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Woman Vice Premiers from 2010
Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
WOMAN
VICE
PREMIER MINISTERS
AND
DEPUTY CHIEFS OF GOVERNMENT
FROM 2010
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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2010-14 Nellie
Kroes, The European Union |
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Dutch Member of parliament for VVD 1971-77, State Secretary 1977-81 and Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
1982-89, President of Nijmrode University 1991-2000 and member
of a number of boards of major Dutch companies,
Commissioner for Competition
and Vice-President of the EU-Commission and
Commissioner for the Digital Agenda from 2010. (b.
1941-). |
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2010-14
Baroness Ashton
of Upholland,
The European Union |
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Catherine Ashton has been a
Baroness from 1999, British
Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State of Education and Skills 2001-04, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of Constitutional Affairs 2004-06 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs 2006-07,
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
2007-08, EU-Commissioner for Trade from 2008-10 and
1. Vice-President of the EU-Commission and
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policyfrom
2010.
(b. 1956-). |
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2010-14 Viviane Reding,
The European Union |
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Member of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies
og Luxembourg 1989-99,
Vice-President of the conservative, CSV,
Commissioner for
Education
and Culture 1999-2004,
Commissioner for the Information Society and Media
2004-10 and
Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights
and Citizenship 2001-09 (b. 1951-). |
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2010-11 Penda Diallo, Guinea |
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A trade unionist she was appointed Minister of State for Public
Service, Administrative Reform, Labor and Employment in the interim
country. |
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2010-12
Kim Rak Hui,
North Korea |
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Former Vice Department Director of the
Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chief Secretary
the South Hwanghae Provincial Committee of the WPK 2005-10.
She lived (1933-2013). |
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2010-circa 2012
Han Kwang Bok, North Korea |
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Vice-Minister of Machine-Building Industry until 2009 and
Minister of Electronics Industry 2009-12 and a
director in the central committee of the WPK from 2012. (b. 1946-). |
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2010-12 Awa Ndiaye,
Senegal |
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2007-09 Minister of Family,
Female Entrepreneurship and Microcredits and 2010-12
Minister of State, Minister of Gender and Relations with
Foreign and African Women's Assocciations |
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2010-12 Innocence Ntap, Senegal |
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2007-09 Minister of Civil Service,
Labour and the Professional Organisations and 2010-12 Minister of State, Minister of Labour and Professional Organisations. |
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2010-
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Georgia |
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2004-05 Deputy Minister of Justice,
2005-06 Deputy Minister of Interior,
2006-07
Chairperson of the
Tbilisi Court of Appeal,
2007-08 Minister of Justice
and
State Procecutor in 2008 and Foreign Minister in 2008. (b. 1977-). |
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2010-15 Girlyn Miguel, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines |
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2001-03 Minister of Social
Development, Family, Gender and Ecclesiastical Affairs, 2003-05
Minister Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries,
2005-15
Minister of Education and appointed Deputy Prime Minister in 2010 |
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2011-14 Edita Tahiri, Kosovo |
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As Deputy Minister she was responsible for
foreign relations and head of the delegation the dialogue on
practical issues with the Republic of Serbia.
Minister without Portfolio |
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2011-13 Mimoza Kusari Lila, Kosovo |
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Also Minister for Trade and Industry and, according to some
reports, candidate for Prime Minister in 2011. |
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2011-12
Verica Kalanović, Serbia |
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2007-08
State Secretary of Economy and Regional Development
2008-11 Minister for the National Investment Plan
and Vice-President of the Government. |
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2011-16
Cristina Fontes Lima, Cape Vede |
Maria Cristina
Lopes Almeida Fontes Lima
was Minister of Justice 2001-06,
Minister of
Local Administration
2001-02, Minister of Interior 2002-04, Minister Adjunct to the
Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson 2004-06, also Minister of the
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
2006-08,
Minister of Defence and State Reform 2006-11 and also Minister of Health
from 2011.
(b. 1958-).
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2011-13 Marjory LeBreton,
Canada (Third in the Cabinet) |
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Conservative Senator from 1993 and Opposition Whip in the Senate 2004-06,
Leader of the Government in the Senate 2006-13 and Minister of
State responsible for
Seniors 2008-11 (b. 1940-). |
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2011-14 Jutta
Urpilainen, Finland |
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Also Minister of Finance. Chairperson of the Social Democrats 2008-14,
(b. 1975-) |
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2011-13 Karolina Peake, The Czech
Republic |
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Lawyer, member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010 and Chairperson
of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the Chamber of
Deputies, also Deputy Chair of the Public Affairs Party, VV,
founding chairperson of LIDEM – Liberal Democrats 2012-13, and Minister of Defence
in 2012. (b.
