Minister of Culture – Nexhmije Hoxha – 1946
Member of the Praesidium of the People's Republic of Albania – Liri Belishova – 1950
President of the Praesidium of the People's Republic of Albania – Mine Guri – 1978
Foreign Minister – Arta Dade – 2001
Deputy Prime Minister – Ermelinda Meksi – 2003
Chairman of the Parliament – Jozefina Topalli – 2005
Defence Minister – Mimi Kodheli – 2013
European Integration Minister – Klajda Gjosha – 2013
Education and Sport Minister – Lindita Nikolla – 2013
Andorra
Foreign Minister – Meritxell Mateu i Pi – 2007
First Christian Queen of Armenia – Ashkhen – Second half of the 3rd century and first half of the 4th century.
Ambassador to Japan — Diana Abgar – 1918.
Minister of Culture —Hasmik Poghosyan – 8 June 2007
Minister of Diaspora —Hranush Hakobyan – 1 October 2008
Ambassador to Netherlands – Dziunik Aghajanian – March 2011
Deputy President of National Assembly —Hermine Naghdalyan – 31 May 2012
Ambassador to Vietnam – Raisa Vardanyan — 16 July 2013
Ambassador to Indonesia – Anna Aghajanyan — 11 December 2013
Ambassador to Philippines – Raisa Vardanyan – 22 April 2014
Leader of Prosperous Armenia Political Party – Naira Zohrabyan – 5 March 2015
Minister of Justice — Arpine Hovhannisyan – 4 September 2015
Monarch – Maria Theresia of Austria – 1740
Member of Parliament – Anna Boschek – 1919
President of the Bundesrat – Olga Ruder-Zeynek – 1927
Government Minister – Grete Rehor – 1966
Minister of Social Affairs – Grete Rehor – 1966
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Benita Ferrero-Waldner – 2000
Mayor of Innsbruck – Hilde Zach – 2002–2011
Minister for Justice – Karin Gastinger – 2004
European Commissioner for Trade and European Neighbourhood Policy – Benita Ferrero-Waldner – 2009
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Tahira Tahirova – 1959
Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Elmira Gafarova – 1989
Chairwoman of the National Assembly – Elmira Gafarova – 1991
Secretary of State – Lala Shevket – 1993
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet – Nadezhda Grigoryevna Grekova – 1938
Count of Flanders – Margaret I – 1191
Count of Luxembourg – Ermesinde – 1197
Count of Hainaut – Margaret I – 1244
Duke of Brabant – Joanna – 1355
Duke of Burgundy – Mary of Burgundy – 1477
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands – Margaret of Austria – 1507
Duke of Bouillon – Charlotte de La Marck – 1574
Member of Parliament (Senate) – Marie Janson – 1921
Mayor – Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt, (Gheluvelt) – 1921
Member of Parliament (Chamber of Representatives) – Lucie Dejardin – 1929
Minister for Family and Housing – Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot – 1965
Minister for Flemish Affairs – Rika De Backer – 1974
Mayor of Antwerp – Mathilde Schroyens – 1977
Party leader of major political party – Antoinette Spaak – 1977
Secretary of State for Brussels Region – Lydia De Pauw – 1979
Secretary of State for the Dutch-speaking Community – Rika Steyeart – 1979
Secretary of State for Environment and Social Emancipation – Miet Smet – 1985
Secretary of State for Pensions – Leona Detiège – 1988
Minister for Budget – Wivina Demeester – 1991
Minister for Employment and Labour – Miet Smet – 1992
Minister of Health – Laurette Onkelinx – 1992
Minister-President of the French Community – Laurette Onkelinx – 1993
Minister for Social Affairs – Magda De Galan – 1994
Deputy Prime Minister – Laurette Onkelinx & Isabelle Durant – 1999
Minister of Transport – Isabelle Durant – 1999
Minister of Justice – Laurette Onkelinx – 2003
President of the Senate – Anne-Marie Lizin – 2004
President of the Parliament of the French Community – Isabelle Simonis – 2004
President of the Flemish Parliament – Marleen Vanderpoorten – 2006
European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility – Marianne Thyssen – 2014
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
President – Borjana Krišto – 2007
Major of Sarajevo – Semiha Borovac – 2005
Minister of Finance Petra Marković – 1992
President – Biljana Plavšić – 1996
Minister of Finance – Svetlana Cenić – 2004
Vice President of Parliament – Nada Tešanović – 2006
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic relations and Regional cooperation – Jasna Brkić – 2006
Minister of Self-government – Lejla Rešić – 2010
Minister of Tourism and Trade – Gorana Zlatković – 2010
Minister of Sport and youth – Nada Tešanović – 2010
Minister of Justice – Gorana Zlatković – 2011
Minister of Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology – Srebrenka Golić – 2010
Minister of Economic regional relations – Željka Cvijanović – 2010
Prime Minister – Željka Cvijanović – 2013
Minister of Tourism and Trade – Maida Ibširagić Hrstić – 2013
Regent – Tsarina Maria – 1018 (disputed)
Regent – Irene Komnene of Epirus – 1246 (disputed)
Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones – Tsola Dragoycheva – 1947
Prime Minister (acting) – Reneta Indzhova – 1994
Foreign minister (acting) – Irina Bokova – 1996
European Commissioner for Consumer Protection – Meglena Kuneva – 2009
President of the National Assembly – Tsetska Tsacheva – 2009
Mayor of Sofia – Yordanka Fandakova – 2009
Regent (for Stjepan Držislav) – Jelena of Zadar, Queen of Croatia – 969 (disputed)
Prime minister – Savka Dabčević-Kučar – 1967
President of the Presidency – Ema Derossi-Bjelajac – 1985
Minister for Education – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić – 1992
President of County house of Parliament (Senate) – Katica Ivanišević – 1994
Minister for Building and Construction – Marina Matulović-Dropulić – 1995
Vice Prime Minister – Ljerka Mintas-Hodak – 1995
Mayor of Zagreb – Marina Matulović-Dropulić – 1996
Minister for European Integration – Ljerka Mintas-Hodak – 1998
Minister for Science – Milena Žic-Fuchs – 1999
Minister for Health – Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina – 2000
Minister for Tourism – Pave Župan-Rusković – 2000
