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FEMALE GOVERNORS
2005-10
This is a list of female governors both of
federal territories and unitarian states. This means that some of the governors
listed are the actual leaders of the states, other are official representatives
of the central power with no executive roles.
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2005-13 Governor Christine O'Grady Gregoire,
Washington State (USA) |
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After a recount Chris Gregoire was declared Governor-Elect by 129 votes over
her Republican opponent. Re-elected in 2008. She was Attorney General 1993-2005.
(b. 1947-).
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2005-07 Acting
Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah, Banten (Indonesia)
2007-14 Governor |
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Became Acting Governor when Djoko Munandar was suspended. Elected to the post
in 2006. She is a decendant of a Sultan of Banten (b. 1962-)
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2005-09 Prefect Gyöngyike F. Böndi,
Maramureş (Romania) |
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Member of the General Council of Bucharest 2000-05 and it's President in
2004-05, sub-Prefect from 2007. (b. 1967-)
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2005-09 Prefect Anuţa Handolescu, Vâlcea (Romania) |
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Former Managing Director of SC Asirom SA. (b. 1958-) |
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2005-07 Prefect Mioara Mantale, Bucharest (Romania)
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Member of the General Council of Bucharest 2000-05 and it's President in
2004-05, sub-Prefect from 2007. (b. 1967-). |
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2005- Governor Katrina Hanse, Hardap Region (Namibia)
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Also referred to as Kardoes, she is former school principal, member of the
the local authority council from 1997 and member of the association for
local authorities of Namibia (ALAN). |
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2005- Governor Sophia
Shaningwa, Khomas Region (Namibia)
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Former community leader, women's
activist and civil servant. |
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2005-06 Intendent Ximena Rincón
Gonzáles, Región Metropolitana de Santiago (Chile)
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Until 2005 Superintent of Soical Security and Third Vice-president of
Democracia Cristiana from 2006, Senator from 2010 and candidate in the
internal party primaries for presidential candidate in 2013. (b. 1968) |
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Circa 2005-10 Governor Sonia Medina Luna, Copán (Honduras)
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Later she was Coordinator of the Citizens Commission on Women’s Solidarity.
(b. 1950-). |
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2005-10 Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Nunavut (Canada)
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TV
Broadcaster in the Inuktitut language, former community development
worker, counsellor and Deputy Commissioner of the Government of Northwest
Territories. (b. 1946-). |
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2005-10 Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber,
the Yukon (Canada)
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Actively involved in the territory's tourism and
travel industry for many years, helping create the Yukon First Nation
Tourism Association in 1992. Former Member of the Yukon Human Rights
Commission and Administrator (Deputy-Commissioner) 2001-05. |
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2005-10 Governor Telmina Manuel Paixão Pinho Pereira, Maputo
Province (Mozambique)
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Vice-Minister of Education 2000-05. |
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2005-10 Governor Rosa Manuel da
Silva, Maputo City (Mozambique)
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The first governor of the city. She is a
former civil servant in Mozambique and internationally. |
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2005-14
Governor Dr. Habiba Sorabi, Bamiyan (Afghanistan)
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Pharmacist and Medical
Teacher, in exile in Pakistan from 1996, Minister of Women's
Affairs
2002-04 and
Vice-Presidential Candidate in 2014.
(b. 1958-). |
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Circa 2005-08 Governor Ts. Tsogzolmaa, Sukhbaatar
District (Mongolia)
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Former civil servant in the municipal government of the
capital Ulaan Baator and Deputy Mayor of Ulaan Baator from 2008 |
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2005-09 Governor Thokozile Angela Mathuthu,
Matabeleland North (Zimbabwe)
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Also held the position of Resident
Minister and Member of the National Cabinet. Also ZANU-PF Deputy Secretary
for Transport and Social Welfare. |
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2005-06 Governor Nina Harkava,
Sumy Oblast (Ukraine)
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Anoher trancription of her surname is Garkava. (b.
1951-). |
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2005-06 Governor Iryna Siniavska, Zhytomyr Oblast (Ukraine)
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Her surname is also transribed as Synyavska. Before the
appointment she was Deputy Governor for humanitarian affairs. (b. 1957-). |
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2005-07 Governor Nadezhda Deeva, Dipropetrovsk/ Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
(Ukraine)
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Also known as Nadiia Mykolayivna Deyeva, she was Deputy Governor
before her appointment. (b. 1951-) |
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2005-07 Governor Silvia Barrosos,
Pastaza (Ecuador)
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The province is situated in the country's eastern jungle. The capital is
Puyo with 25,800 inhabitants. The city is now accessible by paved roads from
Baños. |
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2005-06 Governor Nancy
Lucia Armijos, Sucumbíos (Ecuador)
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Followed by Mireya González as governor. |
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2005-07 Governor Lourdes Tibán, Cotopaxi (Ecuador)
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Indigenous leader.
