List of the first female holders of political offices in the Americas
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Antigua and Barbuda
- Governor-General - Louise Lake-TackLouise Lake-TackDame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack, GCMG, DStJ is the current Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.-Background and earlier career:...
- 2007
Argentina
- Head of Ministries (Labour, Social Welfare, Health) - Eva PerónEva PerónMaría Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
- 1946 - President of a Major Political PartyFemale Peronist PartyThe Female Peronist Party, also known as the Feminist Peronist Party and the Peronist Feminist Party, was the women's wing of the Peronist Justicialist Party of Argentina. It was founded by Eva Peron in the late 1940s. After the Peronist Feminist Party was founded, twice the amount of women were...
- Eva Perón - 1947 - First women in CongressArgentine Chamber of DeputiesThe Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
- Twenty-two peronist women - 1951 - Vice President of the Chamber of DeputiesArgentine Chamber of DeputiesThe Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
- Delia ParodiDelia ParodiDelia Parodi was an Argentine politician and the first Argentine woman to hold a prominent elected post.Delia Delfina Degliuomini was born to Italian Argentine parents in Ingeniero Luiggi, a small La Pampa Province town, in 1913. Her family relocated to Buenos Aires in 1917 and lived in modest...
- 1953 - Vice President of Argentina - Isabel Martínez de PerónIsabel Martínez de PerónMaría Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón , better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón or Isabel Perón, is a former President of Argentina. She was also the third wife of another former President, Juan Perón...
- 1973 - President of the Argentine Senate - Isabel Martínez de Perón - 1973
- President of ArgentinaPresident of ArgentinaThe President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...
- Isabel Martínez de Perón - 1974 - Foreign Minister - Susana Ruiz Cerutti - 1989
- Province governor - Alicia LemmeAlicia LemmeMaría Alicia Lemme is an Argentine Peronist politician. She is a former Vice-Governor and former Governor of San Luis Province and the current Mayor of San Luis....
- 2001 (of San Luis ProvinceSan Luis ProvinceSan Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.-History:...
) - Defense MinisterMinistry of Defense (Argentina)The Ministry of Defense of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that deals with everything related to the country national defense...
- Nilda GarréNilda GarréNilda Garré , a former leftist militant, is the current Minister of Security of Argentina, and the former Minister of Defense since 2005. She was the first woman to hold each office in the country.- Career :...
- 2005 - Economy MinisterMinister of Economy of ArgentinaThe Minister of Economy is the head of the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina, concerned with finance and monetary matters. The position within the Government of Argentina is analogous to the finance ministers of some countries and the United States Treasury Secretary...
- Felisa MiceliFelisa MiceliFelisa Miceli is an Argentine economist, and a former Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina...
- 2005 - Elected President of ArgentinaPresident of ArgentinaThe President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...
- Cristina Fernández de KirchnerCristina Fernández de KirchnerCristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...
- December 10, 2007 - Elected province governor - Fabiana RíosFabiana RíosMaría Fabiana Ríos is an Argentine politician of the party ARI . She is the governor of the province of Tierra del Fuego since December 17, 2007. She is currently the only woman governor in Argentina.Ríos was elected governor on June 24, 2007...
- December 10, 2007 (of Tierra del Fuego ProvinceTierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...
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The Bahamas
- Foreign ministerForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Janet Bostwick - 1994 - Governor General - Dame Ivy DumontIvy DumontDame Ivy Leona Dumont, DCMG was the sixth Governor-General of the Bahamas. She was a Bahamian hero.She was the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, from January 1, 2002 until November 30, 2005. She previously served as Education Minister from 1995 to 2001.-External links:*...
- 2001 - Prime Minister - Cynthia Pratt - 2005 (from 4 May 2005 to 6 June 2005)
Barbados
- Minister of Parliament (House of Assembly) - Dame Edna ("Ermie") Bourne - 1951
- Health minister Foreign ministerForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Billie MillerBillie MillerDame Billie Antoinette Miller, DA is a Barbadian politician.Miller is currently a member of the Barbados Labour Party...
- 1976 - Governor-General - Dame Nita Barrow - 1990
- Governor of the Central Bank of BarbadosCentral Bank of BarbadosThe Central Bank of Barbados is the national monetary authority responsible for providing advice to government of Barbados on banking and other financial and monetary matters. The Central Bank of Barbados, was established by Act of parliament on 2 May 1972...
- Dr. Marion Williams - 1991 - Foreign ministerForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Dame Billie MillerBillie MillerDame Billie Antoinette Miller, DA is a Barbadian politician.Miller is currently a member of the Barbados Labour Party...
- 1994 - Leader of the Opposition - Mia MottleyMia MottleyMia Amor Mottley, QC, MP is a Member of Parliament for the Constituency Saint Michael-North East at Barbados.-Early life:...
- 2008
Belize
- Governor-General - Dame Minita GordonElmira Minita GordonDame Elmira Minita Gordon, GCMG, GCVO was Governor-General of Belize from its independence in 1981 to 1993. She was the first woman in a Commonwealth Realm to assume the position of Governor General. As Governor General she also held the title of Patron to the Scout Association of Belize and the...
- 1981 - MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Belize CityBelize CityBelize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. Unofficial estimates place the population of Belize City at 70,000 or more. It is located at the mouth of the Belize River on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and...
- Zenaida MoyaZenaida MoyaZenaida Victoria Moya is a former government official and the mayor of Belize City, Belize elected in elections held in March 2006. She is a member of the United Democratic Party . She is Belize City's first female mayor.-Childhood and education:...
– 2006 - Foreign ministerForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Lisa ShomanLisa ShomanLisa Shoman is a Belizean lawyer and politician and the Foreign Minister of Belize from 2007 to 2008. She was previously the Permanent Representative of Belize to the Organisation of American States and served concurrently as Ambassador to the United States from 24 August 2000 until 5 June 2007,...
- 2007 - President of SenateSenate of BelizeThe Senate is one of the chambers of the National Assembly. It has 12 members appointed for a five year term by the Governor General.- Establishment and appointment :Senators are appointed by the Governor General in the following manner:...
- Andrea Gill - 2008
Bolivia
- PresidentPresident of BoliviaThe President of Bolivia is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five year term, renewable once...
(acting) - Lidia Gueiler TejadaLidia Gueiler TejadaLidia Gueiler Tejada was the first female President of Bolivia, serving in an interim capacity from 1979 to 1980...
- 1979 - Interior ministerInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
- Alicia Muñoz Alá - 2006
Minister of Planning and Environment--Gloria McPhee
Brazil
- 1871: SenatorSenate of BrazilThe Federal Senate of Brazil is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. Created by the first Constitution of the Brazilian Empire in 1824, it was inspired by the United Kingdom's House of Lords, but with the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 it became closer to the United States...
– Isabel, Princess ImperialIsabel, Princess Imperial of BrazilDona Isabel , nicknamed "the Redemptress", was the heiress presumptive to the throne of the Empire of Brazil, bearing the title of Princess Imperial.... - 1927: Appointed MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
(LagesLajes, Rio Grande do NorteLajes is a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Pico do Cabugi is located there. On January 1, 1929, Alzira Soriano was sworn mayor of the city, becoming the first female mayor in Brazil and in all South America....
) – Alzira Soriano de Souza - 1933: Federal DeputyChamber of Deputies of BrazilThe Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. As of 2006, the chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms...
– Carlota Pereira de Queirós - 1958: Elected Mayor (Quixeramobim) – Aldamira Guedes Fernandes
- 1979: Senator of the RepublicSenate of BrazilThe Federal Senate of Brazil is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. Created by the first Constitution of the Brazilian Empire in 1824, it was inspired by the United Kingdom's House of Lords, but with the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 it became closer to the United States...
(Amazonas) – Eunice Michilles - 1982: Minister of EducationMinistry of Education (Brazil)The Ministry of Education , MEC, is a Brazilian government ministry.Functions of this ministry: national education policy, early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, higher education, youth and adult education, among other teachings Taking their proper decisions so that...
