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Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
WOMAN VICE PREMIER MINISTERS
AND
DEPUTY CHIEFS OF GOVERNMENT
1990-1999
This is a list of the women who have been deputy leaders of governments,
some with and some without the title of Deputy Premier. Many have been
acting Premier Ministers on various occasions.
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1989-90 Nadya Asparukhova, Bulgaria
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1990
Prof. Nora Krachunova Ananieva, Bulgaria
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| Deputy Chairperson
of the City Council of Sofia 1967-71, afterwards director of International
Affairs of the University of Sofia. From 1991 Parliamentary Leader of the
Socialists and 1995-97 Deputy President of the National Assembly. (b.
1938-).
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1990-91 Carmen Pereira,
Guinea Bissau
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Minister of State in charge of various Portfolios. Also former
President of the Parliament and Acting Head of State.
More details in Presidents.
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1991 Marie-Michelle Rey, Haïti |
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Second Minister in Cabinet, Minister of Finance.
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1991-92 Bikhodzhal Fatkhitdinovna Rakhimova,
the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
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| A secretary
of the Tajik Party Central Committee, she was
Vice-Chairperson of the Council of Ministers
in Charge of Social Policies. |
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1992-93 and 1997-2007 Paulette Moussavou Missambo, Gabon
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Minister of State on the two occasions and Minister of Education
1991-2002, from 1999 also Minister of Labour, Employment and Professional
Training, Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport 2002-04 and Minister of
Health 2004-07. |
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1992-94 Lagle Parek, Estonia
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1983-86 Political Prisoner, 1986-89 House Arrest,1988-93 Leader of National
Independence Party (ERSP),1992 Presidential Candidate.1992-94 Minister of
the Interior (Second in cabinet) (b. 1944-).
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1992-96 Harriet Lindeman, Åland
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Vicelantråd and Minister of Education and Culture until 1999 and
afterwards Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Environment until 2001.
1996-2001 also Chairperson of Frisinnad Samvirkan på Åland (Conservatives).
(b. 1946-). |
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1993-96 Mimi Jakobsen, Denmark
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MP since 1977, Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group 1980-81,
Political Spokesperson 1981-82, 1988-92 and since 1998 of the Centrums
Demokraterne, 1982-84 Minister of Cultural Affairs, 1986-88 of Social
Affairs and in 1987 for Greenland, 1993-94 1. Vice-Premier and Minister for
Coordination of Business-Policy,
1994
Minister of Industry, 1994-96 2. Vice-Premier and Minister of Business and
Industry. 1989-2005
also Chairperson of CD. Two sons born 1981 and 1989. (b. 1948-). |
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1993-2001 Marianne Bruus Jelved, Denmark |
| She was
Minister of Economic Affairs since 1993, 2. Vice-Premier 1993-94,
and from 1994 1. Vice-Premier and also Minister of Nordic Co-operation.
MP since 1987, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group
1988-93, 2001-07 and 2011-12 and Leader of the
Social Liberals 1990-2007. Vice-Chairperson of the Education Committee
of the Folketing 2001-07, Chairperson of the Committee of Science
and Technology, Deputy Group Chairperson in 2011 and Vice-Chairperson of the Folketing and
Chairperson of the Finance Committee 2011-12 and Minister of Culture
from 2012 and Church Affairs from 2014. Married to Jan Jelved and
mother of two children. (b. 1943-). |
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1993-95 Simone Veil, France
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In 1974-79 she was French Minister of Health and Social Affairs, 1979-85
President and 1985-89 Vice-President of the European Parliament, 1984-89
President of the Liberal Group of the EP, 1993-95 First Minister of State
(Deputy Premier) and Minister of Housing, Social Affairs, Health, and
Development of Cities. Since 1998 Member of the Constitutional Court. (b.
1927-).
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1993-97 Shiela Copps, Canada
1997-99 Third in the Cabinet |
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MP from 1984, 1990 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1990-96. She was
Minister of the Environment 1993-96 and was Minister of Communication and
Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship in 1993 and Minister of
Canadian Heritage 1996-2003. She is unmarried, and
when she became mother of a daughter in 1987, she was the first sitting MP
ever to give birth to a child. (b. 1952-).
