List of the first women heads of state and government in Muslim-majority countries
This is a chronological list of the first women to be heads of state and heads of government in Muslim-majority countries, excluding those who held the role in a temporary capacity.
List
In office
Portrait | Head of Government or State | Country | Status | In office |
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![]() | Elizabeth II | ![]() | Queen of Pakistan | 6 February 1952 – 23 March 1956 |
![]() | ![]() | Queen of Nigeria | 1 October 1960 – 1 October 1963 | |
![]() | ![]() | Queen of Sierra Leone | 27 April 1961 – 19 April 1971 | |
![]() | ![]() | Queen of the Gambia | 18 February 1965 – 24 April 1970 | |
![]() | Benazir Bhutto[1] | ![]() | Prime Minister of Pakistan | 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 18 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 |
![]() | Khaleda Zia | ![]() | Prime Minister of Bangladesh | 20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 |
![]() | Tansu Çiller | ![]() | Prime Minister of Turkey | 25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996 |
![]() | Sheikh Hasina | ![]() | Prime Minister of Bangladesh | 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 6 January 2009 – 5 August 2024 |
Mame Madior Boye | ![]() | Prime Minister of Senegal | 3 March 2001 – 4 November 2002 | |
![]() | Megawati Sukarnoputri | ![]() | President of Indonesia | 23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004 |
![]() | Roza Otunbayeva | ![]() | President of Kyrgyzstan | 3 July 2010 – 1 December 2011 |
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé | ![]() | Prime Minister of Mali | 3 April 2011 – 22 March 2012 | |
![]() | Sibel Siber | ![]() | Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | 13 June 2013 – 2 September 2013 |
![]() | Atifete Jahjaga | ![]() | President of Kosovo | 7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016 |
![]() | Najla Bouden | ![]() | Prime Minister of Tunisia | 11 October 2021 – 1 August 2023 |
![]() | Željka Cvijanović | ![]() | Serb Member of the Presidency | 16 November 2022 – present |
![]() | Borjana Krišto | ![]() | Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers | 25 January 2023 – present |
See also
- List of Muslim women heads of state and government
- List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
- Muslim women political leaders
- Council of Women World Leaders
- Women in government
- Lists of women politicians
- Society-related timelines
References
- ^ Brooke, Allen (25 January 2022). Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter. Amazon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-50-394408-4.
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