HAPPY FEMALE PRESIDENT'S DAY

FEMALE PRESIDENTS of the WORLD

Some women have held the office for one to two days only and others for years. The first female head of state was Sühbaataryn Yanjmaa in Mongolia from 1953-54. San Marino has had eight female presidents. (Where is San Marino?) Mary Robinson held her Presidency in Ireland for over six years. Currently, there are female presidents in two countries: Liberia (Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf) and Chile (Michelle Bachelet Jeria).

• 2006- President-Elect Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Chile (She will take office 11.03)
• 16.01.2006- Executive President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia
• 01.04.2005-01.10.2005 Capitano Reggente Fausta Simona Morganti, San Marino
• 06.07.2004-08.07.2004 Acting Joint Head of State Barbara Prammer, Austria
• 23.11.2003-25.01.2004 Acting Executive President Nino Burjanadze, Georgia
• 01.10.2003-31.03.2004 Capitano Reggente Valeria Ciavatta, San Marino
• 30.12.2002-04.02.2004 Acting President Natasa Micic, Serbia
• 23.07.2001-20.10.2004 Executive President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia
• 20.01.2001- Executive President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, The Philippines
• 01.04.2000-01.10.2000 Capitano Reggente Maria Domenica Michelotti, San Marino
• 01.03.2000- President Tarja Halonen, Finland
• 01.09.1999-01.09.2004 Executive President Mireya Moscoso Rodrígez, Panama
• 17.06.1999- President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberg, Latvia
• 01.04.1999-01.10.1999 Captain Regent Rosa Zafferani, San Marino
• 01.01.1999-31.12.1999 Federal President Ruth Dreifuss, Switzerland
• 19.12.1997-11.08.99 Executive President Janet Jagan, Guyana
• 11.11.1997- President Mary McAleese, Ireland
• 09.02.1997-11.02.1997 Acting Executive President Rosalia Arteaga Serrano de Fernández de Córdova, Ecuador
• 03.09.1996-02.08.1997 Chairman of the Council of State Ruth Sando Perry, Liberia
• 14.11.1994-19.11.2005 Executive President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka
• 27.10.1993-05.02.1994 Acting Head of State Sylvie Kinigi, Burundi
• 01.04.1993-01.10.1993 Captain Regent Patrizia Busignani, San Marino
• 01.10.1991-01.04.1992 Captain Regent Edda Ceccoli,San Marino
• 03.12.1990-12.09.1997 President Mary Robinson, Ireland
• 25.04.1990-10.01.1997 Executive President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua
• 05.04.1990-02.10.1990 Acting Head of State Dr. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, East-Germany
• 13.03.1990-07.02.1991 Acting President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Haiti
• 25.2.1986-30.06.1992 Executive President Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino, The Phillipines
• 14.05-16.05.1984 Acting Head of State Carmen Pereira, Guinea Bissau
• 01.04.1984-01.10.1984 and 01.10.1989-01.04.90 Captain Regent Gloriana Ranocchini, San Marino
• 15.02.1982-15.02.1987 President Agatha Barbara, Malta
• 01.04-01.10.1981 Captain Regent Maria Lea Pedini Angelini, San Marino
• 01.08.1980-01.08.1996 President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Iceland
• 17.11.1979-18.07.1980 Interim Executive President Lydia Gueiler Tejada, Bolivia
• 01.07.1974- 24.03.1976 Executive President Maria Estella Martínez Cartas de Perón, Argentina
• 31.10.1968-24.02.1972 Acting Head of State, Song Qingling, China; 06.07.1976-05.03.78 Joint Acting Head of State; 1979-1980 "Honorary President"
• 23.09.1953-07.07.1954 Acting Head of State Sühbaataryn Yanjmaa, Mongolia