– Maria Esther Figueiredo Ferraz - 1986: State Governor (AcreAcre (state)Acre is one of the 27 states of Brazil. It is situated in the southwest of the Northern Region, bordering Amazonas to the north, Rondônia to the east, Bolivia to the southeast and the Ucayali Region of Peru to the south and west. It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km2, being slightly smaller...
) – Iolanda Fleming - 1989: Minister of Labour – Dorothea Werneck
- 1990: Minister of Economy – Zélia Cardoso de MeloZélia Cardoso de MelloZélia Maria Cardoso de Mello served as Brazil's Minister of Economy from 1990 to 1991 under Fernando Collor de Mello . She was married to Brazilian comedian Chico Anysio, with whom she has two children, Rodrigo and Victoria...
- 1990: Elected Senators – Júnia Marise (Minas GeraisMinas GeraisMinas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
) and Marluce Pinto (RoraimaRoraimaRoraima is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region. It borders the states of Amazonas and Pará, as well as the nations of Venezuela and Guyana. The population is 400,000 and the capital is Boa Vista...
) - 1993: Minister of Planning – Yeda CrusiusYeda CrusiusYeda Rorato Crusius is an economist and former governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul until December 31, 2011. She was the first female governor of the state.-Background and political associations:...
- 1993: Minister of Transportation – Margarida Coimbra do Nascimento
- 1995: Elected Governor (MaranhãoMaranhãoMaranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. To the north lies the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neighbored by the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent...
) – Roseana SarneyRoseana SarneyRoseana Sarney Murad is the governor of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. She is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and daughter of former President and currently senator José Sarney.... - 1995: Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism – Dorothea Werneck
- 2002: Minister of National Integration – Mary Dayse Kynzo
- 2003: Minister of Natural Environment – Marina SilvaMarina SilvaMaria Osmarina Marina Silva Vaz de Lima is a Brazilian environmentalist and politician. Ms. Silva was a colleague of Chico Mendes, who was assassinated for defending the Amazon environment. She was a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores until August 19, 2009 and served as a senator before...
- 2003: Secretary for Women's Rights – Emília Fernandes
- 2003: Secretary for Promotion of Racial Equality – Matilde Ribeiro
- 2003: Minister of EnergyMinister of Mines and Energy of BrazilThe Ministry of Mines and Energy is a Brazilian government ministry established in 1960. It fosters investments in mining and energy-related activies, funds research and sets out government policies. Previously, mines and energy were the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture.-External...
– Dilma RousseffDilma RousseffDilma Vana Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil. She is the first woman to hold the office. Prior to that, in 2005, she was also the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... - 2005: Chief of StaffChief of Staff of BrazilThe Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of Brazil, and a senior aide to the President.In Brazil, the Chief of Staff is a member of the president's cabinet, with the rank of Minister....
– Dilma RousseffDilma RousseffDilma Vana Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil. She is the first woman to hold the office. Prior to that, in 2005, she was also the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... - 2007: Minister of Tourism – Marta SuplicyMarta SuplicyMarta Teresa Smith de Vasconcelos Suplicy is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo from 2001 to 2004 as a member of the Brazilian Workers' Party...
- 2010: Minister of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation – Márcia Lopes
- 2011: Minister of CultureMinistry of Culture (Brazil)The Ministry of Culture of Brazil was created in 1985.-External links:*...
– Ana de Hollanda - 2011: Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture – Ideli Salvatti
- 2011: Secretary for Human RightsSpecial Secretariat for Human Rights-Background:The Special Secretariat for Human Rights is an office attached to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil. Its purpose is to implement, promote, and protect human rights, civic rights, and the rights of children, adoloscents, the elderly, and the disabled...
– Maria do RosárioMaria do RosárioMaria do Rosário Nunes is a Brazilian teacher and politician. Graduated in pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and postgraduated from the University of São Paulo, she currently serves as a federal deputy for the state of Rio Grande do Sul for the Workers' Party... - 2011: Secretary for Social Communication – Helena Chagas
- 2011: PresidentPresident of BrazilThe president of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces...
– Dilma RousseffDilma RousseffDilma Vana Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil. She is the first woman to hold the office. Prior to that, in 2005, she was also the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....
British Virgin Islands
- Speaker of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands - V. Inez Archibald - 2003
Canada
- Monarch - Queen VictoriaVictoria of the United KingdomVictoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
- 1867 - City councilCity councilA city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...
lor and first woman elected to any political office in Canada - Hannah GaleHannah GaleHannah "Annie" Elizabeth Rolinson Gale was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Mrs. Gale was born in Netherton, West Midlands, England. In 1901 she and her husband moved from England to Canada...
- 1917 - Member of a provincial legislature - Louise McKinneyLouise McKinneyLouise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...
(AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
) - 1917 (first female legislator in the British EmpireBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
) - Member of Parliament - Agnes MacphailAgnes MacphailAgnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
- 1921 - SenatorCanadian SenateThe Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...
- Cairine WilsonCairine WilsonCairine Reay Mackay Wilson was Canada's first female senator.-Early life:Born Cairine Reay Mackay in Montreal, she was the daughter of Jane Mackay and Robert Mackay, a Liberal Senator and personal friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. She attended Elmwood School and was "head girl" in her graduating year...
- 1930 - MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
- Barbara HanleyBarbara HanleyBarbara McCallum Hanley, née Smith was the first woman to be elected a mayor in Canada....
, Webbwood, Ontario - 1936 - Mayor of a city - Charlotte WhittonCharlotte WhittonCharlotte Elizabeth Whitton, OC, CBE was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first female mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964...
, OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
- 1951 - Leader of a political party at the provincial level - Thérèse CasgrainThérèse CasgrainMarie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...
(Quebec CCF) - 1951 - Cabinet ministerCabinet of CanadaThe Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada...
- Ellen FaircloughEllen FaircloughEllen Louks Fairclough, was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics...
- 1958 - Candidate for the leadership of a federal political party - Mary Walker-SawkaMary Walker-SawkaMary Walker-Sawka was the first woman ever to seek the leadership of a major political party in Canada. She was a surprise last-minute candidate at the 1967 leadership convention of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a centre-right party that formed the official opposition in the...
- 1967 - Speaker of the Canadian SenateSpeaker of the Canadian SenateThe Speaker of the Senate of Canada is the presiding officer of the Senate of Canada. The speaker represents the Senate at official functions, rules on questions of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary privilege, and oversee debates and voting in the red chamber. This position is often...
- Muriel McQueen FergussonMuriel McQueen FergussonMuriel McQueen Fergusson, was a Canadian Senator and the first woman Speaker of the Senate.Born in Shediac, New Brunswick, she graduated from Mount Allison University in 1921 with a B.A...
- 1972 - Leader of a political party which won an election - Hilda WatsonHilda WatsonHilda Watson was a Canadian schoolteacher and politician from the Yukon Territory. She was the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party which was successful in having its members elected....
- 1978 - Secretary of State for External AffairsSecretary of State for External Affairs (Canada)Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs was, from 1909 to 1993, the member of the Cabinet of Canada responsible for overseeing the federal government's international relations and the former Department of External Affairs...
- Flora MacDonald - 1979 - Speaker of the HouseSpeaker of the Canadian House of CommonsThe Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow Members of Parliament...
- Jeanne SauvéJeanne SauvéJeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....
- 1980 - Leader of a political party with seats in a provincial legislature - Alexa McDonoughAlexa McDonoughAlexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...
(Nova Scotia New Democratic PartyNova Scotia New Democratic PartyThe Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is aligned with the federal New Democratic Party . Originally founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1932, it became the New Democratic Party in 1961. It became the governing...
) - 1980 - Puisne justicePuisne JusticeA Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge. The term is used almost exclusively in common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia, Kenya, Canada, Sri Lanka,...
of the Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
- Bertha WilsonBertha WilsonBertha Wernham Wilson, CC was a Canadian jurist and the first woman Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Early life:...
- 1982 - Governor General - Jeanne SauvéJeanne SauvéJeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....
