Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Politics

Lists

 * List of first women mayors — dating back to 1862, mostly US, over 100 red links

Abkhazia

 * Indira Vardania - First Vice Premier 2011-14

Abruzzo

 * Anna Nenna D'Antonio - President 1981-83

Albania

 * Indira Vardania - Deputy Prime Minister 1999-2001
 * Helga Vukaj - Finance minister (2017)

Algeria

 * Minister of Land-Use Planning and Environment – Dalila Boudjemaa – 2014
 * Minister of Artisana & Handicrafts Aish Tabagho – 2014

Andorra

 * Susagna Arasanz Serraj - Finance minister (1994-2001)
 * Mireia Maestre Cortadella - Finance minister (2001-05)

Anguilla

 * Julia Crouch - Governor 2023-present

Antigua and Barbuda

 * Bridgett Harris - House of Representatives speaker 1994-2004
 * Giselle Isaac-Arindell - House of Representatives speaker 2004-2014

Aruba

 * Ella Tromp-Yargazaray - Finance minister (1993-94)

Australia

 * Sonja Stewart - Chair of the Island Board for Lord Howe Island (2019-21)
 * Anissa Levy - Chair of the Island Board for Lord Howe Island (2019-21)

Deputy Lord Mayors of Sydney

 * Dixie Coulton - 2003-04
 * Marcelle Hoff 2008-09 and 2010-11
 * Robyn Kemmis 2012-13
 * Jess Miller (politician) 2017-18

Austria

 * Johanna Bayer - Federal Council speaker 1953
 * Helga Hieden-Sommer - Federal Council speaker 1987
 * Anna Elisabeth Haselbach - Federal Council speaker 1991, 1995, 2000, 2004
 * Johanna Auer - Federal Council speaker 2000
 * Uta Barbara Pühringer - Federal Council speaker 2002
 * Sissy Roth-Halvax - Federal Council speaker 2006
 * Susanne Neuwirth - Federal Council speaker 2011
 * Ana Blatnik - Federal Council speaker 2014
 * Sonja Zwazl - Federal Council speaker 2015
 * Sonja Ledl-Rossmann - Federal Council speaker 2017

Bahamas

 * Claire Hepburn - Justice Minister (2007-08)
 * Lynn Holowesko - Senate speaker 2007-2012
 * Katherine Forbes-Smith - Senate of Assembly speaker 2017-2019

Belize

 * Elizabeth Zabaneh - Senate speaker 1998-2001 & House of Representatives speaker - stub
 * Gabriela Viaña - Chamber of Deputies speaker 2015-2019

Benin

 * Adidjatou Mathys - Finance minister (2011-12)

Bermuda

 * Lois Marion Roselyn Perinchief, first female Mayor of St. George's, Bermuda
 * Joan Dillas-Wright, Senate speaker 2017-present

Bolivia

 * Alicia Muñoz - Interior Minister (2006-07)
 * Virginia Velasco - Justice Minister (2015-17)
 * Mirtha Quevedo / Mirtha Quevedo Acalinovic, Senate President (2002-03)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * Ljerka Marić - Finance minister (2003-07)
 * Ana Trišić-Babić - foreign minister (2005)
 * Dušanka Majkić, Dom Naroda speaker 2009, 2010-2011

Bulgaria

 * Christina Vucheva - Finance minister (1994-95)
 * Svetla Daskalova - Justice Minister (1966-90)
 * Miglena Tacheva - Justice Minister (2007-09)
 * Deyana Kostadinova - Acting Deputy Prime Minister (2013)
 * Zinaida Zlatanova - Acting Deputy Prime Minister (2013-2014) and Justice Minister (2013-14)
 * Iliyana Tsanova - Acting Deputy Prime Minister (2013, 2014)
 * Maria Pavlova (politician) - Justice Minister (2017)
 * Denitsa Zlateva - Acting Deputy Prime Minister (2017)
 * Malina Krumova - Acting Deputy Prime Minister (2017)

Burkina Faso

 * Bintou Sango - Finance minister (1987-91)

Burundi

 * Denise Sinankwa - Finance minister (2006-07)

