List of the first women holders of political offices in Africa

This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Africa and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.

Antiquity

 * Monarch - Tin Hinan - 4th century

Republic

 * Secretary of State of Social Affairs – Z'hour Ounissi  – 1982
 * Vice-Minister of Education – Leila Khira Taib  – 1984
 * Minister of Social Affairs – Z'hour Ounissi  – 1984
 * Minister of Education (And third in the Cabinet) – Z'hour Ounissi  –  1986
 * Minister of Health – Nafissa Lalliam  – 1991
 * Minister of Youth and Sports – Leïla Aslaoui  – 1991
 * Minister of State for National Solidarity – Saida Benhabyles  – 1992
 * Minister-Councillor for Juridical and Administrative Questions – Meriem Belmilhoub Zerdani  – 1993
 * Secretary of State for National Solidarity and the Family – Aïcha Hénia Semichi  – 1995
 * Minister of National Solidarity and Family – Rabéa Mechrane  – 1997
 * Secretary of State of Culture – Zahia Benarous  – 1997
 * Minister of Culture – Khalida Toumi - 2002; Nadia Labidi – 2014
 * Minister of Education – Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun – 2014
 * Minister of Land-Use Planning and Environment – Dalila Boudjemaa – 2014
 * Minister of Family and Women – Mounia Meslem – 2014
 * Minister of Post, Information Technology and Communication Women – Zahra Dardouri – 2014
 * Minister of Tourism – Nouria Yamina Zerhouni – 2014
 * Minister of Artisana & Handicrafts - Aish Tabagho – 2014

Angola

 * Vice-Minister of Internal Trade – Maria Mambo Café – 1977
 * Minister of Social Affairs – Maria Mambo Café – 1982
 * Minister of Justice - Guilhermina Contreiras da Costa Prata - 2008-2012

Benin

 * Minister of Public Health – Rafiatou Karimou – 1989
 * Minister of Justice - Grace d'Almeida - 1995-1996
 * Foreign minister – Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo – 2006

Botswana

 * Minister of Trade and Industry – Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe – 1974
 * Foreign minister – Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe – 1985
 * Chairperson of the House of Chiefs – Mosadi Seboko – 2003
 * Minister of Justice - Lesego Motsumi - 2010-2011

Burkina Faso

 * Minister of Social Welfare, Housing and Labour – Célestine Ouezzin Coulibaly – 1958
 * Minister of Justice - Marie Louise Nignan-Bassolet -1982-1983

Burundi

 * Minister for Women's Questions – Euphrasie Kandeke – 1982
 * Prime Minister – Sylvie Kinigi – 1993
 * President (acting) – Sylvie Kinigi – 1993
 * Minister of Justice - Clotilde Niragira - 2005-2007
 * Foreign minister – Antoinette Batumubwira – 2006

Cameroon

 * Member of Parliament (appointed) - Dorcas Idowu - 1955
 * Member of Parliament (elected) - Julienne Keutcha - 1960
 * Vice-Minister of Health and Public Welfare  – Delphine Zanga Tsogo – 1970
 * Minister of Social Affairs – Delphine Zanga Tsogo – 1975

Cape Verde

 * Minister for Fisheries, Agriculture and Rural Development – Maria Helena Nobre de Morais Querido Semedo – 1993
 * Minister of Justice - Januaria Moreira - 1999-2001
 * Foreign minister – Fátima Veiga – 2002
 * Defence minister – Cristina Fontes Lima – 2006

Central African Republic

 * Member of Parliament – Marthe Matongo – 1964
 * Government minister (Social Affairs) – Marie-Joséphe Franck – 1970
 * Prime Minister – Elisabeth Domitien – 1975
 * Foreign minister – Léonie Banga-Bothy – 2013
 * Head of State – Catherine Samba-Panza – 2014
 * Minister of Justice - Isabelle Gaudeuille -2014-2016

Chad

 * Minister of Parliament – Bourkou Louise Kabo – 1962
 * Minister of Social Affairs and Women – Fatimé Kimto – 1982