- 1984 - Leader of a political party at the federal level - Kathryn CholetteKathryn CholetteKathryn Cholette is a Canadian environmentalist and left-green, who served as leader of the Green Party of Canada from 1988 to 1990. Just prior to the end of her term as leader, Cholette publicly resigned her post in an article entitled "Why I Left the Green Party"...
(GreenGreen Party of CanadaThe Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...
) - 1988 - Leader of a political party with representation in the House of CommonsCanadian House of CommonsThe House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
- Audrey McLaughlinAudrey McLaughlinAudrey McLaughlin, PC, OC was leader of Canada's New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995. She was the first female leader of a political party with representation in the Canadian House of Commons, as well as the first federal political party leader to represent an electoral district in a Canadian...
(NDPNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
) - 1989 - Premier of a provincePremier (Canada)In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....
- Rita JohnstonRita JohnstonRita Margaret Johnston was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded William Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th Premier of British Columbia.Much of her early life was spent running a successful trailer park in the...
(BCBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
) - 1991 - Premier of a territoryPremier (Canada)In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....
- Nellie CournoyeaNellie CournoyeaNellie Cournoyea, OC is a former Canadian politician, who served as the sixth Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995...
(NWTNorthwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
) - 1991 - Prime MinisterPrime Minister of CanadaThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
- Kim CampbellKim CampbellAvril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...
- 1993 - Leader of the Government in the SenateLeader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)The Leader of the Government in the Senate is a Canadian cabinet minister who leads the government side in the Canadian Senate and is chiefly responsible for promoting and defending the government's program in the Upper House. The government leader's counterpart on the Opposition benches is the...
- Joyce FairbairnJoyce FairbairnJoyce Fairbairn, PC is a Canadian Senator and was the first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate....
- 1993 - Premier of a provincePremier (Canada)In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers in Canada....
in a general election - Catherine CallbeckCatherine CallbeckCatherine Sophia Callbeck is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Senate of Canada.She was the 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the second female provincial premier in Canadian history, and the first to win a general election Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July...
(PEIPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
) - 1993 - Deputy Prime Minister of CanadaDeputy Prime Minister of CanadaThe Deputy Prime Minister of Canada is an honorary position in the cabinet, conferred at the discretion of the prime minister. There is currently, , no deputy prime minister....
- Sheila CoppsSheila CoppsSheila Maureen Copps, PC is a former Canadian politician who also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to April 30, 1996 and June 19, 1996 to June 11, 1997....
- 1993 - Leader of the OppositionLeader of the Opposition (Canada)The Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition , or simply the Leader of the Opposition is the leader of Canada's Official Opposition, the party with the most seats in the House of Commons that is not a member of the government...
in the House of Commons - Deborah GreyDeborah GreyDeborah Cleland Grey, OC, sometimes called Deb Grey is a former Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta for the Reform Party of Canada, Canadian Alliance and Conservative Party of Canada....
- 2000 - Leader of the OppositionLeader of the Opposition in the Senate (Canada)In Canada, the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Senate is the leader of the senate caucus of the largest party in the Senate that is not in government. The position is appointed by the leader of the party that forms the opposition in the Senate...
in the Senate - Céline Hervieux-PayetteCéline Hervieux-PayetteCéline Hervieux-Payette, PC is the former Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate, and the first woman ever to hold this position....
- 2007
Ontario
- Federal Member of Parliament - Agnes MacphailAgnes MacphailAgnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
- 1921 - Member of Provincial Parliament - Agnes MacphailAgnes MacphailAgnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
and Rae LuckockRae LuckockMargaret Rae Morrison Luckock known as Rae Luckock was a feminist, social justice activist, peace activist and, with Agnes Macphail, one of the two first women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario....
- 1943 - Deputy PremierDeputy Premier of OntarioThe Deputy Premier of Ontario is the representative of the Premier of Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario when the current Premier is unable to attend functions executed by the Premier...
- Bette StephensonBette StephensonBette Mildred Stephenson, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian medical doctor and former politician in Ontario. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.-Medical career:Born in...
- 1985 - Mayor of Toronto - June RowlandsJune RowlandsJune Rowlands was the 60th mayor of Toronto, Ontario, and the first woman to hold that office. She had previously been a long time city councillor, unsuccessful federal candidate, and chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission....
- 1991 - Leader of a political party - Lyn McLeodLyn McLeodLyn McLeod is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996.-Background - Pre...
- 1992 - Leader of the Opposition - Lyn McLeod - 1992
Manitoba
- Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of ManitobaThe Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...
- Edith Rogers - 1920 - Federal Member of Parliament - Margaret KonantzMargaret KonantzMargaret McTavish Konantz, née Rogers was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Winnipeg South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1963 to 1965...
(Rogers' daughter) - 1963 - Leader of a political party - Sharon CarstairsSharon CarstairsSharon Carstairs, PC is a Canadian politician and former Senator.-Early life:Carstairs was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of former Nova Scotia Premier Harold Connolly and his wife Vivian...
- 1984 - Leader of the Opposition - Sharon Carstairs - 1988
- MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
- Susan ThompsonSusan ThompsonSusan Ann Thompson was the 40th mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the first female to serve as mayor of Winnipeg and served two terms as mayor and held this post from 1992 to 1998.Thompson graduated with a BA from the University of Winnipeg in 1971...
- 1992–1998
Saskatchewan
- Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of SaskatchewanThe 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...
- Sarah RamslandSarah RamslandSarah Katherine Ramsland, née McEwen was a Canadian politician, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....
- 1919 - Federal Member of Parliament - Dorise NielsenDorise NielsenDorise Winifred Webber Nielsen was a Canadian politician and teacher.Born in England, Nielsen arrived in Canada and settled in Saskatchewan in 1927 to work as a teacher and married a homesteader the same year. She joined the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1934 and was a CCF campaign...
- 1940 - Leader of a political party - Lynda HaverstockLynda Haverstock- External links :***...
- 1989
New Brunswick
- Federal Member of Parliament - Margaret RideoutMargaret RideoutMargaret Isabel Rideout, née Saunders was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Westmorland in the Canadian House of Commons from 1964 to 1968...
- 1964 - Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of New BrunswickThe Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...
- Brenda RobertsonBrenda RobertsonBrenda Mary Robertson, CM, ONB is a Canadian politician and former Senator. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the first woman to become a cabinet minister in the province....
- 1967 - Cabinet minister - Brenda Robertson - 1970
- Leader of a political party - Elizabeth WeirElizabeth WeirElizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick in 1988 and became an opposition voice to the Liberal government, which held all 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.Born in Belfast,...
and Barbara Baird - 1989
Quebec
- Leader of a political party - Thérèse CasgrainThérèse CasgrainMarie Thérèse Forget Casgrain, was a feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada.Thérèse Casgrain was raised in a wealthy family, the daughter of Lady Blanche MacDonald and Sir Rodolphe Forget...
- 1951 - Member of the National AssemblyNational Assembly of QuebecThe National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
- Marie-Claire KirklandMarie-Claire KirklandMarie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, is a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the National Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, the first woman appointed acting premier, and the first woman judge to serve in the Quebec...
- 1961 - Federal Member of Parliament - Monique BéginMonique BéginMonique Bégin, PC, OC, FRSC is an academic and former Canadian politician.Begin was born in Rome and raised in France and Portugal before immigrating to Canada at the end of World War II...
, Albanie MorinAlbanie MorinAlbanie Morin was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Louis-Hébert in the Canadian House of Commons from 1972 to 1976...
and Jeanne SauvéJeanne SauvéJeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....
- 1972 - Leader of the Opposition - Monique Gagnon-TremblayMonique Gagnon-TremblayMonique Gagnon-Tremblay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She is the current MNA member for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from May 1998 to December 1998 and Deputy Premier in 1994 and from 2003...
- 1998 - Speaker of the National Assembly - Louise HarelLouise HarelLouise Harel is a Québec politician. In 2005 she served as interim leader of the Parti Québécois following the resignation of Bernard Landry. She was also interim leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec. She represented the riding of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the Montreal region...