In 2003 she was Undersecretary of Rural Human Development. Secretary of
the Council of Development of the Towns and Nationalities with the rank of
Minister in 2005. |
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2005-07 Governor Marcela Costales, Chimborazo
(Ecuador)
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The province is ocated in the central Ecuadorian Andes, containing a section
of Sangay National Park. |
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2005-07 Governor Gladys Marisela Pazmiño Salazar, Napo
(Ecuador)
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Vice-minister of Women's Affairs in 2003. |
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2005-07
Governor Grace Unda Romero, Galápagos (Ecuador)
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The Galápagos archipelago,
with a population of around 30.000, is a province of Ecuador, a country in
northwestern South America, and the islands are all part of Ecuador's
national park system. |
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2005-12 Governor Gloria Orobio Rodríguez,
Amazonas (Colombia)
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Leader of the provincial Liberal Party and involved in
provincial politics. |
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2005 Acting Administrator Iva Kola, The
National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
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Held prominent positions
at the National Capital District Commission (Port Moresby City). She has
acted as the head of the NCDC on several occassions latest February to
June 2005. |
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2005-07 Voivode Ewa Draus, Podkarpacki (Poland)
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A sociologist. |
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2005-circa 2014 Zupan Marina Lovrić Merzel, the Sisak-Moslavina County (Croatia)
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As Prefect she was head of the County Government. |
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2005-
Prefect Carmela Floreno, Enna (Italy)
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Civil servant. |
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2005- Prefect
Eleonora Maffei, Prato (Italy)
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High ranking civil servant in the Ministry
of Interior, with the rank of Vice-Prefect from 1996 and Prefect from
2001. (b. 1943-). |
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2005-07 Prefect Francesca Adelaide Garufi, Matera
2007- Prefect of
Arezzo (Italy)
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Rank of Vice-Prefetto from 1993 and
Prefect and President of the Directorate of the Internal Control Service
of the Ministry of Interior from 2001. (b. 1951-). |
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2005-09 Regional Governor Svetlana Veskova Velikova, Silistra, (Bulgaria)
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The province dominated by agriculture boarders Ukraine. |
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2005-09
Regional Governor Rayna Yovtcheva, Haskovo (Bulgaria)
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The province is situated in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and
Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the
river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre -
the city of Haskovo. |
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2005-09
Regional Governor Gergana Trifonova, Veliko Tarnovo
(Bulgaria)
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The province is situated in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. Its
capital city, Veliko Tarnovo, was the capital of Medieval Bulgaria. |
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2005-09
Regional Governor Maria Dimova, Russe (Bulgaria)
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The river Danube passes through the province. |
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2005-09 Regional Governor Hristina Tcholakova, Sliven (Bulgaria)
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Former Regional Judge at the Kotel Regional Court |
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2005-09 Regional Governor Surai Velieva, Lovetch (Bulgaria)
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Lovech is situated in the Forebalkan area of northern Bulgaria, on both
sides of the river Osam, and unifies both mountainous and plain relief. The
eastern part of the town is surrounded by a 250 m high plateau, where the
largest park in Lovech, Stratesh, is located, and the southwestern part is
surrounded by the hills Hisarya and Bash Bunar. |
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2005-09 Governor Veronique
Nizigama, Bururi (Burundi)
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A former MP and Deputy Secretary General of
the National Assembly, she was kidnapped by rebels in 2003. |
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2005-?
Governor Marcelline Bararufise, Rutana (Burundi)
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A former teacher she has
been involved in the peace-process of the country for a number of years.
Later MP. |
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2005-09 Governor Régine Katabarumwe, Cankuzo (Burundi)
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Former High School
teacher. |
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2005-15 Governor Rénilde Ndayishimiye, Mwaro (Burundi)
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Participated
in the peace negotiations after the civil war. Member of the National
Security Council from 2011. |
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2005-07 Prefect
Svetlana Selaković, District of South Backa (Serbia)
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The District is
situated in the Province of Vojvodina. She is (b. 1957-) |
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2005-07
Prefect Marina Marković, District of Podunavlje (Serbia)
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The District is
situated in Central Serbia. |
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2005-07 Civil Governor Maria
Teresa Mourão de Almeida, Setúbal (Portugal)
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Teresa Almeida is former
Socialist Party Secretary of the District of Setúbal. Appointed to a
leading position in the Municipal administration of Lisboa in 2007. |
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2005-09 Civil Governor Maria do Carmo Pires Almeida Borges, Guarda
(Portugal)
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Maria do Carmo Borges is former President of the Municipal
Council of Guarda. |
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2005-08 Civil Governor Maria Adelaide
Torradinhas Rocha, Lisboa (Portugal)
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Maria Adelaide Rocha is former
spokesperson of the Administrative Council of the Cultural Foundation of
Belém. |
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2005-09 Civil Governor Maria Isabel Solnado Porto Oneto, Porto
(Portugal)
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Isabel Oneto is a Magistrate and former Member of the
Municipal Chamber of Porto for the Socialist Party. |
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2005-09 Civil
Governor Fernanda de Sousa Gonçalves Carvalho Ramos, Évora (Portugal)
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Normally known as Fernanda Ramos. |
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2005-13
Prefect Evelyne
Ratte of l'Aisne (France)
2007-13 Regional Prefect of Limousin
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Secretary General of the Ministry of
Defence 2002-05. (b. 1937-) |
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2005- Lord-Lieutenant Dr. Monica Main, Sutherland (United
Kingdom of Great Britain)
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General practitioner
and a senior partner in the combined Brora and Helmsdale Medical Practice.
