List of the first women holders of political offices

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 country, by dates of appointment.Former countries, such as Yugoslavia, are also listed.
Women's historylegal rightsAnimal advocacyBusinessFemale entrepreneursGender representation on corporate boards of directorsDiversity (politics)Diversity, equity, and inclusionEconomic developmentExplorers and travelersEducationFeminismGovernmentConservatives in the USHeads of state or governmentLegislatorsQueen regnantHealthJournalismLaw enforcementMilitaryMotherNobel Prize laureatesPiracyPositions of powerReproductive rightsVenture capitalViolence and abuseVoting rightsWorkforceExchange of womenScienceComputingEngineeringGeologyMedicinedentistryin the United StatesOrganizationsScience, technology, engineering and mathematicsTelegraphyArchitectureArt history fieldWomen's cinema"Chick flicks"Fine artsLiteratureScience fictionPhilosophyFeminist philosophyPhotographersPunk rockIn Shakespeare's worksReligionTheological figuresBaháʼí FaithBuddhismChristianityCatholicismMormonismOpus DeiHinduismJudaismSikhismTaoismZoroastrianismComicsPortrayal in American comicsFilm industrySpeculative fictionVideo gamesGender representation in video gamesWomen in the video game industrySportsAuto racingBaseballBasketballBoxingCricketCurlingCyclingFastpitch softballFootball / soccerGymnasticsIce hockeyLacrosseMixed martial artsNetballParalympic GamesRoller derbyRowingSurfingSwimmingTennisTrack and fieldVolleyballWinter sportsList of sportsAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBelgiumBhutanBoliviaBosniaBrazilBruneiBulgariaCambodiaColombiaComorosCroatiaCyprusDenmarkDR CongoDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorEast TimorEthiopiaFS MicronesiaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasIcelandIndonesiaIsraelIvory CoastJordanKazakhstanKiribatiKuwaitKyrgyzstanLebanonMadagascarMalaysiaMaldivesMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMongoliaMoroccoMyanmarNew ZealandNigeriaNorth KoreaPakistanPanamaParaguayPhilippinesPolandPortugalPuerto RicoRussiaSaudi ArabiaSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSouth SudanSurinameSri LankaSwedenTaiwanTajikistanThailandTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluTrinidad and TobagoUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican CityVenezuelaVietnamheld by a womanYugoslaviaList of the first women holders of political offices in AfricaList of the first women holders of political offices in AsiaList of the first women holders of political offices in EuropeList of the first women holders of political offices in North AmericaList of the first women holders of political offices in OceaniaList of electoral firsts in New ZealandList of the first women holders of political offices in South AmericaAfrican UnionPresidentPan-African ParliamentGertrude MongellaVice PresidentElise LoumChairperson of the African Union CommissionNkosazana Dlamini-ZumaEuropean UnionPresident of the European ParliamentSimone VeilPresident-in-Office of the European CouncilMargaret ThatcherEuropean CommissionerChristiane ScrivenerVasso PapandreouSocialist GroupPauline GreenCo Vice-President of the European CommissionLoyola de PalacioFirst Vice-President of the European CommissionMargot WallströmHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyCatherine AshtonPresident of the European CommissionUrsula von der LeyenLeague of NationsElena VăcărescuUnited NationsAlva MyrdalUNESCOPresident of the United Nations General AssemblyVijaya Lakshmi PanditPermanent RepresentativeAgda RösselPermanent Representative of Sweden to the United NationsHead of the United Nations Children's FundCarol BellamyUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsMary RobinsonDeputy Secretary-GeneralLouise FréchetteExecutive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements ProgrammeAnna TibaijukaUnder-Secretary-GeneralInga-Britt AhleniusAssistant-Secretary-GeneralHelvi SipiläPresident of the International Court of JusticeRosalyn HigginsUnited Nations Development ProgrammeHelen ClarkInternational Monetary FundChristine LagardeCouncil of Women World LeadersList of elected and appointed female heads of state and governmentList of the first LGBT holders of political officesList of the first women heads of government and state in Muslim-majority countriesMuslim women political leadersWomen in governmentWayback Machineheads of state and governmentdeputy heads of statedeputy heads of governmentdefencefinanceforeigninteriorjusticelower housesunicameral parliamentsupper housesConstituent and dependent territory leadersfirst governors and chief ministersfirst members of parliamentfirst mayorsfirst heads of state and government in Muslim-majority countriesHereditary monarchsqueens regnantParliamentSenatePremiersCanadaFirst ministersAssemblyGovernorsLieutenant governors and administratorsChief ministersDeputy chief ministersIslamic Consultative AssemblySeanadCabinet ministersJunior ministersHeads of federal subjectsMinistersCommonsLieutenant governorsAll-women shortlistGender power gapWomen Political LeadersHistoryTimelineFirst-waveSecond-waveThird-waveFourth-waveBicycling and feminismFeminist historyTimeline of women's legal rights (other than voting)Women's suffrageMajority-Muslim countriesSwitzerlandAfrican-AmericanStates ofVirginiaWyomingMovements and ideologiesAnalyticalAnarchistAnti-abortionAnti-fascistAtheistCarceralChoiceConservativeCulturalDifferenceVegetarianEqualityEugenicGender-critical or trans-exclusionaryGlobalHip hopActivismIndividualistLesbianLiberalEquityLipstickMaterialistMaternalPostcolonialPostmodernPost-structuralFrenchRadicalReactionarySeparatismSex-positiveSocialSocialistMarxistStandpointTransnationalVictimWomanismAfricanaWomen's liberationReligiousBuddhistChristianMormonWomanistNeopaganDianic WiccaReclaimingIslamicJewishOrthodoxChicanaIndigenousKurdish (Jineology)Native AmericanMizrahiRomaniAntinaturalismChoice feminismCognitive laborComplementarianismChildren's literatureEffects on societyFemale educationFemale genital mutilationFemicideFemonationalismFeminism in cultureFeminist movementAfrican-American women's suffrage movementArt movementIn hip hopFeminist stripperFormal equalityGender equalityGender quotaGirl powerHonor killingIdeal womanhoodInvisible laborInternalized sexismGirl's DayWomen's DayLanguage reformFeminist capitalismGender-blindLikeability trapMale privilegeMatriarchal religionMen in feminismMisogynyOedipus complexOpposition to feminismPro-feminismProtofeminismPurplewashingRacismReproductive justiceSex workers' rightsSexual harassmentSexual objectificationSubstantive equalityToxic masculinityTransmisogynyTriple oppressionViolence against womenWar on womenWomen's empowermentWomen-only spaceWomen's healthWomen's rightsWomen in the workforceTheoryGender studiesGender mainstreamingGynocentrismMatriarchyWomen's studiesMen's studiesKyriarchyPatriarchyÉcriture féminineEconomicsPost-structuralist discourse analysisMethodPolitical theoryTheologyThealogySexologySociologyRhetoricLegal theoryArt criticismLiterary criticismFilm theoryBiologyPolitical ecologyAnthropologyArchaeologyCriminologyPathways perspectiveGeographyPedagogyAestheticsEmpiricismEpistemologyEthicsJustice ethicsExistentialismMetaphysicsPornographyPsychologyTherapySerialityInternational relationsRevisionist mythologyTechnoscienceComposition studiesAfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoHong KongRepublic of IrelandLatin AmericaNetherlandsNorthern CyprusNorwayHistory of womenPeopleArt criticsEcofeminist authorsEconomistsMuslimPhilosophersRhetoriciansSuffragists and suffragettesWomen's rights activistsConservative feminismsAmericanComic booksPartiesWomen's studies journalsSCUM ManifestoWomen in peacekeeping