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List of women heads of state Wikipedia

This is a list of women who have been appointed head of state of their respective countries. Monarch heads of state are not listed.

! Country !! Name of post !! Mandate
S??hbaataryn Yanjmaa	Mongolia	President of Mongolia|Chairman of the Presidium	September 23 1953-July 7 1954
Isabel Mart??nez de Per??n	Argentina	President of Argentina|President	July 1 1974-March 24 1976
Lidia Gueiler	Bolivia	President of Bolivia|President	November 17 1979-July 18 1980
Vigd??s Finnbogad??ttir	Iceland	President of Iceland|President	August 1 1980-August 1 1996
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini	San Marino	Co-List of Captains Regent of San Marino|Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1981
Agatha Barbara	Malta	President of Malta|President	February 15 1982-February 15 1987
Gloriana Ranocchini	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1984; October 1 1989-April 1 1990
Carmen Pereira	Guinea-Bissau	Acting President of Guinea-Bissau|President	May 14-May 16 1984
Coraz??n Aquino	Philippines	President of the Philippines|President	February 25 1986-June 30 1992
Dame Ertha Pascal-Trouillot	Haiti	Interim President of Haiti|President	March 13 1990-February 7 1991
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl	German Democratic Republic	Chairman of the Volkskammer	April 5-October 2 1990
Violeta Chamorro	Nicaragua	President of Nicaragua|President	April 25 1990-January 10 1997
Mary Robinson	Republic of Ireland|Ireland	President of Ireland|President	December 3 1990-September 12 1997
Edda Ceccoli	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	October 1 1991-April 1 1992
Patricia Busignani	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1993
Sylvie Kinigi	Burundi	Acting President of Burundi|President	October 27 1993-February 5 1994
Chandrika Kumaratunga	Sri Lanka	President of Sri Lanka|President	November 14 1994-incumbent
Ruth Perry	Liberia	List of Presidents of Liberia|Chairman of the Council of State	September 3 1996-August 2 1997
Rosal??a Arteaga Serrano	Ecuador	Caretaker President of Ecuador|President	February 9-February 11|11 1997
Mary McAleese	Ireland	President	November 11 1997-incumbent
Janet Jagan	Guyana	President of Guyana|President	December 19 1997-August 11 1999
Ruth Dreifuss	Switzerland	List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation	January 1 1999-January 1 2000
Rosa Zafferani	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 1999
Vaira V????e-Freiberga	Latvia	President of Latvia|President	July 8 1999-incumbent
Mireya Moscoso	Panama	President of Panama|President	September 1 1999-September 1 2004
Tarja Halonen	Finland	President of Finland|President	March 1 2000-incumbent
Maria Domenica Michelotti	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	April 1-October 1 2000
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	Philippines	President	January 20 2001-incumbent
Megawati Sukarnoputri	Indonesia	President of Indonesia|President	July 23 2001-October 20 2004
Valeria Ciavatta	San Marino	Co-Captain Regent	October 1 2003-April 1 2004
Nino Burjanadze	Georgia (country)|Georgia	Acting President of Georgia|President	November 23 2003-January 25 2004
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	Liberia	President-elect	November 23 2005-incumbent

Last Modified:   2005-12-19