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1993 and 1997-2000 Ljerka Mintas Hodak, Croatia |
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1990 Advisor in the President’s Office, 1991-92 Head of Croatian Office
with the European Union Monitoring Mission in Zagreb. 1993 she was in charge
of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communication and 1995-2000 of Social
Affairs. In the same period she was also Minister in Charge of Internal
Policy, Public Services and Social Sector and Minister of European
Integration1998-2000. Until 2000 Vice-Chairperson of the HDZ-Party, the
ruling party 1991-2000. (b. 1952-).
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1993-94 Irena Sarishvili-Chanturia, Georgia
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Member of the Presidium of the Head Committee of the Supreme Council
1994-99,
Leader 1994-99 and Group Chairperson of the National Democratic (Second
largest party in Parliament) 1995-99 after the assassination of her husband
Georgi Chaturia in an attack where she was herself seriously wounded.
From 2003 spokesperson of the
pro-Shevardnadze
bloc,
For a New Georgia
and since
2006 Leader
of the
Imedi Party.
(b. 1963-). |
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1993-96 Shulamit Aloni, Israel |
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Founded and was Chairperson of Civil Rights Party/Ratz 1973-95, Member of
the Knesset 1974-96.
1973-74 Minister without Portfolio for Human Rights, 1992-93 Minister of
Education and Culture,1992-96 Member of The National Security Council,
1993-96 Minister of Communication, Science and Art (1995-96 Second in the
Cabinet). She lived (1929-2014).
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1993-2001 Andrea Willi, Liechtenstein |
Minister of External Relations and third in the cabinet. See
profile in Female Foreign Ministers. (b.
1945-).
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1993-98 and 1999-2000 Shirley Kuo Wang-jung, Taiwan |
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During the two periods she was third in the cabinet. 1973-77 she
was Deputy Chairperson of Economic Planning Council, 1977-79 Deputy
Chairperson of the Council of Economic Planning Development, 1979-88
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of China (The
National Bank) 1988-90 Minister of Finance 1990-93 Minister of
State and Chairperson of Council of Economic Development, 1993-98 Minister
of State, 1998-99 Minister without Portfolio and 1999-2000 Minister of
State Between (b. 1930-).
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1994 Brigitta Schmönerova, Slovakia
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| Vice-chairperson of
Party of Democratic Left 1995-2001 Minister of Finance 1998-2002 of Finance
and 1998 unsuccessful candidate for President of the Slovak Republic. (b.
1947-). |
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1994-95 Hristina Vucheva, Bulgaria
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Also Minister of Finance. Renate Indsjovka was Premier Minister.
See profile in Female Finance
Ministers.
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1994-95 Mona Sahlin, Sweden |
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MP from 1982, 1990-91 Minister of Labour,
Party Secretary of The Social Democrats 1991-94, Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Equality 1994-95, 1996, Minister for
Infrastructure (Industrial Development, Small Enterprises, Regional
Development and Science) in the Ministry of Industry,
Employment and Communication
(Assisting Minister of Industry) 1998-2000, Minister of Labour,
Communication, The Estonia-Catastrophe, Integration and Minorities
and Urban Development in the Ministry of Industry, Employment
and Communication
2002-04,
Minister of Democracy,
Urban Policies
and Integration in the Ministry of Justice 2000-02,
Minister of Equality 2003-04 and Minister for Sustainable
Development
(Infrastructure, Housing, Energy and Environmental Questions)
2004-05.
Chairperson of the Social Democrats from 2007. Mother of 3 children.
(b. 1957-)
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1994-2000
and 2003-
Laila Freivalds, Sweden
(Third in Cabinet) |
| Minister
of Justice 1988-90 and 1994-2000. During her second tenure she was third in
the Cabinet.
From 2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs and again third in cabinet.
Her only daughter was born in 1986. Freivaldis was born in Estonia (b.
1942-).
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1994-95 Salma Ahmed Rashed, Libya
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1992-94 Assistant
Secretary for Women and 1994-95 Secretary in the General Secretariat of the
General Peoples' Congress for Women's Affairs (Deputy Chief of Government).
1996 Ambassador to the League of Arab Nations as the first woman. |
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1994 and 1996-99 Bozgul Dodkhudoeva, Tajikistan
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1993-94 Minister of Education. |
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1994-96 Munira
Abdulloyevna Inoyatva,
Tajikistan
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1993-94 Deputy Minister of Labour, 1994-99 also Minister of Education and
since 1999 Presidential Advisor of Social Affairs
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1994 Sirivamo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka
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Prime Minister 1960-66 and 1970-77. When her daughter, Chandrika
B. Kumaratunge became Prime Minister in 1994, she was appointed Senior
Minister without Portfolios and Second in Cabinet. When Chandrika was
elected President later the same year Sirivamo was appointed Prime Minister
for the third time.