- 2002 - Mayor of Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
- Andrée Boucher - 2005 - Leader of a political party with representation in the legislature - Pauline MaroisPauline MaroisPauline Marois is the current leader of the Parti Québécois in the province of Quebec, since June 27, 2007 and current Leader of the Official Opposition of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the riding of Charlevoix...
- 2007
Alberta
- Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
- Louise McKinneyLouise McKinneyLouise McKinney née Crummy was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn in to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire...
and Roberta MacAdams - 1917 - Federal Member of Parliament - Cora Taylor CasselmanCora Taylor CasselmanCora Taylor Casselman was a Canadian federal politician.Casselman was elected to represented the electoral district of Edmonton East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1941 to 1945...
- 1941 - MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of EdmontonEdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
- Janice Rhea ReimerJanice Rhea ReimerJanice Rhea Reimer is a Canadian politician and the first female mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, having served in that capacity from 1989 until 1995...
- 1989 - Leader of a political party - Pam BarrettPam BarrettPam Barrett was a politician who left politics in February 2000, after having a life-changing near-death experience.-Early political career:...
- 1996 - Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly - Nancy MacBethNancy MacBethNancy MacBeth, née Elliott is a Canadian politician, who was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party from 1998 to 2001.-Early life:...
- 1998
Nova Scotia
- Member of the Legislative AssemblyNova Scotia House of AssemblyThe Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...
- Gladys PorterGladys PorterGladys Muriel Porter, was the first woman in the Maritimes to be elected as Mayor, and the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia....
- 1960 - Federal Member of Parliament - Coline CampbellColine CampbellColine M. Campbell was a member of the Canadian House of Commons in the 30th , 32nd and 34th Canadian Parliaments. Her background was in education and law....
- 1974 - Leader of a political party - Alexa McDonoughAlexa McDonoughAlexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...
- 1980
British Columbia
- Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of British ColumbiaThe Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....
- Mary Ellen SmithMary Ellen SmithMary Ellen Spear Smith was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and both the first female cabinet minister and the first female Speaker in the British Empire.She was born in England...
- 1918 - Cabinet minister - Mary Ellen Smith - 1921
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly - Mary Ellen Smith - 1928
- Federal Member of Parliament - Pauline JewettPauline JewettPauline Jewett, was a Canadian Member of Parliament.Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, she received a BA and a MA from Queen's University and a Ph.D in political science from Harvard University in 1949...
- 1963 - Leader of a political party - Rita JohnstonRita JohnstonRita Margaret Johnston was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded William Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th Premier of British Columbia.Much of her early life was spent running a successful trailer park in the...
- 1991 - Premier - Rita JohnstonRita JohnstonRita Margaret Johnston was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded William Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th Premier of British Columbia.Much of her early life was spent running a successful trailer park in the...
- 1991 - Leader of the Opposition - Joy MacPhailJoy MacPhailJoy MacPhail is a former Canadian politician in British Columbia. A longtime member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, she served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2005 and as a Minister of the Crown from 1993-1999, and 2000-2001.MacPhail was born in Hamilton,...
- 2001
Prince Edward Island
- Candidate for the Legislative Assembly - Hilda RamsayHilda RamsayHilda Ramsay was a Canadian politician, who was the first woman ever to campaign for election to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island....
- 1951 - Federal Member of Parliament - Margaret Mary MacdonaldMargaret Mary MacdonaldMargaret Mary Macdonald was a Canadian politician. On May 29, 1961 she became the first woman from Prince Edward Island to be represented in the House of Commons....
- 1961 - Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of Prince Edward IslandThe Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, along with the Lieutenant-Governor, forms the parliament of the province. The General Assembly meets at Province House, which is located at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown....
- Jean CanfieldJean CanfieldElla Jean Canfield is a former Canadian politician. She was the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, as well as the first woman to serve in the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island.Canfield originally stood for office in the 1966 provincial election in...
- 1970 - Cabinet ministerExecutive Council of Prince Edward IslandThe Executive Council of Prince Edward Island is the cabinet of that Canadian province....
- Jean Canfield - 1972 - Leader of a political party - Pat MellaPat MellaPatricia Janet Mella was Prince Edward Island PC party leader from 1990 to 1996.She was born Patricia MacDougall in Port Hill, Prince Edward Island and was educated at Saint Dunstan's University and the University of Prince Edward Island. A teacher and lecturer, she married Angelo Mella while...
- 1990 - Premier - Catherine CallbeckCatherine CallbeckCatherine Sophia Callbeck is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Senate of Canada.She was the 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the second female provincial premier in Canadian history, and the first to win a general election Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July...
- 1993
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Member of the Legislative Council of NewfoundlandLegislative Council of NewfoundlandThe Legislative Council of Newfoundland was established in 1854 when the British Government granted a new constitution to Newfoundland establishing an Executive Council of not more than seven members of the majority party and a Legislative Council of not more than 15 members upon nomination of the...
(pre-ConfederationCanadian ConfederationCanadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...
) - Helena SquiresHelena SquiresHelena Squires, née Strong was a politician in Newfoundland. She was born in Little Bay Islands.-Biography:Lady Helena E. Squires was born in Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland in 1879...
- 1930 - Member of the House of AssemblyNewfoundland and Labrador House of AssemblyThe Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...
- Hazel McIsaac - 1975 - Cabinet ministers - Lynn VergeLynn VergeLynn Verge is a former Canadian lawyer and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She represented the Corner Brook electoral district of Humber East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1996...
and Hazel NewhookHazel NewhookHazel Newhook was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives...
- 1979 - Federal Member of Parliament - Jean PayneJean PayneJean Payne was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. She is a businessperson by career....
and Bonnie HickeyBonnie HickeyPatricia "Bonnie" Hickey was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997.She was elected in the 1993 federal election at the St. John's East electoral district for the Liberal party...
- 1993 - Leader of a political party - Lynn VergeLynn VergeLynn Verge is a former Canadian lawyer and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She represented the Corner Brook electoral district of Humber East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1996...
- 1995 - PremierPremier of Newfoundland and LabradorThe Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister, head of government and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Before 1964, the position's official title was Premier of Newfoundland...
- Kathy DunderdaleKathy DunderdaleKathleen Mary Margaret "Kathy" Dunderdale MHA is a Canadian politician and the tenth and current Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, having served in this capacity since December 3, 2010...
- 2010
Yukon
- Federal Member of Parliament - Martha Black - 1935
- Member of the Legislative AssemblyYukon Legislative Assembly-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
- G. Jean Gordon - 1967 - Leader of a political party - Hilda WatsonHilda WatsonHilda Watson was a Canadian schoolteacher and politician from the Yukon Territory. She was the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party which was successful in having its members elected....
- 1978 - Premier - Pat DuncanPat DuncanPat Duncan is a former politician in the Yukon, Canada. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth Premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002...
- 2000
Northwest Territories
- Member of the Legislative Assembly - Lena Pedersen (Pederson) - 1970
- Federal Member of Parliament - Ethel Blondin-AndrewEthel Blondin-AndrewEthel Dorothy Blondin-Andrew, PC is a Canadian politician.Blondin-Andrew is a Dene who was the Member of Parliament for the district of Western Arctic in the Northwest Territories...
- 1988 - Premier - Nellie CournoyeaNellie CournoyeaNellie Cournoyea, OC is a former Canadian politician, who served as the sixth Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995...
- 1991
Nunavut
- Federal Member of Parliament - Nancy Karetak-LindellNancy Karetak-LindellNancy Karetak-Lindell is a former Canadian politician. Previously she was a financial comptroller and municipal councillor in Arviat, Karetak-Lindell ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of Nunavut...
- 1999 - Member of the Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly of NunavutThe Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada, is located in Iqaluit, and is the territory's parliament.The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, on 7 October 2002, during her Golden Jubilee tour of Canada...
- Manitok ThompsonManitok ThompsonManitok Catherine Thompson is a politician from northern Canada.Manitok was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in a by-election held on May 8, 1995 held following the resignation of James Arvaluk...
- 1999 - PremierPremier of NunavutThe Premier of Nunavut is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. They are the territory's head of government and de facto chief executive, although their powers are considerably smaller than that of a provincial premier....