Canada

 * Dorothy Hague, one of the two first female reeves (mayors) in Metropolitan Toronto and a member of the executive of Metro Toronto Council in the 1950s and 1960s.
 * Ila Bossons: Metro Toronto candidate 1985, Metro Toronto Councillor from 1988-1994, Toronto Councillor from 1997-2000
 * Sherene Shaw: Scarborough Councillor from 1988-1994, Toronto Councillor from 1997-2003
 * Joanne Flint: North York Councillor from 1988-1994, Toronto Councillor from 1997-2003
 * Elizabeth Brown (politician) Etobicoke Councillor from 1991-1994, Toronto Councillor from 1997-2000

Cape Verde

 * Januaria Moreira - Justice Minister (1991-2001)
 * Marisa Helena Morais - Justice Minister (2008-11) & Interior Minister (2011-16)

Central African Republic

 * Marie-Christine Mboukon - Finance minister (1975-79)

Christmas Island

 * Sarah Vandenbroek - Acting administrator (2022-23)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

 * Carolyn Stuart - Administrator (1985-87)
 * Sarah Vandenbroek - Acting Administrator (2022-23)

Colombia

 * Margarita Cabello Blanco - Justice Minister (2019-2020)

Costa Rica

 * Janina del Vecchio Ugalde, minister of public security & interior minister 2008-10
 * Jenny Phillips (minister) - Finance minister (2009-10)
 * Lorena Aguilar Revelo - foreign minister (2018-19)
 * Rosemary Karspinsky Dodero, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (1986-87)
 * Maruja Chacón Pacheco - Justice Minister (1989-90)
 * Mónica Nágel Berger - Justice Minister (1998-02)
 * Patricia Vega - Justice Minister (2002-06)
 * Viviana Martín Salazar - Justice Minister (2008-09)
 * Ana Isabel Garita Vílchez - Justice Minister (2013-14)
 * Cristina Ramírez Chavarría - Justice Minister (2014-15)
 * Cecilia Sánchez Romero - Justice Minister (2015-18)

Côte d'Ivoire

 * Awa Ndiaye - Deputy Prime Minister (2010-12)
 * Innocence Ntap - Deputy Prime Minister (2010-12)

Croatia

 * Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, minister of health
 * Pave Župan-Rusković, minister of tourism

Cuba

 * Lis Cuesta Peraza, First Lady of Cuba - stub
 * Georgina Barreiro Fajardo - Finance minister (2003-09)
 * Mercedes López Acea - Vice president (2013-18)
 * Inés María Chapman Waugh - Vice president (2018-present)
 * Beatriz Johnson Urrutia - Vice president (2018-present)

Curaçao

 * Giselle McWilliams Speaker of the Staten (2017)
 * Ana-Maria Pauletta Speaker of the Staten (2020-21)
 * Lourdes Alberto - Finance minister (2017)

Czech Repbulic

 * Taťána Malá - Justice minister (2018)

Czechoslovakia

 * Irena Kaňová (1893-1965)

Denmark

 * Anita Bay Bundegaard Minister for Development Cooperation (2000-01) - stub 1 2

Dominican Republic

 * Pura Luz Núñez Pérez - Justice minister (1986-87)
 * Semiramis Olivo de Pichardo - Justice minister (1988-90)

Ecuador

 * María Belén Moncayo coordinating Minister of Heritage
 * Susana González Muñoz Speaker of National Congress (2000-01)
 * Zúñiga Rocha/Lady Zúñiga Rocha - Justice minister (2013-17)
 * Lorena Tapia Núñez - Chair of the Governing Council for the Galápagos Islands (2017-19)
 * Cecilia Chacón Castillo - Justice minister (2019-21)

Estonia

 * Renate Kaasik (1906-1993)

El Salvador

 * Maria Julia Castillo Rodas Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (1983-85)
 * Lorena Guadalupe Peña Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (2015-16)
 * Yolanda Myers de Vásquez - Justice minister (1967-72)
 * Dina Castro de Callejas - Justice minister (1982-84)
 * Rhina de Rey Prendes - Justice minister (1989-90)

Eswatini

 * Gelani Zwane Senate speaker 2016-2018 (when country was known as Swaziland)

Faroe Islands

 * Vibeke Larsen - High Comissioner (1996-2991)
 * Birgit Kleis - High Commissioner (2001-05)

Fiji

 * Taufa Vakatela - Deputy Prime Minister (1997-99)