Minister for Justice – Ingrid Antičević-Marinović – 2001
Minister for Defence – Željka Antunović – 2002
Minister without portfolio – Gordana Sobol – 2002
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović – 2005
Prime Minister – Jadranka Kosor – 2009
Minister for Finance – Martina Dalić – 2010
President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović – 2015
Regent – Plaisance of Antioch – 1253
Monarch – Charlotte of Cyprus – 1458
Mayor of Nicosia – Eleni Mavrou – 2006
Foreign Minister – Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis – 2007
European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth – Androulla Vassiliou – 2010
unrecognized, secessionist state
Prime Minister – Sibel Siber – 2013
Foreign Minister – Emine Çolak – 2015
Members of the first Czechoslovak Parliament: Revolutionary National Assembly (unicameral) – Bozena Ecksteinova, Anna Chlebounova, Irena Kanova, Frantiska Kolarikova, Luisa Landova-Stychova, Alice Masarykova (daughter of President Tomas G. Masaryk), Eliska Purkynova, Bozena Vikova-Kuneticka, Ludmila Zatloukalova-Coufalova, Frantiska Zeminova – 1918
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia – Anezka Hodinova - Spurna – 1945
Minister of Industry – Ludmila Jankovcova – 1947
Deputy Prime Minister – Ludmila Jankovcova – 1954
Minister of Consumer Industry – Bozena Machacova-Dostalova – 1954
Speaker of the Chamber of People of the Federal Assembly – Sona Pennigerova – 1969
Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of People of the Federal Assembly – Eva Zeleznikova – 1986
Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Nations of the Federal Assembly – Blanka Hykova – 1989
Minister of State Audit – Kvetoslava Korinkova – 1989
Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Petra Buzková – 1996
Vice-President of the Senate – Jaroslava Moserová – 1996
Minister of Justice – Vlasta Parkanová – 1997
Minister of Health – Zuzana Roithová – 1998
President of the Senate – Libuše Benešová – 1998
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport – Petra Buzková – 2002
Minister of Information Technologies – Dana Bérová – 2005
Minister of Agriculture – Milena Vicenová – 2006
Minister of Culture – Helena Třeštíková – 2007
Minister of Defense – Vlasta Parkanová – 2007
Minister without Portfolio – Džamila Stehlíková – 2007
Vice-President of the Senate – Alena Gajdůšková – 2008
Governor of Plzeňský region – Milada Emmerová – 2008
Governor of Ústecký region – Jana Vaňhová – 2008
Deputy Prime Minister – Vlasta Parkanová – 2009
Minister of Environment – Rut Bízková – 2010
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Miroslava Němcová – 2010
Governor of Středočeský region – Zuzana Moravčíková – 2012
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs – Ludmila Müllerová – 2012
Minister of Regional Development – Věra Jourová – 2014
Mayor of Prague – Adriana Krnáčová – 2014
European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers – Věra Jourová – 2014
Governor of Karlovarský region – Jana Vildumetzová – 2016
Regent – Margaret Sambiria – 1259
Monarch – Margaret I – 1387
Minister for Education – Nina Bang – 1924
Minister without portfolio – Fanny Jensen – 1947
Minister for Justice – Helga Pedersen – 1950
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs – Bodil Koch – 1950
Speaker of the Landsting, Chamber of Parliament – Ingeborg Hansen – 1950
Minister for Trade – Lis Groes – 1953
Minister for Economy – Marianne Jelved – 1993
European Commissioner for the Environment – Ritt Bjerregaard – 1995
Minister of Finance – Pia Gjellerup – 2000
Minister for Agriculture and Food – Mariann Fischer Boel – 2002
Lord Mayor of Copenhagen – Ritt Bjerregaard – 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Lene Espersen – 2010
Prime Minister – Helle Thorning-Schmidt – 2011
Speaker of the Folketing – Pia Kjærsgaard – 2015
Faroe Islands
Prime Minister – Marita Petersen – 1993
Speaker of the Løgting – Marita Petersen – 1994
High Commissioner – Vibeke Larsen −1995
Greenland
Foreign minister – Aleqa Hammond – 2007
Chairperson of Landsting – Ruth Heilmann – 2008
High Commissioner – Mikaela Engell – 2011
Prime Minister – Aleqa Hammond – 2013
Regent – Margaret Sambiria of Denmark – 1259
Swedish Estonia and Livonia
Monarch – Christina of Sweden – 1632
Member of the Provincial Assembly – Anna Leetsmann – 1917
Members of the Constituent Assembly – Emma Asson-Petersen, Marie Helene Aul, Minni Kurs-Olesk, Alma Ostra-Oinas, Johanna Päts, Helmi Press-Jansen and Marie Reisik – 1919
Members of the Riigikogu – Emma Asson-Petersen and Alma Ostra-Oinas – 1920
Members of the National Constituent Assembly – Linda Marie Eenpalu and Alma Jeets – 1937
Member of National Council (Second Chamber) – Linda Marie Eenpalu – 1938
Minister without portfolio (in Exile) – Renate Kaasik – 1971
Secretary of State (in Exile) – Katrin Nyman-Metcalf – 1990
Minister of Justice (in Exile) – Aino Lepik von Wirén – 1990
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (acting) – Meta Vannas – 1978
Party leader – Lagle Parek of the National Independence Party – 1988
Minister of Social Welfare – Siiri Oviir – 1990
Minister of Internal Affairs – Lagle Parek – 1992
Minister of Social Affairs – Marju Lauristin – 1992
Minister of Reforms – Liia Hänni – 1994
Minister of Economic Affairs – Liina Tõnisson – 1995
Mayor of Tallinn – Ivi Eenmaa – 1995
Minister of Culture – Signe Kivi – 1999
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Kristiina Ojuland – 2002
Minister of Education – Mailis Rand – 2002
County Governor (Tartu County) – Eha Pärn – 2003 (acting governor until 2004)
President of the Riigikogu – Ene Ergma – 2003
Mayor of Tartu – Laine Jänes – 2003
Minister of Agriculture – Ester Tuiksoo – 2004
Members of the European Parliament – Marianne Mikko and Siiri Oviir – 2004
Minister of Population Affairs – Urve Palo – 2007
Minister of Environment – Keit Pentus – 2011
Minister of Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship – Anne Sulling – 2014
Minister of Finance – Maris Lauri – 2014
