Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership

    

 

WOMAN
MINISTERS AND
HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

SEE BELOW FOR LIST OF FEMALE MINISTERS - BY COUNTRY

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

FEMALE MINISTERS AND OTHER MINISTERS


1917-18 Head of the Government and People's Commissioner for Internal Affairs Evheniya Bohdanivna Bosch, Ukraine 1918-19 Member of the Governing National Council of the Fifteen and Plenipotentiary Minister to Switzerland Schwimmer Rosika, Hungary1917 Peoples' Commissar of Social Affairs Aleksandra Michailovna Kollontaj1917 Peoples' Commissar of Social Affairs Aleksandra Michailovna Kollontaj, Russia1918 State Secretary of Social Affairs Irena Kosmowska, Poland1919-21 and 1921-22 Provisoric Minister of Labour Countess Constance Markieviz, Ireland1924-26 Minister of Education Nina Bang, Denmark1924 Parliamentary Secretary of State of Labour and 1929-31 Minister of Employment t. Hon. Margaret Bondsfield, United Kingdom1927-28 Second Minister of Social Affairs for Health Miina Sillanpää, Finland1936-37 Minister of Health and Social Assistance Federica Montserny i Mañé, Spain.1933-45 Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins, USA1936 Undersecretary of State for Industrial Research Prof. dr. Irene Joliot-Curie, France1945 Minister without Portfolio Kirsten Moen Hansteen, Norway1945-49 Member of the People's Government Council, 1949-54 Deputy Leader of the Executive and Legislative Power in the Council of Ministerl Cai Chang, China1945 Understate secretary for Food Helene Postranecky, Austria1946-47 Minister of Health Dr. Florica Bagdasar, RomaniaMable Howard, New Zeland Minister ofMinister of Supplies  1947, Minister of Health, 1947-49 and Minister of Social Affairs and Welfare of Women and of Children 1957-601947-49 Minister for Household Economy Prof. Karin Kock Lindberg, Sweden1947-57 Minister of Health,  1951 and 1952  Minister of Communication Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, India1949-51 Minister without Portfolio and Vice-President of the Executive Council The Hon. Lady Dame Enid Muriel Lyons, Australia1949-56 Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, 1956-64 Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1969-74 Prime Minister Golda Meïr, Israel1949-57 Minister without Portfolio and Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children, 1957 Minister of Social Security The Hon. Dame Hilda Ross, New Zealand1952 Minister of Justice Adriana Olguín de Baltra, Chile
Bosa Cvetic, Member of the Government of Serbia 1953-58
Hilda Benjamin, Minister of Justice in the East German Republic from 1953
1953-58 Assistant Attorney General and 1956-73 Assistant Secretary of State  Angie Elizabeth Brook-Randolph, Liberia1956-63 Minister of Social Affairs and 1966-71 Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work  Dr. M.A.M. Klompé, The Netherlands1957-61 Minister of Labour, Health and Housing, 1963-64 Minister of Home Affairs, 1997 Prime Minister and Minister of Mines, 1997-99 President Janet Jagan, Guyana1957 Secretary of State, 1958-62 Minister for Citizenship and Immigration and 1962-63 Postmaster General Ellen Fairclough, Canada1958-61 Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hon. Phyllis Shand Allfrey, The West Indies Federation (Party Leader in Dominica)Stella Soulti, Cypriot Minister from 19601961-66 Federal Minister of Health Dr.teol. Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German Federal Republic1963-67 Minister without Portfolio Paramount Chiefess Madam Ella Koblo Gulama of Kaiyamban, Sierra Leone1960-62 Minister of Transport and 1962 Minister of Communication Esmeralda Arboleda Cavidad de Uribe, Columbia1965-68 Deputy Minister of Education and 1968-71 Minister of Education Dr. Farrokhrou Parsa, Iran1970-72 Minister of Justice and Church Affairs Auğur Auğens, Iceland1971-78 Minister of Family and Social Welfare Toure Aissata Kone, Mauritamia1971 Minister of Health, 1992-94 State Minister by the Premier Minister (Women and Family Affairs) Dr. Türkan Akyol, Turkey1974-77 Minister of Trade and Industry, 1977-84 Minister of Mines and Natural Resources, 1984-94 Minister of External Affairs and 1994-99 Minister of Education Dr. G.K.T. Chiepe, Botswana1974-76 Undersecretary of Social Affairs and Labour, 1976-78 Minister of Labour and Social Security and 1978-79 Minister of Health Tina Anselmi, Italy1975-86 Minister of Education and Culture Graça Machel, Mozambique, widow of President Machel and later married to then-president Mandela of South Africa1975-78 Minister of Culture and Education, 1978-80 Minister of Education, Social  Affairs and Culture and 1980-91 President of Assembleia Popular Nacional  Alda Neves da Graça do Espirito Santo, Sao Tome e Principe1976-84 Minister of Social Affairs Jeanne Martin-Cissé, Guinea1977-78 Vice-Minister of Internal Trade, Ca.1982-86 Minister of Social Affairs and 1986-88 Vice- Premier, Minister of State for the Economic and Social Sphere Maria Mambo Café, Angola1979-80s President of the Public Service Commission, 1980s Secretary of Social Service, 1980s Secretary of Health, 1980s Secretary of Health and 1999-2002 Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Marie Maddison, Marshall Islands1984-92 Minister of Women's Affairs, 1989-92 Minister of Health and Labour, 1992 Minister of Health and Tourism and 1994-95 Minister of Health, Labour and Women's Affairs and also sometime Acting Prime Minister Constance V. Mitcham, St.Kitts and Nevis1987-89 and 1989-90 Minister of Education Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamente, Peru1984-89 Federal Councillor of Justice and Police and  Vice-President in 1989 Elisabeth Kopp, Swizerland1987-89 Minister-Delegate of Local Government & Housing, 1989-96 Minister of Local Government and Lands, 1995-96 Minister of Regional Government and Housing, 1996-2005 Minister of Health and Social Service  and Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 Libertine Appolus Amathila, NamibiaThe so far only female Cabinet Member 1987-98 as Governor of the Central Bank Pany Yathotou, Laos1988-91 Minister of State of Community Development and Acting Minister in 1991 Dr. Seet Ai Mee, Singapore1989 Minister of Public Health and from 2003 Minister of Primary Education Rafiatou Karimou, Benin1993-94 Minister of Energy, Mines and Minerals, 1997-2000 Minister of Forestry, Environment and Conservation, 2000 and 2000-01 Minister of Youth, Women and Sport and 2000 Minister of Lands and Housing Hilda Kari, Solomon Islands1993-99 Minister of Environment, Education, Cultural- and Ethnic Arts, Religion, Sports and Youth Affairs O’Love Tauveve Jacobsen, Niue1996-2003 Undersecretary at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 2003- Minister of Education Sheikha Ahmad Al-Mahmoud, Qatar1991-2000 Undersecretary of Information and from 2003 Minister of Human Rights Amat Al-Aleem Alsoswa, Yemen2004- Minister of Economic Planning Sheikha Lubna al-Qassemi, United Arab RepublicNada Abbas Haffadh, Minister of Health in Bharain from 2004
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FEMALE MINISTERS - BY COUNTRY

