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 | America | Governor of |
5 January 1925 | 3 January 1927 | 1 year, 363 days | ||
Miriam A. Ferguson | America | Governor of |
20 January 1925 | 17 January 1927 | 1 year, 362 days | ||
Lurleen Wallace | America | Governor of |
16 January 1967 | 7 May 1968 | 1 year, 362 days | ||
Ella T. Grasso | America | Governor of |
8 January 1975 | 31 December 1980 | 5 years, 358 days | ||
Imelda Marcos | Asia | Governor of Metro Manila[lower-alpha 1] |
27 February 1975 | 25 February 1986 | 10 years, 363 days | ||
Dixy Lee Ray | 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 | America | Governor of |
13 December 1983 | 8 December 1987 | 3 years, 360 days | ||
Madeleine Kunin | America | Governor of |
20 January 1985 | 20 January 1991 | 6 years, 0 days | ||
Kay A. Orr | America | Governor of |
9 January 1987 | 9 January 1991 | 4 years, 0 days | ||
Rose Mofford | 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 | Oceania | Premier of |
12 February 1990 | 16 February 1993 | 3 years, 4 days | ||
Joan Kirner | Oceania | Premier of |
10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | 2 years, 57 days | ||
Barbara Roberts | 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 | 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 | America | Governor of |
18 January 1994 | 16 January 2001 | 6 years, 364 days | ||
Jeanne Shaheen | 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 | 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 | Asia | Governor of |
2001 | 2009 | 8 years, 0 days | ||
Judy Martz | America | Governor of |
1 January 2001 | 3 January 2005 | 4 years, 2 days | ||
Sila María Calderón | America | Governor of |
2 January 2001 | 2 January 2005 | 4 years, 0 days | ||
Ruth Ann Minner | 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 | 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 | Oceania | Governor of |
2 December 2002 | 6 December 2010 | 8 years, 4 days | ||
Jennifer Granholm | 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 | America | Governor of |
1 January 2004 | 1 January 2008 | 4 years, 2 days | ||
Gwendolyn Garcia | 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 | Asia | Governor of |
20 July 2006 | 19 July 2014 | 7 years, 364 days | ||
Sarah Palin | 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 | Asia | Governor of Batangas |
30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days | ||
Anna Bligh | Oceania | Premier of |
13 September 2007 | 26 March 2012 | 4 years, 195 days | ||
Eva Aariak | America | Premier of |
19 November 2008 | 19 November 2013 | 5 years, 0 days | ||
Bev Perdue | 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 | Oceania | Premier of |
4 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 114 days | ||
Imee Marcos | Asia | Governor of |
30 June 2010 | Incumbent | 10 years, 47 days | ||
Carmencita Reyes | Asia | Governor of |
30 June 2010 | Incumbent | 10 years, 47 days | ||
Lilia Pineda | 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 | America | Premier of |
3 December 2010 | 24 January 2014 | 3 years, 52 days | ||
Susana Martinez | America | Governor of |
1 January 2011 | 1 January 2019 | 8 years, 0 days | ||
Mary Fallin | America | Governor of |
10 January 2011 | 14 January 2019 | 8 years, 4 days | ||
Nikki Haley | America | Governor of |
12 January 2011 | 24 January 2017 | 6 years, 12 days | ||
Lara Giddings | Oceania | Premier of |
24 January 2011 | 31 March 2014 | 3 years, 66 days | ||
Alison Redford | America | Premier of |
7 October 2011 | 23 March 2014 | 2 years, 167 days | ||
Pauline Marois | America | Premier of |
19 September 2012 | 23 April 2014 | 1 year, 216 days | ||
Kathleen Wynne | America | Premier of |
11 February 2013 | 29 June 2018 | 5 years, 138 days | ||
Angelica Amante | 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 | 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 | America | Governor of |
6 January 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 223 days | ||
Rhodora Cadiao | Asia | Governor of |
29 January 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 200 days | ||
Nang Khin Htwe Myint | Asia | Chief Minister of |
30 March 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 139 days | ||
Lae Lae Maw | Asia | Chief Minister of |
30 March 2016 | 11 March 2019 | 2 years, 346 days | ||
Maria Jocelyn Bernos | Asia | Governor of |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days | ||
Marilou Cayco | 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 | 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 | Asia | Governor of |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days | ||
Susan Yap | Asia | Governor of |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 47 days | ||
Yuriko Koike | Asia | Governor of |
1 August 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 15 days | ||
Kim Reynolds | America | Governor of |
24 May 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 84 days | ||
Janet Mills | America | Governor of |
2 January 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 227 days | ||
Kristi Noem | America | Governor of |
5 January 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 224 days | ||
Lou Leon Guerrero | Oceania | Governor of |
7 January 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 222 days | ||
Khofifah Indar Parawansa | 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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