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Top-right: Hillary Clinton was the first woman nominated for president by a major political party and the first woman to win the national popular vote in 2016. Center: Kamala Harris became the first female vice president in 2020. She became the second woman nominated for president by a major political party, in 2024.
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.
In 2021, Tunisia became the first Arab country to be governed by a woman, when Najla Bouden was appointed prime minister by the country’s president. Margaret Thatcher became Europe’s first ...
Harris being sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on January 20, 2021. Harris was sworn in as vice president on 11:40 a.m. on January 20, 2021, by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. [185] She is the United States' first woman vice president, first African-American vice president, and first Asian-American vice president.
Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as Mexico’s next president on Sunday, making her the first woman in the country's 200 years of democracy to hold its highest office. She won with more than 58% of ...
For the second time, Americans rejected the opportunity to elect the country's first female president and sent Donald Trump to the Oval Office. This time the result was more resounding than in ...
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo [a] (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, scientist, and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 1 October 2024, the first woman to hold the office. [2] [3] [4] She previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023.
She was excited: This year, 18-year-old Aihva would vote for the first time, and for a woman president. A generation of girls has watched a woman campaign for the presidency twice. Twice in a ...