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In these 193 Member States, 21% of Prime Ministers and 26% of Parliamentarians are women. Female leaders also make up 34% of local government positions. Bangaldesh, Iceland, Italy, Aruba, Uganda, and Samoa are just some of the countrues with female Prime Ministers.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state ...
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- ICELAND — 44% of Iceland's government ministers are female, and women have led the country for 20 of the last 50 years. These two figures combine to help make Icelandic women the most politically powerful on earth, according to the WEF.
- FINLAND — Only one country surveyed by the WEF gives women more political power, and no country has a higher proportion of female government ministers than Finland.
- NORWAY — Norway's current prime minister, Erna Solberg, has been in charge since 2013. Gro Harlem Brundtland led the country for ten years across two separate terms prior to that.
- NICARAGUA — 47% of senior government officials in Nicaragua, the Central American republic, are female. This, combined with the fact that 41% of all parliamentary members are women, helps make the country one of the world's best for female political power.
Apr 3, 2024 · This chart shows the number of female heads of state or government from 1946 to 2024 by country.
Mar 10, 2020 · Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey have each had one female leader, serving between 3 and 5 years. The U.K. has been led by women twice, including 11 years under Margaret Thatcher. Argentina has had two female presidents, both of whom succeeded their husbands.
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Nov 19, 2014 · By Alicia Queiro BBC Scotland New Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been elected first minister of Scotland. That means she will join other women leaders in a small club...
Top right: Nicola Sturgeon was the first female and longest serving first minister Bottom left: Humza Yousaf was the youngest and first minority ethnic first minister. Bottom right: John Swinney is the current and seventh since devolution.