Chancellor of Justice – Ülle Madise – 2015
Minister of Entrepreneurship – Ülle Madise – 2015
President of Estonia – Kersti Kaljulaid – 2016
Regent – Ingeborg of Norway – 1319
Monarch – Margaret I – 1389
Governor of Turku – Ebba Stenbock (acting interim governor) – 1597
Grand Duchy
Member of Parliament – Miina Sillanpää, Alli Nissinen, Hilma Räsänen, Ida Aalle-Teljo, Anni Huotari, Mimmi Kanervo, Hilja Pärssinen, Maria Raunio, Jenny Upari, Eveliina Ala-Kulju, Hedvig Gebhard, Liisi Kivioja, Iida Vemmelpuu – 1907
Minister of Social Affairs – Miina Sillanpää – 1926
Minister without portfolio – Hertta Kuusinen – 1948
Deputy Prime Minister of Finland – Tyyne Leivo-Larsson – 1958
Education Minister – Kerttu Saalasti – 1954
Minister of Justice – Inkeri Anttila – 1975
Minister of Commerce and Industry – Pirkko Työläjärvi – 1981
Minister of Interior – Kaisa Raatikainen – 1984
Defence minister – Elisabeth Rehn – 1990
Foreign minister – Tarja Halonen – 1995
Minister of Environmental Affairs – Sirpa Pietikäinen – 1991
Minister of Transport – Tuula Linnainmaa – 1995
Minister of Labour – Sinikka Mönkäre – 1999
Minister of Health and Social Services – Eva Biaudet – 1999
Minister of Culture – Suvi Lindén – 1999
Minister of Agriculture – Sirkka-Liisa Anttila – 2007
Finance minister – Jutta Urpilainen – 2011
Mayor of Helsinki – Eva-Riitta Siitonen – 1996
Mayor of Tampere – Anna-Kaisa Ikonen – 2013
President – Tarja Halonen – 2000
Speaker of the Parliament – Riitta Uosukainen – 1995
Prime Minister – Anneli Jäätteenmäki – 2003
Åland
Lantråd (Premier) – Viveka Eriksson – 2007
Regent – Anne of Kiev – 1060
Undersecretary of State for national education – Cécile Brunschvicg – 1936
Undersecretary of state for Public Health – Suzanne Lacore – 1936
Undersecretary of state for Science – Irène Joliot-Curie – 1936
Minister of Health – Simone Veil – 1974
Prefect – Yvette Chassagne (Loir-et-Cher) – 1981
Mayor of Strasbourg – Catherine Trautmann – 1989
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud – Christiane Scrivener – 1989
Prime Minister – Édith Cresson – 1991
Minister of Labour – Martine Aubry – 1997
Minister of Justice – Élisabeth Guigou – 1997
Mayor of Lille – Martine Aubry – 2001
Minister of Defence – Michèle Alliot-Marie – 2002
Mayor of Montpellier – Hélène Mandroux – 2004
Minister of the Interior – Michèle Alliot-Marie – 2007
Minister of Finance – Christine Lagarde – 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Michèle Alliot-Marie – 2010
Mayor of Paris – Anne Hidalgo – 2014
Regent – Mariam of Vaspurakan – 1027
Monarch – Tamar – 1178–1210
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament – Nino Burjanadze – 2003 – 2004 and 2007
President (acting) – Nino Burjanadze – 2003
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Salomé Zurabishvili – 2004
Minister of Economic Development – Ekaterine Sharashidze – 2008
Minister of Defense – Tina Khidasheli – 1 May 2015
Regent – Adelaide of Italy and Theophanu (co-regents) – 983
Weimar National Assembly – Louise Schroeder – 1919
Members of the Parliament – 37 women, among them being Marie Baum, Marie Juchacz – 1919
Mayor of Berlin – Louise Schroeder – 1947
Member of the Presidium of the Volkskammer – Friedel Malter – 1948
Minister of Justice – Hilde Benjamin – 1953
President of the Volkskammer and Acting Head of state – Sabine Bergmann-Pohl – 1990
State secretary of Youth and Family Affairs – Gabriele Wülker – 1957
Minister of Health – Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt – 1961
President of the Bundestag – Annemarie Renger – 1972
Minister of Justice – Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger – 1992
Minister-President of any German state – Heide Simonis (of Schleswig-Holstein) – 1993
European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Monika Wulf-Mathies – 1994
Mayor of Frankfurt – Petra Roth – 1995
Chancellor – Angela Merkel – 2005
Minister of Defence – Ursula von der Leyen – 2013
Regent – Queen Olga – 1920
Member of Parliament – Eleni Skoura – 1953
Mayor – Maria Desylla-Kapodistria, (Corfu (city)) – 1953
Government minister and Minister for Social Welfare – Lina Tsaldari – 1956
Minister for Culture – Melina Mercouri – 1981
Minister of Education and Religious Affairs – Marietta Giannakou-Koutsikou – 1993
Minister for Environment – Vassiliki "Vaso" Papandreou – 1999
European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs – Anna Diamantopoulou – 1999
Mayor of Athens – Dora Bakoyannis – 2003
President of Parliament – Anna Psarouda-Benaki – 2004
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Dora Bakoyannis – 2006
Minister for Tourism – Fani Palli-Petralia – 2006
Prime Minister (acting, not elected) – Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou – 2015
Monarch – Mary of Hungary – 1382
Member of Parliament – Margit Slachta – 1920
Speaker of the National Assembly – Erzsébet Metzker Vass – 1963
Minister of Health – Anna Ratkó – 1950
Minister of Education – Valéria Benke – 1958
Minister for Justice – Ibolya Dávid – 1998
Minister for Interior – Mónika Lamperth – 2002
Minister for Equality – Katalin Lévai – 2004
Foreign Minister – Kinga Göncz – 2006
Health Minister – Ágnes Horváth – 2007
Minister of National Development – Zsuzsanna Németh – 2011
Member of a City Council – Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir – 1908
Member of Parliament – Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason – 1922
Mayor of Reykjavik City – Auður Auðuns – 1960
Speaker of Parliament (lower house) – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir – 1961
Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs – Auður Auðuns – 1970
President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir – 1980
Speaker of Parliament (upper house) – Salome Þorkelsdóttir – 1983
Minister of Education, Science and Culture – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir – 1983
Minister of Health and Social Security – Ragnhildur Helgadóttir – 1985
Speaker of Parliament (bicameral united house) – Salome Þorkelsdóttir – 1991
