List of the first female holders of political offices in Europe
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Contents
- 1 Albania
- 2 Andorra
- 3 Armenia
- 4 Austria
- 5 Azerbaijan
- 6 Belarus
- 7 Belgium
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 9 Bulgaria
- 10 Croatia
- 11 Cyprus
- 12 Czechoslovakia
- 13 Czech Republic
- 14 Denmark
- 15 Estonia
- 16 Finland
- 17 France
- 18 Georgia
- 19 Germany
- 20 Greece
- 21 Hungary
- 22 Iceland
- 23 Ireland
- 24 Italy
- 25 Latvia
- 26 Liechtenstein
- 27 Lithuania
- 28 Luxembourg
- 29 Macedonia
- 30 Malta
- 31 Moldova
- 32 Montenegro
- 33 Netherlands
- 34 Norway
- 35 Poland
- 36 Portugal
- 37 Romania
- 38 Russia
- 39 San Marino
- 40 Serbia
- 41 Slovakia
- 42 Slovenia
- 43 Spain
- 44 Sweden
- 45 Switzerland
- 46 Turkey
- 47 Ukraine
- 48 United Kingdom
- 49 Vatican City
- 50 Yugoslavia
- 51 See also
- 52 Footnotes and references
Albania
People's Socialist Republic
- Minister of Culture – Nexhmije Hoxha – 1946[1]
- Member of the Praesidium of the People's Republic of Albania – Liri Belishova – 1950
- President of the Praesidium of the People's Republic of Albania – Mine Guri – 1978
Republic
- Foreign Minister – Arta Dade – 2001
- Deputy Prime Minister – Ermelinda Meksi – 2003
- Chairman of the Parliament – Jozefina Topalli – 2005
- Defence Minister – Mimi Kodheli – 2013
- European Integration Minister – Klajda Gjosha – 2013
- Education and Sport Minister – Lindita Nikolla – 2013
Andorra
- Foreign Minister – Meritxell Mateu i Pi – 2007[2]
Armenia
Arshakuni Dynasty
- First Christian Queen of Armenia – Ashkhen – Second half of the 3rd century and first half of the 4th century.
First Republic of Armenia
- Ambassador to Japan — Diana Abgar – 1918.
Republic of Armenia
- Minister of Culture —Hasmik Poghosyan – 8 June 2007 [3]
- Minister of Diaspora —Hranush Hakobyan – 1 October 2008
- Ambassador to Netherlands – Dziunik Aghajanian – March 2011 [4]
- Deputy President of National Assembly —Hermine Naghdalyan – 31 May 2012 [5]
- Ambassador to Vietnam – Raisa Vardanyan — 16 July 2013 [6]
- Ambassador to Indonesia – Anna Aghajanyan — 11 December 2013 [7]
- Ambassador to Philippines – Raisa Vardanyan – 22 April 2014 [6]
- Leader of Prosperous Armenia Political Party – Naira Zohrabyan – 5 March 2015 [8]
- Minister of Justice — Arpine Hovhannisyan – 4 September 2015 [9]
Austria
Imperial
- Monarch – Maria Theresia of Austria – 1740
Republic
- Member of Parliament – Anna Boschek – 1919
- President of the Bundesrat – Olga Ruder-Zeynek – 1927[citation needed]
- Government Minister – Grete Rehor – 1966
- Minister of Social Affairs – Grete Rehor – 1966
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Benita Ferrero-Waldner – 2000[citation needed]
- Mayor of Innsbruck – Hilde Zach – 2002–2011[citation needed]
- Minister for Justice – Karin Gastinger – 2004[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Trade and European Neighbourhood Policy – Benita Ferrero-Waldner – 2009
Azerbaijan
Soviet Socialist Republic
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Tahira Tahirova – 1959
- Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Elmira Gafarova – 1989[citation needed]
Republic
- Chairwoman of the National Assembly – Elmira Gafarova – 1991[citation needed]
- Secretary of State – Lala Shevket – 1993[citation needed]
Belarus
Soviet Socialist Republic
Belgium
- Count of Flanders – Margaret I – 1191
- Count of Luxembourg – Ermesinde – 1197
- Count of Hainaut – Margaret I – 1244
- Duke of Brabant – Joanna – 1355
- Duke of Burgundy – Mary of Burgundy – 1477
- Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands – Margaret of Austria – 1507
- Duke of Bouillon – Charlotte de La Marck – 1574
- Member of Parliament (Senate) – Marie Janson – 1921[11]
- Mayor – Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt, (Gheluvelt) – 1921[12]
- Member of Parliament (Chamber of Representatives) – Lucie Dejardin – 1929[13]
- Minister for Family and Housing – Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot – 1965[14]
- Minister for Flemish Affairs – Rika De Backer – 1974[15]
- Mayor of Antwerp – Mathilde Schroyens – 1977[16]
- Party leader of major political party – Antoinette Spaak – 1977[17]
- Secretary of State for Brussels Region – Lydia De Pauw – 1979[18]
- Secretary of State for the Dutch-speaking Community – Rika Steyeart – 1979[19]
- Secretary of State for Environment and Social Emancipation – Miet Smet – 1985[20]
- Secretary of State for Pensions – Leona Detiège – 1988[19]
- Minister for Budget – Wivina Demeester – 1991[21]
- Minister for Employment and Labour – Miet Smet – 1992[20]
- Minister of Health – Laurette Onkelinx – 1992[22]
- Minister-President of the French Community – Laurette Onkelinx – 1993[22]
- Minister for Social Affairs – Magda De Galan – 1994[23]
- Deputy Prime Minister – Laurette Onkelinx & Isabelle Durant – 1999[22][24]
- Minister of Transport – Isabelle Durant – 1999[24]
- Minister of Justice – Laurette Onkelinx – 2003[22]
- President of the Senate – Anne-Marie Lizin – 2004[25]
- President of the Parliament of the French Community – Isabelle Simonis – 2004[26]
- President of the Flemish Parliament – Marleen Vanderpoorten – 2006[27]
- European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility – Marianne Thyssen – 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- President – Borjana Krišto – 2007[citation needed]
- Major of Sarajevo – Semiha Borovac – 2005
Republika Srpska
- Minister of Finance Petra Marković 1992
- President – Biljana Plavšić 1996
- Minister of Finance – Svetlana Cenić 2004–
- Vice President of Parliament – Nada Tešanović – 2006 – 2010
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic relations and Regional cooperation – Jasna Brkić – 2006 – 2010
- Minister of Self-government – Lejla Rešić – 2010 –
- Minister of Tourism and Trade – Gorana Zlatković – 2010
- Minister of Sport and youth – Nada Tešanović – 2010 –
- Minister of Justice – Gorana Zlatković – 2011 –
- Minister of Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology – Srebrenka Golić – 2010 –
- Minister of Economic regional relations – Željka Cvijanović 2010–2013
- Prime Minister – Željka Cvijanović – 2013–
- Minister of Tourism and Trade – Maida Ibširagić Hrstić – 2013 –
Bulgaria
Kingdom
- Regent – Tsarina Maria – 1018 (disputed)
- Regent – Irene Komnene of Epirus – 1246 (disputed)
People's Republic
- Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones – Tsola Dragoycheva – 1947
Republic
- Prime Minister (acting) – Reneta Indzhova – 1994[citation needed]
- Foreign minister (acting) – Irina Bokova – 1996[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Consumer Protection – Meglena Kuneva – 2009
- President of the National Assembly – Tsetska Tsacheva – 2009
- Mayor of Sofia – Yordanka Fandakova – 2009
Croatia
Kingdom (medieval)
- Regent (for Stjepan Držislav) – Jelena of Zadar, Queen of Croatia – 969[citation needed]
Socialist Republic of Croatia
- Prime minister – Savka Dabčević-Kučar – 1967[citation needed]
