List of the first women holders of political offices in South America

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 South America 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.

Main article: List of the first women holders of political offices

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Argentina

• Head of Ministries (Labour, Social Welfare, Health) – Eva Perón – 1946[1]
• President of a Major Political Party – Eva Perón – 1947[2]
• First women in Congress – Twenty-two peronist women – 1951[3]
• Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies – Delia Parodi – 1953[4]
• Vice President of Argentina – Isabel Martínez de Perón – 1973[5]
• President of the Argentine Senate – Isabel Martínez de Perón – 1973[5]
• President of Argentina – Isabel Martínez de Perón – 1974[6]
• Foreign Minister – Susana Ruiz Cerutti – 1989[7]
• Province governor – Alicia Lemme – 2001 (of San Luis Province)[8]
• Defense Minister – Nilda Garré – 2005[9]
• Economy Minister – Felisa Miceli – 2005[10]
• Elected President of Argentina – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – December 10, 2007[11]
• Elected province governor – Fabiana Ríos – December 10, 2007 (of Tierra del Fuego Province)[12]

Bolivia

• President (acting) – Lidia Gueiler Tejada – 1979[13]
• Minister of Justice - Ana Maria Cortez de Soriano - 1997[14][15]
• Interior minister – Alicia Muñoz Alá – 2006[16]
• Minister of Planning and Environment – Gloria McPhee[17]
• Defense Minister - María Cecilia Chacón - 2011[18]

Brazil

Empire of Brazil:

• 1871: Senator – Isabel, Princess Imperial[19]

Republic of the United States of Brazil:

• 1927: Appointed Mayor (Lages) – Alzira Soriano de Souza[20][21][22]
• 1933: Federal Deputy – Carlota Pereira de Queirós[20][22][23]

United States of Brazil:

• 1958: Elected Mayor (Quixeramobim) – Aldamira Guedes Fernandes[21]

Federative Republic of Brazil:

• 1979: Senator of the Republic (Amazonas) – Eunice Michilles[20][22][24]
• 1982: Minister of Education – Esther Figueiredo Ferraz[22][25]
• 1986: State Governor (Acre) – Iolanda Fleming[26]
• 1989: Minister of Labour – Dorothea Werneck[27]
• 1990: Minister of Economy – Zélia Cardoso de Melo[20][28]
• 1990: Elected Senators – Júnia Marise (Minas Gerais) and Marluce Pinto (Roraima)[22]
• 1993: Minister of Planning – Yeda Crusius[27]
• 1993: Minister of Transportation – Margarida Coimbra do Nascimento[27]
• 1995: Elected Governor (Maranhão) – Roseana Sarney[20]
• 1995: Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism – Dorothea Werneck[27]
• 2002: Minister of National Integration – Mary Dayse Kynzo[29]
• 2003: Minister of Natural Environment – Marina Silva[27]
• 2003: Secretary for Women's Rights – Emília Fernandes[27]
• 2003: Secretary for Promotion of Racial Equality – Matilde Ribeiro[27]
• 2003: Minister of Energy – Dilma Rousseff[30]
• 2005: Chief of Staff – Dilma Rousseff[30]
• 2007: Minister of Tourism – Marta Suplicy[31]
• 2010: Minister of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation – Márcia Lopes[32]
• 2011: Minister of Culture – Ana de Hollanda[33]
• 2011: Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture – Ideli Salvatti[34]
• 2011: Secretary for Human Rights – Maria do Rosário[35]
• 2011: Secretary for Social Communication – Helena Chagas[36]
• 2011: President – Dilma Rousseff[37]