(b. 1952-). |
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2005- Lord-Lieutenant
Baroness Masham of Ilton, The
East Riding of Yorkshire (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
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Director of
the Burton Agnes Hall Preservation Trust and Farming Company, a trustee of
Burton Constable Hall and Kiplin Hall, a member of the Executive of the
Country Land and Business Association and chairs the Yorkshire branch,
member of the Parish Council, Director of Swinton Park Hotel and Cookery
School and has in the past been a school and college governor. She was
High Sheriff for the East Riding 2004-05. Susan Cunliffe-Lister is widow
of the 2nd Count of Swinton, who was a conservative politician in the House
of Lords. (b. 1935-). |
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2005- Lord-Lieutenant
Marjory McLachlan, Stirling and Falkirk (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
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Deputy Lord-Lieutenant 2001-05 and involved in charities for decades. (b.
1942-). |
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2005- Sýslumaður Kristín Ósk Völundardóttir, Hólmavík (Iceland)
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"Prefect"
and Chief of Police. |
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Circa 2005-11 Governor Hj. Siti Qomariyah, Pekalongan (Indonesia)
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Her title of Bupati is also translated as Regent of the Regency of
Pekalongan. |
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2005-? Governor Isabelina Tenorio, The Paez Reservation
(Columbia)
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Head of the indiginas area in Mosoco in the Province of
Tierradentro. |
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2005- ? Governor María Nelly Fiscué, Toez Reservation
(Colombia)
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The government appointed 6 female and one male head of the
indiginas areas. |
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2005- ? Governor Gloria Atillo, The Togaima
Reservation (Colombia)
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Head of an indiginas area
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2005- ? Governor Lusinda Aquite, Turminá Reservation (Colombia)
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Appointed by the central government |
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2005- ? Governor Rosario Salazar, The Inzá Reservation
(Colombia)
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Head of an indiginas area
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2005- ? Governor Imelda Vitopía, Coetando Reservation (Colombia)
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Head of an indiginas area |
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2005- ? Governor Rosario Guerra Chaparro, Tónachii (Mexico)
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One of the leaders of the 4 ethnic groups of the Tarahumara Mountain range. |
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Circa 2005-06 Superintendent
Josephine George-Francis, Montserrado (Liberia)
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Spend almost 20 years in USA before she returned to Liberia where she runs a
large rice producing farm and a mineral water factory. |
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2006-10
Superintendent
Nyenekon Beauty Snoh-Barco, Montserrado (Liberia)
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Former candidate for the House of Representatives. |
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2006-09 Governor Gladys Elizabeth Bandiera Pittí, Province of
Panama (Panama)
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Gladys Bandiera is a former civil servant of the Ministry of
Interior. (b. 1976-). |
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2006-14 Prefect Evaggelia
Schoinaraki-Iliaki, Heracleion (Greece)
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Other transcriptionis of her
name is Evagelina, Evangelia Evaggelia Sxoinaraki or Euaggelia
Sxoinaraki-Hliaki , she was MP 2000-06 and Dean of the Parliament in
2004-06. The area in Kreta she presides over is also known as Iraklio or
Heraklion. |
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2006-09 Governor Sarah Heath Palin, Alaska (USA)
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Former Mayor of Wasilla City. Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate
in 2008. Regined from the office of Governor 1 year before her term ended.