See profile at Premier Ministers. She
lived (1916-2000). |
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1994-2003 Billie Miller, Barbados |
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1976-81 Minister of Health and Insurance, 1981-86 Education, 1985-86 of
Culture, 1986-90 Leader of the Opposition Business in the Senate, Deputy
Leader of the Labour Party from about 1990, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
1993-94 and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994-2008. Chairperson of the
Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1996-99,
(b. 1944-)
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1994-98
Prof.
Dr.
Katarína Tóthová, Slovakia
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1992-94 Minister of
Justice Katarína Tóthová
1994-98 Deputy Premier Minister in Charge of the Legislature and Media
Policy. |
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1995-96 and 1998-2002 Lena Hjelm-Walén, Sweden
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Member of the Riksdag for the Social Democrats since 1969. 1973-76
Minister without Portfolio for Schools, 1982 Minister of Labour, 1982-85
Minister of Education and Culture, 1985-91 Minister of International
Development in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1994-98 Minister of Foreign
Affairs (from 1997 second in cabinet) and 1998-2002, Minister of Defence in
2002. (b. 1943-).
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1995-99 Abad Sehedana Rezeva, Turkmenistan
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Former vice-chair of the Parliament. From 1999 minister of
Education. Another version of her name is Abad Sehedovna Irzayeva
Risaveva.
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1995-2003
Dilbar Mukhammadkhonovna Ghulomova, Uzbekistan
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Chairperson of the State Committee for Women’s Affairs 1994-2004.
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1995-96 Susanna
Agnelli, Italy |
As
Foreign
Minister
1995-96 she was second in Cabinet. She was also Member of the EU-Troyka of
Foreign Ministers, 1996 President of the European Union Council of Ministers
(1.1.-18.5.96). Further details in Female
Foreign Ministers
(b. 1922-).
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1995-96 and 2001 Kamla Persad-Bissessar,
Trinidad and Tobago |
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As
Attorney General she was Second in the Cabinet, 1996-99 Minister of
Legal Affairs, 1999-2001 Minister of Education. She did not become
acting Prime Minister, though, until September 2000, as the first
woman ever in the country. In 2001 she was again appointed Attorney
General, but the government was replaced within a few months.
Deputy Political Leader of The United National Congess from circa
2005, Parliamentary Leader of UNC and Oppostion Leader 2006-07 and
2010 Party Leader and Prime Minister from 2010. (b. 1952-)
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1995-98 Grace Duncan, Grenada |
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1988-92 Minister of State for Women's Affairs Community
Development,1995-96 Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Women's Affairs,
Co-operatives and Social Security (Second in the Cabinet). 1996-98 Deputy
Premier and Minister of Health, Housing and Environment. She was
Ambassador-at-Large for Caribbean Affairs from 1999.
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1995-96 Lourina Waldron,
Grenada (Third in
the Cabinet) |
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1995-96 Minister of
Education, 1996-99
Minister of Housing, Women’s Affairs and Social Security,
1999-2003
Minister of State for Communication, Works and Public Utilities
and in
2003 Minister of State
of Health and Environment, and MP until 2003. |
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1995-2000 Tarja Halonen, Finland (Third in Cabinet)
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Member of Parliament 1979-2000, In 1987
she was appointed minister for the first time. As Foreign Minister she was
third in the cabinet. See also Presidents.
(b. 1943-). |
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1996-98 Larisa Gutnichenko, Kyrgyzstan
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1995-96 Minister of Justice and 1996-98 Deputy Premier Minister for
Social and Cultural Policy.
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1996-98 Mira Jangaracheva,
Kyrgyzstan
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| In 1992-95 Deputy Mayor of Bishkeh,
1995-96 Presidential Advisor of Social Affairs.
From
1998 Minister of Labour and Social
Welfare.
(b. 1952-). |
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1996-97 Tansu
Çiller,
Turkey |
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Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister. She had been Premier Minister 1993-96
and Leader of the Right Path Party since 1993. See details at
Premier Ministers.