Speaker of Parliament (unicameral) – Salome Þorkelsdóttir – 1991
Minister for the Environment – Siv Friðleifsdóttir – 1999
Minister of Industry – Valgerður Sverrisdóttir – 1999
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Valgerður Sverrisdóttir – 2006
Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 2009
Minister of Finance – Oddný Guðbjörg Harðardóttir – 2011
High Queen of Ireland – Macha Mong Ruad – LGE 4th/3rd century BC – FFE 468–461 BC – AFM 661–654 BC
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of Parliament – Constance Markievicz – 1918
Minister for Labour – Constance Markievicz – 1919
Senator – Eileen Costello, Alice Stopford Green, Ellen Cuffe and Jennie Wyse Power – 1922
Lord Mayor of Dublin – Kathleen Clarke – 1939
Lord Mayor of Cork – Jane Dowdall – 1959
Department of state Secretary-General – Thekla Beere – 1959
Council of State Member – Honor Crowley – 1964
Minister of State – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1977
Member of the European Parliament – Eileen Desmond and Síle de Valera – 1979
Minister for the Gaeltacht – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1979
Minister for Health and Social Welfare – Eileen Desmond – 1981
Minister for Education – Gemma Hussey – 1982
President – Mary Robinson – 1990
Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1992
Minister for Justice – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 1993
Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) – Mary Harney – 1997
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment – Mary Harney – 1997
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands – Síle de Valera – 1997
Minister for Agriculture and Food – Mary Coughlan – 2002
Government Chief Whip – Mary Hanafin – 2002
European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – 2009
Attorney General of Ireland – Máire Whelan – 2011
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs – Frances Fitzgerald – 2001
Leader of the Labour Party – Joan Burton – 2014
Minister for Health – Tina Anselmi – 1978 (as well as first woman government minister)
President of the Chamber of Deputies – Nilde Iotti – 1979
Minister of Education – Franca Falcucci – 1982
Senator for Life – Camilla Ravera – 1982
Minister of Tourism – Margherita Boniver – 1992
President of Lombardia – Fiorella Ghilardotti – 1992
Minister for Agriculture and Forests – Adriana Poli Bortone – 1994
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection – Emma Bonino – 1995
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Susanna Agnelli – 1995
Minister without Portfolio – Livia Turco – 1996
Minister for Equal Opportunities – Anna Finocchiaro – 1996
Minister of Cultural Activities and Sport – Giovanna Melandri – 1998
Minister of Interior – Rosa Russo Iervolino – 1998
President of Trentino-Alto Adige – Margherita Cogo – 1999
President of Umbria – Maria Rita Lorenzetti – 2000
Mayor of Naples – Rosa Russo Iervolino – 2001
President of Piedmont – Mercedes Bresso – 2006
Minister of European Politics and International Trade – Emma Bonino – 2006
Mayor of Milan – Letizia Moratti – 2006
Minister of the Environment – Stefania Prestigiacomo – 2008
President of Democratic Party (Italy) – Rosy Bindi – 2009
President of Lazio – Renata Polverini – 2010
Minister of Justice – Paola Severino – 2011
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Debora Serracchiani – 2013
Minister of Integration – Cécile Kyenge – 2013
Minister of Defence – Roberta Pinotti – 2014
Minister of Economic Development – Federica Guidi – 2014
Minister of Constitutional Reforms and Parliamentary Relations – Maria Elena Boschi – 2014
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet – Valentina S. Klibike – 1975
Deputy minister of Education – Valērija Seile – 1921
President – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga – 1999
Speaker of the Saeima – Ilga Kreituse – 1995
Foreign minister – Sandra Kalniete – 2002
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries – Sandra Kalniete – 2004
Defence minister – Linda Mūrniece – 2006
Prime Minister – Laimdota Straujuma – 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Andrea Willi – 1993
Members of Parliament – Felicija Bortkevičienė, Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė – 1920
Speaker of the constituent session of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania – Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė – 15 May 1920
Prime Minister – Kazimira Prunskienė – 1990
European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget – Dalia Grybauskaitė – 2004
President – Dalia Grybauskaitė – 2009
Foreign minister (acting) – Rasa Juknevičienė – 2010
County, Duchy and Grand Duchy
Monarch – Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg – 1197
Grand Duchy
Grand Duchess – Marie-Adélaïde – 1912
Deputy Prime Minister – Colette Flesch – 1980
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Colette Flesch – 1980
Mayor of Luxembourg City – Lydie Polfer – 1982
President of the Chamber of Deputies – Erna Hennicot-Schoepges – 1989
European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality – Martine Reicherts – 2009
Minister of Development – Sofija Todorova – 1992
Minister without portfolio – Gordana Siljanovska – 1992
Interior minister – Dosta Dimovska – 1999
Foreign minister – Ilinka Mitreva – 2001
Minister of justice – Meri Mladenovska Gjorgjievska – 2002
Prime Minister (acting) – Radmila Šekerinska – 2004
President of Social Democratic Union of Macedonia – Radmila Šekerinska – 2006
Minister of Culture – Elizabeta Kanceska Milevska – 2008
Member of Parliament – Agatha Barbara – 1947
Minister – Agatha Barbara – 1955
President – Agatha Barbara – 1982
Mayor – Rita Cutajar, Mayor of Għasri, Gozo – 1993
Speaker of the House of Representatives – Myriam Spiteri Debono – 1996
Speaker of the Parliament – Eugenia Ostapciuc – 2001
Prime Minister – Zinaida Greceanîi – 2008
Finance minister – Marianna Durlesteanu – 2008.