- Eva Aariak - 2008
Chile
- MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
- Alicia Cañas - 1935- Mayor of ProvidenciaProvidencia, ChileProvidencia is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Part of Greater Santiago, it is bordered by the communes of Santiago to the west, Recoleta to the northwest, Las Condes and Vitacura to the northeast, La Reina to the east, and Ñuñoa to the south.In 2006...
- Alicia Cañas - 1935 - Mayor of SantiagoSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
- Graciela Contreras - January 6, 1939 - Mayor of ConcepciónConcepción, ChileConcepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
- Ester Roa - 1958 - Mayor of Las CondesLas CondesLas Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid to high income families...
- Silvia Boza - 1968
- Mayor of Providencia
- GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
- Olga Boetther - March 12, 1941- Governor of La Unión DepartmentGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
- Olga Boetther - March 12, 1941 - Governor of Tamarugal ProvinceGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
- Gabriela Hip - October 8, 2007
- Governor of La Unión Department
- IntendantIntendantThe title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...
- Inés Enríquez - 1950- Intendant of ConcepciónIntendantThe title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...
- Inés Enríquez - 1950 - Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan RegionIntendantThe title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...
- Ximena Rincón - January 25, 2005
- Intendant of Concepción
- DeputyChamber of Deputies of ChileThe Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution....
- Inés Enríquez - 1951- Deputy for ConcepciónChamber of Deputies of ChileThe Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution....
- Inés Enríquez - 1951
- Deputy for Concepción
- MinisterMinister (government)A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
- Adriana Olguín de Baltra - 1952- Minister of JusticeJustice MinisterA justice ministry is a ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice or secretary of justice or secretary for justice; sometimes the head of a department of justice is entitled attorney general.Specific duties may relate to...
- Adriana Olguín de Baltra - 1952 - Minister of Foreign Relations - Soledad AlvearSoledad AlvearMaría Soledad Alvear Valenzuela , is a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politician, who was a cabinet member of the Aylwin, Frei and Lagos administrations. She was president of the Christian Democrat Party from 2006-2008...
- March 11, 2000 - Minister of DefenseMinistry of National Defense (Chile)The Ministry of National Defense is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining the independence and sovereignty" of Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the defense policies formulated by the President of...
- Michelle BacheletMichelle BacheletVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...
- March 11, 2002 - Minister General Secretary of Government - Carolina ToháCarolina ToháCarolina Montserrat Tohá Morales is a Chilean politician from the Party for Democracy . She is the daughter of the late Socialist politician, Vice President, and minister of Salvador Allende, José Tohá....
- 2009
- Minister of Justice
- SenatorSenate of ChileThe Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.-Composition:...
- María de la CruzMaría de la CruzMaría de la Cruz Toledo was a Chilean political activist for Women's suffrage, journalist, writer, and political commentator. In 1953 she became the first woman ever elected to the Chilean Senate.-Early life:...
- February 13, 1953- Senator for SantiagoSenate of ChileThe Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.-Composition:...
- María de la CruzMaría de la CruzMaría de la Cruz Toledo was a Chilean political activist for Women's suffrage, journalist, writer, and political commentator. In 1953 she became the first woman ever elected to the Chilean Senate.-Early life:...
- February 13, 1953
- Senator for Santiago
- President of the Chamber of DeputiesChamber of Deputies of ChileThe Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution....
- Adriana Muñoz - March 11, 2002 - President of the RepublicPresident of ChileThe President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...
- Michelle BacheletMichelle BacheletVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...
- March 11, 2006
Colombia
- Governor of CaucaCauca DepartmentCauca is a Department of Colombia. Located in the south-western part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east and the Nariño Department to the south, covering a total area of...
(first governor, nominated by President) - Josefina Valencia de Hubach - 1955 - Minister of Education (first cabinet post) - Josefina Valencia de Hubach - 1956
- SenatorSenate of ColombiaThe Senate of the Republic of Colombia is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia...
- Esmeralda Arboleda - 1958 - Presidential candidate - María Eugenia RojasMaría Eugenia RojasMaría Eugenia Rojas Correa is a retired Colombian political figure, and daughter of former political-military authoritarian leader Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. She was a member of the Colombian House of Representatives and the Senate of Colombia...
- 1974 - Minister of Foreign AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also known as the Chancellery, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the foreign relations of Colombia through its diplomatic missions abroad by formulating foreign policy relevant to the matters of the State, it is...
- Noemí SanínNoemí SanínMarta Noemí del Espíritu Santo Sanín Posada is a Colombian lawyer and politician, twice Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, as well as Ambassador to Spain and Venezuela...
- 1991 - Governor of Quindío (first governor elected) - Belén SánchezBelen SánchezBelén Sánchez is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and three bronzes .Sánchez also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of sixth in the K-4 500 m event...
- 1992 - Minister with presidential functions (acting President) - María Emma Mejía - 1998
- President of the Chamber of Representatives of ColombiaChamber of Representatives of ColombiaThe Chamber of Representatives is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia.The Chamber has 166 elected members for four-year terms.-How the Chamber is elected:...
- Nancy Patricia GutiérrezNancy Patricia GutiérrezNancy Patricia Gutiérrez Castañeda is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Senator of Colombia and Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, having served in both chambers as President.-Career:...
- 1999 - Minister of DefenseDefence ministerA defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
- Martha Lucía Ramírez de RincónMartha Lucía RamírezMarta Lucía Ramírez is a Colombian lawyer, diplomat, and politician. She served as Minister of National Defence, and 6th Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia, the first woman to ever hold either post...
- August 2002 - President of the Senate of ColombiaSenate of ColombiaThe Senate of the Republic of Colombia is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia...
- Claudia Blum de BarbieriClaudia BlumClaudia Blum Capurro de Barberi is a Colombian psychologist and politician. A veteran Senator, she became the first woman to serve as President of the Senate of Colombia...
- July 2005
Costa Rica
- Interior ministerInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
- Janina del Vecchio Ugalde - 2008 - President - Laura Chinchilla - 2010
Dominica
- Minister of Communications & Works - Mabel Moir James - 1966
- Minister of Home Affairs - Mabel Moir James - 1970
- Prime MinisterPrime Minister of DominicaThe Prime Minister of Dominica is the head of government in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Nominally, the position was created on November 3, 1978 when Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom...
- Dame Eugenia Charles - 1980 - Foreign ministerForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Eugenia CharlesEugenia CharlesDame Mary Eugenia Charles, DBE was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. She was Dominica's first, and to date only, female prime minister, as well as the nation's longest serving prime minister...
- 1980 - Defence ministerDefence ministerA defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
- Dame Eugenia Charles - 1985 - Minister for Health and Social Security - Doreen Paul - 1995
- Minister for Community Development, Women's Affairs and Culture - Gertrude Roberts - 1995
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism with responsibility for festivals/ Minister for Community Development, Gender Affairs, Information and Culture - Loreen Bannis-Roberts - 2005
- Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, Human Resource Development and Sports - Se. Sonia Williams - 2008
- Minister for Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports - Justina Charles 2010
- Minister for Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs - Gloria ShillingfordGloria ShillingfordGloria Marilyn Shillingford is a Dominican educator and a politician in the Labour Party. She has served in the House of Assembly of Dominica since 2005....
- 2010
Ecuador
- President (acting) - Rosalía ArteagaRosalía ArteagaLupe Rosalía Arteaga Serrano de Fernández de Córdova is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the country's first female president for only two days in 1997....
- 1997 - Foreign ministerForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Nina Pacari Vega - 2003 - Defence ministerDefence ministerA defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
- Guadalupe Larriva González - 2007
El Salvador
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila - 1999
- Vice President - Ana Vilma de EscobarAna Vilma de EscobarAna Vilma de Escobar is a Salvadorean female politician who was Vice President of El Salvador from 1 June 2004 to 1 June 2009. She is a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance party. She is the first woman to serve as Vice President, complementing the presidential formula of...