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1997-99 Taufa Vakatale, Fiji
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In 1980-92 Deputy Ambassador to United Kingdom, 1987-92 Permanent
Secretary in various ministries 1993-95 and 1997 Minister of
Education, Science and Technology, Women and Culture, 1997-99 Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Technology. In 2000 she
resigned as President of the Sogosogoni Vakavulewa ni Tauki Party
(representing conservative ethnic Fijians) in protest with the
party's support for the coup d’etat. |
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1997-2006 Mary Harney, Ireland
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Chief Whip 1988-89, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Democrats 1989-93,
Minister
of State of Environment 1989-92, and Leader of the Progressive Democrats
1993-2006 and again from 2007, Deputy Premier/Tánaiste 1997-2006, Minister
of Enterprise, Employment and Trade
1997-2004, and
Minister of Health and Children and from 2004.
(b. 1954-). |
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1997-2000 Martine Aubry, France |
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1991-93 Minister of Labour, 1997-2000 Minister of Employment and
Solidarity (Second in Cabinet until 2000 when she became third), Mayor of
Lille from 2001,
First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 2008. Daughter of
the Jacque Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities
1985-93 and former minister. Mother of one child. (b. 1950-). |
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1997-2002 Elisabeth Guigou, France
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1991-93 Minister-Delegate of Foreign Affairs for Europe, 1995-97
Vice-President of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament. 1997-2000
Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice (Third in the Cabinet until the
beginning of 2000) and 2000-02 Minister of Employment and Solidarity (Again
third in Cabinet) (b. 1946- ). |
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1997-99 Anne Enger Lahnstein, Norway
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Between 1980-85 Leader of the Group Secretarat, 1983-91 Deputy Leader,
1989- 91 Parliamentary Leader, 1991-99 Leader of Senterpartiet, The Center
Party. She was Vice-Statsminister and Minister of Culture of the center-government
1997-99 which had 9 female and 10 male ministers. In 1998 she was acting
Premier (31.8-23.9) during Kjell Magne Bondevik's sick-leave because of
stress and psychological problems. 1999-2001 Vice Chairperson of the Defence
Committee of Stortinget (b. 1950-). |
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1997-2000 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norway
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| 1991-95 Deputy
Leader and 1995-2004 Leader of Kristeligt
Folkeparti, Christian People’s Party and 1997-2000 Minister of Children and
Family third in the Cabinet. (b. 1956-).
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1997-2001
Matai Fiame Naomi Mulinu’u Mata'afa, Samoa
2001- (Third in Cabinet) |
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Second in Cabinet in which she was Minister of Culture,
Youth and Sports, Education and Labour 1991-2006 and Minister
of Women, Community and Social Development from 2006.
She is the daughter of the country’s first Premier Hon. Fiame MATA’AFA
Faumuina Mulinu’u (1959-70 and 1973-75) and Laulu Fetauimalemau MATA’AFA who
was appointed Ambassador to New Zealand in 1999 after having been Consul
General to New Zealand for 10 years.
She had been widely expected to be appointed Deputy Prime Minister after
the elections in 2001, but that post instead went to a male colleague.
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1998 Sailaja Acharya, Nepal |
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Also known as Sailja, she was
Minister of Agriculture and Forests 1991-93 and in 1998 Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Water Resources. She is Longtime member for
the Nepali Congress Party Leadership, sometime as Vice-President.
Nominated Ambassador to India in 2007. She is the niece of Girija
Prasad Koirala who has been Prime Minister a number of times, latest
from 2000 (b. 1944-).
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1998-2002 Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, The Netherlands |
| 1994-98
Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and from
1998 First Vice Minister President and Minister of Economic. She is
a leading member of the rightwing liberal party, VVD. In 2002 she
was her party's official candidate for the post of Parliament
Speaker but lost to a man from her own party, who had never
previously held any important posts. (b. 1953-). |
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1998-2002 Dr. Els Boorst-Eilers, The Netherlands
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| Minister of Health,
Well-Being and Sport from 1994 and since 1998 2. Vice-Minister-President. In
1998 Leader of D66 (Social Liberal), 1998 Royal Informateur - involved in
the formation of the second coalition government of Premier Kok.
She lived
(1932-2014).
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1998-2003
Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (Matvejeva),
Russia
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As Vice-Premier she is in charge of Social Policies.
Former member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and its presidium, Soviet
Ambassador to Malta 1991 and 1994-97 and to Greece 1997-98 for Russia.