Foreign minister – Natalia Gherman – 2013
unrecognized, secessionist state
Foreign minister – Nina Shtanski – 2012
Prime Minister – Tatiana Turanskaya – 2013
Serbia and Montenegro
Speaker of Parliament – Vesna Perović – 2001
Supreme State Attorney – Vesna Medenica – 2004
Mayor of City/President of Municipality (first elected) – Marija-Maja Ćatović – 2005
Deputy Prime Minister- Gordana Đurović – 2006
Spanish Netherlands
Governor- Margaret of Austria- 1507–1530
Diplomat – Bartholda van Swieten – 1615
Regent (acting stadtholder) – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange – 1751
Monarch – Queen Wilhelmina – 1890
Member of the House of Representatives of the States-General – Suze Groeneweg – 1917
Member of the Senate of the States-General – Carry Pothuis-Smit – 1920
Alderman – Eiske ten Bos-Harkema – 1924
Mayor – Truus Beliën – 1946
Minister of Social Work – Marga Klompé – 1956
Party chair – Haya van Someren – 1969
Minister of Health and Hygiene – Irene Vorrink – 1973
Parliamentary leader in the Senate – Haya van Someren – 1976
Party leader – Ria Beckers – 1977
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives – Ria Beckers – 1977
Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management – Neelie Kroes – 1982
Minister for Development Cooperation – Eegje Schoo – 1982
Minister of the Interior – Ien Dales – 1989
Minister of Justice – Winnie Sorgdrager – 1994
Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment – Margreeth de Boer – 1994
Deputy Prime Ministers – Annemarie Jorritsma and Els Borst – 1998
Minister of Economic Affairs – Annemarie Jorritsma – 1998
Speaker of the House of Representatives – Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven – 1998
Minister of Education, Culture and Science – Maria van der Hoeven – 2002
Minister for Integration and Immigration – Rita Verdonk – 2003
President of the Senate – Yvonne Timmerman-Buck – 2003
European Commissioner – Neelie Kroes – 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality – Gerda Verburg – 2007
Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment – Melanie Schultz van Haegen – 2010
Minister of Defence – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert – 2012
Monarch – Margaret I – 1388
Deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament – Anna Rogstad – 1911
Member of the Norwegian Parliament – Karen Platou – 1921
Mayor – Aasa Helgesen (in Utsira) – 1926
Minister of Social Affairs – Kirsten Hansteen – 1945
State Secretary – Elsa Rastad Bråten – 1971
President of the Lagting – Torild Skard – 1973
Minister of the Environment – Gro Harlem Brundtland – 1974
County Governor – Ebba Lodden (in Aust-Agder) – 1974
Prime Minister – Gro Harlem Brundtland – 1981
President of the Odelsting – Åshild Hauan – 1985
Mayor of Oslo – Ann-Marit Sæbønes – 1992
President of the Storting – Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl – 1993
Governor of Svalbard – Ann-Kristin Olsen – 1995
Minister of Defence – Eldbjørg Løwer – 2001
Minister of Finance – Kristin Halvorsen – 2005
Other political positions
Party leader – Eva Kolstad (Liberal) – 1974
Monarch – Jadwiga of Poland – 1384
First members of Sejm (lower house of the parliament) – Gabriela Balicka, Jadwiga Dziubińska, Irena Kosmowska, Maria Moczydłowska, Zofia Moraczewska, Anna Piasecka, Zofia Sokolnicka, Franciszka Wilczkowiakowa, Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer – 1919
Senator – Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska – 1928
Minister of Justice – Zofia Wasilkowska – 1956
Minister of Administration, Land Economy and Environment – Maria Milczarek – 1976
Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Policy – Maria Milczarek – 1979
Minister of Education and Behaviour – Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska – 1985
Minister of Health and Welfare – Izabela Płaneta-Małecka – 1988
Minister of Culture and Art – Izabella Cywińska – 1989
Minister of Industry and Commerce – Henryka Bochniarz – 1991
Prime Minister – Hanna Suchocka – 1992
Chairman of the National Bank of Poland – Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – 1992
Minister of Construction and Spatial Management – Barbara Blida – 1993
Marshal of the Senate – Alicja Grześkowiak – 1997
Minister of Finance – Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner – 2001
Minister of State Treasury – Aldona Kamela-Sowińska – 2001
Minister of European Affairs – Danuta Hübner – 2003
Deputy Prime Minister – Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka – 2004
Minister of Social Policy – Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka – 2004
European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Danuta Hübner – 2004
Minister of Regional Development – Grażyna Gęsicka – 2005
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Anna Fotyga – 2006
President of Warsaw – Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – 2006
Minister of Sport and Tourism – Elżbieta Jakubiak – 2007
Minister of Science and Higher Education – Barbara Kudrycka – 2007
Marshal of the Sejm – Ewa Kopacz – 2011
Regent – Theresa, Countess of Portugal – 1112
Monarch (disputed) – Beatrice of Portugal – 1383
Monarch – Maria I – 1777
Minister of Social Affairs – Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo – 1974
Prime Minister – Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo – 1979
Minister of Health – Leonor Beleza – 1985
Minister of Education – Manuela Ferreira Leite – 1993
Minister of Environment – Teresa Patrício de Gouveia – 1993
Minister of Planning – Elisa Ferreira – 1999
Minister of Finance – Manuela Ferreira Leite – 2002
Minister of Justice – Celeste Cardona
Minister of Science and Higher Education – Graça Carvalho – 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Teresa Patrício de Gouveia – 2003
Minister of Culture – Maria João Bustorff – 2004
Leader of the Opposition – Manuela Ferreira Leite – 2008
