List of female interior ministers

An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, civil defence, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or a minister of home affairs.

In some countries, police and security are controlled by a separated ministry. For example, Greece's Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and Minister of Public Security of Israel. Other countries have also different tasks being entitled to the namely Ministry of the Interior. Not always reflects the naming of the ministry the portfolio behind. For example, Ethiopia's Ministry of Peace has the classical portfolio of an interior ministry but is not named so.

This list boasts only female ministers that had served or currently serving as Minister of Interior, which in charge, mainly of local governments, elections, and public administrations (justice, security, and policing also included if still managed under same ministry). Female ministers of separate ministries, such as of Justice, National Security, and Immigration wouldn't be placed on this list. And, this list only includes that of either sovereign or non-sovereign states.

Sovereign states
  Denotes incumbent interior minister
  • Italics denotes an acting interior minister
Name Image Country Continent Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Qian Ying  China, People's Republic of Asia 1959 1960 1 year, 0 days
Mabel Moir James  Dominica America 1966 1970 4 years, 0 days
Clara Boscagli  San Marino Europe 1976 1978 2 years, 0 days
Inger Louise Valle  Norway Europe 8 October 1979 3 October 1980 361 days
Kebatshabile Disele  Botswana Africa 1979 1984 4 years, 0 days
Harriet Andreassen  Norway Europe 3 October 1980 14 October 1981 1 year, 11 days
Britta Schall Holberg  Denmark Europe 10 September 1982 12 March 1986 3 years, 183 days
Kaisa Raatikainen  Finland Europe 1 December 1984 30 April 1987 2 years, 150 days
Rita Sinon  Seychelles Africa 1986 1989 3 years, 0 days
Margaret Austin  New Zealand Oceania 8 August 1989 4 September 1990 1 year, 27 days
Ien Dales  Netherlands Europe 7 November 1989 10 January 1994 4 years, 64 days
Lagle Parek  Estonia Europe 21 October 1992 27 November 1993 1 year, 37 days
Birte Weiss  Denmark Europe 25 January 1993 20 October 1997 4 years, 268 days
Ruth Dreifuss   Switzerland Europe 10 March 1993 31 December 2002 9 years, 296 days
Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta  Netherlands Europe 27 May 1994 22 August 1994 87 days
Meral Akşener  Turkey Asia 8 November 1996 30 June 1997 234 days
Francisca Lucas Pereira Gomes  Guinea Bissau Africa 6 June 1997 3 December 1998 1 year, 180 days
Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad  Norway Europe 17 October 1997 16 March 1999 1 year, 150 days
Ana Lucía Armijos  Ecuador America 10 August 1998 15 February 1999 189 days
Rosa Russo Iervolino  Italy Europe 21 October 1998 22 December 1999 1 year, 62 days
Vasso Papandreou  Greece Europe 19 February 1999 20 March 2000 1 year, 30 days
Dosta Dimovska  Macedonia, Republic of Europe 22 December 1999 13 May 2001 1 year, 142 days
Francesca Michelotti  San Marino Europe 2000 25 June 2002 2 years, 175 days
Karen Jespersen  Denmark Europe 23 February 2000 27 November 2001 1 year, 277 days
Sylvia Brustad  Norway Europe 21 March 2000 19 October 2001 1 year, 212 days
Vasso Papandreou  Greece Europe 13 April 2000 24 October 2001 1 year, 194 days
Urmila Joella-Sewnundun  Suriname America 12 August 2000 12 August 2005 5 years, 0 days
Vera Sofia Rubi  Honduras America 2001 27 January 2002 1 year, 26 days
Mia Mottley  Barbados America 28 August 2001 18 February 2006 4 years, 174 days
Erna Solberg  Norway Europe 19 October 2001 17 October 2005 3 years, 363 days
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun  Saint Lucia America 11 December 2001 12 January 2004 2 years, 32 days
Mónika Lamperth  Hungary Europe 27 May 2002 30 June 2007 5 years, 34 days
Emma Rossi  San Marino Europe 25 June 2002 17 December 2002 175 days
Cristina Fontes Lima  Cape Verde Africa 19 October 2002 3 April 2004 1 year, 167 days
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula  South Africa Africa 29 April 2004 21 April 2009 4 years, 357 days
Liese Prokop  Austria Europe 22 December 2004 31 December 2006 2 years, 9 days
Rosalia Nghidinwa  Namibia Africa 21 March 2005 4 December 2012 7 years, 258 days
Adriana Delpiano  Chile America 9 May 2005 24 May 2005 15 days
Gail Teixeira  Guyana America 31 May 2005 8 September 2006 1 year, 100 days