France

 * Marcelle Pierrot - Prefect of Guadeloupe (2013-14)
 * Evelyne Decorps - French Southern and Antarctic Lands Prefect and Superior Administrator (2018=2020)
 * Alice Guitton - French Ministry of the Armed Forces Director General

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

 * Alessandra Guerra - President 1994-95

Gambia

 * Margaret Keita - Finance minister (2005)
 * Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, Speaker of the National Assembly (2007-10)
 * Amie Joof - Justice minister (2013)

Ghana

 * Hajia Hawa Boya-Gariba, deputy sector Minister

Grenada

 * Leslie-Ann Seon, Senate speaker 2004-2006
 * Joan Purcell, Senate speaker 2008-2013

Guatemala

 * Annabella De Leon, Congresswoman in Guatemala
 * Irma Raquel Zelaya - Finance minister (1991)
 * Ana Ordóñez de Molina - Finance minister (1994-96)
 * Antonieta Bonilla - Finance minister (2004-08)
 * Maritza Ruiz de Vielman Foreign Minister (1994-95)
 * María Encarnación de Contreras - Justice minister (2010)

Guinea

 * Penda Diallo - Deputy Prime Minister (2010-15)

Haiti

 * Marie-Michèle Rey Finance Minister (1991) and Foreign Minister (2009-11)

Honduras

 * Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía - Third Vice president (1994-1998)
 * Gladys Caballero de Arevalo - Second Vice president (1998-2002)
 * Armida Villela de López Contreras - Second Vice president (2002-2006)
 * Patricia Isabel Rodas Foreign Minister (2009)
 * Rebeca Santos - Finance minister (2006-09)
 * Vera Sofia Rubi - Justice minister & Interior minister (2001-02)
 * Ana Pineda - Justice minister (2012-14)
 * Ava Rossana Guevara - Second Vice president (2014-2018) - stub
 * Lorena Enriqueta Herrera - Third Vice president (2014-2018) - stub
 * Olga Margarita Alvarado - Second Vice president (2018-2022) - stub
 * María Antonia Rivera - Third Vice president (2018-2022) - stub

Hungary

 * Csehák Judit - Deputy Prime Minister (1984-87)

Iran

 * Farahnaz Torkestani - Vice president (2009-2013)

Italy

 * Nicoletta Spelgatti - Aosta Valley president (2018)

Kenya

 * Esther Wandeka first director of the Women's Bureau in Kenya.,,

Kosovo

 * Meliza Haradinaj Foreign Minister (2020-21)

Kyrgyzstan

 * Tazimkhan Kalibetova - Finance minister (2007-09)
 * Dinara Shaydieva - Finance minister (2011)
 * Larisa Gutnichenko - Deputy Prime Minister (1996-98)
 * Toktobubu Aytikeeva - Deputy Prime Minister (2004-05)
 * Ishengul Boljurova - Deputy Prime Minister (2005) and Acting Deputy Prime Minister 2006
 * Elmira Ibraimova - Deputy Prime Minister (2008-10)
 * Tazhikan Kalimbetova - Deputy Prime Minister (2009-10)
 * Uktomkhan Abdullaeva - Deputy Prime Minister 2009-10 and 2010-11
 * Gulnara Asymbekova - Deputy Prime Minister (2011-14)
 * Kamila Talieva - Deputy Prime Minister (2012-14)
 * Elmira Sarieva - Deputy Prime Minister (2014-15)
 * Damira Niyazalieva - Deputy Prime Minister (2014-15)
 * Gulmira Kudaiberdieva - Deputy Prime Minister (2015-16)
 * Altynai Omurbekova - Deputy Prime Minister (2018-20) - stub

Kuwait

 * Rasha Al-Sabah (born 1950) is a Kuwaiti politician.