Comoros

 * Secretary of State for Population and the Condition of Women - Sittou Raghadat Mohamed - 1991 (First female appointed to a senior government position)
 * Member of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros – Djoueria Abdallah – 2004

Congo-Brazzaville

 * Member of Parliament - Micheline Golengo, Pierrette Kombo and Mambou Aimée Gnali - 1963
 * Minister of Public Service – Charlotte Kisimba – 1970
 * Minister of Social Affairs - Emilie Manima - 1975
 * Minister of Primary Education - Bernadette Bayone - 1984
 * Minister of Labour and Social Affairs - Jeanne Dambendzet - 1989

Zaire

 * Minister of Social Affairs – Sophie Kanza – 1967
 * Foreign minister – Ekila Liyonda – 1987

Republic

 * Chief of Staff (Prime Minister) - Marie-Thérèse Nlandu Mpolo Nene
 * Speaker of the National Assembly - Jeanine Mabunda - 2019

Djibouti

 * Deputy Head of State - Kadidja Abeba - 1992
 * Cabinet member (Minister-Delegate for the Promotion of Women, Family and Social Affairs) - Hawa Ahmed Youssouf - 1999
 * Cabinet Minister (Minister in charge of the Promotion of Women, Family Welfare and Social Affairs) - Aïcha Mohamed Robleh - 2005

Ancient

 * Pharaoh (monarch) – Sobekneferu – 1806 BC (First known female Head of State in history)

Republic

 * Member of Parliament – Rawya Ateya – 1957 (First female Member of Parliament in the Arab world)
 * Minister (for Social Affairs) – Dr. Hikmat Abu Zayd – 1962
 * Ambassador of Egypt - Aisha Rateb - 1979
 * Mayor – Eva Habil, (Komboha) – 2008

Equatorial Guinea

 * Member of Parliament – Cristina Makoli and Lorenza Matute – 1968
 * Minister of Womens Participation – Christina Ndjombe Ndjangani – 1978
 * Minister of Justice - Evangelina Filomena Oyo Ebule - 2014-2018

Eritrea

 * Minister of Justice - Fozia Hashim - 1993

Ethiopia

 * Monarch – Empress Zewditu – 1916
 * Member of Parliament – Senedu Gebru – 1957
 * Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs – Youdith Imre – 1966
 * Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs – Youdith Imre – 1971
 * Minister of Education – Woizero Mary Tadesso – 1991
 * Minister of Health – Adanetch Kidane Miriam – 1991
 * Leader of a Political Party (Unity for Democracy and Justice Party) - Birtukan Mideksa - 2009
 * President - Sahle-Work Zewde – 2018
 * Mayor of Addis Ababa – Adanech Abebe – 2021

Gabon

 * Member of Parliament – Virginie Ambougou and Antoinette Tsono – 1961
 * Minister of Social Affairs and Women – Antoniette Oliveira – 1980
 * Minister of Justice - Sophie Diouly - 1987-1989
 * Foreign minister – Pascaline Mferri Bongo – 1991
 * President (interim) – Rose Francine Rogombé – 2009
 * Speaker of the Senate – Rose Francine Rogombé – 2009

The Gambia

 * Member of Parliament – Virginie Ambougou and Antoinette Tsono – 1961
 * Member of Parliament – Lucretia St. Clair Joof – 1968
 * Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture – Louise N'Jie – 1982
 * Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Gambia - Hawa Sisay-Sabally 1996-1998
 * Vice President – Isatou Njie-Saidy – 1997
 * Foreign minister – Susan Waffa-Ogoo – 2012

Ghana

 * MP – Mabel Dove Danquah – 1954
 * Minister of Social Affairs – Suzanna Al-Hassan – 1963
 * Foreign minister – Gloria Amon Nikoi – 1979
 * Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Betty Mould-Iddrisu - 2009-2011
 * Speaker of Parliament - Joyce Bamford-Addo - 2009-2013