- President of the Presidency – Ema Derossi-Bjelajac – 1985[citation needed]
Republic
- Minister for Education – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić – 1992 [28]
- President of County house of Parliament (Senate) – Katica Ivanišević – 1994[citation needed]
- Minister for Building and Construction – Marina Matulović-Dropulić – 1995 [29]
- Vice Prime Minister – Ljerka Mintas-Hodak – 1995 [30]
- Mayor of Zagreb – Marina Matulović-Dropulić – 1996 [31]
- Minister for European Integration – Ljerka Mintas-Hodak – 1998 [30]
- Minister for Science – Milena Žic-Fuchs – 1999 [30]
- Minister for Health – Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina – 2000 [32]
- Minister for Tourism – Pave Župan-Rusković – 2000 [32]
- Minister for Justice – Ingrid Antičević-Marinović – 2001 [32]
- Minister for Defence – Željka Antunović – 2002 [33]
- Minister without portfolio – Gordana Sobol – 2002 [33]
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović – 2005 [34]
- Prime Minister – Jadranka Kosor – 2009 [35]
- Minister for Finance – Martina Dalić – 2010
- President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović – 2015
Cyprus
Kingdom
- Regent – Plaisance of Antioch – 1253
- Monarch – Charlotte of Cyprus – 1458
Republic
- Mayor of Nicosia – Eleni Mavrou – 2006[citation needed]
- Foreign Minister – Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis – 2007[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth – Androulla Vassiliou – 2010
Northern Cyprus
unrecognized, secessionist state
- Prime Minister – Sibel Siber – 2013
- Foreign Minister – Emine Çolak – 2015
Czechoslovakia
- Members of the first Czechoslovak Parliament: Revolutionary National Assembly (unicameral) – Bozena Ecksteinova, Anna Chlebounova, Irena Kanova, Frantiska Kolarikova, Luisa Landova-Stychova, Alice Masarykova (daughter of President Tomas G. Masaryk), Eliska Purkynova, Bozena Vikova-Kuneticka, Ludmila Zatloukalova-Coufalova, Frantiska Zeminova – 1918
- Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia – Anezka Hodinova - Spurna – 1945
- Minister of Industry – Ludmila Jankovcova – 1947
- Deputy Prime Minister – Ludmila Jankovcova – 1954
- Minister of Consumer Industry – Bozena Machacova-Dostalova – 1954
- Speaker of the Chamber of People of the Federal Assembly – Sona Pennigerova – 1969
- Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of People of the Federal Assembly – Eva Zeleznikova – 1986
- Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Nations of the Federal Assembly – Blanka Hykova – 1989
- Minister of State Audit – Kvetoslava Korinkova – 1989
Czech Republic
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- Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Petra Buzková – 1996
- Vice-President of the Senate – Jaroslava Moserová – 1996
- Minister of Justice – Vlasta Parkanová – 1997
- Minister of Health – Zuzana Roithová – 1998
- President of the Senate – Libuše Benešová – 1998
- Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Jitka Kupčová – 2002
- Minister of Education, Youth and Sport – Petra Buzková – 2002
- Minister of Information Technologies – Dana Bérová – 2005
- Minister of Agriculture – Milena Vicenová – 2006
- Minister of Culture – Helena Třeštíková – 2007
- Minister of Defense – Vlasta Parkanová – 2007
- Minister without Portfolio – Džamila Stehlíková – 2007
- Vice-President of the Senate – Alena Gajdůšková – 2008
- Governor of Plzeňský region – Milada Emmerová – 2008
- Governor of Ústecký region – Jana Vaňhová – 2008
- Deputy Prime Minister – Vlasta Parkanová – 2009
- Minister of Environment – Rut Bízková – 2010
- Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Miroslava Němcová – 2010
- Minister of Labour and Social Affairs – Ludmila Müllerová – 2012
- Minister of Regional Development – Věra Jourová – 2014
- Mayor of Prague – Adriana Krnáčová – 2014
- European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers – Věra Jourová – 2014
Denmark
- Regent – Margaret Sambiria – 1259
- Monarch – Margaret I – 1387[citation needed]
- Minister for Education – Nina Bang – 1924[36]
- Minister without portfolio – Fanny Jensen – 1947[37]
- Minister for Justice – Helga Pedersen – 1950[citation needed]
- Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs – Bodil Koch – 1950[38]
- Speaker of the Landsting, Chamber of Parliament – Ingeborg Hansen – 1950[39]
- Minister for Trade – Lis Groes – 1953[citation needed]
- Minister for Economy – Marianne Jelved – 1993[40]
- European Commissioner for the Environment – Ritt Bjerregaard – 1995
- Minister of Finance – Pia Gjellerup – 2000
- Minister for Agriculture and Food – Mariann Fischer Boel – 2002[citation needed]
- Lord Mayor of Copenhagen – Ritt Bjerregaard – 2006[41]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Lene Espersen – 2010
- Prime Minister – Helle Thorning-Schmidt – 2011
- Speaker of the Folketing – Pia Kjærsgaard – 2015
Faroe Islands
- Prime Minister – Marita Petersen – 1993[citation needed]
- Speaker of the Løgting – Marita Petersen – 1994
- High Commissioner – Vibeke Larsen −1995 [42]
Greenland
- Foreign minister – Aleqa Hammond – 2007
- Chairperson of Landsting – Ruth Heilmann – 2008[citation needed]
- High Commissioner – Mikaela Engell – 2011
- Prime Minister – Aleqa Hammond – 2013
Estonia
Danish Estonia
- Regent – Margaret Sambiria of Denmark – 1259
Swedish Estonia and Livonia
- Monarch – Christina of Sweden – 1632
Autonomous Governorate of Estonia
Republic of Estonia
- Members of the Constituent Assembly – Emma Asson-Petersen, Marie Helene Aul, Minni Kurs-Olesk, Alma Ostra-Oinas, Johanna Päts, Helmi Press-Jansen and Marie Reisik – 1919[44]
- Members of the Riigikogu – Emma Asson-Petersen and Alma Ostra-Oinas – 1920[45]
- Members of the National Constituent Assembly – Linda Marie Eenpalu and Alma Jeets – 1937[46]
- Member of National Council (Second Chamber) – Linda Marie Eenpalu – 1938[47]
Estonian Government in Exile
- Minister without portfolio (in Exile) – Renate Kaasik – 1971[48]
- Secretary of State (in Exile) – Katrin Nyman-Metcalf – 1990[49]
- Minister of Justice (in Exile) – Aino Lepik von Wirén – 1990[50]
Soviet occupation
- Party leader – Lagle Parek of the National Independence Party – 1988[51]
- Minister of Social Welfare – Siiri Oviir – 1990[52]
Republic of Estonia
- Minister of Internal Affairs – Lagle Parek – 1992[53]
- Minister of Social Affairs – Marju Lauristin – 1992[54]
- Minister of Reforms – Liia Hänni – 1994[55]
- Minister of Economic Affairs – Liina Tõnisson – 1995[56]
- Mayor of Tallinn – Ivi Eenmaa – 1995[57]
- Minister of Culture – Signe Kivi – 1999[58]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Kristiina Ojuland – 2002[59]
- Minister of Education – Mailis Rand – 2002[60]
- County Governor (Tartu County) – Eha Pärn – 2003 (acting governor until 2004)[61]
- President of the Riigikogu – Ene Ergma – 2003[62]
- Mayor of Tartu – Laine Jänes – 2003[63]
- Minister of Agriculture – Ester Tuiksoo – 2004[64]