1975-) |
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2011-14 Margrethe Vestager, Denmark |
| 1. Vice-Premier and also Minister of Economic Affairs and Interior from 2011. 1993-97 Party Chairperson, Deputy Group
Chairperson 2001-07 and Group Chairperson and Party Leader of the
Social Liberals 2007-14.
Minister of Education 1998-2001
and Minister of Church Affairs
1998-2000.
Named Danish Designate EU-Commissioner for
Competition in 2014. (b. 1968-) |
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2011-13 Teuta Arifi, Macedonia |
| Vice-Prime Minister
charged with European Integration. MP from 2008 and Chairperson of
the Foreign Affairs Committee and became Mayor of
Tetovo in 2013. (b. 1969-) |
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2011-15
Annika Olsen, Faero Islands (Danish External Territory) |
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Member of the City Council of
Tórshavn 2004-08 and MP for Fólkaflokkurin from
2008,
Minister of Interior 2008-11 and Deputy Premier and Minister
of Social Affairs 2011-15. Mother of 2 (b. 1975-).
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2011- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría,
Spain |
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She
is
1. Vice-President of the Government, Minister of the Presidency and
Government Spokesperson. Former Spokesperson of Partido Popular in the
Congress. (b. 1971-) |
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2011-16
Milanka
Opačić, Croatia |
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She is
Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Social Welfare and Youth. Also
Vice-President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and MP from
1992. (b. 1962-) |
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2011-12 Gulnara Asymbekova, Kyrgyzstan |
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MP and
Deputy Prime Minister for Social Issues. |
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2011-
Elmira Irkinovna Basitkhanova, Uzbekistan |
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She is Deputy Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Women's Committee
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2012-14
Raisa Vasylivna Bohatyryova,
Ukraine |
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People’s Deputy 1990–1994,
Minister of
Health
1999-2000 and since 2012,
Presidential Advisor 2000, Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada since 2000
and Leader of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction 2002–2007,
Secretary
of the National Security
and Defence
Council
2007-2012.
(b. 1953-). |
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2012 Natalya Petrovna Rusanova, Transnistria (Self declared Republic in Moldova) |
| 2007-12
First Deputy Minister of Industry and 1. Deputy Prime Ministe in
2012. |
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2012 Natalia Grigorevna Nikiforova, Transnistria (Self declared Republic in Moldova) |
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Minister of Education in 2012 and later in
the year appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy |
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2012-15 Maya Ivanovna Parnas, Transnistria (Self declared Republic in Moldova) |
| She was appointed
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Development
and Finance.
Acting Prime Minister in 2015. |
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2012-15 Nina Shtansky,
Transnistria (Self declared Republic in Moldova) |
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Presidential Special Representative
for the Transnistria Negotiating Process in 2012, Foreign Minister
and Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
2012-15. Resigned when she married
President Evgeny Shevchuk in 2015. (b. 1978-) |
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2012- Olga Golodets, Russia |
| She
is Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Social Issues. Deputy
Director for Personnel at the Norilsk Nickel company 1999-2008, Deputy Mayor
of Moscow 20010-12 |
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2012- Carrie
Lam, Hong Kong |
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Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was Permanent Secretary for Home
Affairs 2006-07 and Secretary of Development 2007-12. As Chief
Secretary for Administration she the second in command of the Special Administrative
Region of the People's Republic of
China. (b. 1957-) |
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2012-13
Suzana
Grubješić, Serbia |
| She is Deputy Prime
Minister in charge of European Integration. |
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2012-14 Annette Lilja
Vilhelmsen, Denmark |
| She was
Second Deputy
Premier and was Minister of Business Affairs and Growth
2012-13 and Minister of Social Affairs and Integration 2013-14. 2001-11 Member of the
Municipal Council and among others 2. Deputy Mayor of Kerteminde
Byråd and MP 2011-15. (b. 1959-). |
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2012-14
Kamila Abdyrazakovna
Talieva,
Kyrgyzstan |
She
was Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs
until she was appointed
Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism in 2014. She was Deputy
Governor of the Jalal-Abad Region
2005-2008.
(b. 1967-). |
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2012-13 Aminata
Touré, Senegal (Third in the
Cabinet) |
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Also Minister of Justice and Guardian af the
Seals.