Guinea

 * Secretary of State for Social Affairs – Camara Loffo – 1961
 * Minister of Social Affairs – Jeanne Martin-Cissé – 1976
 * Foreign minister – Mahawa Bangoura – 2000
 * Minister of Justice - Paulette Kourouma - 2007-2008

Guinea-Bissau

 * Minister of Health and Social Affairs – Carmen Pereira – 1981
 * President of Guinea-Bissau (acting) – Carmen Pereira – May 1984
 * Presidential candidate in Guinea-Bissau - Antoineta Rosa Gomes - 1994, 1999 and 2005
 * Foreign minister – Hilia Barber – 1999
 * Minister of Justice - Antoineta Rosa Gomes - 2000-2001
 * Defence minister – Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote – 2005
 * Prime Minister (acting) – Adiato Djaló Nandigna – 2012

Ivory Coast

 * Minister for Women's Affairs – Jeanne Gervais – 1976
 * Minister of Justice - Jacqueline Oble - 1991-1994

Kenya

 * Member of Parliament - Sidney Farrar – 1938
 * Mayor of Nairobi – Lady Gwladys Delamere – 1938
 * Assistant Minister of Housing and Social Services – Julia Ojiambo – 1974
 * Minister of National Heritage, Culture and Social Affairs – Winifred Nyiva Kitili Mwendwa – 1995
 * Minister of Justice - Martha Karua – 2006-2009
 * Minister of Constitutional Affairs - Martha Karua – 2008
 * Foreign minister – Amina Mohamed – 2013
 * Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs - Amina Mohamed - 2013

Lesotho

 * Regent – Queen 'Mantšebo – 1941
 * High Court Assessor - 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla - 1979
 * Minister of State of Youth and Women's Affairs – Anna Matlehma Hlalele – 1986-1990
 * Minister of State by the Chairperson of the Military Council – Anna Matlehma Hlalele – 1990-1992
 * Minister of Trade and Industry – Morena Moletsone G. Mokroane – 1990
 * Speaker of the National Assembly – Ntlhoi Motsamai – 1999

National level

 * Cabinet minister - Secretary of State of Education – Ellen Mills Scarborough – 1948
 * Chairwoman of the Council of State (head of state) – Ruth Perry – 1997
 * Chief Justice - Gloria Musu-Scott - 1998-2003
 * Mayor of Monrovia – Ophelia Hoff Saytumah – 2001
 * President pro tempore of the Liberian Senate – Grace B. Minor – 2002
 * President – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – 2006
 * Vice President – Jewel Taylor – 2018

Individual ministries

 * Assistant Attorney General – Angie Elizabeth Brook-Randolph – 1953
 * Minister of Health and Social Security – Edith Mai Wiles Padmore – 1976
 * Foreign minister – Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper – 1994
 * Minister of Justice - Gloria Musu-Scott - (1996)

Libya

 * Minister of Education – Fatima Abd al-Hafiz Mukhtar – 1989
 * Minister of Youth and Sports – Bukhanra Salem Houda – 1990
 * Assistant Secretary General of The Peoples’ Congress – Salmin Ali al-Uraybi – 1990
 * Assistant Secretary for Women – Salma Ahmed Rashed – 1992
 * Secretary in the General Secretariat of the General Peoples' Congress for Women's Affairs – Thuriya Ramadan Abu Tabrika (Sefrian) – 1995
 * Secretary for Information, Culture and Mass Mobilization – Fawziya Bashir al-Shalababi – 1995
 * Secretary in the General Secretariat of the General Peoples' Congress for Social Affairs - Shalma Chabone Abduljabbar – 2000
 * Secretary of People's Committees Affairs – Huda Fathi Ben Amer – 2009
 * Member of the Interim National Council in charge of Legal Affairs – Salwa Fawzi El-Deghali – 2011
 * Minister of Health – Fatima Hamroush – 2011
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs – Najla Mangoush – 2021