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 

 

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A
Afghanistan
Åland
Albania Ministers

Alderney ministers
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra

Angola Ministers

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 
Armenia
Aruba
Ascension
Australia
Australia External
Austria  
Azerbaijan

wNakhichevan Republic
wNargonyi-Karabakh

B
Bahamas
Bahrain Ministers

Balau (Palau)

Balau External

Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

wHerceg Bosna
w
Srpska
Botswana
Brazil  
British Virgin Islands

Brunei
Bulgaria Ministers
Burkina Faso

Burma (
Myanmar)
Burma Exile Government
Burundi

C
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada Ministers
Canada Cabinet
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic Ministers
Chad  
Channel Islands: See Jersey Ministers and Guernsey Ministers
Chile
wEaster Island
wChilenian Antarctic
China
wTibet(Exile Government)
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keelings) Islands
Columbia
Comoro Islands
wAnjouan
Congo-Brazzaville  
Congo-Kinghasa
wRepublic of Cabinda (Exile)
Cook Islands  
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire  
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Cyprus Tyrkish Republic
Czeh Republic
Czechoslovakia

D
Denmark
wDanish Female Ministersw (with photos)
Djibuti
Dominica  
Dominican Republic
 

E
East Timor
Ecuador  
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea  
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
European Union

F
Faero Islands
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Finland Ministers

France

wGuadeloupe
wGuyane Francaise
wMartinique
wMayotte
wReunion
wSaint-Pierre-et-Migueon
French Polynesia

French Southern and Artic Lands

G
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia Ministers

wAbkhasia
wSouth Ossetia
wGeorgia External
Germany

Germany (East)
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
wCarriacou and Petit Martinique
Guam
Guatemala  
Guernsey Ministers

wAlderney ministers
wSark
Guadeloupe
Guyane Francaise

Guinea Bissau Ministers

Guinea
Guyana Ministers

H
Haiti
The Holy See
 
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary Ministers

I
Iceland Ministers

India
Indonesia
Iran
Iran Exile Governments

Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy  

J
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey Ministers

Jethou
Jordan

K
Kazakstan
Kenya
Kiribati
North Korea  
South Korea
Kosova

Kurdistan

Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

L
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia  
Libya Ministers
Liechtenstein
Lithuania  
Luxembourg

M
Macao 
Macedonia  
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldive Islands
Mali
Malta  
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Isle of Man  
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
wRodrigues and Dependencies
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
wMicronesia External
Mindanao
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
(Burma)

N
Nargonyi-Karabakh
Namibia Ministers 

Nauru Ministers

Nepal
The Netherlands
Netherlands Antillen
New Zealand Ministers
wRoss Dependency
wTokelau
Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Nicaragua Ministers

Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
wJan Mayen
wNorwegian Antarctic
wSvalbard
Nouvelle Caledonie  

O
Oman

P
Pakistan
Pacific Trust Territories
Palau (Balau)
Palau External
Palestine Autonomous Territories
Panama  
wTaboga Island
Papua New Guinea

wBougainville
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines Ministers
Philippines Cabinet Members
wMindanao
Pitcairn Island
Poland
Portugal
wAzores
wMadeira
Puerto Rico

Q
Qatar

R
Reunion
Rodrigues and Dependencies
Romania
Russia  
Rwanda

S
Saharan Republic (Western Sahara) 
Saint Christopher and Nevis
wNevis
Saint Helena
wAscension
wTristan da Cunha
Saint Lucia
Saint-Pierre-et-Migueon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome e Principe
Sark
Saudia Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
wMontenegro
wSerbia
wVojvodina
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
wSA Homelands
South Ossetia
Spain
wCiudad de Cueto
wMelilla
Srpska
Sri Lanka  
Sudan
Southern Sudan
Suriname  
Swaziland  
Sweden
Switzerland  
Swiss Candidates for the Bundesrat
Syria

T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
wZanzibar
Thailand Ministers

Tibet (Exile)
Timor Leste

Togo
Tokelau
Tonga

Transnistria (Moldovan Breakaway Republic)
Trinidad and Tobago 
wTobago
Tristan da Cunha
Tunesia
Turks and Caicos Islands
Turkey
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyrus
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
wNanumea Island

U
Uganda
wUganda Substates
Ukraine

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
UK Cabinet

British Parliamentary Private Secretaries
wNorthern Ireland
wScotland
wWales
wBritish Indian Ocean Territory
wSouth Georgia
wSouth Sandwich Islands
Ukraine Ministers

USA Ministers

USA Cabinet

US Pacific Trust Territories

US Virgin Islands  
Uruguay
United Soviet Socialist Republics
Uzbekistan

V
Vanuatu
Vatican
Venezuela
Vietnam
South Vietnam

W
Wallis et Futuna

The West Indies Federation
Western Sahara (Saharan Republic)  

Y
Yemen
South Yemen
North Yemen

Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe

 

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 Martin K.I. Christensen