Chile

• Mayor – Alicia Cañas – 1935[38]
  • Mayor of Providencia – Alicia Cañas – 1935[38]
  • Mayor of Santiago – Graciela Contreras – January 6, 1939[39]
  • Mayor of Pichilemu – Olga Maturana Espinosa – 1952[40]
  • Mayor of Concepción – Ester Roa – 1958[41]
  • Mayor of Las Condes – Silvia Boza – 1968[42]
• Governor – Olga Boettcher – March 12, 1941[43]
  • Governor of La Unión Department – Olga Boetther – March 12, 1941[43]
  • Governor of Tamarugal Province – Gabriela Hip – October 8, 2007[44]
• Intendant – Inés Enríquez – 1950[38]
  • Intendant of Concepción – Inés Enríquez – 1950[38]
  • Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region – Ximena Rincón – January 25, 2005[45]
• Deputy – Inés Enríquez – 1951[38]
  • Deputy for Concepción – Inés Enríquez – 1951[38]
• Minister – Adriana Olguín de Baltra – 1952[38]
  • Minister of Justice – Adriana Olguín de Baltra – 1952[38][46]
  • Minister of Labour and Social Welfare – Mireya Baltra – 1972-1973[47]
  • Minister of National Resources (Ministra de Bienes Nacionales) – Adriana Delpiano – March 11, 1994[48]
  • Minister of Foreign Relations – Soledad Alvear – March 11, 2000[49]
  • Minister of Health – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2000[50]
  • Minister of Planning and Cooperation (MIDEPLAN) – Alejandra Krauss – January 7, 2002[51]
  • Minister of Defense – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2002[52]
  • Minister of Housing, Urban Development and National Goods – Sonia Tschorne – September 29, 2004[53]
  • Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency – Paulina Veloso – March 11, 2006[54]
  • Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction – Ingrid Antonijevic – March 11, 2006[55]
  • Minister of Mining and Energy – Karen Poniachik – March 11, 2006[56]
  • Minister President of the National Council of Culture and the Arts – Paulina Urrutia – March 11, 2006[57]
  • Minister General Secretary of Government – Carolina Tohá – March 11, 2009[58]
  • Ministry of Public Works – Loreto Silva – 2012[59]
  • Minister of Transport and Telecommunications – Paola Tapia – March 14, 2017[60]
• President of the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) - Soledad Alvear - 2006[61]
• President of the Chamber of Deputies – Adriana Muñoz – March 11, 2002[62]
• President of Chile – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2006[63]
• President of the Senate – Isabel Allende – March 11, 2014[64]
• Senator – María de la Cruz – February 13, 1953[38]
• Senator (Santiago) – María de la Cruz – February 13, 1953[38]
• Supreme Court Justice – María Antonia Morales – November 5, 2001[65]

Colombia

• Governor of Cauca (first governor, nominated by President) – Josefina Valencia de Hubach – 1955[66]
• Minister of Education (first cabinet post) – Josefina Valencia de Hubach – 1956[67]
• Senator – Esmeralda Arboleda – 1958[68][69][70]
• Presidential candidate – María Eugenia Rojas – 1974[66]
• Minister of Justice - Mónica de Greiff - 1989[71]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Noemí Sanín – 1991[72]
• Governor of Quindío (first governor elected) – Belén Sánchez – 1992[73]
• Minister with presidential functions (acting President) – María Emma Mejía – 1998[74]
• President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia – Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez – 1999[75]
• Minister of Defense – Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón – August 2002[76]
• President of the Senate of Colombia – Claudia Blum de Barbieri – July 2005[77]
• General (National Police) - Luz Marina Bustos - 2009[78]

Ecuador

• President (acting) – Rosalía Arteaga – 1997[79]
• Foreign minister – Nina Pacari Vega – 2003[80]
• Defence minister – Guadalupe Larriva González – 2007[81]
• Minister of Justice - Ledy Zúñiga Rocha - 2014[82][83]

Falkland Islands

• Elected Member of the Legislative Council (for East Falkland)– Marjorie Vinson – 1964[84]

Guyana

• Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana – Janet Jagan – 1953[85]
• President – Janet Jagan – 1997[86]
• Prime Minister – Janet Jagan – 1997[86]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Carolyn Rodrigues – 2008[87]

Paraguay

• Member of the Supreme Court – Serafina Dávalos – 1908[88]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Leila Rachid de Cowles – 2003[89]
• Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare – Esperanza Martínez (politician) – 2008[90]
• Minister of Education and Culture – Blanca Ovelar – 2003[91]
• Presidential Candidate – Blanca Ovelar – 2008[92][93]
• Minister of Indigenous Affairs – Margarita Mbywangi – 2008[94]
• Minister of Women –Gloria Rubin – 2012[95]
• Minister of Justice and Labor – Sheila Abed – 2013[96]