- Members of the European Parliament – Marianne Mikko and Siiri Oviir – 2004[65]
- Minister of Population Affairs – Urve Palo – 2007[66]
- Minister of Environment – Keit Pentus – 2011[67]
- Minister of Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship – Anne Sulling – 2014
- Minister of Finance – Maris Lauri – 2014
- Chancellor of Justice – Ülle Madise – 2015
- Minister of Entrepreneurship – Ülle Madise – 2015
Finland
Swedish Realm
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- Regent – Ingeborg of Norway – 1319
Kalmar Union
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- Monarch – Margaret I – 1389
Swedish Realm
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- Governor of Turku – Ebba Stenbock (acting interim governor) – 1597
Grand Duchy
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- Member of Parliament – Miina Sillanpää, Alli Nissinen, Hilma Räsänen,Ida Aalle-Teljo, Anni Huotari,Mimmi Kanervo, Hilja Pärssinen,Maria Raunio,Jenny Upari,Eveliina Ala-Kulju,Hedvig Gebhard,Liisi Kivioja,Iida Vemmelpuu – 1907
Republic
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- Minister of Social Affairs – Miina Sillanpää – 1926
- Minister without portfolio – Hertta Kuusinen – 1948
- Deputy Prime Minister of Finland – Tyyne Leivo-Larsson – 1958
- Education Minister – Kerttu Saalasti – 1954
- Minister of Justice – Inkeri Anttila – 1975
- Minister of Commerce and Industry – Pirkko Työläjärvi – 1981
- Minister of Interior – Kaisa Raatikainen – 1984
- Defence minister – Elisabeth Rehn – 1990[citation needed]
- Foreign minister – Tarja Halonen – 1995[citation needed]
- Minister of Environmental Affairs – Sirpa Pietikäinen – 1991
- Minister of Transport – Tuula Linnainmaa – 1995
- Minister of Labour – Sinikka Mönkäre – 1999
- Minister of Health and Social Services – Eva Biaudet – 1999
- Minister of Culture – Suvi Lindén – 1999
- Minister of Agriculture – Sirkka-Liisa Anttila – 2007
- Finance minister – Jutta Urpilainen – 2011
- Mayor of Helsinki – Eva-Riitta Siitonen – 1996
- Mayor of Tampere – Anna-Kaisa Ikonen – 2013
- President – Tarja Halonen – 2000[citation needed]
- Speaker of the Parliament – Riitta Uosukainen – 1995
- Prime Minister – Anneli Jäätteenmäki – 2003[citation needed]
Åland
- Lantråd (Premier) – Viveka Eriksson – 2007[citation needed]
France
- Regent – Anne of Kiev – 1060
- Undersecretary of State for national education – Cécile Brunschvicg – 1936
- Undersecretary of state for Public Health – Suzanne Lacore – 1936
- Undersecretary of state for Science – Irène Joliot-Curie – 1936
- Minister of Health – Simone Veil – 1974
- Prefect – Yvette Chassagne (Loir-et-Cher) – 1981
- Mayor of Strasbourg – Catherine Trautmann – 1989
- European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud – Christiane Scrivener – 1989
- Prime Minister – Édith Cresson – 1991
- Minister of Labour – Martine Aubry – 1997
- Minister of Justice – Élisabeth Guigou – 1997
- Mayor of Lille – Martine Aubry – 2001
- Minister of Defence – Michèle Alliot-Marie – 2002
- Mayor of Montpellier – Hélène Mandroux – 2004
- Minister of the Interior – Michèle Alliot-Marie – 2007
- Minister of Finance – Christine Lagarde – 2007
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Michèle Alliot-Marie – 2010
- Mayor of Paris – Anne Hidalgo – 2014
Georgia
Kingdom
- Regent – Mariam of Vaspurakan – 1027
- Monarch – Tamar – 1178–1210
Republic
- Speaker of the Georgian Parliament – Nino Burjanadze – 2003 – 2004 and 2007[citation needed]
- President (acting) – Nino Burjanadze – 2003[citation needed]
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Salomé Zurabishvili – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister of Economic Development – Ekaterine Sharashidze – 2008[citation needed]
- Minister of Defense – Tina Khidasheli – 1 May 2015
Germany
Weimar
- Regent – Adelaide of Italy and Theophanu (co-regents) – 983
- Weimar National Assembly – Louise Schroeder – 1919
- Members of the Parliament – 37 women, among them being Marie Baum, Marie Juchacz – 1919
Allied Occupation
- Mayor of Berlin – Louise Schroeder – 1947
Democratic Republic
- Member of the Presidium of the Volkskammer – Friedel Malter – 1948
- Minister of Justice – Hilde Benjamin – 1953
- President of the Volkskammer and Acting Head of state – Sabine Bergmann-Pohl – 1990[citation needed]
Federal Republic (West)=
- State secretary of Youth and Family Affairs – Gabriele Wülker – 1957
- Minister of Health – Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt – 1961[citation needed]
- President of the Bundestag – Annemarie Renger – 1972[citation needed]
Federal Republic (United)
- Minister of Justice – Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger – 1992[citation needed]
- Minister-President of any German state – Heide Simonis (of Schleswig-Holstein) – 1993[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Monika Wulf-Mathies – 1994
- Mayor of Frankfurt – Petra Roth – 1995[citation needed]
- Chancellor – Angela Merkel – 2005[citation needed]
- Minister of Defence – Ursula von der Leyen – 2013
Greece
Kingdom
- Regent – Queen Olga – 1920
- Member of Parliament – Eleni Skoura – 1953
- Mayor – Maria Desylla-Kapodistria, (Corfu (city)) – 1953
- Government minister and Minister for Social Welfare – Lina Tsaldari – 1956
Republic
- Minister for Culture – Melina Mercouri – 1981[citation needed]
- Minister of Education and Religious Affairs – Marietta Giannakou-Koutsikou – 1993[citation needed]
- Minister for Environment – Vassiliki "Vaso" Papandreou – 1999[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs – Anna Diamantopoulou – 1999
- Mayor of Athens – Dora Bakoyannis – 2003[citation needed]
- President of Parliament – Anna Psarouda-Benaki – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Dora Bakoyannis – 2006[citation needed]
- Minister for Tourism – Fani Palli-Petralia – 2006[citation needed]
- Prime Minister (acting) – Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou – 2015
Hungary
Kingdom
- Monarch – Mary of Hungary – 1382
- Member of Parliament – Margit Slachta – 1920
People's Republic
- Speaker of the National Assembly – Erzsébet Metzker Vass – 1963[citation needed]
- Minister of Health – Anna Ratkó – 1950
- Minister of Education – Valéria Benke – 1958
Republic
- Minister for Justice – Ibolya Dávid – 1998[citation needed]
- Minister for Interior – Mónika Lamperth – 2002[citation needed]
- Minister for Equality – Katalin Lévai – 2004[citation needed]
- Foreign Minister – Kinga Göncz – 2006[citation needed]
- Health Minister – Ágnes Horváth – 2007
- Minister of National Development – Zsuzsanna Németh – 2011
Iceland
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Kingdom
- Member of a City Council – Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir – 1908
- Member of Parliament – Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason – 1922[68]
Republic
- Mayor of Reykjavik City – Auður Auðuns – 1960–1961
- Speaker of Parliament (lower house) – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir – 1961[69]
- Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs – Auður Auðuns – 1970[70]
- President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir – 1980[71]
- Speaker of Parliament (upper house) – Salome Þorkelsdóttir – 1983[72]
- Minister of Education, Science and Culture – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir – 1983[69]
- Minister of Health and Social Security – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir – 1985[69]
- Speaker of Parliament (bicameral united house) – Salome Þorkelsdóttir – 1991[72]
- Speaker of Parliament (unicameral) – Salome Þorkelsdóttir – 1991[72]
- Minister for the Environment – Siv Friðleifsdóttir – 1999[73]
- Minister of Industry – Valgerður Sverrisdóttir – 1999[74]
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Valgerður Sverrisdóttir – 2006[74]
- Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 2009[75]
- Minister of Finance – Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir – 2011[76]
Ireland
Kingdom (medieval)
- High Queen of Ireland – Macha Mong Ruad – LGE 4th/3rd century BC – FFE 468–461 BC – AFM 661–654 BC
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish Republic
Free State
Republic
- Lord Mayor of Dublin – Kathleen Clarke – 1939[80]
- Lord Mayor of Cork – Jane Dowdall – 1959
- Department of state Secretary-General – Thekla Beere – 1959[81]
- Council of State Member – Honor Crowley – 1964
- Minister of State – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1977[82]
- Member of the European Parliament – Eileen Desmond and Síle de Valera – 1979[83][84]
- Minister for the Gaeltacht – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1979[82]
- Minister for Health and Social Welfare – Eileen Desmond – 1981[85]
- Minister for Education – Gemma Hussey – 1982[86]
- President – Mary Robinson – 1990[87]
- Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1992[82]
- Minister for Justice – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1993[82]
- Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) – Mary Harney – 1997[88]
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment – Mary Harney – 1997[88]
- Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands – Síle de Valera – 1997[84]
- Minister for Agriculture and Food – Mary Coughlan – 2002[89]
- Government Chief Whip – Mary Hanafin – 2002[90]
- European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 2009[91]
- Attorney General of Ireland – Máire Whelan – 2011
- Minister for Children and Youth Affairs – Frances Fitzgerald – 2001[92]
- Leader of the Labour Party – Joan Burton – 2014
Italy
- Minister for Health – Tina Anselmi – 1978 (as well as first woman government minister)[citation needed]
- President of the Chamber of Deputies – Nilde Iotti – 1979[citation needed]
- Minister of Education – Franca Falcucci – 1982[citation needed]
- Senator for Life – Camilla Ravera – 1982[citation needed]
- Minister of Tourism – Margherita Boniver – 1992[citation needed]
- President of Lombardia – Fiorella Ghilardotti – 1992[citation needed]
- Minister for Agriculture and Forests – Adriana Poli Bortone – 1994[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection – Emma Bonino – 1995[citation needed]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Susanna Agnelli – 1995[citation needed]
- Minister without Portfolio – Livia Turco – 1996[citation needed]
- Minister for Equal Opportunities – Anna Finocchiaro – 1996[citation needed]
- Minister of Cultural Activities and Sport – Giovanna Melandri – 1998[citation needed]
- Minister of Interior – Rosa Russo Iervolino – 1998[citation needed]
- President of Trentino-Alto Adige – Margherita Cogo – 1999[citation needed]
- President of Umbria – Maria Rita Lorenzetti – 2000[citation needed]
- Mayor of Naples – Rosa Russo Iervolino – 2001[citation needed]
- President of Piedmont – Mercedes Bresso – 2006[citation needed]
- Minister of European Politics and International Trade – Emma Bonino – 2006[citation needed]
- Mayor of Milan – Letizia Moratti – 2006[citation needed]
- Minister of the Environment – Stefania Prestigiacomo – 2008[citation needed]
- President of Democratic Party (Italy) – Rosy Bindi – 2009[citation needed]
- President of Lazio – Renata Polverini – 2010[citation needed]
- Minister of Justice – Paola Severino – 2011[citation needed]
- President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Debora Serracchiani – 2013[citation needed]
- Minister of Integration – Cécile Kyenge – 2013[citation needed]
- Minister of Defence – Roberta Pinotti – 2014[citation needed]
- Minister of Economic Development – Federica Guidi – 2014[citation needed]
- Minister of Constitutional Reforms and Parliamentary Relations – Maria Elena Boschi – 2014[citation needed]
Latvia
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Republic
- Deputy minister of Education – Valērija Seile – 1921
- President – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga – 1999[citation needed]
- Speaker of the Saeima – Ilga Kreituse – 1995[citation needed]
- Foreign minister – Sandra Kalniete – 2002[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries – Sandra Kalniete – 2004[citation needed]
- Defence minister – Linda Mūrniece – 2006[citation needed]
- Prime Minister – Laimdota Straujuma – 2014[citation needed]
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Republic
- Members of Parliament – Felicija Bortkevičienė, Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė – 1920
- Speaker of the constituent session of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania – Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė – 15 May 1920[93]
- Prime Minister – Kazimira Prunskienė – 1990[94]
- European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget – Dalia Grybauskaitė – 2004
- President – Dalia Grybauskaitė – 2009[95]
- Foreign minister (acting) – Rasa Juknevičienė – 2010
Luxembourg
County, Duchy and Grand Duchy
- Monarch – Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg – 1197
Grand Duchy
- Grand Duchess – Marie-Adélaïde – 1912[citation needed]
- Deputy Prime Minister – Colette Flesch – 1980[citation needed]
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Colette Flesch – 1980[citation needed]
- Mayor of Luxembourg City – Lydie Polfer – 1982[citation needed]
- President of the Chamber of Deputies – Erna Hennicot-Schoepges – 1989[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality – Martine Reicherts – 2009[citation needed]
Macedonia
- Minister of Development – Sofija Todorova – 1992
- Minister without portfolio – Gordana Siljanovska – 1992
- Interior minister – Dosta Dimovska – 1999[citation needed]
- Foreign minister – Ilinka Mitreva – 2001[citation needed]
- Minister of justice – Meri Mladenovska Gjorgjievska – 2002
- Prime Minister (acting) – Radmila Šekerinska – 2004[citation needed]
- President of Social Democratic Union of Macedonia – Radmila Šekerinska – 2006
- Minister of Culture – Elizabeta Kanceska Milevska – 2008
Malta
Colony
