List of elected or appointed female heads of state

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include monarchs (see :Category:Queens regnant) or female heads of government, such as prime ministers (see :Category:Female heads of government). Names in italics refer to temporary presidencies.

Name	Country	Name of post	Mandate
Sühbaataryn Yanjmaa	Mongolia	Acting Chairman of the Presidium	September 23 1953-July 7 1954
Isabel Martínez de Perón	Argentina	President	July 1 1974-March 24 1976
Lidia Gueiler	Bolivia	Interim President	November 17 1979-July 18 1980
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	Iceland	President	August 1 1980-August 1 1996
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1981
Agatha Barbara	Malta	President	February 15 1982-February 15 1987
Gloriana Ranocchini	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1984; October 1 1989-April 1 1990
Carmen Pereira	Guinea-Bissau	Acting President	May 14-May 16 1984
Corazón Aquino	Philippines	President	February 25 1986-June 30 1992
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot	Haiti	Interim President	March 13 1990-February 7 1991
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl	German Democratic Republic	Chairman of the Volkskammer	April 5-October 2 1990
Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	President	April 25 1990-January 10 1997
Mary Robinson	Ireland	President	December 3 1990-September 12 1997
Edda Ceccoli	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	October 1 1991-April 1 1992
Ruth Dreifuss	Switzerland	Member of the Swiss Federal Council	1993-2002
Patricia Busignani	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1993
Sylvie Kinigi	Burundi	Acting President	October 27 1993-February 5 1994
Chandrika Kumaratunga	Sri Lanka	President	November 12 1994-November 19 2005
Ruth Perry	Liberia	Chairman of the Council of State	September 3 1996-August 2 1997
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano	Ecuador	Caretaker President	February 9-11 1997
Mary McAleese	Ireland	President	November 11 1997-incumbent
Janet Jagan	Guyana	President	December 19 1997-August 11 1999
Rosa Zafferani	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1999
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Latvia	President	July 8 1999-incumbent
Mireya Moscoso	Panama	President	September 1 1999-September 1 2004
Tarja Halonen	Finland	President	March 1 2000-incumbent
Maria Domenica Michelotti	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 2000
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	Philippines	President	January 20 2001-incumbent
Megawati Sukarnoputri	Indonesia	President	July 23 2001-October 20 2004
Valeria Ciavatta	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	October 1 2003-April 1 2004
Nino Burjanadze	Georgia	Acting President	November 23 2003-January 25 2004
Fausta Morganti	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1 2005-October 1 2005
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	Liberia	President	January 16 2006-incumbent
Michelle Bachelet	Chile	President	March 11 2006-incumbent

See also

* List of the first female holders of political offices
* List of famous women in history

External links

*Women Heads of State
*Women Presidents
*Council of Women World Leaders

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