Mother of 5 children, the youngest born in 2008 (b. 1965-). |
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2006-07
Voivode Helena Pietraszkiewicz, Łódzki (Poland)
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Former councillor and
chairperson of the Lublin City Council. (1952-) |
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2006-09 Governor
Irena Ričkuvienė, Taurage (Lithuania) |
| Member of the District
Council of Taurage 2001-02. (b. 1962-) |
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2006-08 Governor
Angelė Kaušylienė, Utena, (Lithuania) |
| Holds degrees in chemestry
and social science (b. 1954-). |
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2006-11 Governor
Esta Tamm, Tartu Province (Estonia) |
| Government appointed head
of the county. |
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2006-06 Intendent
Patricia Clara Pérez Zamorano, Región I de Tarapaca (Chile)
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Patricia Pérez
is Supreme Court Lawyer and civil servant. (b. 1972-). |
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2006-08
Intendent Marcela Ximena Hernando Pérez, Región II de Antofagasta (Chile)
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Former civil servant. |
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2006-07 Intendent Julieta Florentina Cruz
Figueroa, Región III de Atacama (Chile)
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Julieta Cruz is a former civil
servant on local and federal level. (b. 1960-). |
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2006-08 Intendent
María Soledad Tohá Veloso, Región VIII de Bio Bio (Chile)
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Professor and Municipal Councillor of Chillán. (b. 1965-). |
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2006-08 Intendent
Viviana Betancourt Gallegos, Región XI de Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez
del Campo (Chile)
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Former Regional Councillor.2006-08 Intendent
Eugenia Mancilla, Región XII de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena
(Chile)Engineer and working in the private sector. (b. 1964-). |
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2006-08 Intendent Eugenia Mancilla, Región XII de Magallanes y de la
Antártica Chilena (Chile)
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Engineer and working in the private sector. (b. 1964-). |
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2006-14 Governor Victoria Ngiratkakl-Kanai, Airai State (Palau)
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Also known as
Vicky Kanai, she was President of the State Legislature 2002-06. |
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2006- Governor Akiko C. Bedor Sugiyama, Ngardmau State (Palau)
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A former congresswoman Akiko Sugiyama was married to the former Senator Peter L.
Sugiyama, who died in 2007. |
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2006-07 Governor
Mireya del Mercedt
González Dávila, Sucumbíos (Ecuador)
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Followed Nancy Lucia Armijos on the post. |
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2006-07 Governor Maria de Lourdes Abadia, Distrito Federal (Brazil)
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2001-06 Vice-Governor. She lost her bid for reelection. |
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Circa 2006-08 Governor Margarita Dabdoub de Dip, Atlántida
(Honduras)
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Also known as Marggie de Dip or Margui Dip |
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2006-09 Governor Sandra Alejandrina
Cuevas de Hernández, Cortés (Honduras)
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Followed Ilsa Díaz Zelaya on the
post. |
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Circa
2006-10 Governor Ana Rosa Mendoza Silva, Choluteca (Honduras)
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The department is situated in southern Honduras between El Salvador and
Nicaragua. |
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2006-09 Governor Pénéloppe Kantarama, Province de l'Ouest (Rwanda)
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Second Vice-President of the
National Assembly 2003-06 and Permanent secretary in the Ministry of
Internal Security since 2009. |
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2006-09
Government-Delegate Soledad Mestre García, Comunidad de Madrid (Spain)
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Former Civil Servant and Member of the Assembly of Madrid. (b. 1948-). |
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2006-09 Zupan Mira Buconić, the Dubrovnik-Neretva county (Croatia)
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Deputy župan 2005-2006. |
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2006-12 Lieutenant Governor Mayann E.
Francis, Nova Scotia (Canada)
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Director & CEO of the Nova Scotia Human
Rights Commission from 1999, Ombudsman for Nova Scotia 2000-03. |
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2006-11 Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Oliver Hagerman, Prince Edward Island
(Canada)
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Musical teacher, vocal performer, choir leader and conductor,
volunteer worker. She lived (1943-2016). |
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2006-09 Governor Vera Ulyanchenko,
Kiev oblast (Ukraine)
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Also known as Vira Ivanivna, she is a former
Presidential Councillor, Minister of the Presidency since 2009 and Leader
of the People's Union Our Ukraine. (b. 1958). |
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2006- Governor
Yukiko Kada, Shiga (Japan)
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Professor in Environmental affairs. (b.
1950-). |
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2006- Fylkesmann Kari Nordheim-Larsen, Telemark (Norway)
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Deputy
Mayor of the County of Telemark 1984-90, Secretary for Regional Affairs of
Arbeiderpartiet 1990-92 and Minister of Development Aid 1992-97. (b.