Peru

• Senator of the Republic – Irene Silva de Santolalla – 1956[97]
• Deputy of the Republic – Matilde Pérez Palacio – 1956[98]
• Mayor of Lima – Anita Fernandini de Naranjo – 1963[99]
• Minister of Education – Mercedes Cabanillas – 1987 (first woman ever in the Council of Ministers)[100]
• President of Congress – Martha Chávez – 1995[101]
• Prime Minister – Beatriz Merino – 2003[102]
• Minister of Health – Pilar Mazzetti – 2004[103]
• Ombudswoman of the Republic – Beatriz Merino – 2005[102]
• Minister of Interior – Pilar Mazzetti – 2006[103]
• Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru - María Bockos Heredia de Grillo -1989[104]
• Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism – Mercedes Aráoz – 2006[105]
• Minister of Transportation and Communications – Verónica Zavala – 2006[106]
• Minister of Work and Employment – Susana Pinilla – 2006[107]
• President (acting) – Lourdes Mendoza – 2007 (Alan García went to Ecuador, so she stayed in charge of the Presidency for one day)[108]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Eda Rivas – 2013[109]

Suriname

• Minister of Justice and Police - Yvonne Raveles-Resida - 1999[110]
• Foreign minister – Marie Levens – 2000[111]

Uruguay

Legislative Power

• Deputies – Julia Arévalo de Roche, Magdalena Antonelli Moreno – 1943[112]
• Senators – Sofía Álvarez Vignoli, Isabel Pinto de Vidal – 1943[113]
• Cabinet member - Alba Roballo - 1968[114]
• Member of the Board of the National Party and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs - Ana Lía Piñeyrúa - 1995[115]
• Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Nora Castro – 2005[116]
• Speaker of the General Assembly – Lucía Topolansky – 15 February 2010[117] / Beatriz Argimón – 1 March 2020
• Acting President of the Republic – Lucía Topolansky – 26–28 November 2010[118]

Municipal

• Member of municipal council – Alba Roballo – 1955[119]
• Mayor of Montevideo – Ana Olivera – 2010[120]
• Mayor of Artigas – Patricia Ayala – 2010[121]
• Mayor of Lavalleja – Adriana Peña – 2010[122]

National Government

• Culture minister – Alba Roballo – 1968[123]
• Labor minister – Ana Lía Piñeyrúa – 1995[123]
• Housing minister – Beatriz Martínez – 1999[123]
• Industries minister – Primavera Garbarino – 2000[123]
• Defence minister – Azucena Berrutti – 2005[123]
• Health minister – María Julia Muñoz – 2005[123]
• Social Development minister – Marina Arismendi – 2005[123]
• Interior minister – Daisy Tourné – 2007[123]
• Tourism minister – Liliam Kechichián – 2012[123]
• Economics and finance minister - Azucena Arbeleche - starting March 2020[124]

Judiciary

• Member of the Supreme Court (Dictatorial period)– Sara Fons de Genta – 1981[125][126][127][128]
• Member of the Supreme Court (Post-Democracy)- Jacinta Balbela – 1985[129][130]

Venezuela

• Governor – Lolita Aniyar de Castro – 1993[131]
• Governor of Zulia – Lolita Aniyar de Castro – 1993[131][132]
• President of the Chamber of Deputies – Ixora Rojas Paz – 1998[133]
• Vice President – Adina Bastidas – 2002[134]
• President of the National Assembly – Cilia Flores – 2006[135]
• Minister of the Prison Service - Iris Varela - 2011[136]
• Minister of Defense - Carmen Meléndez - 2013[137]
• Foreign minister – Delcy Rodríguez – 2014[138]

See also

• List of elected and appointed female heads of state
• List of elected or appointed female heads of government
• List of the first LGBT holders of political offices
• List of the first women holders of political offices in North and Central America and the Caribbean

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