- 2004 - MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of San SalvadorSan SalvadorThe city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
- Violeta MenjívarVioleta MenjívarVioleta Menjívar is a Salvadoran politician affiliated with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. She is the current mayor of San Salvador....
- 2005
Grenada
- President of the SenatePresident of the SenateThe President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for example, the President of the Senate of Nigeria is second in line...
- Margaret Neckles - 1990 - Speaker of the House of RepresentativesSpeaker of the House of Representatives-National governments:* Speaker of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda* Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives* Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize* Speaker of the House of Representatives...
- Marcelle Peters - 1992
Guatemala
- Minister of Foreign AffairsForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Maritza Ruiz de Vielman - 1994 - Interior ministerInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
- Adela Camacho de Torrebiarte - 2007
Guyana
- President of House of Assembly - Lola Willems - 1973
- President - Janet JaganJanet JaganJanet Jagan was an American-born socialist politician who was President of Guyana from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She previously served as Prime Minister of Guyana from March 17, 1997, to December 19, 1997....
- 1997 - Prime Minister - Janet JaganJanet JaganJanet Jagan was an American-born socialist politician who was President of Guyana from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She previously served as Prime Minister of Guyana from March 17, 1997, to December 19, 1997....
- 1997 - Minister of Foreign Affairs - Carolyn RodriguesCarolyn RodriguesCarolyn Allison Rodrigues-Birkett is a Guyanese politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since April 2008.Rodrigues, an Amerindian, was born in Moruca, Barima-Waini Region...
- 2008
Haiti
- PresidentPresident of HaitiThe President of the Republic of Haiti is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government headed by the Prime Minister of Haiti...
(provisional) - Ertha Pascal-TrouillotErtha Pascal-TrouillotErtha Pascal-Trouillot was the provisional President of Haiti from 1990 through 1991. She was the first woman in Haitian history to hold that office.-Background:...
- 1990 - Foreign minister- Claudette WerleighClaudette WerleighClaudette Werleigh was Prime Minister of Haïti from November 7, 1995 to February 7, 1996. She was Haiti's first female Prime Minister.She had previously been Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Religion in 1993 and 1995...
- 1993 - Prime Minister - Claudette WerleighClaudette WerleighClaudette Werleigh was Prime Minister of Haïti from November 7, 1995 to February 7, 1996. She was Haiti's first female Prime Minister.She had previously been Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Religion in 1993 and 1995...
- 1995
Honduras
- Foreign MinisterForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Patricia RodasPatricia RodasPatricia Rodas is a Honduran politician. She was foreign minister in the government of Manuel Zelaya who was deposed in the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis in June, 2009...
- 2009 - Vice PresidentVice President of HondurasVice President of Honduras is the second highest political position in Honduras. According to the current constitution, the President and Vice-President are elected in the same ticket...
- María Antonieta de BogránMaría Antonieta de BogránMaría Antonieta de Bográn is the 1st Vice President of Honduras. She was one of the three candidates for Vice President of Honduras with the National Party in the 2009 Honduran elections, and also served as that party's national chairperson during those elections. President-elect Porfirio Lobo...
- 2010
Jamaica
- Prime MinisterPrime Minister of JamaicaThe Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness. Andrew Holness was elected as the new leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party and succeeded Bruce Golding to become Jamaica's ninth Prime Minister on 23 October 2011...
- Portia Simpson-MillerPortia Simpson-MillerPortia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP is Jamaica's Leader of the Opposition and was the country's seventh Prime Minister from 30 March 2006 to 11 September 2007...
- 2006
National offices
- Member of the Chamber of DeputiesChamber of Deputies of MexicoThe Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico's bicameral legislature. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current constitution.-Composition:The Chamber of Deputies is composed of one federal...
- Elvia Carrillo PuertoElvia Carrillo PuertoElvia Carrillo Puerto was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. Elvia had been married at the age of 13 and widowed by 21. She founded Mexico's first feminist leagues in 1912, including the League of Rita Cetina Gutierrez in 1919...
- 1922 - Secretary of TourismSecretary of Tourism (Mexico)In Mexico the Secretary of Tourism is the head of the Secretariat of Tourism , the government department in charge of the nation's tourism promotion and development. The Secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic and is a member of the federal executive cabinet.The current Secretary...
and first female Secretary of stateMexican Executive CabinetThe cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of eighteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General....
- Rosa Luz AlegríaRosa Luz AlegríaRosa Luz Alegría Escamilla is a Mexican physicist who was the first woman to serve in the Mexican Executive Cabinet.Alegría studied physics in the National Autonomous University of Mexico...
- 1980 - Secretary of Foreign AffairsSecretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)In Mexico, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs is a member of the federal executive cabinet with responsibility for implementing the country's foreign policy. The secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic and heads the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs ...
- Rosario GreenRosario GreenMaría del Rosario Green Macías is a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician.She is a former Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo María del Rosario Green Macías (b. 1941 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician.She is a former Secretary of...
- 1998 - Secretary of Social Development - Josefina Vázquez MotaJosefina Vázquez MotaJosefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota . Mexican economist, businesswoman and politician, member of the National Action Party .-Family:...
- 2000 - Secretary of Education - Josefina Vázquez MotaJosefina Vázquez MotaJosefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota . Mexican economist, businesswoman and politician, member of the National Action Party .-Family:...
- 2006 - Secretary of EnergySecretary of Energy (Mexico)The Secretariat of Energy is the government department in charge of energy production and regulation in Mexico. The Secretary of Energy is a member of the Executive Cabinet. The current Secretary of Energy is Georgina Kessel.-External links:...
- Georgina KesselGeorgina KesselGeorgina Kessel Martínez is a Mexican economist. She is a former head of the Casa de Moneda de México and the Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón....
- 2006
Local and municipal elected offices
- MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
- Norma Villareal de Zambrano - 1967
Colima
- State governor - Griselda ÁlvarezGriselda ÁlvarezGriselda Álvarez was the first female governor in Mexico. Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979-1985. -Biography:...
, ColimaColimaColima is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima....
- 1979
Tlaxcala
- Governor of TlaxcalaGovernor of TlaxcalaThe Governor of Tlaxcala is the position representing the complete executive power of the government of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, per the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala....
- Beatriz Paredes - 1987
Yucatán
- Governor of YucatánGovernor of YucatánAccording to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican state is placed in a single individual, that Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not...
- Dulce María Sauri RianchoDulce María Sauri RianchoDulce María Sauri Riancho is a Mexican politician who was the first woman to serve as governor of Yucatán, from 1991 through 1994....
- 1991 - (First elected) Governor of YucatánGovernor of YucatánAccording to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican state is placed in a single individual, that Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not...
- Ivonne Ortega - 2007
Zacatecas
- Governor of ZacatecasGovernor of ZacatecasThe governor of Zacatecas wields executive power in the State of Zacatecas. The governor is directly elected by the citizens, using secret ballot, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection.The current governor of Zacatecas is Miguel Alonso Reyes.-Incumbents:* 1928–1932: Leobardo C...
- Amalia GarcíaAmalia GarcíaAmalia Dolores García Medina is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Zacatecas.García was born into a political family. When she was five, her father Francisco Garcia Estrada was elected governor of their home state of Zacatecas, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
- 2004
Federal District
- Head of Government of the Federal DistrictHead of Government of the Federal DistrictThe Head of Government wields executive power in the Mexican Federal District.The Head of Government serves a six-year term, running concurrently with that of the President of the Republic....
- Rosario RoblesRosario RoblesRosario Robles Berlanga was a left-wing Mexican politician who was appointed substitute Head of Government of the Federal District when Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigned from the post to run for the presidency in 2000...
- 1999
Nicaragua
- PresidentPresident of NicaraguaThe position of President of Nicaragua was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838 the title of the position was known as Head of State and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director .-Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America...
- Violeta ChamorroVioleta ChamorroVioleta Barrios Torres de Chamorro is a Nicaraguan political leader, former president and publisher. She became president of Nicaragua on April 25, 1990, when she unseated Daniel Ortega...
