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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.
Category listing the first female national presidents in Europe. In the border regions of the continent there may be instances of transcontinental countries. Pages in category "First women presidents in Europe"
Sandra Mason, Barbados (2021–present): The first time that a country's first president was female (Barbados has not had a male president to date). Giorgia Meloni, Italy (2022–present): The first woman to be elected in Italy as Head of government. Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico (2024–present): The first woman to be elected President.
Category listing female national presidents in Europe. In the border regions of the continent there may be instances of transcontinental countries. Subcategories
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Icelandic: [ˈvɪɣtis ˈfɪnpɔɣaˌtouʰtɪr̥] ⓘ; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996, the first woman to hold the position and the first in the world to be democratically elected president of a country.
She was the country's first female president. Robinson had previously served as a senator in Seanad Éireann from 1969 to 1989, and as a councillor on Dublin Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Although she had been briefly affiliated with the Labour Party during her time as a senator, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency ...
This category lists the first women presidents of their respective countries. Equivalent positions of non-royal heads of state are also included (for example, chairperson). ). Excluded are heads of government that are not heads of state, (for example, prime minister), other officials, and presidents of non-government entit
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Europe and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.