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Ultralight
While the world may not be ready for Hilary Clinton as a US leader, it does seem that it is well accepted for a female to be in power. It would also
seem that the US is somewhat behind in this regard.
Female World Leaders
Country Leader Term Notes
Argentina (1st time) President Isabel Peron Jul. 1, 1974 - Mar. 24, 1976 succeeded, wife
Iceland President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Aug. 1, 1980 - Jul. 31, 1996 elected
Malta (1st time) President Agatha Barbara Feb. 15, 1982 - Feb. 15, 1987 elected
Philippines (1st time) President Corazon Aquino Feb. 25, 1986 - Jun. 30, 1992 elected, wife*
Nicaragua President Violeta de Chamorro Apr. 25, 1990 - Jan. 10, 1997 elected
Ireland (1st time) President Mary Robinson Dec, 3, 1990 - Sep. 12, 1997 elected
Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga Nov. 12, 1994 - Nov. 19, 2005 elected, daughter
Ireland (2nd time) President Mary McAleese Nov. 11, 1997 - Nov. 11, 2011 elected
Guyana President Janet Jagan Dec. 19, 1997 - Aug. 11, 1999 elected, wife
Switzerland (1st time) President Ruth Dreifuss Jan. 1, 1999 - Dec. 31, 1999 appointed
Latvia President Vaira Vike-Freiberga Jul. 8, 1999 - Jul. 8, 2007 elected
Panama President Mireya Moscoso Sep. 1, 1999 - Sep. 1, 2004 elected, wife
Finland President Tarja Halonen Mar. 1, 2000 - elected
Philippines (2nd time) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Jan. 20, 2001 - June 30, 2010 succeeded 2001, elected 2004, daughter
Indonesia President Megawati Sukarnoputri Jul. 23, 2001 - Oct. 20, 2004 succeeded, daughter
Serbia President Natasa Micic Dec. 30, 2002 - Jan. 27, 2004 appointed
Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Jan. 16, 2006 - elected
Chile President Michelle Bachelet Mar. 11, 2006 - Mar. 11, 2010 elected
Switzerland (2nd time) President Micheline Calmy-Rey Jan. 1, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2007 appointed
Bosnia & Herzegovina President Borjana Kristo Feb. 22, 2007 - Mar. 17, 2011 elected
India President Pratibha Patil Jul. 25, 2007 - Jul. 25, 2012 elected
Argentina (2nd time) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Dec. 10, 2007 - elected, wife
Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaite Jul. 12, 2009 - elected
Switzerland (3rd time) President Doris Leuthard Jan. 1, 2010 - Dec. 31, 2011-appointed
Kyrgyzstan President Rosa Otunbayeva Apr. 7, 2010 - Dec. 1, 2011-coup
Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla May 8, 2010 - May 8, 2014-elected
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Jan. 1, 2011 - elected
Switzerland (4th time) President Micheline Calmy-Rey Jan. 1, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2011-appointed
Switzerland (5th time) President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Jan. 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2013 -appointed
Malawi President Joyce Banda Apr. 7, 2012 - May 31, 2014-succeeded
South Korea President Park Geun-hye Feb. 25, 2013 - elected, daughter
Central African Republic President Catherine Samba-Panza Jan. 23, 2014 - appointed
Chile (2nd time) President Michelle Bachelet Mar. 11, 2014 - elected
Malta (2nd time) President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca Apr. 7, 2014 - elected
Switzerland (6th time) President Simonetta Sommaruga Jan. 1, 2015 -appointed
Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic Feb. 18, 2015 -elected