Prime Minister 2013-14. |
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2012-14 Foawziya
Yussuf Haji Adan, Somalia |
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Presidential candidate in Somaliland in 2003 and Leader of the Peace
Democracy and Prosperity political party-NDB (Ururka Nabad
Dimuquraadiyada iyo Barwaaqo). Also Foreign Minister 2012-14. |
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2012-16 Akierra Missick, Turks and Caicos Islands (British External
Territory) |
| Apart from her role as
Deputy Premier she was also Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and
Culture |
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2012-16
Vesna Pusić,
Croatia |
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Chairperson
of Croatian
of Narodna
Stranka 2000-05 and of the
Narodna Stranka-Liberalni
Demokrati
2005-08,
Vice-President of the Sabor
2003-04 and Presidential Candidate in 2009 and Minister of Foreign and
European Affairs from 2011. (b. 1953-) |
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2013-
Liu Yandong,
China |
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Vice-Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) 2003-08 and Member of the Politburo of the
Communist Party 2007,
State Councillor and Vice-Chairwoman of
the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
2008-13 and 2. Vice-Premier from 2013.
In 2012 Several news reports named her the first female potential
candidate for the Politburo's Standing Committee. (b. 1945-). |
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2013-14
Emma Bonino, Italy (Third in
Cabinet) |
| Foreign Minister and Third
in Cabinet from 2013.
She was Secretary of the Parliament Group of Partito Radicale 1976-78,
Group Vice-President 1979, Party President 1991-93 and Party Leader 1993-95,
European
Union
Commissioner
for Fisheries,
Consumer Policy
and the
European Community Humanitarian Office
1995-99,
Presidential Candidate 1999 and 2013, Leader of La Rosa nel Pugno
from
2005, Minister of International Trade and Minister
without Portfolio for European Affairs 2006-08 and Vice-President of the Senate 2008-13. (b. 1948-) |
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2013-16
Natalia Gherman,
Moldova |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
since 2013, Deputy Foreign
Minister 2009-13,
Ambassador to Austria, OSCE and other International Organisations in
Vienna 2002-06 and to Sweden, Norway and Finland 2006-09
and Acting Prime Minister in 2015.
She is daughter of
former President Mircea Snegur
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2013-15 Tatiana Potang,
Moldova |
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She is
Deputy Prime Minister of Social Issues and was
Vice-Minister of Education 2009-13. |
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2013 Penny Wong, Australia (Third in Cabinet) |
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Penelope Ying-yen Wong has been Labor Senator from 2001 and was
Minister for Climate Change, Energy Effeciency and Water 2007-10,
Minister of Finance and Deregulation 2010-13 and in 2013 first
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and later Senate
Leader and Third in the Cabinet.
She is her country's first openly lesbian minister
and is born in Malaysia
as daughter of a Chinese father and Australian mother. (b. 1968-). |
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2013- Julie Bishop, Australia
(Third in Cabinet) |
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Minister for Ageing 2003-06.
Minister for Education,
Science and
Training, Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues
2006-07
and Minister of Foreign Affairs.,
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 and Deputy Leader of the Opposition 2007-13.
Lives with Peter Nattrass, former Mayor of Brisbane.
(b. 1956-). |
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2013- Minister of
Fiance Siv Jensen, Norway |
| Also Minister of Finance. MP from 1997, 1. Vice-Chairperson 1999-2006, Deputy
Parliamentary Leader 2001-05, Chairperson from 2006 and Parliamentary Leader
2005-13 of Fremskrittspartiet and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Storting
2001-05. (b. 1969-) |
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2013- Ine Eriksen Søreide,
Norway (Third in cabinet) |
| Foreign Mnister. MP for the
conserative party Høyre from 2001, Chair of the Committee of Foreign Affairs and
Defence of the Storting 2009-13. (b. 1976-). |
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2013-14
Gulshara Abdykalikova,
Kazakhstan |
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2003-06 Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Protection
and 2009-13
Minister of Labour and Social Protection. |
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2013-15 Maria Luís Albuquerque,
Portugal |
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1. Minister of State
and Minister of Finance. She was Secretary of State of Finance for the Treasury and
the Finances 2011-13. (b. 1967-). |
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2013-14
Elżbieta
Bieńkowska,
Poland |
|
Elzbieta Bienkowska is
was
appointed
Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime
Economy
and had been
Minister of Regional Development
2007-14.
