Women Government Leaders

(as of February 9, 2009)

Presidents (9)

Cristina E. Fernández
de Kirchner
Argentina

Borjana Kristo
The Federation of
Bosnia
Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Chile
Tarja Halonen
Finland

Angela Merkel
Germany

Pratibha Patil
India
Mary McAleese
Ireland
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Liberia
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
The Philippines

Prime Ministers (6)

Bangladesh PM Sigurdardottir

Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Bangladesh

Michele Pierre-Louis
Haiti
Johanna Sigurdardottir
Iceland
Zinaida Grecianîi
Moldova
Luísa Diogo
Mozambique
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukraine

Percentage of Women Presidents and Prime Ministers by Region

 

REGION

NUMBER OF WOMEN PRESIDENTS
AND PRIME MINISTERS

PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN PRESIDENTS
AND PRIME MINISTERS

Europe

7 46.7%

Asia

3 20%

Africa

2 13.3%

Americas

3 20%
Middle East -- --

 

Women Presidents and Prime Ministers 2004-2009

 

May 2004

February 2009

Number of Women Presidents and Prime Ministers

11

15

Percentage of Women Presidents and Prime Ministers

5.6%

7.7%

 

 

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