Anna Kachikho  Malawi Africa 31 July 2005 1 June 2006 305 days
Åslaug Haga  Norway Europe 17 October 2005 21 September 2007 1 year, 339 days
Alicia Muñoz  Bolivia America 22 January 2006 23 January 2007 1 year, 1 day
Olga Gólcher  Panama America 28 January 2006 1 September 2007 1 year, 216 days
Valeria Ciavatta  San Marino Europe 27 July 2006 9 July 2008 1 year, 348 days
Pilar Mazzetti  Peru America 28 July 2006 23 February 2007 210 days
Gordana Jankuloska  Macedonia, Republic of Europe 26 August 2006 12 May 2015 8 years, 259 days
Ana Isabel Morales  Nicaragua America 10 January 2007 16 January 2017 10 years, 6 days
Guusje ter Horst  Netherlands Europe 22 February 2007 23 February 2010 3 years, 1 day
Daisy Tourné  Uruguay America 8 March 2007 5 June 2009 2 years, 89 days
Adela de Torrebiarte  Guatemala America 27 March 2007 1 July 2008 1 year, 96 days
Anne Holmlund  Finland Europe 19 April 2007 22 June 2011 4 years, 64 days
Michèle Alliot-Marie  France Europe 18 May 2007 23 June 2009 2 years, 36 days
Jacqui Smith  United Kingdom Europe 28 June 2007 5 June 2009 1 year, 342 days
Ma Wen  China, People's Republic of Asia 30 August 2007 16 March 2013 5 years, 198 days
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa  Norway Europe 21 September 2007 20 October 2009 2 years, 29 days
Janina del Vecchio Ugalde  Costa Rica America 2008 8 May 2010 2 years, 127 days
Mirjana Orašanin  Serbia Europe 26 January 2008 7 July 2008 163 days
Maria Fekter  Austria Europe 1 July 2008 21 April 2011 2 years, 294 days
Katarina Kresal  Slovenia Europe 24 November 2008 19 August 2011 2 years, 268 days
Sahara Khatun  Bangladesh Asia 6 January 2009 15 September 2012 3 years, 253 days
Janet Napolitano  United States America 21 January 2009 6 September 2013 4 years, 228 days
Sandra Pierantozzi  Palau Oceania 21 January 2009 19 April 2010 1 year, 88 days
Mercedes Cabanillas  Peru America 19 February 2009 11 July 2009 142 days
Linda Abu Meri  Latvia Europe 12 March 2009 17 February 2011 1 year, 342 days
Karen Ellemann  Denmark Europe 7 April 2009 23 February 2010 322 days
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma  South Africa Africa 22 April 2009 3 October 2012 3 years, 164 days
Annemie Turtelboom  Belgium Europe 17 July 2009 6 December 2011 2 years, 142 days
Cécile Manorohanta  Madagascar Africa 7 September 2009 26 March 2011 1 year, 200 days
Liv Signe Navarsete  Norway Europe 20 October 2009 16 October 2013 3 years, 361 days
Adja Satú Camará  Guinea-Bissau Africa 28 October 2009 27 August 2011 1 year, 303 days
Roxana Méndez  Panama America 15 April 2010 20 August 2012 2 years, 127 days
Theresa May  United Kingdom Europe 12 May 2010 13 July 2016 6 years, 62 days
Theresa Makoni  Zimbabwe Africa 24 June 2010 11 September 2013 3 years, 79 days
Marisa Morais  Cape Verde Africa 18 March 2011 22 April 2016 5 years, 35 days
Johanna Mikl-Leitner  Austria Europe 21 April 2011 21 April 2016 5 years, 0 days
Päivi Räsänen  Finland Europe 22 June 2011 29 May 2015 3 years, 341 days
Pelenike Isaia  Tuvalu Oceania 23 September 2011 2 August 2013 1 year, 313 days
Margrethe Vestager  Denmark Europe 3 October 2011 2 September 2014 2 years, 334 days
Annamaria Cancellieri  Italy Europe 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 1 year, 163 days
Joëlle Milquet  Belgium Europe 6 December 2011 22 July 2014 2 years, 228 days
Amy Adams  New Zealand Oceania 14 December 2011 3 April 2012 111 days
Nicola Roxon  Australia Oceania 14 December 2011 2 February 2013 1 year, 50 days
Liesbeth Spies  Netherlands Europe 16 December 2011 5 November 2012 325 days
Eleni Mavrou  Cyprus Europe 20 March 2012 28 February 2013 345 days
Eka Zguladze  Georgia Europe 20 September 2012 25 October 2012 35 days
Naledi Pandor  South Africa Africa 4 October 2012 6 May 2014 1 year, 214 days
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana  Namibia Africa 4 December 2012 1 February 2018 5 years, 59 days
Petya Parvanova  Bulgaria Europe 13 March 2013 29 May 2013 77 days
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir  Iceland Europe 23 May 2013 4 December 2014 1 year, 195 days
Charmaine Scotty  Nauru Oceania 13 June 2013 Incumbent 7 years, 64 days
Princess Tsandzile Dlamini  Swaziland Africa 4 November 2013 5 September 2018 4 years, 305 days
Sheikh Hasina  Bangladesh Asia 21 November 2013 Incumbent 6 years, 269 days
Sanae Takaichi  Japan Asia 3 September 2014 3 August 2017 2 years, 334 days
Vesna Györkös Žnidar  Slovenia Europe 18 September 2014 13 September 2018 3 years, 360 days
