List of first women governors and/or chief ministers
This is a list of First women who have been elected or appointed governor and/or chief minister of their respective countries.
List
- Italics denotes acting governors and/or chief ministers that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.
Name | Image | Country | Continent | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Nellie Taylor Ross | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
5 January 1925 | 3 January 1927 | 1 year, 363 days |
Miriam A. Ferguson | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
20 January 1925 | 17 January 1927 | 1 year, 362 days |
Lurleen Wallace | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
16 January 1967 | 7 May 1968 | 1 year, 362 days |
Ella T. Grasso | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
8 January 1975 | 31 December 1980 | 5 years, 358 days |
Imelda Marcos | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of Metro Manila[lower-alpha 1] |
27 February 1975 | 25 February 1986 | 10 years, 363 days |
Dixy Lee Ray | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
12 January 1977 | 14 January 1981 | 4 years, 2 days |
Vesta M. Roy | ![]() |
America | Acting Governor of![]() |
29 December 1982 | 6 January 1983 | 8 days | |
Martha Layne Collins | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
13 December 1983 | 8 December 1987 | 3 years, 360 days |
Madeleine Kunin | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
20 January 1985 | 20 January 1991 | 6 years, 0 days |
Kay A. Orr | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
9 January 1987 | 9 January 1991 | 4 years, 0 days |
Rose Mofford | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
4 April 1988 | 6 March 1991 | 2 years, 336 days |
Joan Finney | ![]() |
America | Governor of![]() |
14 January 1991 | 9 January 1995 | 3 years, 360 days | |
Carmen Lawrence | ![]() |
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Oceania | Premier of![]() |
12 February 1990 | 16 February 1993 | 3 years, 4 days |
Joan Kirner | ![]() |
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Oceania | Premier of![]() |
10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | 2 years, 57 days |
Barbara Roberts | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
14 January 1991 | 9 January 1995 | 3 years, 360 days |
Rita Johnston | ![]() |
America | Premier of![]() |
2 April 1991 | 5 November 1991 | 217 days | |
Nellie Cournoyea | ![]() |
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America | Premier of![]() |
14 November 1991 | 22 November 1995 | 4 years, 8 days |
Catherine Callbeck | ![]() |
America | Premier of![]() |
25 January 1993 | 9 October 1996 | 3 years, 258 days | |
Christine Todd Whitman | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
18 January 1994 | 16 January 2001 | 6 years, 364 days |
Jeanne Shaheen | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
9 January 1997 | 9 January 2003 | 6 years, 0 days |
Nancy Hollister | ![]() |
America | Governor of![]() |
31 December 1998 | 11 January 1999 | 11 days | |
Fusae Ohta | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
5 February 2000 | 4 February 2008 | 7 years, 364 days |
Yoshiko Shiotani | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
16 April 2000 | 15 April 2008 | 7 years, 365 days | |
Pat Duncan | ![]() |
America | Premier of![]() |
6 May 2000 | 30 November 2002 | 2 years, 208 days | |
Akiko Dōmoto | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
2001 | 2009 | 8 years, 0 days |
Judy Martz | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
1 January 2001 | 3 January 2005 | 4 years, 2 days |
Sila María Calderón | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
2 January 2001 | 2 January 2005 | 4 years, 0 days |
Ruth Ann Minner | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
3 January 2001 | 20 January 2009 | 8 years, 17 days |
Teresita S. Lazaro | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
31 January 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 150 days | |
Jane Swift | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
10 April 2001 | 2 January 2003 | 1 year, 267 days |
Clare Martin | ![]() |
Oceania | Chief Minister of![]() |
18 August 2001 | 26 November 2007 | 6 years, 100 days | |
Linda Lingle | ![]() |
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Oceania | Governor of![]() |
2 December 2002 | 6 December 2010 | 8 years, 4 days |
Jennifer Granholm | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
1 January 2003 | 1 January 2011 | 8 years, 0 days |
Harumi Takahashi | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
23 April 2003 | 22 April 2019 | 15 years, 364 days | |
Olene Walker | ![]() |
America | Governor of![]() |
5 November 2003 | 3 January 2005 | 8 years, 0 days | |
Kathleen Blanco | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
1 January 2004 | 1 January 2008 | 4 years, 2 days |
Gwendolyn Garcia | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days |
Grace Padaca | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2004 | 30 June 2010 | 6 years, 0 days | |
Ratu Atut Chosiyah | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
20 October 2005 | 13 May 2014 | 8 years, 205 days[lower-alpha 2] | |
Yukiko Kada | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
20 July 2006 | 19 July 2014 | 7 years, 364 days |
Sarah Palin | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