Latvia

 * Indra Sāmīte - Finance minister (1995)
 * Ingrīda Labucka - Justice Minister (1998-99 and 2000-02)

Liberia

 * Elfrieda Tamba / Elfreda Tamba - Finance minister (2010)

Lithuania

 * Elvyra Kunevičienė - Finance minister (1991-92)

Madagascar

 * Yvette Sylla Foreign Minister (2011)
 * Vonintsalama Andriambololona Finance Minister (2017-19)

Mali

 * Bouaré Fily Sissoko Finance Minister (2013-15)

Mexican Senators

 * Sonia Rocha Acosta
 * Silvia Garza Galván
 * Sandra Luz García Guajardo
 * Alejandra Roldán Benítez
 * María de los Ángeles González Rodríguez
 * Amelia Torres López
 * Erika Ayala Ríos
 * Diva Gastelum Low
 * Hilda Flores Stairs

Mexican deputies

 * Patricia Elena Aceves Pastrana
 * Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés
 * Laura Mitzi Barrientos Cano
 * Arlete Ivette Muñoz Cervantes
 * Olga Catalán Padilla
 * Susana Osorno Belmont
 * María Luisa Sánchez Meza
 * María del Rosario Rodríguez Rubio
 * Leydi Fabiola Leyva García
 * Iveth Bernal Casique
 * Jisela Paes Martínez
 * Olga María Esquivel Hernández
 * Flor Ángel Jiménez Jiménez
 * María Soledad Sandoval Martínez
 * Rosa Alicia Álvarez Piñones
 * Dora Luz de León Villard Sasil
 * Daniela de los Santos Torres
 * Georgina Zapata Trujillo
 * Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez
 * Ximena Tamariz García
 * María Guadalupe Oyervides Valdez
 * Flor Estela Rentería Medina
 * Edith Yolanda López Velasco
 * María Chávez García
 * Evelyn Parra Álvarez
 * Yarith Tannos Cruz
 * Eva Florinda Cruz Molina
 * Alicia Barrientos Pantoja
 * Martha Laura Almaraz Domínguez
 * Sara Paola Gálico Félix Díaz
 * Claudia Villanueva Huerta
 * Lilia Arminda García Escobar
 * Ana Leticia Carrera Hernández
 * Genoveva Huerta Villegas
 * Ariadna Montiel Reyes
 * Elvia Graciela Palomares Ramírez
 * María del Rocío Rebollo Mendoza
 * Edith Villa Trujillo
 * Alicia Guadalupe Gamboa Martínez
 * María García Pérez
 * María Verónica Agundis Estrada
 * J. Apolinar Casillas Gutiérrez
 * Erika Lorena Arroyo Bello
 * Arlet Mólgora Glover
 * Alejandra Gutiérrez Campos
 * Ruth Noemí Tiscareño Agoitia
 * María de la Consolación Castañón Márquez
 * Erika Irazema Briones Pérez
 * Karina Padilla Ávila
 * Fabiola Guerrero Aguilar
 * María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Aguirre
 * Adriana Elizarraraz Sandoval
 * Ariel Enrique Corona Rodríguez
 * Silvia Rivera Carbajal
 * Julieta Fernández Márquez
 * Rosa Elena Millán Bueno
 * Verónica Muñoz Parra
 * Beatriz Vélez Núñez
 * Leticia Amparano Gámez
 * Susana Corella Platt
 * Rosa Guadalupe Chávez Acosta
 * María Gloria Hernández Madrid
 * Liliana Ivete Madrigal Méndez
 * Evelyn Soraya Flores Carranza
 * Laura Valeria Guzmán Vázquez
 * María Esther Camargo Félix
 * Mirza Flores Gómez
 * Laura Nereida Plascencia Pacheco
 * Verónica Delgadillo García
 * María Candelaria Ochoa Ávalos
 * Rosalinda Muñoz Sánchez
 * Rosa Alba Ramírez Nachis
 * Edith Anabel Alvarado Varela
 * Sofía del Sagrario de León Maza
 * Martha Lorena Covarrubias Anaya
 * Heidi Salazar Espinosa
 * María Monserrath Sobreyra Santos
 * Cristina Sánchez Coronel
 * Gabriela Ramírez Ramos
 * Dora Elena Real Salinas
 * Virginia Nallely Gutiérrez Ramírez
 * Lucely del Perpetuo Socorro Alpizar Carrillo
 * Angélica Moya Marín
 * Araceli Guerrero Esquivel
 * Natalia Karina Barrón Ortiz
 * María Eloísa Talavera Hernández
 * Teresa de Jesús Lizárraga Figueroa
 * Isaura Ivanova Pool Pech
 * Paloma Canales Suárez
 * Mariana Arámbula Meléndez
 * Adriana Sarur Torre
 * Nadia Haydeé Vega Olivas
 * Sofía González Torres
 * Cristina Jiménez Márquez
 * Karina Sánchez Ruiz
 * Sylvana Beltrones Sánchez
 * Cecilia Romero Castillo
 * Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo
 * Mónica Rodríguez Della Vecchia
 * Emma Margarita Alemán Olvera
 * Verónica Delgadillo García
 * María Esther Scherman
 * María Victoria Mercado Sánchez
 * María Luisa Gutiérrez Santoyo
 * Cristina Ismene Gaytán Hernández
 * María Antonia Cárdenas Mariscal
 * Norma Edith Martínez Guzmán
 * Lluvia Flores Sonduk
 * Mayra Angélica Enríquez Vanderkam
 * Lía Limón García
 * Lorena del Carmen Alfaro García
 * Sharon María Teresa Cuenca Ayala
 * Elva Lidia Valles Olvera
 * Marbella Toledo Ibarra
 * Patricia García García
 * María Eugenia Ocampo Bedolla
 * Brenda Velázquez Valdez
 * Irma Rebeca López López
 * Karla Karina Osuna Carranco
 * Blanca Margarita Cuata Domínguez
 * Blandina Ramos Ramírez
 * Maricela Emilse Etcheverry Aranda
 * Gretel Culin Jaime
 * Miriam Dennis Ibarra Rangel
 * Tania Victoria Arguijo Herrera
 * Wendolin Toledo Aceves
 * Alma Lucía Arzaluz Alonso
 * Erika Araceli Rodríguez Hernández
 * María Angélica Mondragón Orozco
 * Soralla Bañuelos de la Torre
 * María Guadalupe Alcántara Rojas
 * Mariano Trejo Flores
 * Nora Liliana Oropeza Olguín
 * Karen Hurtado Arana
 * Kathia María Bolio Pinelo
 * María Elida Castelán Mondragón
 * Miriam Tinoco Soto
 * Patricia Sánchez Carrillo
 * María Luisa Beltrán Reyes
 * Jorgina Gaxiola Lezama
 * Adriana del Pilar Ortiz Lanz
 * Angie Denisse Hauffen Torres
 * Angélica Reyes Ávila
 * Mariana Benítez Tiburcio
 * Concepción Villa González
 * Sandra Luz Venegas Falcon
 * Karen Orney Ramírez Peralta
 * Martha Teresa Soto García