Former head of the Foreign Ministry’s Department in charge of relations with
Russian Regions, Representative of the President North-West Russia federal district in
2003, Governor of St. Petersborg 2003-11 and Chairperson of the Federation
Council from 2011. (b. 1949-).
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1998 Dr. Zlatka Popovska, Macedonia |
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1997-98 Minister without Portfolio, 1998 Vice-President of the Government
and National Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, President of the Foreign
System and Economic Development and President of the Committee for Financial
Recovery and the Banking System. In 1998 she was Presidential Candidate.
1998-2001 Minister of Interior. Professor and former pro-dean of the
Economic Faculty of the University of Skopje. (b. 1948-). |
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1998-99 Prof. Dr Radmilla Kiprijanova-Radovanovic, Macedonia
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1986-90 Member of the Executive Council and President of the Committee for
Science, Technology and Information Service of Macedonia, 1990-92 Deputy
Federal Secretary for Development of Yugoslavia, 1994-98 Rector of the
University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje and 1998-99 Vice-President
of the Government in charge of relations with the International
Institutions. (b. 1940-). |
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1998-2000
Galina Karimovna Saidova, Uzbekistan |
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2000-05 and 2010 1. Deputy Minister of Economy,
2005-06
Chairperson of the Anti Monopoly State Commission, 2010-11 Minister of
Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade and since 2011 Minister of
Economy |
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1998-2000 and 2001-02 Dosta Dimovska, Macedonia |
| Vice-President of
the Government and 1999-2001 Minister of the Interior. Also Vice-President
of VMRO-DPMNE. (b. 1954-). |
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1998-2000 Tuya Nyam-Osoriyon, Mongolia |
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Second in Cabinet, Foreign Minister and in 1999 Acting Premier
Minister.
See details at Premier Ministers. |
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1998 Deputy
Prime Minister Beatriz Doran-Scoop, The Netherlands Antilles
(External Territory of the Netherlands) |
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Council and President of the MAN party - Movimento Antias Nobo -
Nieuwe Antilliaanse Beweging, MP
1983-85 and 1995-98, 1996-96 Minister Health and Environment and Deputizing
for the Minister of Social Affairs. |
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1998-2001
Deputy Prime Minister
Dr. Lili G. Beke-Martínez, Aruba (External Territory of the Netherlands) |
| 1994-2001 Minister
of Social Affairs, Culture and Sportm 1994-98 Minister of Public Health and
1998-2001 Minister of Economic Affairs and Tourism |
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1999-2001 Makbule
Çeço, Albania
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1997-99 Prefect (Governor) of Tirana. In 1999 she was the candidate for
Premier minister of the President of the Socialists, Fatos Nano, but the
Parliament Group chose someone else. Instead she became Deputy Premier
Minister and Minister of Labour. (b. 1948-).
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1999-2007 and 2008-14
Laurette
Onkelinx,
Belgium
2007-08 Third in Cabinet |
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Vice-Chairperson of the Parliament Group of Parti Socialiste 1989-92,
Vice-President of House of Representatives 1990-91, 1992-93 Minister of
Social Solidarity, Health and Environment, 1994-99 Premier of the French
Community in charge of Education, Youth, Children and Health, Minister of
Labour 1999-2003, Minister of Transport and Mobility 2003, Minister of
Justice 2003-07 and Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2007-14. (b.
1958-). |
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1999-2003 Isabelle Durant, Belgium |
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Secretary of the francophone green party, ECOLO 1994-99. and from
1999 4. Vice-Premier and Minister of Transport and Mobility.
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1999-2002
"De facto" Magda Aelvoet, Belgium
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| 1999-2002 Minister of Consumer’s
Protection, Environment and Health She was the highest-ranking
non-vice-premier and as the senior member of ther party she was de-facto
Vice-Premier without being given the title. She was Parliamentary Group
Chairperson of Agalev 1989-93, Vice-Chairperson of the Green Group in
the European Parliament 1995-99. In 1995 she was appointed Minister of
State a honorary title given for life. When the Federal Agricultural
Ministry was abolished in 2001, she was given additional responsibility
for the Federal Food Security Agency. (b. 1954-).
