Please also name the country where they were Prime Minister or President. e.g. Margeret Thatcher - UK
2006-08-19 23:28:10 · 10 answers · asked by Chris C 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
If anyone wants to add to this - does anything in common amongst democratic countries that have and never have had a woman Prime Minister or President?
2006-08-19 23:49:54 · update #1
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka
Prime Minister, 1960-1965, 1970-1977, 1994-2000.
Indira Gandhi, India
Prime Minister, 1966-77, 1980-1984.
Golda Meir, Israel
Prime Minister, 1969-1974.
Isabel Peron, Argentina
President, 1974-1976
Elisabeth Domitien, Central African Republic
Prime Minister, 1975-1976
Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain
Prime Minister, 1979-1990.
Maria da Lourdes Pintasilgo, Portugal
Prime Minister, 1979-1980.
Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Bolivia
Prime Minister, 1979-1980.
Dame Eugenia Charles, Dominica
Prime Minister, 1980-1995.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttír, Iceland
President, 1980-96.
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway
Prime Minister, 1981, 1986-1989, 1990-1996.
Soong Ching-Ling, Peoples' Republic of China
Honorary President, 1981.
Milka Planinc, Yugoslavia
Federal Prime Minister, 1982-1986.
Agatha Barbara, Malta
President, 1982-1987.
Maria Liberia-Peters, Netherlands Antilles
Prime Minister, 1984-1986, 1988-1993.
Corazon Aquino, Philippines
President, 1986-92.
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan
Prime Minister, 1988-1990, 1993-1996.
Kazimiera Danuta Prunskiena, Lithuania
Prime Minister, 1990-91.
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua
Prime Minister, 1990-1996.
Mary Robinson, Ireland
President, 1990-1997.
Ertha Pascal Trouillot, Haiti
Interim President, 1990-1991.
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, German Democratic Republic
President, 1990.
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.
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh
Prime Minister, 1991-1996.
Edith Cresson, France
Prime Minister, 1991-1992.
Hanna Suchocka, Poland
Prime Minister, 1992-1993.
Kim Campbell, Canada
Prime Minister, 1993.
Sylvie Kinigi, Burundi
Prime Minister, 1993-1994.
Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda
Prime Minister, 1993-1994.
Susanne Camelia-Romer, Netherlands Antilles
Prime Minister, 1993, 1998-
Tansu Çiller, Turkey
Prime Minister, 1993-1995.
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, Sri Lanka
Prime Minister, 1994, President, 1994-
Reneta Indzhova, Bulgaria
Interim Prime Minister, 1994-1995.
Claudette Werleigh, Haiti
Prime Minister, 1995-1996.
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Bangladesh
Prime Minister, 1996-.
Mary McAleese, Ireland
President, 1997-.
Pamela Gordon, Bermuda
Premier, 1997-1998.
Janet Jagan, Guyana
Prime Minister, 1997, President, 1997-1999.
Jenny Shipley, New Zealand
Prime Minister, 1997-1999.
Ruth Dreifuss, Switzerland
President, 1999-2000.
Jennifer Smith, Bermuda
Prime Minister, 1998-.
Nyam-Osoriyn Tuyaa, Mongolia
Acting Prime Minister, July 1999.
Helen Clark, New Zealand
Prime Minister, 1999-.
Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias, Panama
President, 1999-.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvia
President, 1999-.
Tarja Kaarina Halonen, Finland
President, 2000-.
This list isn't full.. got few more like Gloriya Arroyo of Philippines and Megawati Sukharno Putri of Indonesia
2006-08-19 23:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by vinxavio 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Margaret Thatcher- Prime Minister of UK 1979-1990
Angela Merkel- Chancellor of Germany 2005-
Michele Bachelet- President of Chile 2006-
Sylvie Kinigi- Prime Minister of Burunidi 1993-1994
Jenny Shipley- Prime Minister of New Zealand 1997-1999
Pamela Gordon- Prime Minister of Bermuda 1997-1998
Tansu Ciller Prime Minister of Turkey 1993-1995
Or:
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rulers20th/
2006-08-20 02:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I admit the United States is adverse to women in power. This is why Laura Bush the meek submissive is left alone and Hillary Clinton the outspoken educated woman is blasted. Of course she is blasted by conservative republicans there is a pattern there. The same ones who cried high treason when her husband got a ******** from a White House intern (who saved he *** stained dress). How odd is that ? America is a male dominated aggressive society but we've been tempered. To date we have 33 women who've served and 14 serving at this time Barbara Boxer my favorite at this time. There have been 12 female leaders and the most notable Margeret Thatcher. In Isreal you have Meir, in India Matija, Iceland and she defeated three men Finnbogadottir, in the Caribbean island of Dominica, Charles was elected prime minister after the island gained independence from Great Britain, Pakistan it was Bhutto, Norway
Brundtland, Chamorro became the first women to be elected president in the Western Hemisphere when elected in Nicaragua, Robinson 1990 in Ireland, McAleese in 1997 Ireland, Clark 19 years of service New Zealand and Halonen in Findland.
I've no dillusions American is dominated by the religous right who while pointing at Arab nations for the oppression of women have oppressed as well under the guise of god ordained doctrine, it's the "why I throw rocks at your glass house" defense. They are like a jealous step children. As long as we keep blaming outside sources we don't have to look at or fix our own inner shortcomings.
2006-08-19 23:56:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh... All of them? I'm too lazy, but I can dig out some from my memory. Let's see...
Asian ones (some current some old):
PM Benazir Bhutto from Pakistan
PM of India, Indira Gandhi (no relation to Mahatma Gandhi)
PM of Sri Lanka, Chandrika something
PM of Bangladesh
President Oroyo of Philippines
President of Indonesia
Western:
Of course, Helen Clark and Thatcher, but they're too easy
Canada had a conservative PM 13 years ago for few months, Kim Campbell
Current Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel
Current PM of Finland
Ummm, that's about all I can remember...
2006-08-19 23:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
margaret Thatcher UK Helen clake New Zealand
2006-08-19 23:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been 39 since 1945; for my patience, much too long a list to name, but enough to prove a point about women in world politics.
2006-08-19 23:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Helen Clarke-New Zealand the only one that matters to me really.
The one from spain and a couple of others.
2006-08-19 23:35:40 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America- none
2006-08-19 23:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do your own homework.
2006-08-19 23:36:01 · answer #9 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
2006-08-19 23:46:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