1948-). |
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2006-07 Acting Governor Ludmila Riveros de Sánchez,
Ñeembucú (Paraguay)
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Former highranking civil servant and Member of
Parliament. |
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2006 Acting Voivode Marzenna Drab, Kujawsko-Pomorski (Poland)
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Appointed Vice-Voivode earlier in 2006 and became Acting Governor after
the resignation of her predecessor. MP from 2007. |
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2006-15 Governor
Neranjala Pushpa Kumari Balasooriya, Southern Province (Sri Lanka)
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Normally known as Kumari Balasooriya, her surname is also transcribed as
Balasuriya. She is married to former Governor of North Central Province Jagath
Balasooriya (or Balasuriya), and they held office at the same time for a
few weeks in 2006. (b. 1949). |
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Circa 2006-? Governor Doris Puchana, The
Awa Reservation (Colombia)
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Head of an indiginas area. |
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2006-12
Governor Elsa de León, Samaná (Domenican Republic)
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2006- Governor
Fouzia Imanssar, District of Aïn Chock (Morocco)
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Another version of her
name is Fawziya Amansar, and the the name of the district is also
trancribed as Ain al-Shaq, wich is situtated in the governorate of
Casablanca. |
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2006-13 Prefect Chantal Philip, Meuse (France)
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Former Sous
-Préfète of Commercy |
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2006- 16 Lord-Lieutenant Jean Douglas Tulloch, Area of
Dumfries (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
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The lieutenantcy is
situated in Scotland. |
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2006-14 Lord-Lieutenant Marion Teresa Brewis, The Area
of Wigtown (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
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Known as Terry Brevis,
she is the Queen's Representative in the county situated in Scotland.. |
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2006-14 Lord-Lieutenant
Valerie Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, Dorset (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
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Worked for the National Health Service and charitable and arts
organisations in Dorset since 1970. Deputy Lieutenant for Dorset
1995-2006. (b. 1939-). |
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2006- Lord-Lieutenant Dame Lorna Elizabeth Fox
Muirhead, Merseyside (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
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Normally known
as Dame Lorna Muirhead she worked as a midwife and teacher for many years,
President of the Royal College of Midwives 1997-2004 and Deputy Lieutenant
for Merseyside 2003-06. (b. 1943-). |
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2006 Prefect Delfina Raimondo, Gorizia
(Italy)
2006- Prefect of Belluno
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Civil Servant and member of various
expert committees of the Ministry of Interior, Vice-Prefect of Como
1996-2001, Vice-Prefct of Venezia 2001-05. (b. 1950). |
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2006- Narcisa Livia
Brassesco, Biella (Italy)
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Former Vice-Prefect of the Province. |
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2006- Maria Elena Stasi, Caserta (Italy)
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High-ranking civil servant. |
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2006-07 Governor
Dame Virginia Etiaba, Anambra State (Nigeria)
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Also known as Dame Virgy, she took office as Deputy Governor in March and
became Governor when her predecessor was impeached, but she immediately
transferred her powers to Peter Obi, when the Appeal Court voided the
impeachment. (b. 1942-) |
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2006-09 Commissioner Christine Gabriel
Ishengoma, Region Pwani
2009-11
Commissioner of the Region of Ruvuma
2011-14 Commissioner of the Region of Iringa
(Tanzania) |
| Also Special Seat MP. |
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2007-09 Regional Commissioner
Halima
Kasungu,
the Region of Kigoma
2009-11 Regional Commissioner of the Region of Iringa
(Tanzania) |
| Appointed
District Commissioner
of Singida in 2002 and later of Kigoma and Iringa
and finally of Njombe |
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2007-11 Governor Ana Júlia Carepa, Pará (Brazil)
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City Councillor of Belém do Pará
from 1992, Vice-Mayor 1996-2000 and Federal Senator since 2002 (b.
1957-). |
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2007-11 Governor Yeda Rorato Crusius, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
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Minister
of Planning, Organization and Coordination in 1993 and since Member of the
Federal Parliament. President Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira
(PSDB) of the State 2005-06. (b. 1944-) |
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2007-09 Governor Elisa Margarita Monar Vargas, Orellana (Ecuador)
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Apointed by the President. |
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2007-09 Governor María Diocelina
Pazmiño García, Bolívar (Ecuador)
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Former candidate to the National Assembly. |
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2007-? Governor Chabela Rivas Villafuerte, Capital
District of Abancay (Peru)
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In the Departament of Apurimac. |
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2007-? Governor Betty Montoya Moreno, Laredo
(Peru)
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Former mayor. |
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2007-10 Governor María
Teresa Martínez Cruz, Comayagua (Honduras)
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Comayagua is one of the 18 departments in the country. |
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2007-10 Governor Geraldine
Ecleo Villaroman, Dinagat Islands (The Philippines)
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The first governor of the newely created province. Her mother Glenda Ecleo
was member of the House of of Representatives and her father a mayor.
Elected Vice-Governor in 2010 with her mother as Governor and held office
until 2013. |
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2007-10 Governor
Floydelia Diasen, Kalinga (The Philippines)
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Elected to the post after her
husband was murdered. |
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2007 Voivode Anna Szyszka, Warmińsko-Mazurski (Poland)
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Vice-Voivode 2006-07 and Acting in the position from January to February.