President of the Assembly of the Republic – Maria da Assunção Esteves – 2011
Mayor – Luiza Zavloschi, (Buda (Bogdănești)) – 1930
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Ana Pauker – 1947
First Deputy Prime Minister – Elena Ceauşescu – 1980
Minister of Education- Ecaterina Andronescu – 2000
Minister of Justice – Monica Macovei – 2004
Prefect (of Bucharest) – Mioara Mantale – 2004
President of the Chamber of Deputies – Roberta Anastase – 2008
Minister of Tourism – Elena Udrea – 2008
European Commissioner for Regional Policy – Corina Crețu – 2014
Regent – Elena Glinskaya – 1533
Monarch – Catherine I of Russia – 1725
Vice Minister of State Welfare and Vice Minister of Education – Sofia Panina – 1917
Commissar (Minister): Alexandra Kollontai – First female minister in the world – 1917
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union : Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1924
Deputy minister (Comissar) of Education : Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1929
Member of the Supreme Soviet : Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1931
Member of the Politburo : Ekaterina Furtseva – 1957
Governor : Valentina Matviyenko – 2003
Mayor of Saint Petersburg : Valentina Matviyenko – 2003
Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia: Valentina Matviyenko – 2011
Co-Captain Regent – Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini – 1981
Foreign minister – Antonella Mularoni – 2008
Regent- Helena of Bulgaria – 1355 – 1357
Empress- Princess Milica of Serbia – 1389 – 1402
Monarch – Jelena (Marija) – 1458 – 1459
Education and Art adviser - Katarina Ivanović – 1870
Minister of Education – Mitra Mitrović – 1945 – 1948
Minister of Labour – Spasenija Cana Babović – 1946 – 1948
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health – Spasenija Cana Babović – 1948 – 1953
Mayor of Belgrade – Slobodanka Gruden – 1993 – 1994
Minister of Social affairs, family and equality – Margit Savović – 1994 – 1996
Mirjana Marković – leader of party Yugoslav Left – 1994 – 2001
Deputy Prime Minister – Maja Gojković – 1998 – 2000
Minister of Self-government – Gordana Pop Lazić – 1998 – 2000
Minister of Information – Radmila Milentijević – 1998 – 2000
Minister of Economic transformation Jorgovanka Tabaković 1998–2000
Minister of Labour and Employment – Gordana Matković – 2001 – 2004
President of Party of successful women – Margit Savović – 2001 – 2004
Minister of Environment – Anđelka Mihajlov – 2001 -2002
President of the Supreme Court – Leposava Karamarković – 2001 -2002
Minister of Traffic and Telecommunication – Marija Rašeta Vukosavljević – 2001 – 2004
Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia – Nataša Mićić – 2001 – 2004
President (acting) – Nataša Mićić – 2002 – 2003
Minister of Energy and Mining Kori Udovički – 2001 – 2003
Governor of a National Bank of Serbia Kori Udovički – 2003 – 2004
Minister of Education – Ljiljana Čolić – 2004
Mayor of Novi Sad – Maja Gojković – 2004 – 2008
Deputy Prime Minister – Ivana Dulić-Marković – 2006
Minister of Science – Ana Pešikan – 2007 – 2008
Minister of Telecommunication and Informatics 2007 – 2008 – Aleksandra Smiljanić
President of the Constitutional Court of Serbia – Bosa Nenadić 2007 – 2010
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy 2011– 2012 – Verica Kalanović
Minister of Finance – Diana Dragutinović – 2008 – 2011
Minister of Justice – Snežana Malović – 2008 – 2012
Mayor of Pančevo – Vesna Martinović – 2008 – 2012
President of the Supreme Court of Cassation – Nata Mesarović – 2010 – 2013
State Attorney – Zagorka Dolovac – 2012 –
President (acting) – Slavica Đukić Dejanović – 2012
President of Christian Democratic Party of Serbia – Olgica Batić – 2011 –
President of party Together for Vojvodina – Olena Papuga – 2012 –
Minister of Energy – Zorana Mihajlović – 2012 – 2014
Deputy Prime Minister – Suzana Grubješić – 2012 – 2013
Mayor of Smederevo – Jasna Avramović – 2012 –
Governor of a National Bank of Serbia – Jorgovanka Tabaković – 2012 –
Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia – Maja Gojković – 2014 –
Deputy Prime Minister and a Minister of Transportation, Construction and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlović – 2014
Deputy Prime Minister and a Minister of State and Local Governments Kori Udovički – 2014 –
Minister of Agriculture and Environment – Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković- 2014 –
Minister of European Integration – Jadranka Joksimović – 2014 –
President of Democratic Party of Serbia – Sanda Rašković Ivić – 2014 –
Mayor of Vršac – Dragana Mitrović – 2016 –
Mayor of Sombor – Dušanka Golubović – 2016 –
partially recognized secessionist state under nominal international administration
Foreign minister (acting) – Vlora Çitaku – 2010
President – Atifete Jahjaga – 2011
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – Oľga Keltošová – 1993 (also Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia since 1992)
Minister of Justice – Katarína Tóthová – 1993 (also Minister of Justice of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia since 1992)
Minister of Health – Irena Belohorská – 1993
Deputy Prime Minister – Brigita Schmögnerová – 1994
Minister of Education – Eva Slavkovská – 1994
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Zdenka Kramplová – 1997
Minister of Privatization – Mária Machová – 1998
Minister of Finance – Brigita Schmögnerová – 1998
Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic – Zuzana Martináková – 2002
Minister of Agriculture – Zdenka Kramplová – 2007
Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia – Ivetta Macejková – 2007
Prime Minister – Iveta Radičová – 2010
Note: Independent Slovak Republic was established on January 1, 1993. First female politicians of Slovak Republic as a part of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic are not included above.
