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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 ...
The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected every five years, unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the Council of Ministers of the Union government. The prime minister ...
Kamala Nehru (née Kaul; pronunciation ⓘ; 1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was an Indian independence activist and the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. Their daughter Indira Gandhi would go on to become the first and to date, the only female Prime Minister of India.
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.
[1] [4] She was also the first among the first spouses to hold a public office when she was Member of Parliament between 1980 and 1989. Usha Narayanan was the first spouse of foreign origin. Before Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India, the role of the wives of the president was to act as the chief hostess of the ...
The first woman to become chief minister was Sucheta Kripalani of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 2 October 1963 as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress, who served as the chief minister of Delhi and held the office for over ...
Prime Minister of Mauritius: 2nd invitation 1991 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom [46] Maldives: President of the Maldives: 1992 Mário Soares [46] Portugal: President of Portugal: 1993 John Major [46] United Kingdom: Prime Minister of United Kingdom: 5th invitation Shankar Dayal Sharma: 1994 Goh Chok Tong [46] Singapore: Prime Minister of Singapore: 1995 ...
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, [1] [2] is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National Congress, she also served as the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to ...