(b. 1969-). |
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2007-08 Intendent Adriana del Piano Puelma, Región
Metropolitana de Santiago (Chile)
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Minister of Natural Assets 1994-99, Deputy
Leader of the Election Campaign of President Lagos in 1999, Minister
Women’s Affairs 2000-03, Subsecretary of Regional Development, 2003-2005,
Minister of Interior Affairs 2005. (b. 1947-) |
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2007-08 Intendent Antonella
Sciaraffia Estrada, Región I de Tarapaca (Chile)
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Christian Democrat MP
1997-2001. |
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2007-09 Intendent Viviana Ireland Cortés, Región III de Atacama
(Chile)
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Former Municipal Secretary of Atacama and Regional Secretary of
the Ministry of Economy |
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2007- Commissaris van de Koningin/Koning Karla Peijs,
Zeeland (Netherlands)
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Member of the European Parliament for CDA 1989-2003,
and prior to that Member of the Provincial States of Utrecht. Minister of
Traffic and Water Management 2003-07. (b. 1944-). |
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2007-08 Governor Rosalba
Venancia Belmonto de Penayo, Alto Paraguay (Paraguay)
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Apparently she would
be in office until August 2008 in an acting capacity. |
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2007-? Governor Sandra Rubiano Leyton, Magdalena (Colombia)
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Former Rector of Universidad del
Magdalena. |
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2007-12 Governor Clara Inés Collazos Martínez, Cesar (Colombia)
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Had a career
as administrator behind her, before she became chief executive of the province. |
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2007-12 Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, Yucatán (Mexico)
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Former member of the
Chamber of Deputies and Secretary of the Permanent Commission of the
Mexican Congress 2005-06. |
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2007-15 Governor Maria Fabiana Ríos, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies until her
election. |
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2007-11 Governor Espérance Inamahoro, Bururi (Burundi)
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Vice-President of the Committee for Equality in the National Assembly. |
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2007- Lord-Lieutenant Carol Kinghorn, Kincardineshire (United
Kingdom)
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A physiotherapist she is involved in various charitable works. (b.
1946-). |
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2007- Lord-Lieutenant The Countess of Verulam, Hertfordshire
(United Kingdom)
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Dione Angela Grimston née Smith is an artist and involved
in the National Trust and other organisations. High Sheriff of
Hertfordshire in 2002-03. Married to Sir John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of
Verulam, and mother of 4 children. (b. 1954-). |
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2007- Lord-Lieutenant Mary
Prior, Hertfordshire (United Kingdom)
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Deputy Lieutenant of the County since 1996.
Chairperson of a number of charities and public board. (b. 1942-) |
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2007-08 Acting Governor Maaja Toompuu, Lääne County
(Estonia) |
| Läänemaa is one of 15
counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia towards the
Baltic Sea |
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2007-09
Civil Governor Isilda Maria Prazeres dos Santos Varges Gomes, Faro
(Portugal)
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MP for PS 2009-11 and former Vice-President and President of the Municipal
Chamber of Portimão and Vice-President of the Metropolitan Council of the
Algarve. (b. 1951-) |
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2007-09 Civil Governor Eurídice Maria de Sousa Pereira, Setúbal
(Portugal)
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Vice-President of the Commission for Coordination and
Development of the Region of Lisboa and Vale do Tejo 2005-07. She was
candidate for the post of Mayor of Moita in 2005 and Secretary of State of
Internal Administration from 2009. |
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2007-14 Governor Marie Josée Laloy, Walloon Brabant (Belgium)
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A francophone socialist. (b.
1950-). |
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2007-09 and 2012-13 Zupan Sonja Borovčak,the Krapina-Zagorje County (Croatia)
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Former
local politician and was first elected Social Democratic MP in 2000. (b. 1947-) |
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2007-16 Governor Maria Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos,
Batangas (The Philippines)
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Vilma Santos-Recto is a former actor and Mayor
of Lipa City. (b. 1953-) |
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2007-16 Governor Corazon T. Nuñez-Malanyaon, Davao
Oriental (The Philippines)
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A former Member of Congress, she won over her
cousin, the former Governor Maria Elena T. Palma Gil. (b. 1949-) |
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2007-10 Governor Sally
Ante Lee, Sorsogon (The Philippines)
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Wife of former Governor Raul R. Lee
and Mayor of Sorsogon City since 2000. |
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2007-10 Governor Elisa Olga Tingcungco
Kho, Masbate (The Philippines)
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Wife of former governor Tony Kho. |
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2007-16 Governor Jum Jainuddin-Akbar, Basilan (The Philippines)
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Jum Akbar's husband,
Wahab Akbar, had been Governor 1998-2007 and was elected to the House of
Represenatives. His second wife, Cherry Santos-Akbar, was elected Mayor of
Isabela City and the third wife, Nur-In Abbas-Akbar, run as candidate for
Mayor of Lamitan City. |
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2007-? Governor Lida Nanyan, Shirak Marz (Armenia)
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Head
of the the regional State Tax Service until her appointment as Marzpet.
(b. 1948-). |
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2007-15 Landshövding Maria Norrfalk, Darlana Län (Sweden)
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Director
General of the Forest Administration 1994-2003, Director General of the
Swedish Development Agency, sida, 2003-07. Her deputy, the Länråd, is
Inger Eriksson. (b. 1952-). |
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2007- Landshövding Kristina Alsér, Kronoberg
Län (Sweden)
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Former manager of a number of private companies. (b.