List of Slovak female holders of political offices before independence:
Member of Parliament – Irena Kaňová – 1919
Commissioner for Health and Social Welfare (equivalent to minister) – Emília Janečková-Muríňová – 1950
Minister of Health and Social Affairs – Eva Tökölyová – 1986
Minister of State Audit – Mária Kolaříková – 1989
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – Helena Woleková – 1991
Minister of Trade and Tourism – Jana Kotová – 1992
Minister of Justice – Katarína Tóthová – 1992
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – Oľga Keltošová – 1992
Ministry of Health – Katja Boh – 1990
Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities – Jožica Puhar – 1990
Minister of Veterans and War Invalides – Ana Osterman – 1990
Ministry of Justice – Metka Zupančič – 1994
Ministry of Economy Development and Technologies – Tea Petrin – 2000
Ministry of Culture – Andreja Rihter – 2000
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport – Lucija Čok – 2000
Ministry without Portfolio (Regional Development) – Zdenka Kovač – 2002
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – Zdenka Kovač – 2004
Minister of the Interior – Katarina Kresal – 2008
Ministry of Public Administration – Irma Pavlinič Krebs – 2008
Minister of Defence – Ljubica Jelušič – 2008
Prime Minister – Alenka Bratušek – 2013
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning – Irena Majcen – 2014
European Commissioner for Transport – Violeta Bulc – 2014
Monarch (of Castile, León and Galicia) and held the imperial title Suo jure Empress of All the Spains – Urraca of León and Castile – 1109–1126
Monarch- Berengaria of Castile 1217
Monarch (of Crown of Castile) – Isabel I of Castile – 1474–1504
Queen Governor – Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies – 1833–1840
Monarch – Isabel II – 1833–1868
Regent of Spain -Maria Christina of Austria 1885–1902
Mayor – Matilde Pérez Mollá – 1924
Members of Parliament – Margarita Nelken, Clara Campoamor and Victoria Kent – 1931
Minister of Health – Federica Montseny – 1936
Mayor of Bilbao – Pilar Careaga – 1969
Mayoress of Vigo – Enma González – 1978
Minister of Culture – Soledad Becerril – 1981
Mayor of Valencia – Clementina Ródenas – 1988
President of the Region of Murcia – María Antonia Martínez – 1993
Mayor of Seville – Soledad Becerril – 1995
Mayor of Saragossa – Luisa Fernanda Rudi – 1995
Mayor of Málaga – Celia Villalobos – 1995
Minister of Environment – Isabel Tocino – 1996
Minister of Agriculture – Loyola de Palacio – 1996
Minister of Justice – Margarita Mariscal de Gante – 1996
President of Senate – Esperanza Aguirre – 1999
Minister of Education – Esperanza Aguirre – 1999
Mayor of Cordóba – Rosa Aguilar – 1999
Mayor of Gijón – Paz Fernández – 1999
European Commissioner for Transport and Energy – Loyola de Palacio – 1999
Minister of Industry – Anna Birulés – 2000
Foreign minister – Ana Palacio – 2002
Minister of Public Administrations – Julia García-Valdecasas – 2003
President of the Community of Madrid – Esperanza Aguirre – 2003
Mayor of Las Palmas – Josefa Luzardo – 2003
Mayoress of Palma de Mallorca – Catalina Cirer – 2003
Minister of Public Works – Magdalena Álvarez – 2004
Minister of Presidency – María Teresa Fernández de la Vega – 2004
Minister of Housing – María Antonia Trujillo – 2004
First Vice President of the Government – María Teresa Fernández de la Vega – 2004
Minister of Defense – Carme Chacón – 2008
Minister of Science and Innovation – Cristina Garmendia – 2008
Minister of Equality – Bibiana Aído – 2008
Mayor of Alicante – Sonia Castedo – 2008
Minister of Economy – Elena Salgado – 2009
Mayor of Madrid – Ana Botella – 2014
During the Kalmar Union (1397-1520), Sweden-Finland was in union with Denmark and Norway, but maintained its own administration. Sweden was in union with Norway during the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1814-1905), but each country had its own administration and laws, and thus should be listed separately.
Regent: Ingeborg of Norway – 1319
Monarch – Margaret I – 1389
Governor (häradshövding) of Stranda Hundred – Sigrid Sture – 1577
Ambassador (to Russia) - Catharina Stopia - 1632
Member of a government comity: Sophie Adlersparre and Hilda Caselli - 1885
Member of the Executive Committee of a Political party – Kata Dalström – 1900
Chairperson of the Women's trades union – Anna Sterky – 1902
Member of the City Council of Stockholm – Gertrud Månsson – 1910
Member of a City Council – 37 women, among them Hanna Lindberg – 1910
Member of the legislative assembly – Emilia Broomé – 1914
Member of the Riksdag (lower house) – Elisabeth Tamm, Agda Östlund, Nelly Thüring and Bertha Wellin – 1921
Member of the Riksdag (upper house) – Kerstin Hesselgren – 1921
Minister without portfolio – Karin Kock-Lindberg – 1947
Minister for Public Housekeeping – Karin Kock-Lindberg – 1948
Minister of Family, Consumption, Aid and Immigration – Ulla Lindström – 1954
Acting Prime Minister – Ulla Lindström – 1958
Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations – Agda Rössel – 1958
Chairperson of City Council – Blenda Ljungberg – 1959
Municipal commissioner – Ella Tengbom-Velander – 1967
Supreme Court Justice – Ingrid Gärde Widemar – 1968
County Governor – Camilla Odhnoff – 1974
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Karin Söder – 1976
Minister for Health and Social Affairs – Karin Söder – 1979
Minister for Education – Lena Hjelm-Wallén – 1982
Minister for Employment – Anna-Greta Leijon – 1982
Leader of a political party represented in the Riksdag – Karin Söder – 1985
Minister for Justice – Anna-Greta Leijon – 1987
Minister for the Environment – Birgitta Dahl – 1987
Speaker of the Riksdag – Ingegerd Troedsson – 1991
Minister for Finance – Anne Wibble – 1991
Minister for Culture – Birgit Friggebo – 1991
Deputy Prime Minister – Mona Sahlin – 1994
Minister for Agriculture – Margareta Winberg – 1994
European Commissioner for Immigration, Justice, Home Affairs and Financial Control – Anita Gradin – 1995
Minister for Defence – Leni Björklund – 2002
Mayor of Stockholm – Annika Billström – 2002
Switzerland
Member of a citizens' council – Trudy Späth-Schweizer – 1958
President of a Cantonal Parliament (of Geneva) – Emma Kammacher – 1965
Member of the Swiss Council of States – Lise Girardin – 1971
Member of the Swiss National Council – Nelly Wicky, Lilian Uchtenhagen, Hanny Thalmann, Liselotte Spreng, Hanna Sahlfeld, Martha Ribi, Gabrielle Nanchen, Josi Meier, Hedi Lang, Tilo Frey, Elisabeth Blunschy – 1971