- Member of Parliament – Agatha Barbara – 1947[citation needed]
- Minister – Agatha Barbara – 1955[citation needed]
Republic
- President – Agatha Barbara – 1982[citation needed]
- Mayor – Rita Cutajar, Mayor of Għasri, Gozo – 1993[citation needed]
- Speaker of the House of Representatives – Myriam Spiteri Debono – 1996[citation needed]
Moldova
- Speaker of the Parliament – Eugenia Ostapciuc – 2001[citation needed]
- Prime Minister – Zinaida Greceanîi – 2008[citation needed]
- Finance minister – Marianna Durlesteanu – 2008.[96]
- Foreign minister – Natalia Gherman – 2013
Transnistria
unrecognized, secessionist state
- Foreign minister – Nina Shtanski – 2012
- Prime Minister – Tatiana Turanskaya – 2013
Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
- Speaker of Parliament – Vesna Perović – 2001[citation needed]
- Supreme State Attorney – Vesna Medenica – 2004[citation needed]
- Mayor of City/President of Municipality (first elected) – Marija-Maja Ćatović – 2005[citation needed]
Republic of Montenegro
Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands
- Governor- Margaret of Austria- 1507–1530
Dutch Republic
- Diplomat – Bartholda van Swieten – 1615
- Regent (acting stadtholder) – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange – 1751
Kingdom
- Monarch – Queen Wilhelmina – 1890[citation needed]
- Member of the House of Representatives of the States-General – Suze Groeneweg – 1917[citation needed]
- Member of the Senate of the States-General – Carry Pothuis-Smit – 1920 [97]
- Alderman – Eiske ten Bos-Harkema – 1924
- Mayor – Truus Beliën – 1946
- Minister of Social Work – Marga Klompé – 1956
- Party chair – Haya van Someren – 1969
- Minister of Health and Hygiene – Irene Vorrink – 1973
- Parliamentary leader in the Senate – Haya van Someren – 1976
- Party leader – Ria Beckers – 1977
- Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives – Ria Beckers – 1977
- Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management – Neelie Kroes – 1982
- Minister for Development Cooperation – Eegje Schoo – 1982
- Minister of the Interior – Ien Dales – 1989
- Minister of Justice – Winnie Sorgdrager – 1994
- Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment – Margreeth de Boer – 1994
- Deputy Prime Ministers – Annemarie Jorritsma and Els Borst – 1998
- Minister of Economic Affairs – Annemarie Jorritsma – 1998
- Speaker of the House of Representatives – Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven – 1998
- Minister of Education, Culture and Science – Maria van der Hoeven – 2002
- Minister for Integration and Immigration – Rita Verdonk – 2003
- President of the Senate – Yvonne Timmerman-Buck – 2003
- European Commissioner – Neelie Kroes – 2004
- Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality – Gerda Verburg – 2007
- Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment – Melanie Schultz van Haegen – 2010
- Minister of Defence – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert – 2012
Norway
- Monarch – Margaret I – 1388
- Deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament – Anna Rogstad – 1911
- Member of the Norwegian Parliament – Karen Platou – 1921
- Mayor – Aasa Helgesen (in Utsira) – 1926
- Minister of Social Affairs – Kirsten Hansteen – 1945
- State Secretary – Elsa Rastad Bråten – 1971
- President of the Lagting – Torild Skard – 1973
- Minister of the Environment – Gro Harlem Brundtland – 1974
- County Governor – Ebba Lodden (in Aust-Agder) – 1974
- Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland – 1981[98]
- President of the Odelsting – Åshild Hauan – 1985
- Mayor of Oslo – Ann-Marit Sæbønes – 1992
- President of the Storting – Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl – 1993
- Governor of Svalbard – Ann-Kristin Olsen – 1995
- Minister of Defence – Eldbjørg Løwer – 2001[citation needed]
- Minister of Finance – Kristin Halvorsen – 2005
- Other political positions
- Party leader – Eva Kolstad (Liberal) – 1974
Poland
Kingdom (1385–1569)
- Monarch – Jadwiga of Poland – 1384[citation needed]
Second Republic
- First members of Sejm (lower house of the parliament) – Gabriela Balicka, Jadwiga Dziubińska, Irena Kosmowska, Maria Moczydłowska, Zofia Moraczewska, Anna Piasecka, Zofia Sokolnicka, Franciszka Wilczkowiakowa, Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer – 1919[citation needed]
- Senator – Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska – 1928[citation needed]
People's Republic
- Minister of Justice – Zofia Wasilkowska – 1956[citation needed]
- Minister of Administration, Land Economy and Environment – Maria Milczarek – 1976[citation needed]
- Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Policy – Maria Milczarek – 1979[citation needed]
- Minister of Education and Behaviour – Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska – 1985[citation needed]
- Minister of Health and Welfare – Izabela Płaneta-Małecka – 1988[citation needed]
Republic
- Minister of Culture and Art – Izabella Cywińska – 1989[citation needed]
- Minister of Industry and Commerce – Henryka Bochniarz – 1991[citation needed]
- Prime Minister – Hanna Suchocka – 1992[citation needed]
- Chairman of the National Bank of Poland – Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – 1992[citation needed]
- Minister of Construction and Spatial Management – Barbara Blida – 1993[citation needed]
- Marshal of the Senate – Alicja Grześkowiak – 1997[citation needed]
- Minister of Finance – Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner – 2001[citation needed]
- Minister of State Treasury – Aldona Kamela-Sowińska – 2001[citation needed]
- Minister of European Affairs – Danuta Hübner – 2003[citation needed]
- Deputy Prime Minister – Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister of Social Policy – Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka – 2004[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Danuta Hübner – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister of Regional Development – Grażyna Gęsicka – 2005[citation needed]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Anna Fotyga – 2006[citation needed]
- President of Warsaw – Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – 2006[citation needed]
- Minister of Sport and Tourism – Elżbieta Jakubiak – 2007[citation needed]
- Minister of Science and Higher Education – Barbara Kudrycka – 2007[citation needed]
- Marshal of the Sejm – Ewa Kopacz – 2011
Portugal
County
- Regent – Theresa, Countess of Portugal – 1112
Kingdom
- Monarch (disputed) – Beatrice of Portugal – 1383[citation needed]
- Monarch – Maria I – 1777[citation needed]
Republic
- Minister of Social Affairs – Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo – 1974
- Prime Minister – Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo – 1979[citation needed]
- Minister of Health – Leonor Beleza – 1985[citation needed]
- Minister of Education – Manuela Ferreira Leite – 1993[citation needed]
- Minister of Environment – Teresa Patrício de Gouveia – 1993[citation needed]