Speakers

 * Marta Andrade del Rosal - Chamber of Deputies (1965 and 1977)
 * María Aurelia de la Cruz Espinosa Ortega - Chamber of Deputies (1973)
 * Guadalupe López Bretón - Senate of the Republic (1973-74)
 * Concepción Rivera Centeno - Chamber of Deputies (1974)
 * Martha Chávez Padrón - Senate of the Republic (1980)
 * María Claudia Esqueda Llanes - Chamber of Deputies (1991 and 1996)
 * Carlota Vargas Garza - Chamber of Deputies (1994-1995)
 * Sofía Valencia Abundis - Chamber of Deputies (1995)
 * Rosario Guerra Díaz - Chamber of Deputies (1995)
 * Sara Muza Simón - Chamber of Deputies (1996-1997)
 * Yolanda Eugenia González - Senate of the Republic (2001-2002)

Moldova

 * Claudia Melnic Finance Minister (1990-94)
 * Lydia Gutu - Deputy Prime Minister (1999-2001)
 * Cristina Lesnic - Deputy Prime Minister (2018-19) - stub

Montenegro

 * Vesna Perović Speaker of Parliament (2001-02)
 * Gordana Đurović - Deputy Prime Minister (2006-09)
 * Azra Jasavić - Deputy Prime Minister (2016)
 * Marija Ćatović Speaker of Parliament (2017)

Netherlands Antilles

 * Ersilia de Lannooy - Finance minister (2002-10)

Nicaragua

 * Ana Isabel Morales - Interior Minister (2007-17)
 * Maritza Pastora Membreño Morales Defence Minister (2012-13)
 * Irís Montenegro Speaker of the National Assembly (2016-17) - stub
 * María Amelia Coronel - Interior Minister (2017-present)

North Korea

 * Yun Gi-jong Finance Minister (1980-98) - stub

North Macedonia

 * Lilijana Popovska Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic (2003)

Northern Cyprus

 * Onur Borman Finance Minister (1993-95)
 * Ayşe Dönmezer Finance Minister (2004)
 * Gülsün Yücel Interior Minister (2013)