President of the Swiss National Council – Elisabeth Blunschy – 1977
Member of a Cantonal Executive (of Zurich) – Hedi Lang – 1983
Member of the Swiss Federal Council – Elisabeth Kopp – 1984
Justice minister – Elisabeth Kopp – 1984
Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation – Elisabeth Kopp – 1989
President of the Swiss Council of States – Josi Meier – 1991
Landammann of Schwyz – Margrit Weber-Röllin – 1992
Schultheiss of Lucerne – Brigitte Mürner-Gilli – 1992
Landammann of Zug – Ruth Schwerzmann – 1993
Landammann of Aargau – Stéphanie Mörikofer – 1997
President of the Swiss Confederation – Ruth Dreifuss – 1999
Landammann of Uri – Gabi Huber – 2002
Foreign minister – Micheline Calmy-Rey – 2003
Landammann of Nidwalden – Lisbeth Gabriel – 2005
Economics minister – Doris Leuthard – 2006
Landammann of Glarus – Marianne Dürst – 2008
Member of the Conseil d'État of the canton of Valais – Esther Waeber Kalbermatten – 2009
Mayor of Zurich – Corine Mauch – 2009
Regent – Kösem Sultan – 1623
Members of Parliament – Hatı Çırpan and 17 others – 1935
Mayor (of Mersin) – Müfide İlhan – 1950
Minister of Health – Türkân Akyol – 1971
Minister of Labor Relations – Dr. Imren Aykut – 1987
Provincial Governor (Muğla Province)- Lale Aytaman – 1991
Prime Minister – Tansu Çiller – 1993
Minister of the Interior – Dr. Meral Akşener – 1996
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister – Tansu Çiller – 1996
Government minister and Minister of Interior – Evgenia Bosh – 1918
Acting Prime Minister – Evgenia Bosh – 1918
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Valentyna Shevchenko – 1984
Prime Minister – Yulia Tymoshenko – 2005
Minister of Labor and Social Policy – Lyudmila Denysova – 2007
Monarch – Queen Anne – 1701
Great Britain and Ireland
Member of Parliament (elected) – Constance Markievicz – 1918
Member of Parliament (who took her seat) – Nancy Astor – 1919
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
Minister of Labour – Margaret Bondfield – 1929
Minister for Education – Ellen Wilkinson – 1945
Member of the House of Lords – Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading – 1958
Government Whip – Harriet Slater – 1964
Minister of Pensions and National Insurance – Margaret Herbison – 1964
Minister of Overseas Development – Barbara Castle – 1964
Minister for Transport – Barbara Castle – 1965
First Secretary of State – Barbara Castle – 1968
Secretary of State for Social Services (Health) – Barbara Castle – 1974
Leader of the Opposition – Margaret Thatcher – 1975
Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher – 1979
Leader of the House of Lords – Janet Young, Baroness Young – 1981
Speaker of the House of Commons – Betty Boothroyd – 1992
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – Gillian Shephard – 1993
Secretary of State for National Heritage (later Culture, Media and Sport) – Virginia Bottomley – 1995
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Mo Mowlam – 1997
President of the Board of Trade – Margaret Beckett – 1997
Leader of the House of Commons – Ann Taylor – 1997
Chief Whip – Ann Taylor – 1998
Solicitor General for England and Wales – Harriet Harman – 2001
Secretary of State for Scotland – Helen Liddell – 2001
Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress – Frances O'Grady – 2003
Foreign Secretary – Margaret Beckett – 2006
Lord Speaker – Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman – 2006
Home Secretary – Jacqui Smith – 2007
Attorney General – Baroness Scotland – 2007
European Commissioner for Trade – Catherine Ashton – 2008
Welsh Secretary – Cheryl Gillan – 2010
General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress – Frances O'Grady – 2013
Vice-President of the European Commission – Catherine Ashton – 2010
England
Regent – Edith of Scotland – 12th century
Monarch – Queen Mary I – 1553
Lord Mayor of Liverpool – Margaret Beavan – 1927
Lord Mayor of Sheffield – Ann Eliza Longden – 1936
Lord Mayor of York – Edna Annie Crichton – 1941
Lord Mayor of Leeds – Jessie Beatrice Kitson – 1942 (succeeded upon the death in office of Arthur Clark)
Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Violet Hardisty Grantham – 1952
Lord Mayor of Leeds (elected) – Mary Pearce – 1958
Lord Mayor of Bristol – Florence Mills Brown – 1963
Lord Mayor of Manchester – Nellie Beer – 1966
Lord Mayor of Plymouth – Dorothy F Innes – 1971
Lord Mayor of Portsmouth – Phyllis Loe – 1972
Lord Mayor of Birmingham – Marjorie Alice Brown – 1973
Lord Mayor of London – Mary Donaldson – 1983
Deputy Mayor of London – Nicky Gavron – 2000
Chair of the London Assembly – Sally Hamwee – 2001
Police and Crime Commissioner – Vera Baird, Ann Barnes, Katy Bourne, Jane Kennedy, Sue Mountstevens – 2012
Northern Ireland
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland – Julia McMordie, Dehra Chichester – 1921
High Sheriff of Belfast – Julia McMordie – 1928
Minister of Health for Northern Ireland – Dehra Chichester – 1949
Lord Mayor of Belfast – Grace Bannister – 1982
Northern Ireland Assembly
Health Minister of Northern Ireland – Bairbre de Brún – 1999
Presiding Officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly – Eileen Bell – 2007
First Minister – Arlene Foster – 2016
Scotland
Monarch – Margaret I of Scotland – 1286
Regent – Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland – 1437
Lord Provost of Glasgow – Dame Jean Roberts – 1960
Lord Provost of Edinburgh – Eleanor McLaughlin – 1988
Lord Provost of Aberdeen – Margaret Farquhar – 1996
Lord Provost of Dundee – Helen Wright – 1999
Solicitor General for Scotland – Elish Angiolini – 2001
Lord Advocate – Elish Angiolini – 2006
Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party – Annabel Goldie – 2006
Deputy First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon – 2007
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party – Wendy Alexander – 2007
Foreign Minister – Linda Fabiani – 2007
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament – Tricia Marwick – 2011
Leader of the Scottish National Party – Nicola Sturgeon – 2014
First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon – 2014
Lord Mayor of Cardiff – Helena Evans – 1959
Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales – Jane Davidson – 1999
Deputy First Minister for Wales – Jenny Randerson – 2001
Leader of Plaid Cymru – Leanne Wood – 2012
Vice Minister – Sister Enrica Rosanna – 2004
President of the Federal Chamber – Stana Tomasević-Arnesen – 1979
President of the Federal Executive Council (Prime Minister) – Milka Planinc – 1982