- Minister of Planning – Elisa Ferreira – 1999[citation needed]
- Minister of Finance – Manuela Ferreira Leite – 2002[citation needed]
- Minister of Justice – Celeste Cardona[citation needed]
- Minister of Science and Higher Education – Graça Carvalho – 2003[citation needed]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Teresa Patrício de Gouveia – 2003[citation needed]
- Minister of Culture – Maria João Bustorff – 2004[citation needed]
- Leader of the Opposition – Manuela Ferreira Leite – 2008[citation needed]
- President of the Assembly of the Republic – Maria da Assunção Esteves – 2011
Romania
Kingdom
- Mayor – Luiza Zavloschi, (Buda (Bogdănești)) – 1930
People's Republic
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Ana Pauker – 1947[citation needed]
- First Deputy Prime Minister – Elena Ceauşescu – 1980[citation needed]
Republic
- Minister of Education- Ecaterina Andronescu – 2000[citation needed]
- Minister of Justice – Monica Macovei – 2004[citation needed]
- Prefect (of Bucharest) – Mioara Mantale – 2004[citation needed]
- President of the Chamber of Deputies – Roberta Anastase – 2008[citation needed]
- Minister of Tourism – Elena Udrea – 2008[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Corina Crețu – 2014[citation needed]
Russia
Imperial
- Regent – Elena Glinskaya – 1533
- Monarch – Catherine I of Russia – 1725
Intermin Republic
- Vice Minister of State Welfare and Vice Minister of Education – Sofia Panina – 1917
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic
- Commissar (Minister): Alexandra Kollontai – First female minister in the world – 1917
- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union : Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1924
- Deputy minister (Comissar) of Education : Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1929
- Member of the Supreme Soviet : Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1931
- Member of the Politburo : Ekaterina Furtseva – 1957
Federation
- Governor : Valentina Matviyenko – 2003
- Mayor of Saint Petersburg : Valentina Matviyenko – 2003
- Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia: Valentina Matviyenko – 2011
San Marino
- Co-Captain Regent – Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini – 1981[citation needed]
- Foreign minister – Antonella Mularoni – 2008
Serbia
Imperial
- Regent- Helena of Bulgaria – 1355 – 1357
Moravian
- Empress- Princess Milica of Serbia – 1389 – 1402
Despotate
- Monarch – Jelena (Marija) – 1458 – 1459
Principality
- Education and Art adviser - Katarina Ivanović – 1870
Socialist Yugoslavian Republic
- Minister of Education – Mitra Mitrović – 1945 – 1948
- Minister of Labour – Spasenija Cana Babović – 1946 – 1948
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health – Spasenija Cana Babović – 1948 – 1953
Federal Yugoslavia
- Mayor of Belgrade – Slobodanka Gruden – 1993 – 1994
- Minister of Social affairs, family and equality – Margit Savović – 1994 – 1996
- Mirjana Marković – leader of party Yugoslav Left – 1994 – 2001
- Deputy Prime Minister – Maja Gojković – 1998 – 2000
- Minister of Self-government – Gordana Pop Lazić – 1998 – 2000
- Minister of Information – Radmila Milentijević – 1998 – 2000
- Minister of Economic transformation Jorgovanka Tabaković 1998–2000
- Minister of Labour and Employment – Gordana Matković – 2001 – 2004
- President of Party of successful women – Margit Savović – 2001 – 2004
- Minister of Environment – Anđelka Mihajlov – 2001 -2002
- President of the Supreme Court – Leposava Karamarković – 2001 -2002
- Minister of Traffic and Telecommunication – Marija Rašeta Vukosavljević – 2001 – 2004
- Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia – Nataša Mićić – 2001 – 2004
- President (acting) – Nataša Mićić – 2002 – 2003
- Minister of Energy and Mining Kori Udovički – 2001 – 2003
- Governor of a National Bank of Serbia Kori Udovički – 2003 – 2004
- Minister of Education – Ljiljana Čolić – 2004
- Mayor of Novi Sad – Maja Gojković – 2004 – 2008
Republic of Serbia
- Deputy Prime Minister – Ivana Dulić-Marković – 2006
- Minister of Science – Ana Pešikan – 2007 – 2008
- Minister of Telecommunication and Informatics 2007 – 2008 – Aleksandra Smiljanić
- President of the Constitutional Court of Serbia – Bosa Nenadić 2007 – 2010
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy 2011– 2012 – Verica Kalanović
- Minister of Finance – Diana Dragutinović – 2008 – 2011
- Minister of Justice – Snežana Malović – 2008 – 2012
- Mayor of Pančevo – Vesna Martinović – 2008 – 2012
- President of the Supreme Court of Cassation – Nata Mesarović – 2010 – 2013
- State Attorney – Zagorka Dolovac – 2012 –
- President (acting) – Slavica Đukić Dejanović – 2012
- President of Christian Democratic Party of Serbia – Olgica Batić – 2011 –
- President of party Together for Vojvodina – Olena Papuga – 2012 –
- Minister of Energy – Zorana Mihajlović – 2012 – 2014
- Deputy Prime Minister – Suzana Grubješić – 2012 – 2013
- Mayor of Smederevo – Jasna Avramović – 2012 –
- Governor of a National Bank of Serbia – Jorgovanka Tabaković – 2012 –
- Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia – Maja Gojković – 2014 –
- Deputy Prime Minister and a Minister of Transportation, Construction and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlović – 2014
- Deputy Prime Minister and a Minister of State and Local Governments Kori Udovički – 2014 –
- Minister of Agriculture and Environment – Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković- 2014 –
- Minister of European Integration – Jadranka Joksimović – 2014 –
- President of Democratic Party of Serbia – Sanda Rašković Ivić – 2014 –
- Mayor of Vršac – Dragana Mitrović – 2016 –
Kosovo
partially recognized secessionist state under nominal international administration
- Foreign minister (acting) – Vlora Çitaku – 2010
- President – Atifete Jahjaga – 2011
Slovakia
- Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – Oľga Keltošová – 1993 (also Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia since 1992)
- Minister of Justice – Katarína Tóthová – 1993 (also Minister of Justice of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia since 1992)
- Minister of Health – Irena Belohorská – 1993
- Deputy Prime Minister – Brigita Schmögnerová – 1994
- Minister of Education – Eva Slavkovská – 1994
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Zdenka Kramplová – 1997
- Minister of Privatization – Mária Machová – 1998
- Minister of Finance – Brigita Schmögnerová – 1998
- Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic – Zuzana Martináková – 2002
- Minister of Agriculture – Zdenka Kramplová – 2007
- Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia – Ivetta Macejková – 2007
- Prime Minister – Iveta Radičová – 2010
Note: Independent Slovak Republic was established on January 1, 1993. First female politicians of Slovak Republic as a part of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic are not included above.