Norway

 * Kjerstin Ashkolt Administrator of Bouvet Island, Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land (2006-15)

Panama

 * Olga Gólcher Interior Minister (2006-07)
 * Roxana Méndez Interior Minister (2010-12)
 * Yanibel Ábrego Speaker of the National Assembly (2017-18)

Paraguay

 * María Liz García de Arnold Defence Minister (2012-13)

Peru

 * Blanca Alva Guerrero, Director General of Defense of Cultural Heritage in Peru’s Ministry of Culture - stub
 * Claudia Cooper Finance Minister (2017-18)

Philippines

 * Elizabeth Marcos-Keon - Ilocos Norte governon (1971-83)
 * Daisy A. Fuentes/Daisy Avance Fuente - South Cotabato governor (2013-19)
 * Czarina Umali- Nueva Ecija governor (2016-19)
 * Bedjoria Soraya Adiong - Lanao del Sur governor (2016-present)
 * Maria Luisa Romualdo - Camiguin governor (2016-present)

Poland

 * Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska (1945 - 2001)
 * Zofia Sokolnicka (1878-1927)
 * Franciszka Wilczkowiakowa (1880-1963)
 * Teresa Lubińska Finance Minister (2005-06)

Puerto Rico

 * Xenia Vélez Silva - Finance minister (1997-2000)

Republic of Macedonia

 * Zlatka Popovska - Deputy Prime Minister (1998)
 * Radmilla Kiprijanova-Radovanovic - Deputy Prime Minister (1998-99)

Romania

 * Maria Paretti - Vice president (1961-66)
 * Maria Ciocan - Vice president (1980-85)
 * Maria Ghițulică - Vice president (1985-89)
 * Aneta Spornic - Deputy Prime Minister (1986-87) - stub
 * Mona Pivniceru - Justice Minister (2012-13)
 * Raluca Prună - Justice Minister (2015-17)
 * Graţiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu - Deputy Prime Minister (2017) and 2017-19

Russia

 * Olga Antipina - Perm Krai acting governor (2020)

Saint Helena

 * Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins Speaker of the Legislative Council (2008-17)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

 * Marjorie Morton - Acting Deputy Governor-General of Nevis (2017=2018)
 * Hyleta Liburd - Deputy Governor-General of Nevis (2018=present)

Saint Lucia

 * Leonne Theodore-John - House of Assembly speaker (2016-2018)

Saint Martin

 * Marthe Ogoundélé-Tessi Speaker of the Territorial Council (2008)

San Marino

 * Clara Boscagli Interior Minister (1976-78) & Finance Minister (1986-90)
 * Emma Rossi Interior Minister (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe

 * Ângela Viegas Santiago Finance Minister (2008-10)

Saudi Arabia
I recently found this Wikileaked list by a US diplomat, answering a request for a list of five influential women in Saudi Arabia; these are women with connections in the government, it seems. The (largely powerless) Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia article also has a list of female members; by law, 20% are female.


 * Maha al-Hujailan (journalist)
 * Hanan al-Ahmadi (health researcher)
 * Johara al-Anqari (at the National Society for Human Rights, which is a really problematic article; see also Human Rights Commission (Saudi Arabia))
 * Lubna al-Ansari (health researcher, member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia)

Saint Lucia

 * Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin - Senate speaker 2007-2008 & House of Assembly speaker 2008-2012 - stub
 * Leonne Theodore-John - House of Assembly speaker 2016-2018
 * Jeannine Giraudy-McIntyre - Senate speaker 2018-2021

Senegal

 * Ndéye Khady Diop - Deputy Prime Minister (2009-12)

Serbia

 * Vesna Arsić Finance Minister (2006)
 * Mirjana Orašanin Interior Minister (2008)

Singapore

 * Sahora bte Amate/Sahorah bte Ahmat served in parliament as the only woman Malay legislative member (1959-1963). Siglap Single Member Constituency party.
 * Jayalekshmi Mohideen, first career ambassador in Singapore,

Slovakia

 * María Kadlecíkovà - Deputy Prime Minister (2001-02)

Soviet Union

 * Aleksandra Pavlovna Biryukova - Deputy Premier (1988-90)

South Ossetia

 * Maia Chigoyeva-Tsaboshvili Foreign Minister (2006-07)