Madagascar

 * Minister of Revolutionary Art and Culture – Gisèle Rabesahala – 1977
 * Secretary of State for University Affairs – Elénore Marguritte Nerine – 1993
 * Foreign minister – Lila Ratsifandrihamanana – 1998
 * Minister of Justice - Alice Rajaonah - 2002-2004
 * Defence minister – Cécile Manorohanta – 2007
 * Prime Minister (acting) – Cécile Manorohanta – 2009
 * President (Malagasy National Assembly) - Christine Razanamahasoa - 2014

Malawi

 * Parliamentary Secretary for Community and Social Development – Rose Chibambo – 1964
 * Parliamentary Secretary to the President – Jean M. Mlanga – 1966
 * Minister of State for Women's and Children’s Affairs – Edda E. Chitalo – 1994
 * Foreign minister – Lilian Patel – 2000
 * Interior minister – Anna Kachikho – 2005
 * Vice President – Joyce Banda – 2009
 * President – Joyce Banda – 2012
 * Speaker of the National Assembly - Catherine Gotani Hara - 2019

Mali

 * Member of Parliament - Aoua Kéita - 1960
 * Minister of Social Affairs and Health – Sominé Dolo – 1965
 * Secretary of State for Social Affairs – Inna Sissoko Cissé – 1968
 * Foreign minister – Sy Kadiatou Sow – 1994
 * Minister of Justice - Fatoumata Sylla - 2004-2007
 * Prime minister – Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé – 2011

Mauritania

 * Government minister – Aïssata Kane – 1975
 * Foreign minister – Naha Mint Mouknass – 2009
 * Mayor of Nouakchott – Maty Mint Hamady – 2014

Mauritius

 * Member of Parliament – Emilienne Rochecouste, Denise De Chazal – 1948
 * Minister of Women's Affairs, Prizes and Consumer's Affairs – Radhamanay Roonoosarny – 1975
 * Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra - 1982-1983
 * Minister of Youth and Sports – Marie Claude Arouff-Parfait – 1995
 * Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare – Indira Thacoor Sidaya – 1995
 * Minister of Social Security, National Solidarity and Reform Institutions – Sheila Bappoo – 2005
 * Parliamentary Private Secretary – Kalyanee Bedwantee Juggoo – 2010
 * President (acting) – Monique Ohsan Bellepeau – 2012
 * Minister of Education and human Resources – Leela Devi Dookhun Luchoomun – 2014
 * Speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius - Maya Hanoomanjee
 * President – Ameenah Gurib-Fakim – 2015

National level

 * High Commissioner for Handicapped – Aziza Bennani – 1994
 * Mayor (Essaouira) – Asma Chaabi – 2003

Individual ministries

 * Secretary of State of Energy and Mines – Amina Benkhadra – 1997
 * Secretary of State for Family Affairs - Yasmina Baddou - 2002
 * Secretary of State for Literacy and non-formal Education – Najima Rhozali – 2002
 * Minister of Energy and Mines – Amina Benkhadra – 2007
 * Minister of Health - Yasmina Baddou - 2007
 * Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs – Latifa Akherbach – 2007
 * Secretary of State for Education – Latifa Labida – 2007
 * Minister of Sports – Nawal El Moutawakel – 2007
 * Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family, and Social Development – Nouzha Skalli (2007)
 * Minister of Culture – Touriya Jabrane – 2007
 * Minister of Health – Yasmina Baddou – 2007
 * Ministry of Craft and Social Economy – Fatema Marouane – 2013

Mozambique

 * Minister of Education and Culture – Graça Simbini Machel – 1975
 * Prime Minister – Luisa Diogo – 2004
 * Foreign minister – Alcinda Abreu – 2005
 * Minister of Justice - Esperanza Machavela - 2007-2008

Namibia

 * Minister-Delegate of Local Government & Housing – Libertine Appolus Amathila – 1987
 * Minister of Local Government and Lands – Libertine Appolus Amathila – 1989
 * Interior minister – Rosalia Nghidinwa – 2005
 * Foreign Minister – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah – 2013
 * Prime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa – 2015
 * Deputy Prime Minister – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah – 2015

Niger

 * Minister of Social Affairs and Women's Affairs – Aïssata Moumouni – 1989
 * Foreign minister – Aïchatou Mindaoudou – 1999