4 December 2006 | 26 July 2009 | 4 years, 2 days |
Jum Jainudin Akbar | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days | |
Vilma Santos | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of Batangas |
30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
Anna Bligh | ![]() |
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Oceania | Premier of![]() |
13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | 4 years, 195 days |
Eva Aariak | ![]() |
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America | Premier of![]() |
19 November 2008 | 19 November 2013 | 5 years, 0 days |
Bev Perdue | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
10 January 2009 | 5 January 2013 | 3 years, 361 days |
Mieko Yoshimura | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
14 February 2009 | Incumbent | 11 years, 184 days | |
Kristina Keneally | ![]() |
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Oceania | Premier of![]() |
4 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 114 days |
Imee Marcos | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2010 | Incumbent | 10 years, 47 days |
Carmencita Reyes | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2010 | Incumbent | 10 years, 47 days |
Lilia Pineda | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2010 | Incumbent | 10 years, 47 days |
Sharee Ann Tan | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2010 | Incumbent | 10 years, 47 days | |
Kathy Dunderdale | ![]() |
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America | Premier of![]() |
3 December 2010 | 24 January 2014 | 3 years, 52 days |
Susana Martinez | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
1 January 2011 | 1 January 2019 | 8 years, 0 days |
Mary Fallin | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
10 January 2011 | 14 January 2019 | 8 years, 4 days |
Nikki Haley | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
12 January 2011 | 24 January 2017 | 6 years, 12 days |
Lara Giddings | ![]() |
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Oceania | Premier of![]() |
24 January 2011 | 31 March 2014 | 3 years, 66 days |
Alison Redford | ![]() |
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America | Premier of![]() |
7 October 2011 | 23 March 2014 | 2 years, 167 days |
Pauline Marois | ![]() |
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America | Premier of![]() |
19 September 2012 | 23 April 2014 | 1 year, 216 days |
Kathleen Wynne | ![]() |
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America | Premier of![]() |
11 February 2013 | 29 June 2018 | 5 years, 138 days |
Angelica Amante | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2013 | Incumbent | 7 years, 47 days |
Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2013 | Incumbent | 7 years, 47 days | |
Rebecca Ynares | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2013 | Incumbent | 7 years, 47 days |
Daisy A. Fuentes | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2013 | Incumbent | 7 years, 47 days | |
Gina Raimondo | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
6 January 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 223 days |
Rhodora Cadiao | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
29 January 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 200 days |
Nang Khin Htwe Myint | ![]() |
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Asia | Chief Minister of![]() |
30 March 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 139 days |
Lae Lae Maw | ![]() |
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Asia | Chief Minister of![]() |
30 March 2016 | 11 March 2019 | 2 years, 346 days |
Maria Jocelyn Bernos | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days |
Marilou Cayco | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days |
Maria Luisa Romualdo | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days | |
Imelda Dimaporo | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days |
Bedjoria Soraya Adiong | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days | |
Czarina Umali | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days |
Susan Yap | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days |
Yuriko Koike | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
1 August 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 15 days |
Kim Reynolds | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
24 May 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 84 days |
Janet Mills | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
2 January 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 227 days |
Kristi Noem | ![]() |
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America | Governor of![]() |
5 January 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 224 days |
Lou Leon Guerrero | ![]() |
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Oceania | Governor of![]() |
7 January 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 222 days |
Khofifah Indar Parawansa | ![]() |
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Asia | Governor of![]() |
13 February 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 185 days |
Bai Mariam Mangudadatu | ![]() |
Asia | Governor of![]() |
30 June 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 47 days | |
- The only holder of the position.
- Acting governor until 11 January 2007.
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