- 1990 - Interior ministerInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
- Ana Isabel Morales Mazún - 2007
Panama
- President - Mireya MoscosoMireya MoscosoMireya Elisa Moscoso Rodríguez de Arias is a Panamanian political figure. She was the President of Panama from 1999 to 2004, representing the Arnulfista Party...
- 1999 - Interior minister - Mariela Sagel - 1998
- Housing minister - Balbina HerreraBalbina HerreraBalbina Del Carmen Herrera Araúz is a Panamanian politician and presidential candidate in the Panamanian general election, 2009. On May 3, 2009, she lost the race to the presidency of the Republic of Panama to center-right candidate Ricardo Martinelli....
- 2004
Paraguay
- Minister of Foreign AffairsForeign ministerA Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
- Leila Rachid de Cowles - 2003
Peru
- Senator of the Republic - Irene Silva de Santolalla - 1956
- Deputy of the RepublicCongress of PeruThe Congress of the Republic of Peru or the National Congress of Peru is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru.Congress consists of 130 members of congress , who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation basis...
- Matilde Pérez Palacio - 1956 - Mayor of Lima - Anita Fernandini de NaranjoAnita Fernandini de NaranjoAnita Fernandini de Naranjo was a Peruvian politician in the early 1960s. She was the mayor of Lima from 1963 to 1964, the first of two women to hold that position, the other being Susana Villarán, the current mayor....
- 1963 - Minister of EducationEducation ministerAn education minister is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters.-Country-related articles and lists:Minister of Education may refer to:...
- Mercedes CabanillasMercedes CabanillasMercedes Cabanillas Bustamante ,is currently a Peruvian Congresswoman of the Peruvian Aprista Party representing the Electoral District of Lima. Minister of Interior of Peru....
- 1987 (first woman ever in the Council of Ministers) - President of CongressCongress of PeruThe Congress of the Republic of Peru or the National Congress of Peru is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru.Congress consists of 130 members of congress , who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation basis...
- Martha ChávezMartha ChávezMartha Gladys Chávez Cossío de Ocampo is a Peruvian politician and lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2006 presidential elections on the Alliance for the Future ticket.-Education and professional career:...
- 1995 - Prime Minister - Beatriz MerinoBeatriz MerinoMartha Beatriz Merino Lucero was the first female Prime Minister of Peru. Merino served as Prime Minister from 23 June 2003 to 12 December 2003. Merino currently serves as the national ombudsman for Peru, a position also known as the defender of the people...
- 2003 - Minister of HealthHealth ministerA health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services....
- Pilar MazzettiPilar MazzettiPilar Elena Mazzetti Soler is a Peruvian doctor who was Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2007, being the first woman in Peru to reach that title....
- 2004 - Ombudswoman of the RepublicPeruvian ombudsmanThe Peruvian Ombudsman is a constitutional organization created during the Alberto Fujimori presidency. The current Ombudswoman is Beatriz Merino....
- Beatriz MerinoBeatriz MerinoMartha Beatriz Merino Lucero was the first female Prime Minister of Peru. Merino served as Prime Minister from 23 June 2003 to 12 December 2003. Merino currently serves as the national ombudsman for Peru, a position also known as the defender of the people...
- 2005 - Minister of InteriorInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
- Pilar MazzettiPilar MazzettiPilar Elena Mazzetti Soler is a Peruvian doctor who was Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2007, being the first woman in Peru to reach that title....
- 2006 - Minister of JusticeJustice MinisterA justice ministry is a ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice or secretary of justice or secretary for justice; sometimes the head of a department of justice is entitled attorney general.Specific duties may relate to...
- María Zavala - 2006 - Minister of Foreign Commerce and TourismCommerce MinisterA Business minister is a position in many governments that is responsible for regulating external trade and promoting economic growth...
- Mercedes AráozMercedes AráozMercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández is a Peruvian economist, professor, and politician. She served as Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism from 2006 to December 2009, after which she was appointed as Peru's Finance Minister....
- 2006 - Minister of Transportation and Communications - Verónica Zavala - 2006
- Minister of Work and EmploymentMinister (government)A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
- Susana Pinilla - 2006 - President (acting) - Lourdes MendozaLourdes MendozaZoila Lourdes Carmen Sandra Mendoza del Solar is a Peruvian businesswoman and politician with the Peruvian Aprista Party. She is the first woman in Peru's history to become a Vicepresident, running as the Second Vicepresident of Alan García in the 2006 election...
- 2007 (Alan García went to EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, so she stayed in charge of the Presidency for one day)
Trinidad and Tobago
- Head of StateHead of StateA head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
- Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom - 1885–1901 - City Councillor- Port of Spain - Audrey JeffersAudrey JeffersAudrey Layne Jeffers CM, OBE was a Trinidadian social worker and the first female member of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago...
- 1936–1946 - Mayor- San Fernando - Beryl Archibald Crichlow - 1949
- Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
- Isabel Ursula Teshea - 1961–1970 - Minister of Government - Isabel Ursula Teshea - 1963–1970
- AmbassadorAmbassadorAn ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
/ High CommissionerHigh CommissionerHigh Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
- Isabel Ursula Teshea 1970–1977 - Speaker of the House of RepresentativesSpeaker of the House of Representatives-National governments:* Speaker of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda* Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives* Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize* Speaker of the House of Representatives...
- Occah Seapaul - 1991–1995 - Attorney GeneralAttorney GeneralIn most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
- Kamla Persad-BissessarKamla Persad-BissessarKamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position...
- 1995–1996 - Acting Prime MinisterActing Prime MinisterAn acting Prime Minister is a Cabinet member who is serving the role of prime minister, whilst the individual who normally holds the position in unable or unwilling to do so. The role of Acting Prime Minister is often performed by the Deputy Prime Minister...
- Daphne Phillips- 2000 - President of the SenatePresident of the SenateThe President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for example, the President of the Senate of Nigeria is second in line...
- Linda BaboolalLinda BaboolalDr Linda Baboolal is a Trinidadian physician. She has served as her country's Minister of Social Services and Minister of Health, the first female Chairperson of the People's National Movement party, and as President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago .-Early life and education:Linda Mohan was...
- 2002–2007 - OmbudsmanOmbudsmanAn ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...
- Lynette Anthea Stephenson - 2006 - Incumbent - Leader of the OppositionLeader of the OppositionThe Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government...
- Kamla Persad-BissessarKamla Persad-BissessarKamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position...
- 2006–2007 & 2010 - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives - Pennelope Beckles-Robinson - 2007–2010
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Paula Gopee-Scoon - 2007–2010
- Mayor of Chaguanas - Natasha Navas - 2009–2010
- Prime Minister - Kamla Persad-BissessarKamla Persad-BissessarKamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position...
- 2010- Incumbent - Vice-President of the Senate - Lyndira Oudit - 2010 - Incumbent
- Opposition Chief Whip - Marlene McDonald - 2010 - Incumbent
- Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate - Pennelope Beckles-Robinson -2010 - Incumbent
Local and municipal elected offices
- MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
: Susanna M. SalterSusanna M. SalterSusanna Madora "Dora" Salter was a U.S. politician and activist. She served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, becoming the first woman elected as mayor and the first woman elected to any political office in the United States....
(1887) - Chairwoman of the Tohono O'odham Nation: Vivian Juan-SaundersVivian Juan-SaundersVivian Juan-Saunders is an American tribal leader who became the first woman to lead the Tohono O'odham nation of southern Arizona in 2003...
(2003)
State elected offices
- State House of Representatives: Carrie C. Holly, Clara Cressingham, and Frances Klock (1894)
- State SenatorState SenatorA state senator is a member of a state's Senate, the upper house in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a legislator in Nebraska's one house State Legislature.There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state's lower house...
: Martha Hughes CannonMartha Hughes CannonMartha Maria Hughes Cannon was a Welsh-born immigrant to the United States, a physician, Utah women's rights advocate and suffragist, and Utah state senator...
(1896) - Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
of a State Supreme CourtState supreme courtIn the United States, the state supreme court is the highest state court in the state court system ....