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1999-2000 Adi Kuini Teimumu Vuikaba Speed, Fiji
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From 1989-91 Leader of Fiji Labour Party, 1995 Leader of Fiji Labour
National Federation, 1995-98 Vice-President of Fijian Association Party,
1998-2002
Party Leader. Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Fijian Affairs
1999-2000. She
was
widow of the former Prime Minister Dr. Timoci Bavadra who died in 1989
and later
remarried. She succeeded her father,
Ratu Aseri Qoro Latianara, the Tui Nokoro and Roko Tui Naitasiri until 1977,
as Paramount Chief of Navosa in 1998 (Her father lived 1924-98)
Married three times and mother of two sons and two daughters
daughter,
and lived
(1949-2004).
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1999-2000 Rima
Khalaf Hneidi, Jordan |
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1993-95 Minister of Trade and Industry, 1995-98 Minister of Planning,
1999-2000 Deputy Premier Minister and Minister of Planning. she resigned in
2000 because of disagreement with the Premier Minister about the economic
policies. Later same year she became Assistant Secretary General of the UN
and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States.
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1999-2001 Lydia Gutu, Moldova |
1990-95 Vice-Minister of
Finance and since 1999 Vice-Premier in charge of Social Problems.
1995-99 she worked in the private banking sector. In 2001 she was candidate
for the post of parliament-President which instead went to Eugenia
Ostapciuc
(b. 1954-).
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1999-2004
Lydie Polfer, Luxembourg |
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1982-99 Mayor of Luxembourg Ville, Former member of the Bureau of Chamber
des Deputées, 1994-2004
President of the Parti Democratique,
1999-2004
Vice-Premier and Minister of External Affairs and External Trade and
Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform,
and from 2004 Member of the European Parliament.
(b. 1952-).
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1999-2004
Djamal Geklenova, Turkmenistan
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Circa 1998-99 Minister
of Consumer Goods, as Vice-Premier she was in charge of the Chamber of
Industry and Commerce and Turkmen Statistics and Forecasts Committee,
1999-2002 Minister of Textile Industry and Foreign Trade,
2007 State Minister and Chairperson of
the state joint-stock
corporation "Turkmenhaly" and from 2007 nister of Textile Industry again.
Her name is also transcribed
Jemal Goklenova |
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1999-2004
Nigina Sharapova, Tajikistan
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Among others in charge of Women's Issues. Appointed Deputy
Minister of Health in 2004. |
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1999
Aitkul
Baigaziyevna Samakova,
Kazakstan |
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1997-99 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade,
1999-2002 Minister Without Portfolio and Chairperson of the National
Committee on Family and Women’s Issues
and
2002-06 Minister of Environmental Protection |
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1999-2000 Maja Gojkovic, Yugoslavia
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1999-2001 Vasso Papandreau, Greece (Second in Cabinet) |
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1985 Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry, 1986-88 Alternate Minister of
Industry, 988-89 Minister of External Trade, 1989-92 EEC-Commissioner for
Labour, Social Affairs and Industry, 1994-96 Vice-President of the Council
of Europe, 1996-99 Minister of Development, 1999-2001 Minister of Interior,
Public Administration and Decentralization (Second in the Cabinet)and
from 2001 Minister of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
She is among the Leaders of the Socialists, PASOK. (b. 1956-).
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1999-2003 Dame Lois Marie Browne-Ewans,
Bermuda (British External Territory) |
| As Attorney General from 1999, she
was third in cabinet. She was MP 1963-2003, Opposition Leader and Leader of
PLP 1968-72 and 1976-85, as the first female official Leader of the
Opposition anywhere in the Commonwealth. 1998-2003 also Minister of
Legislative Affairs. She lived (1927-2007). |
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1999-2000 Eileene L.S. Parsons, British Virgin Islands |
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The Minister for Health, Education,
Culture and Welfare from 1997, she was named Deputy
Chief Minister in 1999. Member of the Legislative Council
1995-2000
as one of the two first women elected to political office. MLC again from 2003 and became Deputy
Speaker until 2005 when she was appointed
Minister for Natural Resources and Labour. |
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1999-2004
Loyola de Palacio del Valle-Lersundi, European Union
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In 1977 President of the Youth Organization
of Partido Popular, 1986-89 Vice-President of the Senate Group, 1988-96
Deputy Spokesperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Congress, 1988-93
Secretary General of the Cortes Popular Coalition Group, 1986-89 Senator,
1989-99 Member of Cortes.1996-99 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
and since 1999 Vice-President of the EU-Commission and Commissioner for
Relations with the Institutions and Commissioner of Transport.
Died of cancer, and lived (1950-2006).
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