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    The document discusses the increasing number of women who have served as heads of state and prime ministers globally and in the Asia-Pacific region from 1940 to 2007. It provides tables listing the names of women who have served as president or prime minister in different countries, as well as data on the overall number of women in those roles per decade. While the number of women leaders has increased worldwide since the 1950s, growth has been slower in Asia-Pacific nations.

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    Women Heads of State

    In 1940, the first woman Head of State/Chairman of the Presidium of the Little
    Khural was Khertek Anchimaa Toka of Tuva. Through the years, women’s
    political participation became more apparent as more women are elected as
    heads of state.

    Those belonging to the Asia-Pacific region are highlighted.

    The data source is


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_or_appointed_female_heads_of_s
    tate but the data has been reformatted. Click on underlined names to see a short
    article about that person.

    Name Country Year(s)


    Elected

    PRESIDENTS

    Khertek Anchimaa Toka Tuva 1940

    Suhbaataryn Yanjmaa Mongolia 1953

    Isabel Martinez de Peron Argentina 1974

    Lidia Guelier Tejada Bolivia 1979

    Vigdis Finnbogadottir Iceland 1980

    Maria Lee Pedini Angelini San Marino 1981

    Agatha Barbara Malta 1982

    Gloriana Ranocchini (1st San Marino 1984


    Term)

    Carmen Pereira Guinea Bissau 1984

    Corazon Aquino Philippines 1986

    Ertha Pascal Trouillot Haiti 1990

    Sabine Bergmann-Pohl German Democratic 1990


    Republic

    Violeta Barrios de Nicaragua 1990


    Chamorro
    Mary Robinson Ireland 1990

    Sylvie Kinigi Burundi 1993

    Chandrika Kumarantunge Sri Lanka 1994

    Ruth Perry Liberia 1996

    Rosalia Arteaga Serrano Ecuador 1997

    Mary McAleese Ireland 1997

    Janet Jagan Guyana 1997

    Ruth Dreifuss Switzerland 1998

    Vaira Vike-Freiberga Latvia 1999

    Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Panama 1999


    Arias

    Tarja Halonen Finland 2000

    Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Philippines 2001/present

    Megawati Sukarnoputri Indonesia 2001

    Nino Burjanadze Georgia 2003

    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia 2006

    Michelle Bachelet Chile 2006

    Dalia Itzik Israel 2007

    Pratibha Patil India 2007

    PRIME MINISTERS

    Sirimavo Sri Lanka 1960; 1970;


    Bandaranaike 1994

    Indira Gandhi India 1966; 1980

    Golda Meir Israel 1969

    Elisabeth Domitien Central African Republic 1975

    Margaret Thatcher United Kingdom 1979; 1983;


    1987
    Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo Portugal 1979

    Mary Eugenia Charles Dominica 1980

    Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway 1981; 1986;


    1990

    Milka Planinc Yugoslavia 1982

    Benazir Bhutto Pakistan 1988; 1993

    Kazimiera Prunskiene Lithuania 1990

    Khaleda Zia Bangladesh 1991

    Edith Cresson France 1991

    Hanna Suchocka Poland 1992

    Kim Campbell Canada 1993

    Tansu Ciller Turkey 1993

    Sylvie Kinigi Burundi 1993

    Agathe Uwilingiyimana Rwanda 1993

    Chandrika Kumarantunge Sri Lanka 1994

    Claudette Werleigh Haiti 1995

    Shiekh Hasina Wajed Bangladesh 1996

    Janet Jagan Guyana 1997

    Jenny Shipley New Zealand 1997

    Helen Elizabeth Clark New Zealand 1999/2005

    Irena Degutiene Lithuania 1999

    Maria das Neves Sao Tome and Principe 2002

    Luisa Dias Diogo Mozambique 2004

    Maria de Carmo Silveira Sao Tome and Principe 2005

    Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica 2006


    By the 1990s the number of women heads of state had increased greatly,
    although the increase is much slower in the Asia-Pacific region than globally:

    Year Number of Number of


    Women Presidents Women Prime Ministers

    Total Asia-Pacific Total Asia-Pacific

    1950 1 1 0 0
    -
    1959

    1960 0 0 3 2
    -
    1969

    1970 2 0 4 1
    -
    1979

    1980 3 1 8 2
    -
    1989

    1990 11 1 16 6
    -
    1999

    2000-
    2007 8 3 5 1

    Interestingly, at least one out of five of these women is related to prominent


    political figures.

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