: Florence Ellinwood AllenFlorence Ellinwood AllenFlorence Ellinwood Allen was an American judge. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a federal judge.-Early life:...
(1922) - GovernorGovernor (United States)In the United States, the title governor refers to the chief executive of each state or insular territory, not directly subordinate to the federal authorities, but the political and ceremonial head of the state.-Role and powers:...
: Nellie Tayloe RossNellie Tayloe RossNellie Tayloe Ross was an American politician, the 14th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the United States Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date, she remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming...
(1925) - Speaker of a state house of representativesSpeaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
: Minnie Davenport CraigMinnie D. CraigMinnie D. Craig was an American legislator, notable as the first female speaker of a state House of Representatives in the United States....
(1933) - Lieutenant governorLieutenant governor (United States)In the United States, 43 of the 50 states have a separate, full-time office of lieutenant governor. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated...
: Consuelo Northrop Bailey (1955) - Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of a state Supreme CourtState supreme courtIn the United States, the state supreme court is the highest state court in the state court system ....
: Lorna Elizabeth Lockwood (1965) - State Senate Majority LeaderMajority leaderIn U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...
: Sandra Day O'ConnorSandra Day O'ConnorSandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
(1972)
Elected
- United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
: Jeanette Rankin (1917) - United States Senator: Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1931)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...
(2007)
National caucus or political party
- Chairperson of the Democratic Party National CommitteeDemocratic National CommitteeThe Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...
: Jean Westwood (1972) - Chairperson of the Republican Party National CommitteeRepublican National CommitteeThe Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is...
: Mary Louise Smith (1974) - House of Representatives Party Whip: Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...
(2002) - Party Leader of the House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...
: Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...
(2002) - Chief Deputy Whip of the United States SenateWhip (politics)A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
: Barbara BoxerBarbara BoxerBarbara Levy Boxer is the junior United States Senator from California . A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives ....
(2007)
Appointed
- U.S. Senator: Rebecca Latimer FeltonRebecca Latimer FeltonRebecca Ann Latimer Felton was an American writer, lecturer, reformer, and politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate...
(1922) - CabinetUnited States CabinetThe Cabinet of the United States is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, which are generally the heads of the federal executive departments...
& Secretary of LaborUnited States Secretary of LaborThe United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
: Frances PerkinsFrances PerkinsFrances Perkins , born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition...
(1933) - United States court of appealsUnited States court of appealsThe United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system...
judge: Florence Ellinwood AllenFlorence Ellinwood AllenFlorence Ellinwood Allen was an American judge. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a federal judge.-Early life:...
(1934) - Treasurer of the United StatesTreasurer of the United StatesThe Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury that was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury...
Georgia Neese ClarkGeorgia Neese ClarkGeorgia Neese Clark Gray was the first woman Treasurer of the United States, serving from 1949 to 1953. No subsequent Treasurer has been a man.-Early life:...
(1949) - Ambassador: Eugenie AndersonEugenie AndersonEugenie Anderson , also known as Helen Eugenie Moore Anderson, was a United States diplomat. She is best known as the first woman appointed chief of mission at the ambassador level in US history .-Personal life:Helen Eugenie Moore was born on May 26, 1909, in Adair, Iowa, one of five...
(1949) - Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Oveta Culp HobbyOveta Culp HobbyOveta Culp Hobby was the first secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post....
(1953) - United States court of appealsUnited States court of appealsThe United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system...
chief judge: Florence Ellinwood AllenFlorence Ellinwood AllenFlorence Ellinwood Allen was an American judge. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a federal judge.-Early life:...
(1959) - Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentUnited States Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentThe United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the President's Cabinet, and thirteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Housing...
: Carla Anderson HillsCarla Anderson HillsCarla Anderson Hills is an American lawyer and a public figure. She served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Gerald Ford administration, and as U.S. Trade Representative...
(1975) - Secretary of CommerceUnited States Secretary of CommerceThe United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce"...
: Juanita M. KrepsJuanita M. KrepsJuanita Morris Kreps was U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 23, 1977 until October 31, 1979 under President Jimmy Carter and was the first woman to hold that position, and the fourth woman to hold any cabinet position.-Life and career:Kreps was born Clara Juanita Morris in Lynch, Kentucky,...
(1977) - Secretary of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Secretary of Health and Human ServicesThe United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet...
: Patricia Roberts HarrisPatricia Roberts HarrisPatricia Roberts Harris served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the administration of President Jimmy Carter...
(1979) - Secretary of EducationUnited States Secretary of EducationThe United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession...
: Shirley HufstedlerShirley HufstedlerShirley Ann Mount Hufstedler is an American lawyer who served as the first United States Secretary of Education, under President Jimmy Carter.-Biography:...
(1979) - Ambassador to the United NationsUnited States Ambassador to the United NationsThe United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is more formally known as the "Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador...
: Jeane KirkpatrickJeane KirkpatrickJeane Jordan Kirkpatrick was an American ambassador and an ardent anticommunist. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 campaign and later in his Cabinet, the longtime Democrat-turned-Republican was nominated as the U.S...
(1981) - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States...
: Sandra Day O'ConnorSandra Day O'ConnorSandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
: (1981) - Secretary of TransportationUnited States Secretary of TransportationThe United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966,...
: Elizabeth DoleElizabeth DoleMary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....
: (1983) - Attorney GeneralUnited States Attorney GeneralThe United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...
: Janet RenoJanet RenoJanet Wood Reno is a former Attorney General of the United States . She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11...
: (1993) - Secretary of the Air ForceUnited States Secretary of the Air ForceThe Secretary of the Air Force is the Head of the Department of the Air Force, a component organization within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Secretary of the Air Force is appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
: Sheila Widnall (1993) - Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
: Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine AlbrightMadeleine Korbelová Albright is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0...
(1997) - Secretary of AgricultureUnited States Secretary of AgricultureThe United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on 20 January 2009. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other...
: Ann VenemanAnn VenemanAnn Margaret Veneman is the former Executive Director of UNICEF, a position she held from 2005 to 2010. Her appointment was announced on January 18, 2005 by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Previously, Veneman was the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the first and only woman to hold that...
(2001) - Secretary of the InteriorUnited States Secretary of the InteriorThe United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...
: Gale NortonGale NortonGale Ann Norton served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush...
(2001) - Secretary of the NavyUnited States Secretary of the NavyThe Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...
(acting): Susan LivingstoneSusan LivingstoneSusan Morrisey Livingstone is a former Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the George W. Bush administration from January-February 2003. She was the first and is so far the only woman to become Secretary of the Navy in U.S. history. Livingstone played a role in the effort to end coercive and...
(2003)
Uruguay
- President of the Chamber of DeputiesChamber of Deputies of UruguayThe House of Representatives is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay . The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation...
- Nora Castro - 2005 - Defence ministerDefence ministerA defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
- Azucena Berrutti - 2005 - Interior ministerInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
- Daisy TournéDaisy Tourné-Frente Amplio associations:She is aligned politically with the Frente Amplio movement, which has been in government office since 2005, headed by President of Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez....
- 2007
Venezuela
- Governor - Lolita Aniyar de Castro - 1993
- Governor of ZuliaZuliaZulia State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. In June 30, 2010, it had an estimated population of 3,821,068, giving it the largest population among Venezuela's states. It is located in the northwestern part of the country...
- Lolita Aniyar de Castro - 1993 - President of the Chamber of DeputiesVenezuelan Chamber of DeputiesThe Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of Venezuela's legislative under its 1961 constitution; the Venezuelan Senate was the upper house...
- Ixora Rojas Paz - 1998 - Vice President - Adina BastidasAdina BastidasAdina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo is a Venezuelan economist active in politics. She was appointed Vice President of Venezuela on December 24, 2000 by Hugo Chávez, and served in the post until January 13, 2002, the first woman to hold the job in the country's history...
- 2002 - President of the National Assembly - Cilia FloresCilia FloresCilia Flores is a Venezuelan politician. She is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela , and a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2000....
- 2006
See also
- List of women heads of state
- List of women heads of government
- List of the first LGBT holders of political offices