Which country in 2003 had both a woman as its President and a woman as its Prime Minister?

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Which country in 2003 had both a woman as its President and a woman as its Prime Minister?

2006-06-26 05:06:38 · 3 answers · asked by Not_many_people_know_this_but 3 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies

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Finland

President - Tarja Halonen - 2000
Prime Minister - Anneli Jäätteenmäki - 2003

Tarja Halonen, Finland's 11th President, was re-elected for a second 6 year term in 2006

Anneli Jäätteenmäki was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office April 17th, 2003, to June 18th, 2003.

During her brief time in office Finland was the only country in Europe to have women as both prime minister and president, a situation underlined by the fact that half of her cabinet were women,

2006-06-26 05:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 3⤋

Sri Lanka

2006-06-26 05:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by gods_chief_pilot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

al bagee3

2006-06-27 00:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by guys kicker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