Record Number Of Simultaneous Woman World Leaders
Posted on 27 June 2010 by LynThomas in Uncategorized
We currently have a record-high number of simultaneous female world leaders.
- In 1997 Mary MacAleese was elected president of Ireland
- Tara Halonen was elected president of Finland in 2000
- Chancellor Angela Merkel was elected chancellor of Germany in 2005
- Liberia elected President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf took office in 2006
- India elected President Pratibha Patil took office in 2007
- In 2008 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was elected to office in Bangladesh
- Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir was elected in Iceland, by a ruling party
- In 2009 President Dalia Grybauskaite was elected in Lithuania
- Croatia leading party appointed Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor to office
- In 2010 the leading party appointed Doris Leuthard president of Switzerland
- A coup in 2010 put Rosa Otunbayeva as interim president in Kyrgyzstan
- Costa Ricca elected Laura Chinchilla as president of Costa Ricca in 2010
- Trinidad and Costa Rica elected Kamla Persad-Bissessar as prime minister in 2010
- In 2010 the Labour party elected Julia Gillard as Australia’s prime minister.
In July of 2002 there were 13 female leaders: Lativa, Finland, New Zealand, Ireland, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Indonesia, Panama, Bangladesh, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe and South Korea.
In early April of 2006 there were again 13 female world leaders, with Ireland, New Zealand, Latvia, Finland, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Germany, Liberia, South Korea, Chile, Jamaica, and Sao Tomé and Príncipe.
The third time was in January-March 2007 with Ireland, New Zealand, Latvia, Finland, Philippines, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Germany, Liberia, Chile, Jamaica, Switzerland, and South Korea.
Currently women Head of State are:
- Queen Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom
- Queen Margrethe II in Demark
- Queen Beatrix in The Netherlands.
Current female Governor Generals include:
- Michealle Jean as Governor General of Canada
- Dame Perlette Louisy as Governor General of St. Luca
- Lady Louise Lake-Tack as Governor General of Antiqua and Barbuda
- Quentin Bryce as Governor General of Australia.
The world’s first elected woman prime minister was Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She gained office in Sri Lanka in 1960. She died recently at the age of 84, after four decades of political life.
Margaret Thatcher was one of the longest serving woman prime ministers, in office from 1979 to 1990.
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