List of Slovak female holders of political offices before independence:
Czechoslovakia
- Member of Parliament – Irena Kaňová – 1919
- Commissioner for Health and Social Welfare (equivalent to minister) – Emília Janečková-Muríňová – 1950
- Minister of Health and Social Affairs – Eva Tökölyová – 1986
- Minister of State Audit – Mária Kolaříková – 1989
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
- Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – Helena Woleková – 1991
- Minister of Trade and Tourism – Jana Kotová – 1992
- Minister of Justice – Katarína Tóthová – 1992
- Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – Oľga Keltošová – 1992
Slovenia
- Ministry of Health – Katja Boh – 1990
- Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities – Jožica Puhar – 1990
- Minister of Veterans and War Invalides – Ana Osterman – 1990
- Ministry of Justice – Metka Zupančič – 1994
- Ministry of Economy Development and Technologies – Tea Petrin – 2000
- Ministry of Culture – Andreja Rihter – 2000
- Ministry of Education, Science and Sport – Lucija Čok – 2000
- Ministry without Portfolio (Regional Development) – Zdenka Kovač – 2002
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – Zdenka Kovač – 2004
- Minister of the Interior – Katarina Kresal – 2008
- Ministry of Public Administration – Irma Pavlinič Krebs – 2008
- Minister of Defence – Ljubica Jelušič – 2008
- Prime Minister – Alenka Bratušek – 2013
- Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning – Irena Majcen – 2014
- European Commissioner for Transport – Violeta Bulc – 2014
Spain
Kingdom
- Monarch (of Castile, León and Galicia) and held the imperial title Suo jure Empress of All the Spains – Urraca of León and Castile – 1109–1126
- Monarch- Berengaria of Castile 1217
- Monarch (of Crown of Castile) – Isabel I of Castile – 1474–1504
- Queen Governor – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies – 1833–1840
- Monarch – Isabel II – 1833–1868[citation needed]
- Regent of Spain -Maria Christina of Austria 1885–1902
- Mayor – Matilde Pérez Mollá – 1924
Second Republic
- Members of Parliament – Margarita Nelken, Clara Campoamor and Victoria Kent – 1931
- Minister of Health – Federica Montseny – 1936[citation needed]
Francoist Spain
- Mayor of Bilbao – Pilar Careaga – 1969[citation needed]
Kingdom (restored)
- Mayoress of Vigo – Enma González – 1978[citation needed]
- Minister of Culture – Soledad Becerril – 1981[citation needed]
- Mayor of Valencia – Clementina Ródenas – 1988[citation needed]
- President of the Region of Murcia – María Antonia Martínez – 1993[citation needed]
- Mayor of Seville – Soledad Becerril – 1995[citation needed]
- Mayor of Saragossa – Luisa Fernanda Rudi – 1995[citation needed]
- Mayor of Málaga – Celia Villalobos – 1995[citation needed]
- Minister of Environment – Isabel Tocino – 1996[citation needed]
- Minister of Agriculture – Loyola de Palacio – 1996[citation needed]
- Minister of Justice – Margarita Mariscal de Gante – 1996[citation needed]
- President of Senate – Esperanza Aguirre – 1999[citation needed]
- Minister of Education – Esperanza Aguirre – 1999[citation needed]
- Mayor of Cordóba – Rosa Aguilar – 1999[citation needed]
- Mayor of Gijón – Paz Fernández – 1999[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Transport and Energy – Loyola de Palacio – 1999
- Minister of Industry – Anna Birulés – 2000[citation needed]
- Foreign minister – Ana Palacio – 2002[citation needed]
- Minister of Public Administrations – Julia García-Valdecasas – 2003[citation needed]
- President of the Community of Madrid – Esperanza Aguirre – 2003[citation needed]
- Mayor of Las Palmas – Josefa Luzardo – 2003[citation needed]
- Mayoress of Palma de Mallorca – Catalina Cirer – 2003[citation needed]
- Minister of Public Works – Magdalena Álvarez – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister of Presidency – María Teresa Fernández de la Vega – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister of Housing – María Antonia Trujillo – 2004[citation needed]
- First Vice President of the Government – María Teresa Fernández de la Vega – 2004[citation needed]
- Minister of Defense – Carme Chacón – 2008[citation needed]
- Minister of Science and Innovation – Cristina Garmendia – 2008[citation needed]
- Minister of Equality – Bibiana Aído – 2008[citation needed]
- Mayor of Alicante – Sonia Castedo – 2008[citation needed]
- Minister of Economy – Elena Salgado – 2009[citation needed]
- Mayor of Madrid – Ana Botella – 2014
Sweden
Kingdom
During the Kalmar Union (1397-1520), Sweden-Finland was in union with Denmark and Norway, but maintained its own administration. Sweden was in union with Norway during the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1814-1905), but each country had its own administration and laws, and thus should be listed separately.
- Regent: Ingeborg of Norway – 1319
- Monarch – Margaret I – 1389[citation needed]
- Governor (häradshövding) of Stranda Hundred – Sigrid Sture – 1577
- Member of a government comity: Sophie Adlersparre and Hilda Caselli - 1885
- Member of the Executive Committee of a Political party – Kata Dalström – 1900
- Chairperson of the Women's trades union – Anna Sterky – 1902
- Member of the City Council of Stockholm – Gertrud Månsson – 1910
- Member of a City Council – 37 women, among them Hanna Lindberg – 1910
- Member of the legislative assembly – Emilia Broomé – 1914
- Member of the Riksdag (lower house) – Elisabeth Tamm, Agda Östlund, Nelly Thüring and Bertha Wellin – 1921[citation needed]
- Member of the Riksdag (upper house) – Kerstin Hesselgren – 1921[citation needed]
- Minister without portfolio – Karin Kock-Lindberg – 1947[citation needed]
- Minister for Public Housekeeping – Karin Kock-Lindberg – 1948[citation needed]
- Minister of Family, Consumption, Aid and Immigration – Ulla Lindström – 1954
- Acting Prime Minister – Ulla Lindström – 1958
- Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations – Agda Rössel – 1958
- Chairperson of City Council – Blenda Ljungberg – 1959[citation needed]
- Municipal commissioner – Ella Tengbom-Velander – 1967[citation needed]
- Supreme Court Justice – Ingrid Gärde Widemar – 1968[citation needed]
- County Governor – Camilla Odhnoff – 1974[citation needed]
- Minister for Foreign Affairs – Karin Söder – 1976[citation needed]
- Minister for Health and Social Affairs – Karin Söder – 1979[citation needed]
- Minister for Education – Lena Hjelm-Wallén – 1982[citation needed]
- Minister for Employment – Anna-Greta Leijon – 1982[citation needed]
- Leader of a political party represented in the Riksdag – Karin Söder – 1985[citation needed]
- Minister for Justice – Anna-Greta Leijon – 1987[citation needed]
- Minister for the Environment – Birgitta Dahl – 1987[citation needed]
- Speaker of the Riksdag – Ingegerd Troedsson – 1991[citation needed]
- Minister for Finance – Anne Wibble – 1991[citation needed]
- Minister for Culture – Birgit Friggebo – 1991[citation needed]
- Deputy Prime Minister – Mona Sahlin – 1994[citation needed]
- Minister for Agriculture – Margareta Winberg – 1994[citation needed]
- European Commissioner for Immigration, Justice, Home Affairs and Financial Control – Anita Gradin – 1995[citation needed]
- Minister for Defence – Leni Björklund – 2002[citation needed]
- Mayor of Stockholm – Annika Billström – 2002[citation needed]
Switzerland
- Member of a citizens' council – Trudy Späth-Schweizer – 1958
- President of a Cantonal Parliament (of Geneva) – Emma Kammacher – 1965[citation needed]
- Member of the Swiss Council of States – Lise Girardin – 1971[citation needed]