1956-). |
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2007- 11 Prefect Béatrice Abollivier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
(France)
2011- Prefect of Charente-Maritime
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Former high ranking civil servant and ministerial political
advisor |
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2007-11 Prefect Fabienne Buccio, Mayenne (France)
2011- Prefect of Loire
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Former sous-préfète de Bayeux and presidential advisor. |
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2007-09 Prefect Marcelle Pierrot, Lot (France)
2009-11 Prefect of Tarn
2011-13 Prefect of Vosges
2013- Prefect of Guadaloupe |
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1993-95 Sous-préfète of Lunéville, 2000-03 Sous-préfèt d’Arles, 2006-07 Delegate Prefect in charge of Equality by the
Prefect of the Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur. Held a number of other
administrative posts. (b. 1949-) |
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2007-09 Prefect Danièle
Polvé-Montmasson, Tarn-et-Garonne
(France)
2009-11 Prefect of l'Aveyron
2011-13 Prefect of Charente
2013- Prefect of Manche
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Sous-préfète de Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) 2004-07. (b. 1953-)
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2007-09 Prefect Francesca
Rita Maria Cannizzo, Grosseto (Italy)
2009- Prefect of Ragusa
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Prefect without Posting from
2003. |
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2007- Prefect Floriana de Sanctis, Ravenna (Italy)
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Prefect without
Posting from 2003. |
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2007- Prefect Chiara Marolla, Sondrio (Italy)
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Vice-Commissioner
of the Government of the Regione Friuli-Venezia-Giulia 2005-07. (b.
1949-) |
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2007-09 Prefect Adriana Donţu, Judeţului Braşov (Romania)
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Former
Secretary General of the Prefecture. (b. 1975-). |
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2007-? Prefect Darija Sajin,
District of South Backa (Serbia)
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The District is situated in the Province
of Vojvodina. She is (b. 1973-) |
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2007-? Governor Agripina Capuñay Lazo de Latorraca, Talara (Peru)
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The province is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Paita
Province on the south, the Sullana Province on the east and the Tumbes
Region's Contralmirante Villar Province on the north. Its capital is the
major port city of Talara. It also contains the beach resort of Máncora. |
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2007-08 Governor Flor León Arteaga, Sánchez
Carrión (Peru)
2008- Governor of Huamachuco
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The Sánchez Carrión Province is one of twelve provinces of the La Libertad
Region in Peru and Huamachuco is the main town in the province |
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2007- Governor Leilani
Ngirturong Reklai, Aimeliik State (Palau)
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A businesswoman, she is sister of
Aimeliik Delegate Kalistus Ngirturong and defeated her cousin, Abina
Etpison, who has been Delegate through many years. Mother of 2. (b.
1966-). |
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2007-16 Voivode Jolanta Chełmińska, Łódzki Voivodship (Poland)
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Former
banking executive. (b. circa 1945). |
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2007-11 Voivode Helena Hatka, Lubuski
Voivodship (Poland)
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Worked in the voivodeship through a number of years.
Senator since 2011.
(b. circa 1955). |
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2007-15 Voivode Bożentyna Pałka-Koruba, Świętokrzyski
Voivodship (Poland)
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Former Deputy Mayor of Busko-Zdrój. (b 1953-). |
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2007-11 Voivode Genowefa Tokarska, Lubelski Voivodship (Poland)
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Mayor of Biszcza
1990-2007, MP since 2011. Member of the Polish People's Party. (b. 1949-) |
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2007-08 Governor-elect Marta del Socorro Sáenz Correa,
Córdoba (Colombia)
2008-12 Governor
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Administrator, civil servant and local
politician. At first she was barred by a court to take over, but she won
the appeal and took office in February 2008. (b. 1959-). |
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2008 Governor
Liliana Bittar Castilla, Córdoba (Colombia)
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Former civil servant, she was
appointed to replace the governor-elect Martha Saenz Correa, but had to
resign when Saenz Correa won an appeal. (b. 1974-). |
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2008-11 Governor Dominga
Tecúm Camil, Alta Verapaz (Guatemala)
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2008-10 Governor Ángela Reyes Larios,
Baja Verapaz (Guatemala)
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2008- Governor Luz Maribel Ramos Peña, Izabal
(Guatemala)
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2008- Governor Flor de María Giralda Hernández, Santa Rosa
(Guatemala)
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2008- Governor Elena Yojcom Ujpán de Yojcom, Sololá
(Guatemala)
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2008-09 Governor María Leonor Toledo, Suchitepéquez
(Guatemala)
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2008-10 Governor Olga Maritza Reyes Chinchilla, Retalhuleu
(Guatemala)
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2008-10 Intendent Nora Barrientos Cárdenas, Region VIII de la Araucanía
(Chile)
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Former Regional Director of CORFO |