Spain

 * Paula Sánchez de León - Valencian Community acting president (2011)
 * María Dolores Pagán - Region of Murcia acting president (2017)

Suriname

 * Urmila Joella-Sewnundun Interior Minister (2000-05)
 * Wonnie Boedhoe Finance Minister (2010-11)
 * Adeline Wijnerman Finance Minister (2011-15)

Syrian Arab Republic

 * Salwa Aksoy - Vice president of the National Coalition (2017-18)

Tajikistan

 * Nigina Sharapova - Deputy Prime Minister (1999-2004)

Tobago

 * Anne Mitchell-Gift - House of Assembly speaker (2001-2013)
 * Vanessa Cutting-Thomas - House of Assembly speaker (2016-17, 2019-20)
 * Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus - House of Assembly speaker (2017-19)

Togo

 * Adjovi Lonlongno Apedo / Adjovi Lonlongno Apedo-Anakoma, Minister of Social Action, Promotion of Women and Literacy.
 * Myriam de Souza-D’Almeida / Myriam Dossou de Souza-D’Almeida / Myriam Dossou D'Almeida, Minister of Grassroots Development, Youth and Youth Employment.
 * Zouréhatou Tcha-Kondo / Zouréhatou Kassah-Traoré, Minister of Public Works.
 * Mamessilé Akla Agba Assih, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care.

Tokelau

 * Fofo Tuisano - Speaker of the General Fono (2018-present). Currently a redirect

Transnistria

 * Irina Molokanova Finance Minister (2006-12) - stub
 * Natalia Nikiforova Deputy Prime Minister (2012)
 * Natalia Rusanova Deputy Prime Minister (2012)
 * Elena Girzhul Finance Minister (2012-15)
 * Tatyana Kirova Deputy Prime Minister (2016=present) and Finance Minister (2018-present)

Trinidad and Tobago

 * Beryl Archibald Crichlow
 * Occah Seapaul - House of Representatives speaker 1992-1995

Tunisia

 * Houda Kanoun (born 1940) is a Tunisian politician.

Turkmenistan

 * Enebay Atayeva Finance Minister (2001-02)
 * Bibitäç Wekilowa Finance Minister (2004-05)

Turks and Caicos Islands

 * Emily Augusta Saunders Speaker of the House of Assembly (1998-99)
 * Lilian Boyce Interior Minister (2009)
 * Karen Delancy Interior Minister (2009-12)
 * Doreen Quelch-Missick Member of the Advisory Council (2009-12)
 * Edith Cox Member of the Advisory Council (2009-12)
 * Amanda Missick Interior Minister (2015-16)

Ukraine

 * Suzanna Stanik - Justice Minister (1997-02)
 * Iryna Syniavska - Zhytomyr Oblast governor (2005-06)
 * Nadiia Dieieva - Dnipropetrovsk Oblast governor (2005-07)
 * Mariia Chorna - Kirovohrad Oblast governor (2021-22)

United Kingdom

 * Sheila Adam, former Director of Public Health
 * Joanne Yeadon - Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory (2007-11)
 * Lesley Pallet - Acting governor of Gibraltar (2009)
 * Justine Allan - Ascension Island administrator (2018)
 * Fiona Kilpatrick - Tristan de Cunha co-administrator (2020=present)

United States

 * Ione Genevieve Shadduck Founding member of both the Iowa Women Attorneys Association and the Iowa Women's Political Caucus; member of the Governor's Committee to remove sexism from the Iowa Code. Former Director of Iowa Civil Rights Commission
 * Frances Garrett Valentine Dirks (ca. 1925-1991), Democratic party leader in Texas, African American,
 * Joyce Dattner, 1988 United States presidential election candidate for Vice President
 * Laurie J. Dittman deputy city treasurer and the highest ranking openly gay or lesbian Chicago city official at that time
 * Elvena Lloyd-Duffie, 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries candidate
 * Heather Anne Harder, 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries candidate
 * Fay T. Carpenter Swain/Fay Carpenter Swain, 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries candidate
 * Emily Swanson née Emily Stonington - House Minority leader for Montana in 1999
 * Carroll Graham - President Pro Tem of the Montana Senate in 1975
 * Cara Rodriguez - Attorney General of Oklahoma (acting 2017)
 * Ellen Roy Herzfelder Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs
 * Dawn Cash - Attorney General of Oklahoma (acting 2021)

