Women
leaders of countries both large and small. Many names will be familiar;
some will be unfamiliar to all but a few.
1. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka
Prime Minister, 1960-1965, 1970-1977, 1994-2000.
2. Indira Gandhi, India
Prime Minister, 1966-77, 1980-1984.
3. Isabel Peron, Argentina
President, 1974-1976
4. Elisabeth Domitien, Central African Republic
Prime Minister, 1975-1976
5. Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain
Prime Minister, 1979-1990.
6. Maria da Lourdes Pintasilgo, Portugal
Prime Minister, 1979-1980.
7. Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Bolivia
Prime Minister, 1979-1980.
8. Dame Eugenia Charles, Dominica
Prime Minister, 1980-1995.
9. Vigdís Finnbogadóttír, Iceland
President, 1980-96.
10. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway
Prime Minister, 1981, 1986-1989, 1990-1996.
11. Soong Ching-Ling, Peoples' Republic of China
Honorary President, 1981.
12. Milka Planinc, Yugoslavia
Federal Prime Minister, 1982-1986.
13. Agatha Barbara, Malta
President, 1982-1987.
14. Maria Liberia-Peters, Netherlands Antilles
Prime Minister, 1984-1986, 1988-1993.
15. Corazon Aquino, Philippines
President, 1986-92.
16. Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan
Prime Minister, 1988-1990, 1993-1996.
17. Kazimiera Danuta Prunskiena, Lithuania
Prime Minister, 1990-91.
18. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua
Prime Minister, 1990-1996.
19. Mary Robinson, Ireland
President, 1990-1997.
20. Ertha Pascal Trouillot, Haiti
Interim President, 1990-1991.
21. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, German Democratic Republic
President, 1990.
22. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar (Burma)
Her party won 80% of the seats in a democratic election in 1990, but the
military government refused to recognize the results. She was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
23. Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh
Prime Minister, 1991-1996.
24. Edith Cresson, France
Prime Minister, 1991-1992.
25. Hanna Suchocka, Poland
Prime Minister, 1992-1993.
26. Kim Campbell, Canada
Prime Minister, 1993.
27. Sylvie Kinigi, Burundi
Prime Minister, 1993-1994.
28. Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda
Prime Minister, 1993-1994.
29. Susanne Camelia-Romer, Netherlands Antilles
Prime Minister, 1993, 1998-
30. Tansu Çiller, Turkey
Prime Minister, 1993-1995.
31. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, Sri Lanka
Prime Minister, 1994, President, 1994-
32. Reneta Indzhova, Bulgaria
Interim Prime Minister, 1994-1995.
33. Claudette Werleigh, Haiti
Prime Minister, 1995-1996.
34. Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Bangladesh
Prime Minister, 1996-.
35. Mary McAleese, Ireland
President, 1997-.
36. Pamela Gordon, Bermuda
Premier, 1997-1998.
37. Janet Jagan, Guyana
Prime Minister, 1997, President, 1997-1999.
38. Jenny Shipley, New Zealand
Prime Minister, 1997-1999.
39. Ruth Dreifuss, Switzerland
President, 1999-2000.
40. Jennifer Smith, Bermuda
Prime Minister, 1998-.
41. Nyam-Osoriyn Tuyaa, Mongolia
Acting Prime Minister, July 1999.
42. Helen Clark, New Zealand
Prime Minister, 1999-.
43. Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias, Panama
President, 1999-.
44. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvia
President, 1999-.
45. Tarja Kaarina Halonen, Finland
President, 2000