Current Women in Power Around the Globe
If you take a look at the following list, you will notice for the last several years, we have been living in a world where an amazing number of female leaders are holding power.
This list shows us the female presidents and prime ministers who, at the end of 2011, were in power.
COUNTRY |
FEMALE LEADER |
|---|---|
Argentina |
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner |
Australia |
Prime Minister Julia Gillard |
Bangledesh |
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed |
Brazil |
President Dilma Rousseff |
Costa Rica |
President Laura Chinchilla |
Croatia |
Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor |
Finland |
President Tarja Halonen |
Germany |
Chancellor Angela Merkel |
Iceland |
Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir |
India |
President Pratibha Patil |
Ireland |
President Mary McAleese |
Kosovo |
President Atifete Jahjaga |
Kyrgyzstan |
President Rosa Otunbayeva |
Liberia |
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf |
Lithuania |
President Dalia Grybauskaite |
Peru |
Prime Minister Rosario Fernández |
Slovakia |
Prime Minister Iveta Radicová |
Switzerland |
President Micheline Calmy-Rey |
Thailand |
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
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MAY
- Singapore
- Paris
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JUNE
- Copenhagen
- Milan
- Paris
- London
- Geneva
- Düsseldorf
JULY
- Chautauqua
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