Teresa Piotrowska  Poland Europe 22 September 2014 16 November 2015 1 year, 55 days
Anabela Rodrigues  Portugal Europe 19 November 2014 30 October 2015 345 days
Ólöf Nordal  Iceland Europe 4 December 2014 11 January 2017 2 years, 38 days
Rumyana Bachvarova  Bulgaria Europe 11 March 2015 27 January 2017 1 year, 322 days
Karen Ellemann  Denmark Europe 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 153 days
Rose Akol  Uganda Africa 16 November 2015 Incumbent 4 years, 274 days
Constança Urbano de Sousa  Portugal Europe 26 November 2015 18 October 2017 1 year, 326 days
Daisy Alik-Momotaro  Marshall Islands Oceania 11 January 2016 28 January 2016 17 days
Amenta Matthew  Marshall Islands Oceania 28 January 2016 13 January 2020 3 years, 350 days
Paula Risikko  Finland Europe 22 June 2016 5 February 2018 1 year, 228 days
Amber Rudd  United Kingdom Europe 13 July 2016 29 April 2018 1 year, 290 days
Grace Chiumia  Malawi Africa 6 September 2016 24 October 2017 1 year, 48 days
Mitzy Larue  Seychelles Africa 29 October 2016 Incumbent 3 years, 292 days
Carmen Daniela Dan  Romania Europe 4 January 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 225 days
María Amelia Coronel  Nicaragua America 16 January 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 213 days
Dominique Hasler  Liechtenstein Europe 30 March 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 139 days
Hlengiwe Mkhize  South Africa Africa 31 March 2017 17 October 2017 200 days
Elaine Duke  United States America 31 July 2017 6 December 2017 128 days
Seiko Noda  Japan Asia 3 August 2017 2 October 2018 1 year, 60 days
Ayanda Dlodlo  South Africa Africa 17 October 2017 27 February 2018 134 days
Cecilia Chazama  Malawi Africa 24 October 2017 7 November 2018 1 year, 14 days
Kajsa Ollongren  Netherlands Europe 26 October 2017 1 November 2019 2 years, 6 days
Tracey Martin  New Zealand Oceania 26 October 2017 Incumbent 2 years, 295 days
Kirstjen Nielsen  United States America 6 December 2017 7 April 2019 1 year, 122 days
'Akosita Lavulavu  Tonga Oceania 18 January 2018 11 April 2018 83 days
Denisa Saková  Slovakia Europe 26 April 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 112 days
Losaline Ma'asi  Tonga Oceania 26 June 2018 21 January 2019 209 days
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez  Colombia America 7 August 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 9 days
Muferiat Kamil  Ethiopia Africa 16 October 2018 Incumbent 1 year, 305 days
Princess Lindiwe Dlamini  Eswatini Africa 2 November 2018 Incumbent 1 year, 288 days
Katri Raik  Estonia Europe 26 November 2018 29 April 2019 154 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero  Mexico America 1 December 2018 Incumbent 1 year, 259 days
Taina Bofferding  Luxembourg Europe 5 December 2018 Incumbent 1 year, 255 days
Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde  Norway Europe 22 January 2019 24 January 2020 1 year, 2 days
Raya Haffar Al Hassan  Lebanon Asia 31 January 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 198 days
Elżbieta Witek  Poland Europe 4 June 2019 9 August 2019 66 days
Maria Ohisalo  Finland Europe 6 June 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 71 days
Astrid Krag  Denmark Europe 27 June 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 50 days
Priti Patel  United Kingdom Europe 24 July 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 23 days
Luciana Lamorgese  Italy Europe 5 September 2019 Incumbent 346 days
Sanae Takaichi  Japan Asia 11 September 2019 Incumbent 340 days
Janaina Tewaney  Panama America 6 March 2020 Incumbent 163 days

Unrecognized states, dependent territories
Name Image Country Continent Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Yeh Chin-fong  Taiwan Asia 15 May 1997 5 February 1998 266 days
Paula Cox  Bermuda America 10 November 1998 29 July 2003 4 years, 261 days
Lilian Boyce  Turks and Caicos Islands America 12 February 2009 27 March 2009 43 days
Karen Delancy  Turks and Caicos Islands America 27 March 2009 14 November 2012 3 years, 232 days
Porsha Stubbs-Smith  Turks and Caicos Islands America 14 November 2012 14 November 2015 3 years, 0 days
Gülsün Yücel  Northern Cyprus Europe 13 June 2013 2 September 2013 81 days
Amanda Missick  Turks and Caicos Islands America 14 November 2015 20 December 2016 1 year, 36 days
Tara Rivers  Cayman Islands America 6 June 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 71 days

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