Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia - 56, Minister of Defence and a member of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She was sworn into office on 8 July 2010 as the head of a four-party center-right ...Read More
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil - 64, she was also the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. "I would like parents who have daughters to look straight in ...Read More
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Prime Minister of Mali - 64, The first woman to be appointed to the position in Mali's history. She was announced to the position by decree on 3 April 2011, replacing Modibo Sidibé. For a divided ...Read More
Atifete Jahjaga, President Of Kosovo - 37, She is the first female, the first non-partisan candidate, and the youngest to be elected to the office. She is also the first female head of state in modern Balkans. She served as ...Read More
Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand - 44, The youngest Prime Minister of Thailand in over 60 years. Born in Chiang Mai province, earned bachelor's degree from Chiang Mai University and master's degree from Kentucky State University, both in public ...Read More
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, President Of Switzerland - 55, Lawyer, politician, and member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2008. Married and has three children. She is the daughter of former federal councillor Leon Schlumpf. She is the second federal councillor whose ...Read More
Angela Markel, 57, is the current Chancellor of Germany. She joined the Christian Democratic union in 1990. Soon after she was appointed to Helmut Kohl’s cabinet as minister for women and youth. Not only is she the first female Chancellor ...Read More
Tarja Halonen, 68, is the 11th president of Finland. She served from 2000 to 2012 as the first female president of the republic of Finland. Halonen graduated from the University of Helsinki where she studied law from 1963 to 1968. ...Read More
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 73, is the current president in Liberia. She is the first woman to lead in modern African history. She is known for her persistence in promoting peace. In October 11 she and two other women was jointly ...Read More
Pratibha Patil, 77, was nominated in June 2007 by Sonia Gandhi, the ruler of the congress party, to be the first female president of India. Ms.Patil spent 45 years in Indian politics as governor of the state of Rajasthan which ...Read More
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago - 60, the seventh person to hold this position. She was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26, 2010 and is the country's first female Prime Minister. Leader of the United ...Read More
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, 59, is 55 th president and first elected female president of Argentina. She earned a degree in law from the University of La Plata. In 1991, she was elected to the provincial legislature. For her hard ...Read More
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 45, is the current and first woman to be prime minister of Denmark. Although she was appointed prime minister in October 2011, she has been leader of the Danish social democrats since April 2005. Schmidt campaigned on a ...Read More
Portia Simpson Miller, 66, is the 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Jamaica. January. 5, 2012 marked her recent inauguration where she represents the people’s national party. However being Prime minister isn’t enough, she also holds the positions of minister ...Read More
Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia - 51, Gillard was born in Barry, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966. When Julia Gillard was elected Australia’s first female prime minister, it was, in many ways, an enormous ...Read More
Sheik Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh - The 63-year-old leader, has endure many hardships and plenty attacks on her life. During a 1975 coup d'état, assassins killed 17 members of her family — including her son, three brothers, mother ...Read More
Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Lithuania - 56, European journalist before she came in power 2009. Her ways with words and her passion for karate has earn her the nicknames like “iron lady” and “steel magnolia”. In the midst of economic ...Read More
Johanna Srigurdardotti, Prime Minister of Iceland - 68, Srigurdardotti is also the world's first openly gay head of state. former flight attendant turned politician had won eight consecutive elections since entering Parliament in 1978, making her the country's longest-serving parliamentarian ...Read More
Women make the world go round! At work, at home, and across the globe. During Women's History Month, we commemorate their struggles, celebrate centuries of progress, and reaffirm our steadfast commitment to the rights, security, and dignity of women in ...Read More
Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica - 53, Former vice president under Nobel laureate Oscar Arias Sánchez. A social conservative, she opposes gay marriage, abortion and the legalization of the morning-after pill. Laura manage to win 47% of the vote ...Read More