EU-Commissioner
for the Internal Market, Industry Entreprepreneurship and Small and
Mediumsized Entreprises from 2014. |
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2013 and
2014
Ekatarina Zaharieva, Bulgaria |
|
Deputy Minister of Regional
Development
2011-12,
Secretary General of the Presidency
2012-13,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Regional Development in 2013
and Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister in
charge of Economic Policy, Minister of
Regional Development and Minister of
Investment Planning in 2014. (b. 1976-) |
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2013 Deyana
Kostadinova, Bulgaria |
|
Deputy Minster of Social Policy and Labour
2011-12,
Presidential Advisor 2012-13 and
Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy and Labour
in 2013. |
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2013
and 2014
Iliyana
Tsanova, Bulgaria |
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Worked
with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2003-13 and
Caretaker
Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU
Funds
in
2013
and 2014.
(b. 1976-) |
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2013-14
Zinaida Zlatanova,
Bulgaria |
| Also Minister of
Justice and EU funds absorption. She was Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria 2008-13. |
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2013-14 Daniela Nikolova Bobeva,
Bulgaria
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She is Deputy Prme Minister
responsible for Coordinating the Economic Policies.
Minister of Trade and Foreign
Economic Co-operation
in 1997 and held
a number of positions as manager of various public and semi-public banks.
(b. 1958-) |
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2014-17
Meglena Kuneva,
Bulgaria |
|
Meglena Stilyanova Kuneva-Prumova
was
was appointed Deputy Prime
Minister for EU Policies and Institutional Affairs.
She was
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Chief EU-Negotiator
2001-02,
Minister of European Affairs
2002-06,
European Commissioner for Consumer Protection
2007-11
Presidential
Candidate in 2011 and Chairperson of the Bulgaria for Citizen
Party from 2011 and later Co-Leader of the Reform Block (b. 1957-) |
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2014-17
Rumyana Bachvarova,
Bulgaria |
| Deputy Prime
Minister for Coalition Policy
and State Administration from 2014 and
also Minister of Interior. (b. 1959-) |
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2014-16
Kristalina Georgieva,
European Union
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Former Vice-President of the World Bank
and CEO from 2017. In
2009 she turned down the offer of the post of Vice-Premier and
Minister of Finance in Bulgaria,
EU-Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
2010-14 and
Vice-President of the Commission for Budget and Human Resources.
Candidate for the post of Secretary
General of the United Nations in 2016. |
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2014-
Federica Mogherini,
European Union |
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MP for PD and Italian
Foreign Minister for a few months in 2014. Also Vice-President of
the EU-Commission and in charge of Security Policy. (b. 1973-) |
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2014-
Ségolène Royal,
France (Third in the cabinet) |
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1992-93 Minister of Environment, 1994-95 President of National
Council of the Socialist Party, 1997-2000 Minister-Delegate of
National Education, Technology and Science, 2000-02
Minister-Delegate of Family and Childhood,
2004-14 President of the Regional
Council of Poitou-Charentes,
2007
Socialist Presidential
and
appointed Minister of Environment in 2014. (b. 1953-). |
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2014-15 Elvira Kubanychbekovna Sarieva,
Kyrgyzstan |
Journalist and MP.
Appointed Education and Science Minister in 2015. (b. 1975-). |
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2014-16 Kori
Udovički,
Serbia |
| Minister of Energy
and Mines
2002-03, Governor
of the National Bank 2003-04 and Assistant Secretary-General of
United Nations 2007-12 and appointed
2014-
Vice-President of the Government and
Minister for
State Administration and Local Self-government
(b. 1961-). |
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2014-
Zorana
Mihajlović, Serbia |
|
Minister
of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection
2012-14
and
Vice-President of the Government and Minister
of Transportation and Construction from 2014. (b. 1970-). |
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2014-
15 and
2015-16 Aster
Mamo,
Ethiopia |
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She was appointed Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service and Good Governance and
Reform Cluster Coordinator. Former Advisor
to the PM and Chief Government Whip and Vice-Chairperson of the
governing OPDO 2014.-16 |
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2014-16 Joan Burton, Ireland |
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Labour
MP 1992-92 and from 2002,
Deputy Leader in
2007 and Leader in 2014.
Minister of State for Poverty
1993-94,
Minister of State for Development Aid and Justice
1994-97,
Minister of Social Protection 2011-16 and
Deputy Premier / Tánaiste
from 2014.