- Member of the Swiss National Council – Nelly Wicky, Lilian Uchtenhagen, Hanny Thalmann, Liselotte Spreng, Hanna Sahlfeld, Martha Ribi, Gabrielle Nanchen, Josi Meier, Hedi Lang, Tilo Frey, Elisabeth Blunschy – 1971[citation needed]
- President of the Swiss National Council – Elisabeth Blunschy – 1977[citation needed]
- Member of a Cantonal Executive (of Zurich) – Hedi Lang – 1983[citation needed]
- Member of the Swiss Federal Council – Elisabeth Kopp – 1984 [99]
- Justice minister – Elisabeth Kopp – 1984
- Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation – Elisabeth Kopp – 1989[citation needed]
- President of the Swiss Council of States – Josi Meier – 1991[citation needed]
- Landammann of Schwyz – Margrit Weber-Röllin – 1992
- Schultheiss of Lucerne – Brigitte Mürner-Gilli – 1992
- Landammann of Zug – Ruth Schwerzmann – 1993
- Landammann of Aargau – Stéphanie Mörikofer – 1997
- President of the Swiss Confederation – Ruth Dreifuss – 1999 [99]
- Landammann of Uri – Gabi Huber – 2002[citation needed]
- Foreign minister – Micheline Calmy-Rey – 2003[citation needed]
- Landammann of Nidwalden – Lisbeth Gabriel – 2005[citation needed]
- Economics minister – Doris Leuthard – 2006
- Landammann of Glarus – Marianne Dürst – 2008[citation needed]
- Member of the Conseil d'État of the canton of Valais – Esther Waeber Kalbermatten – 2009
- Mayor of Zurich – Corine Mauch – 2009
Turkey
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Ottoman
- Regent – Kösem Sultan – 1623
Republic
- Members of Parliament – Hatı Çırpan and 17 others – 1935
- Mayor (of Mersin) – Müfide İlhan – 1950
- Minister of Health – Türkân Akyol – 1971
- Minister of Labor Relations – Dr. Imren Aykut – 1987[citation needed]
- Provincial Governor (Muğla Province)- Lale Aytaman – 1991
- Prime Minister – Tansu Çiller – 1993
- Minister of the Interior – Dr. Meral Akşener – 1996[100]
- Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister – Tansu Çiller – 1996
Ukraine
Soviet Socialist Republic
- Government minister and Minister of Interior – Evgenia Bosh – 1918
- Acting Prime Minister – Evgenia Bosh – 1918
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Valentyna Shevchenko – 1984
Republic
- Prime Minister – Yulia Tymoshenko – 2005[citation needed]
- Minister of Labor and Social Policy – Lyudmila Denysova – 2007[citation needed]
United Kingdom
Great Britain
- Monarch – Queen Anne – 1701[101]
Great Britain and Ireland
- Member of Parliament (elected) – Constance Markievicz – 1918[77]
- Member of Parliament (who took her seat) – Nancy Astor – 1919[77]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
- Minister of Labour – Margaret Bondfield – 1929[citation needed]
- Minister for Education – Ellen Wilkinson – 1945[citation needed]
- Member of the House of Lords – Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading – 1958
- Government Whip – Harriet Slater – 1964 [102]
- Minister of Pensions and National Insurance – Margaret Herbison – 1964[citation needed]
- Minister of Overseas Development – Barbara Castle – 1964[citation needed]
- Minister for Transport – Barbara Castle – 1965[citation needed]
- First Secretary of State – Barbara Castle – 1968[citation needed]
- Secretary of State for Social Services (Health) – Barbara Castle – 1974[citation needed]
- Leader of the Opposition – Margaret Thatcher – 1975[citation needed]
- Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher – 1979 [103]
- Leader of the House of Lords – Janet Young, Baroness Young – 1981 [104]
- Speaker of the House of Commons – Betty Boothroyd – 1992 [105]
- Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – Gillian Shephard – 1993[citation needed]
- Secretary of State for National Heritage (later Culture, Media and Sport) – Virginia Bottomley – 1995[citation needed]
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Mo Mowlam – 1997[citation needed]
- President of the Board of Trade – Margaret Beckett – 1997[citation needed]
- Leader of the House of Commons – Ann Taylor – 1997[citation needed]
- Chief Whip – Ann Taylor – 1998[citation needed]
- Solicitor General for England and Wales – Harriet Harman – 2001 [106]
- Secretary of State for Scotland – Helen Liddell – 2001[citation needed]
- Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress – Frances O'Grady – 2003
- Foreign Secretary – Margaret Beckett – 2006 [107]
- Lord Speaker – Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman – 2006
- Home Secretary – Jacqui Smith – 2007 [108]
- Attorney General – Baroness Scotland – 2007[109]
- European Commissioner for Trade – Catherine Ashton – 2008
- Welsh Secretary – Cheryl Gillan – 2010 [110]
- General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress – Frances O'Grady – 2013
- Anna Soubry, Member of Parliament for Broxtowe, became the first elected female Defence Minister, having been appointed Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Defence- 2013 [111]
- Vice-President of the European Commission – Catherine Ashton – 2010
England
- Regent – Edith of Scotland – 12th century
- Monarch – Queen Mary I – 1553[112]
- Lord Mayor of Liverpool – Margaret Beavan – 1927
- Lord Mayor of Sheffield – Ann Eliza Longden – 1936
- Lord Mayor of Leeds – Jessie Beatrice Kitson – 1942 (succeeded upon the death in office of Arthur Clark)
- Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Violet Hardisty Grantham – 1952
- Lord Mayor of Leeds (elected) – Mary Pearce – 1958
- Lord Mayor of Bristol – Florence Mills Brown – 1963
- Lord Mayor of Manchester – Nellie Beer – 1966
- Lord Mayor of Birmingham – Marjorie Alice Brown – 1973
- Lord Mayor of London – Mary Donaldson – 1983
- Deputy Mayor of London – Nicky Gavron – 2000
- Chair of the London Assembly – Sally Hamwee – 2001
- Police and Crime Commissioner – Vera Baird, Ann Barnes, Katy Bourne, Jane Kennedy, Sue Mountstevens – 2012
Northern Ireland
Parliament of Northern Ireland
- Member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland – Julia McMordie, Dehra Chichester – 1921
- High Sheriff of Belfast – Julia McMordie – 1928
- Minister of Health for Northern Ireland – Dehra Chichester – 1949
- Health Minister of Northern Ireland – Bairbre de Brún – 1999[citation needed]
- Presiding Officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly – Eileen Bell – 2007
- First Minister – Arlene Foster – 2016
Scotland
- Monarch – Margaret I of Scotland – 1286
- Regent – Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland – 1437
- Lord Provost of Glasgow – Dame Jean Roberts – 1960
- Lord Provost of Edinburgh – Eleanor McLaughlin – 1988
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Elish Angiolini – 2001[citation needed]
- Lord Advocate – Elish Angiolini – 2006[citation needed]
- Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party – Annabel Goldie – 2006
- Deputy First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon – 2007
- Leader of the Scottish Labour Party – Wendy Alexander – 2007
- Foreign Minister – Linda Fabiani – 2007
- Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament – Tricia Marwick – 2011
- Leader of the Scottish National Party – Nicola Sturgeon – 2014
- First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon – 2014
Wales
- Lord Mayor of Cardiff – Helena Evans – 1959
- Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales – Jane Davidson – 1999
- Deputy First Minister for Wales – Jenny Randerson – 2001[citation needed]
- Leader of Plaid Cymru – Leanne Wood – 2012
Vatican City
- Vice Minister – Sister Enrica Rosanna – 2004[citation needed]
Yugoslavia
- President of the Federal Chamber – Stana Tomasević-Arnesen – 1979
- President of the Federal Executive Council (Prime Minister) – Milka Planinc – 1982[citation needed]
See also
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