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She appointed the first woman to serve in the Sri Lankan Cabinet, Siva Obeyesekere, first as First State Secretary for Health and later as Minister of Health. [74] She was feted at the UN World Conference on Women hosted in Mexico City, attending as the only woman prime minister elected in her own right. [ 42 ]
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Campbell is the first and only female prime minister of Canada. Prior to becoming the final Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister, she was also the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canadian history and the first woman to become minister of defence in a NATO member state. [1]
As prime minister, she would keep a portrait of Hodgkin at 10 Downing Street. [21] Later in life, she was reportedly prouder of becoming the first prime minister with a science degree than becoming the first female prime minister. [24] While prime minister, she attempted to preserve Somerville as a women's college. [25]
Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley DNZM PC (née Robson; born 4 February 1952) [1] is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th prime minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and the first woman to lead the National Party. [2] [3] Shipley was born in Gore, Southland.
Minister of Transport – Lursakdi Sampatisiri – 1976 [313] (one of the two first female Ministers) Minister of State University Affairs (now defunct) – Wimonsiri Chamnanwet – 1976 [313] (one of the two first female Ministers) Minister for Office of the Prime Minister – Supatra Masdit – 1986 [313]
She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the country's prime minister. Gandhi's cumulative ...
Minister of Women's Affairs, Prizes and Consumer's Affairs – Radhamanay Roonoosarny – 1975 [137] Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra - 1982-1983 [ 138 ] Minister of Youth and Sports – Marie Claude Arouff-Parfait – 1995 [ 139 ]