bernos, Abra (The
Philippines) |
Former
Congresswoman
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2016- Governor Maria Luisa De La Fuente Romualdo,
Camiguin (The Philippines) |
Mayor of
Mambajao 2007-16 and married to the former governor of the province.
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2016- Governor Bedjoria Alonto-Adiong, Lanao del
Sul (The Philippines) |
| Her
husband was governor of the Province 2001 until his death 3 years
later and her son Governor 2007-16 and Vice-Governor from 2016.
Another son is also an influential politician. |
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2016- Governor Kathy Jyll Mayaen-Luis, Mountain
Province (The Philippines) |
Her father
was the only candidate for Governor in 2016 when he died of a hart
attack. She was elected unopposed.
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2016- Governor Susan Sulit-Yap, Tarla (The
Philippines) |
Elected to
the Congress in 2010 after the death of her father.
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2016- Governor Dilian Francisca
Toro,
Valle del Cauca
(Colombia) |
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Former Mayor,
Health Administrator,
Senator 2002-13 and
President of the Senado and of the Congreso
2006-07. became
Governor of in 2016.
(b. 1959-). |
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2016- Governor Oneida Rayeth Pinto Pérez, La Guajira
(Colombia) |
| Mayor of
Albania 2007-11 |
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2016- Governor Rosa Cotes de Zuñiga, Magdalena
(Colombia) |
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Her husband, Francisco Zuñiga, was mayor of the
provincial capital. |
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2016- Governor Marcela Amaya García,
Meta
(Colombia) |
| Member of
the Congress 2008-14. |
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2016- Governor Sorrel Parisa Aroca
Rodríguez, Putumayo
(Colombia) |
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Member of the Local Legislature and former
Vice-President. |
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2016-
Governor Ilolang Sisca Vogt, Ngeremlengui
(Palau) |
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2016- Acting Governor Natalya Zhdanova, Zabaikalsky
kray (Russia) |
| Former
member of the local government and Chair of the Parliament. |
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2016- Governor Niluka Ekanayake, Central Province
(Sri Lanka) |
Journalist
and editor.
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2016-
Governor Yuriko Koike, Tokyo (Japan) |
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2003-06
Minister of Environment,
2004-06
Minister of
State in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories, 2005-06 Minister of
State of Global Environment Issues, 2006-07 National Defence Advisor
of the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence in 2007
and Candidate for the selection of a new
party leader (and Prime Minister) of the Liberal Democratic Party in
2008. (b. 1952-). |
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2016- Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, Puducherry
(India) |
Director
General of Police Director General of Police 1972–2007 and BJP
Candidate for Chief Minister of Delhi in 2015. The Union Territory
was previously known as Pondicherry. (b. 1948-).
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2016- Governor Najma Akbarali Heptulla, Manipur
(India) |
Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha 1985-86 and 1988-2004
and Acting Chair in 1997 and 1999,
President of Inter-Parliamentary Union 1999-2002 and Union Minister
of Minority Affairs 2014-16. (b. 1940-).
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2016- Governor
Judith Kazayire, Eastern Province
(Rwanda) |
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Vice-Mayor of Kigali in 2016. |
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2016- Governor Marie Rose Mureshyankwano, Southern
Province (Rwanda) |
MP until 2016
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2016- Governor
Jaroslava Jermanová, Stredoceský (Czechia) |
MP and Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies 2013-16. (b. 1970-)
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2016- Lord-Lieutenant Fiona Armstrong, Lady
MacGregor of MacGregor, Dumfries (United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland) |
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TV-broadcaster and author. Married to Sir Malcolm
MacGregor of MacGregor, 7th Baronet MacGregor and 24th Chief of Clan
Gregor. |
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2016- Lord-Lieutenant Sara Elinor Edwards, Dyfed
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
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News reader on Welsh BBC and involved in various charities.
Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed 2011-15. |
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