Nigeria

 * Minister of National Planning – Adenike Ebun Oyagbola – 1979
 * Finance Minister – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – 2003
 * Foreign Minister – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala- 2006

Anambra State

 * Governor of Anambra State (South East Nigeria) – Virginia Etiaba – 2006

Rivers State

 * Commissioner of Works – Felicity Okpete Ovai – 2003
 * Deputy Governor of Rivers State (Southern Nigeria) – Ipalibo Banigo – 2015

Rwanda

 * Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health – Madeleine Ayinkamiye – 1964
 * Prime Minister – Agathe Uwilingiyimana – 1993
 * Minister of Justice - Agnès Ntamabyaliro Rutagwera - 1993-1994
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs – Rosemary Museminali – 2008
 * President of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda – Rose Mukantabana – 2008

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

 * Secretary of External Affairs – Joan S. Dorchville – 1967
 * Commissioner of Labour – Hedwige Rosemond – 1974
 * Governor – Lisa Phillips – 2016
 * Chief Minister of Saint Helena – Julie Thomas – 2021

São Tomé and Príncipe

 * Minister of Culture and Education – Alda Neves da Graça do Espirito Santo – 1975
 * Foreign minister – Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim – 1978
 * Prime Minister – Maria das Neves – 2002
 * Minister of Justice - Edite Ramos da Costa Ten Jua - 2013-2016

Senegal

 * Minister of Social Affairs – Caroline Faye Diop – 1978
 * Minister of Justice - Mame Madior Boye - 2000
 * Prime Minister – Mame Madior Boye – 2001

Seychelles

 * Member of Parliament –  Marie-Cécile Collet  – 1948
 * Minister of External Affairs and Planning – Danielle de St. Jorre – 1989
 * Foreign minister – Danielle de St. Jorre – 1989

Sierra Leone

 * House of Representatives (Paramount Chief Member for Moyamba District) - Ella Koblo Gulama - 1957
 * Minister of State – Ella Koblo Gulama – 1962
 * Foreign minister – Shirley Gbujama – 1996
 * Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Priscilla Schwartz - 2018

Somalia

 * Member of a City Council – Halima Godane – 1958
 * Assistant Minister of Education –  Fadumo Ahmed Alin  – 1974
 * Assistant Minister of Health – Raqiya Haji Dualeh (Raqiya Doaleh Abdalla)  – 1983
 * Minister of Health –  Nur Ilmi Uthman  – 1994
 * Foreign minister – Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan – 2012
 * Deputy prime minister – Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan – 2012

Somaliland

 * Foreign minister – Edna Adan Ismail – 2003

Union

 * Mayor of Pretoria – Mabel Malherbe – 1931
 * Member of Parliament – Leila Reitz – 1933
 * Leader of a political party (President of the Liberal Party of South Africa) – Margaret Ballinger – 1953
 * Mayor of Cape Town – Joyce Newton-Thompson – 1959

Republic

 * Government minister – Rina Venter – 1989
 * Health minister – Rina Venter – 1989
 * Speaker of the House - Frene Ginwala - 1994-2004
 * Foreign minister – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma – 1999
 * Deputy President – Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – 2005
 * Leader of a major political party – Helen Zille – 2007
 * Premier of Western Cape – Lynne Brown – 2008

Sudan

 * Member of Parliament – Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim – 1965
 * Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport – Nafisah Ahmad al-Amin – 1971
 * Minister of State of Social Welfare – Fatima Abdel Mahmoud – 1974
 * Minister of State of the Interior, Commissioner for Refugees – Fatma Abdulmahmud – 1995
 * Minister of Health – Ihsan Abdallah el-Ghabshawi – 1996
 * Minister of Public Service and Manpower (Labour Forces) – Agnes Lukudi – 1998
 * Governor (of Bahr-al-Jabal) – Agnes Lukudi – 1994

Swaziland

 * Regent – Queen Labotsibeni Mdluli – 1899
 * Minister of Health – Fanny Friedman – 1987