Mayors

 * Connie Ames Peters, Witchita, Kansas 1975-76
 * Helen C. Frost, Portland, Maine 1946
 * Sue Miller (mayor), Salem, Oregon 1983
 * Amanda Benek Smith, Olympia, Washington 1953-60

State legislators

 * Vermont House of Representatives members
 * 1) Gabrielle Stebbins
 * 2) Sarita Austin - stub
 * 3) Lisa Hango
 * 4) Lynn Batchelor
 * 5) Stephanie Jerome
 * 6) Kari Dolan
 * 7) Theresa Wood
 * 8) Elizabeth Burrows
 * 9) Kristi Morris
 * 10) Eva Ryan 2022 candidate


 * JoAnn Maxey - "first female African American to serve as a state senator" for the Nebraska Legislature (1977-79) biography
 * Annie Brown Kennedy - "first Black woman to serve in the N.C. General Assembly" (North Carolina House of Representatives 1979, 1981-94) obit

Kentucky

 * Ella Lewis - 1928-32

New Mexico

 * Elizabeth F. Gonzales 1935-38
 * Jessie M. Gonzales 1939-42
 * Cecilia T. Cleveland 1943-46
 * Alicia Valdez Romero 1947-50
 * Natalie Smith Buck 1955-58
 * Alberta Miller 1963-66

Oklahoma

 * Kathrine Manton 1946-47
 * Jeanette Bartleson Edmondson 1979-87
 * Glo Henley 1994-95
 * Kay Dudley 2002-03

Pennsylvania

 * Sophia O'Hara 1939-43
 * Brenda K. Mitchell 1992-94

South Dakota

 * Elizabeth Coyne 1931-33
 * Myrtle Morrison 1933-37
 * Goldie Wells 1937-39
 * Olive A. Ringsrud 1939-43
 * Mrs. L. M. Larsen 1943-47
 * Annamae Riff 1947-51
 * Geraldine Ostroot 1951-57
 * Clara Halls 1957-59
 * Selma Sandless 1959-61
 * Essie Wiedenman 1961-65
 * Alma Larson 1965-73
 * Joyze Hazeltine 1986-2003

Assorted States

 * Patricia G. Holtz - Maryland 1982–83
 * Joan Haberle - New Jersey 1990-92
 * Mary Hart Carr/Mrs. Joe C. Carr - Tennessee 1944-45

Acting / Interim secretaries of state

 * Marilyn Lussen - Virginia 1981-82
 * Janice I. Faulkner - North Carolina 1996
 * Carol Cronheim - New Jersey 1998-99
 * Dawn K. Roberts - Florida 2010-11
 * Jennifer Kennedy - Florida 2011, 2019
 * Mary Quintana - New Mexico 2015 (currently redirect)

Uruguay

 * Álvarez Vignoli de Demicheli (from Sofía Álvarez Vignoli's article; may not pass notability)

Uzbekistan

 * Dilbar Ghulomova - Deputy Prime Minister (1995-2003)
 * Galina Saidova - Deputy Prime Minister (1998-2000)
 * Farida Akbarova - Deputy Prime Minister (2008-2011)
 * Elmira Basitkhanova - Deputy Prime Minister (2011-2016)

Valle d'Aosta

 * Nicoletta Spelgatti - President (2018)

Venezuela

 * María Mercedes Cuéllar Finance Minister (1985)
 * Eglée Iturbe de Blanco Finance Minister (1989-90)
 * Maritza Aguirre Finance Minister (1998-99)
 * Stella Lugo - Falcón State governor (2008-2017)
 * Adriana D'Elia - Miranda State governor (2012-2013)
 * Caryl Bertho - Aragua State governor (2017)

Yugoslavia
From Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia: others
 * Dušanka Gostović-Grubor, a Serb engineer from Lika, later minister in the Croatian government
 * Spasenija Cana Babović (1907-1977) - stub
 * Smilja Pokrajac (1920–1943), a Serb teacher from Gospić (Lika), regional delegate to the Yugoslav AFŽ, died fighting the Četnik forces (Serb collaborationists) and proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia

Åland

 * Barbro Sundback Speaker of the Landtag (2005-07)