(b. 1949-)
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2014-
Marie Noëlle Andet Koyara,
Central African Republic |
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Minister of Rural Development
2013-14,
Minister of State and Minister in charge
of Public Works, Equipment and Planning 2014-15
and appointed Minister of State and
Minister of Defence in 2015 |
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2014-
Delmaude Ryan,
Montserrat (UK External Territory) |
| The
Deputy Leader of the People’s Democratic
Movement from 2013
she was appointed
Deputy Premier and Minister for
Education, Heatlh and Sport. |
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2014-
Åsa Romson,
Sweden |
| Also Minister of Climate
and Energy. Joint Spokesperson of the Green Party from 2011. |
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2014
Violeta Bulc,
Slovenia |
|
She was
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio for
Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion for
one month before becomming
EU-Commissioner for Transport |
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2014-
Natalya Ivanovna Kochanova,
Belarus |
| Natallia
Ivanaŭna Kačanava was chairperson of Novopolotsk
City Executive Committee 2007-14 |
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2014-16 Gladys
del Valle Requena, Venezuela |
She was 5th Vice-President
of the Council of Ministers for Social Development and Revolution of
the Missions and appointed
Minister
of Women and Gender Equality in 2016. |
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2015-
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia |
|
1989-96 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
1996-2002 Head
of the Department of Women in the Office of the President,
2000-05 Minister of Women's Affairs and Child Welfare,
2005-08 Minister of
Information and Broadcasting,
2008-12 Minister of Environment and Tourism,
Foreign Minister from 2012
and Secretary General of SWAPO since 1996. (b. 1952-) |
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2015-16 Emine Çolak, Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus (Second in the Cabinet) |
| Lawyer, Member of Lefkoşa
Turkish Municipal Council 1994-2002 and Foreign Minister 2015-16. (b. 1958-). |
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2015-16 Dariga Nursultanovna Nazarbayeva
Kazakhstan
|
| Chairperson
of the Republican Public Defence Foundation in 2003. Chairperson of
the Asar (All Together) Party since 2003. The daughter of President
Nursultan Nazabayev, she is considered in some aspects as his
deputy and possible successor. She was Director General of the
Khabar News Agency 1995-2001 and has been Chairperson of the Board
of Directors of the Agency from 2001. Deputy Speaker of the Majilis
in 2014-15 and became Chair of the Senate Committee of International
Affairs, Defence and Security in 2016.. (b. 1963-). |
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2015 Damira Abaskanovna
Niyazalieva, Kyrgyzstan |
|
Provisoric
Minister of Health |
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2015-16
Gulmira Kudaiberdievna Karimova, Kyrgyzstan |
| Minister of Education and
Science from 2016. |
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2015-17
Delcy Eloina Rodríguez Gómez, Venezuela |
Delcy
Rodríguez was Minister of Presidential Affairs in 2006,
Vice-Minister for Europe 2006-10
and
Minister of Communication and Information
2012-13 and 2014,
Chancellor and Minister
of Foreign Affairs from 2014 and appointed 6th Vice-President of the Council of
Ministers for the Sovreignty Politics, Security and Peace in 2015. (b. 1970-). |
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2015-16 Isis Ochoa Cañizales, Venezuela |
|
2006-07 Vice-Minister of Food ,
2007-09 Vice-Minister of Presidential Relations, 2009-10 Vice-Minister of Popular Participation, 2010-13 and
from 2015 Minister of
Municipalities when she was also appointed 7th Vice-President of the Council of
Ministers for the Development of the Territorial Socialism. |
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2015
and 2017-
Sevil Shhaideh, Romania |
| Also
Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration a
portfolio where she was Secretary of State 2012-15. In December 2016, the President rejected
her nomination for the post of Prime Minister and she was instead
appointed 1. Vice-Premier for Regional Development, Public
Administration and EU Funds by the man who was appointed in her
place.
She belongs to the Muslim Tatar minority.
(b. 1964-). |
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2016-17
Luisana Mellonan,
Venezuela |
|
Appointed 8th
Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of Misions and Grand
Socialist Missions and Minister of Health 2016. |
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2016-
Ivanna Klympusch-Tsintsadze, Ukraine |
|
Vice-President of the
Council of Ministers for European Integration. |
 |
2016-
Frances Fitzgerald, Ireland |
|
Senator and
Leader of the Fine Gael group in Seanad Éireann 2007-11, TD from 2011 and
Minister for Justice and Equality
since 2011 as well as Tánaiste (Vice-Premier) from 2016. (b.
1950-) |
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2016-
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