Tanzania

 * Deputy Minister for Health – Bibi Titi Mohammed – 1962
 * Minister of Justice – Julie Manning – 1975
 * Foreign minister – Asha-Rose Migiro – 2006
 * Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs - Mary Nagu - 2006-2008
 * President of Tanzania - Samia Suluhu Hassan - 2021–present
 * Minister of Defence and National Service – Stergomena Tax – 2021–present

Togo

 * MP - Joséphine Hundt - 1961
 * Mayor - Marie Madoé Sivomey - 1967
 * Minister of Justice - Bibi Yao Savi de Tore - 1978-1982

National level

 * Cabinet minister - Minister of Women's Affairs – Fethia Mzali – 1983
 * Leader of a Political Party – Maya Jribi – 2006
 * Vice-President of the Legislative assembly (Constituent Assembly of Tunisia) – Meherzia Labidi Maïza – 2011

Individual ministries

 * Minister of Public Health – Souad Yaacoubi – 1984
 * Minister of the Environment – Faïza Kefi – 1999
 * Minister of Vocational Training – Faïza Kefi – 2001
 * Minister of Employment – Néziha Zarrouk – 2001
 * Minister of Culture – Moufida Tlatli – 2011
 * Minister of Commerce – Nejla Moalla – 2014
 * Minister of Tourism – Amel Karboul – 2014

Uganda

 * Member of Parliament – Florence Alice Lubega – 1962
 * Foreign minister – Elizabeth Bagaya – 1974
 * Vice President – Specioza Kazibwe – 1994
 * Minister of Justice - Janat Mukwaya - 2001-2003

Zambia

 * Members of Parliament – Ester Banda, Malina Chilila, Margret Mbeba, Nakatindi Yeta Nganga, Madeline Robertson – 1964
 * Junior Minister – Nakatindi Yeta Nganga – 1966
 * Minister of Health – Mutumba Mainga Bull – 1973
 * Vice President – Inonge Wina – 2015
 * Speaker of the National Assembly – Nelly Mutti – 2021

Zanzibar

 * Minister of Culture – Manical Mastura Ali Salem – 1981

National level

 * Member of Parliament – Ethel Tawse Jollie – 1923
 * Mayor – Gladys Maasdorp – 1942
 * Senators – Olive Robertson and Helena van Biljon – 1970
 * Cabinet minister – Joice Mujuru – 1980
 * Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly – Edna Madzongwe – 1995
 * Provincial governor – Oppah Muchinguri – 2000
 * Vice-President of ZANU–PF – Joice Mujuru – 2004
 * Vice-President – Joice Mujuru – 2004
 * President of the Senate – Edna Madzongwe – 2005
 * Deputy Prime Minister – Thokozani Khupe – 2009
 * President (acting) – Joice Mujuru – 2009
 * National Chairperson of ZANU–PF – Oppah Muchinguri – 2017
 * Attorney-General – Virginia Mabhiza – 2023

Individual ministries

 * Minister of Youth, Sport, and Recreation – Joice Mujuru – 1980
 * Minister of National Resources and Tourism – Victoria Chitepo – 1982
 * Minister of Education – Victoria Chitepo – 1988
 * Minister of Information – Victoria Chitepo – 1988
 * Minister of Posts and Telecommunications – Victoria Chitepo – 1990
 * Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education – Olivia Muchena – 2013
 * Minister of State for Masvingo Province – Shuvai Mahofa – 2015
 * Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs – Oppah Muchinguri – 2018
 * Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services – Monica Mutsvangwa – 2018
 * Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Province – Monica Mavhunga – 2018

Regional level

 * Mayor of Salisbury (today Harare) – Gladys Maasdorp – 1942
 * Mayor of Gatooma (today Kadoma) – Maud Godsmark – 1955
 * Mayor of Que Que (today Kwekwe) – Barbara Ashton – 1959
 * Mayor of Bulawayo – Margot Brett – 1960
 * Governor of Manicaland Province – Oppah Muchinguri – 2000
 * Mayor of Mutare – Sophia Rudo Gwasira – 2023