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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.
Kamala Harris – 49th Vice President of the United States (first Indian American; first African American; and first female Vice President of the U.S.); former United States Senator from the State of California (first Indian American in the U.S. Senate and first African American senator from California); 32nd Attorney General of California ...
This is a list of Hindu members of the United States Congress. As of 2024 [update] , five practicing Hindus have been elected to Congress, the first being Tulsi Gabbard in 2013. As of the 119th Congress , four practicing Hindus currently serve in the United States House of Representatives .
List of female finance ministers; List of the first female members of parliament by country; List of Muslim women heads of state and government; List of the first women heads of state and government in Muslim-majority countries; List of first women mayors (20th century) List of first women mayors (21st century)
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 country, by dates of appointment. It is ordered by country, by dates of appointment.
There have been many women appointed to this post around the world. This list shows female foreign ministers from around the world, either from sovereign states, unrecognized states, autonomous regions, or sui generis entities. Some countries have varied titles for this particular position, such as minister for external affairs in Brazil and India.
Jayalalithaa, former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, served as chief minister of Tamil Nadu and has the second-longest tenure; she held the office until her death in 2016, becoming the first female chief minister to die in office, while V. N. Janaki Ramachandran of the same state and party has the shortest ...
Girindra Mukerji, leader of one of the first Indian-American student protests against colonialism in 1908; Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of Global Fund for Women; Dinesh Sharma, leader, CRO and Director at Steam Works Studio and author in human development, human rights and global education, and professor at Fordham, NYU, and Walden University