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2008-10 Governor Francisca do Espírito Santo, Luanda (Angola)
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The Vice-Governor 2005-08, she became
acting governor when the incumbent resigned in February and was appointed
to the position in a permanent capacity in April. |
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2008-09 Governor Cândida
Celeste da Silva, Bié
2009-12 Governor of Namibe (Angola)
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Minister of Family and Women’s Affairs
1999-2008. |
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2008- Governor Cândida Maria Guilherme Narciso, Lunda Sul
(Angola)
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MP 1992-2008. (b. 1955-). |
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2008-10 Governor Jemma Nunu Kumba,
Western Equatoria State (Sudan)
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Former freedom fighter, and living in exile,
she was member of the South Sudan Parliament, Chairperson of the Committee
for Economic Affairs of the Parliament of National Unity, Member of the
Pan African Parliament and member of the Politburo of the Sudan People's
Liberation Movement. (b. 1966-). |
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2008-11 Governor Viviane Yolande Compaoré-Ouedraogo, Region Nord
(Burkino Faso)
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Former MP. |
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2008-09 Civil Governor Maria Dalila
Correia Araújo Teixeira, Lisboa (Portugal)
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Dalila Araújo was Secretary
General of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon. |
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2008 (March) Acting Governor Zobeida
Gudiño Mena, Zamora Chinchipe (Ecuador)
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Former Police Intendent. |
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2008-10 Governor Jenny Rodríguez, Zamora Chinchipe (Ecuador)
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Intendenta General of
Police for six months in 2007. |
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2008- Governor Cathy Berx, Antwerpen (Belgium)
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Vice-Chairperson
of CD&V 2003-08, former member of the parliament of Flanders and Member of
the Municipal Council of Antwerp 2007-08. (b. 1969-). |
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2008-11 Government
Delegate Carolina Darías San Sebastián, Canarias (Spain)
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2004-08 Subdelegada del Gobierno in the Canary Islands. |
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2008-12 Coordinator of the
Government Yadira Esperanza Flores Reyes, The South Atlantic Autonomous
Region (Nicaragua)
|
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Yadira Flores is former member of the regional legislature. |
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2008 and 2009-12
Governor Olga Patricia Vega Cedeño,
Caquetá (Colombia)
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As Secretary General of the Departmental Administration she took over when
the Governor was investigated for financial irregularities and again after
his successor was killed by Farq-rebels. |
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2008-10 Governor
Prabha Rau, Himachal Pradesh (India)
2009-10 Acting Governor of Rajesthan
2010 Governor of Rajesthan
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1972-89 and 1992-95 Member of the
Maharashtra state Assembly, 1972-76 Minister of State for Planning,
Industry and Education, 1976-77 Cabinet Minister, Education, Sports and
Youth Affairs, 1978 Cabinet Minister, Co-operation, Tourism, 1979 Leader
of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, 1984-89 President
of the Pradesh Congress Committee, 1985-90 Deputy Leader of Congress
Legislature Party. 1988-90 Cabinet Minister, Revenue, Cultural Affair,
1999-2004 Member the Lok Sabha, President of the Maharashtra Congress
Party 2004-08. She lived (1935-2010). |
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2008-14 Governor Penny Wensley, Queensland
(Australia)
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Dr. Penelope Ann Wensley was Ambassador for the Environment
1992-95, Permanent Representative to UN in Génève and Ambassador of
Disarmament 1993-95, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
1997-2001, Ambassador to India 2001-04, to Bhutan 2003-04 and to France
2004-08. (b. 1946-). |
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2008-13 Governor
María Cristina Villalba de Abente, Canindejú (Paraguay)
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Circa 2008-10 Governor Orbelina Navarro, Francisco Morazán (Honduras)
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2008- Governor
Ilsa Elena Torres, Atlántida (Honduras)
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2008- Governor Stella Marina Lugo
Betancourt de Montilla, Falcón (Venezuela)
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Worked with charities, children
and women's affairs at state and national levels. |
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2008- Governor Lizeta
Hernández Abchi, Delta Amacuro (Venezuela)
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Regional Councillor of Health
and Social Development 2005-08. (b. 1967-). |
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2008-12 Government-Delegate Elma Saiz Delgado, Navarra (Spain)
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Former local politician. (b. 1975-). |
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2008- Connétable Deidre Wendy Mezbourian, St. Lawrence (Jersey)
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Member of the
States from 2008 as Deputy 2005-08 and Mayor-Prefect of Saint Lawrence and
Assistant Health and Social Services Minister from 2008. |
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2008-
Connétable Juliette Gallichan, St. Mary (Jersey)
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Member of the States from
2008 as Deputy 2005-08 and Mayor-Prefect of Saint Mary from 2008. |
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2008-10 Governor Milada Emmerová, Plzensky Region (The Czech Republic)
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Minister of
Health 2004-05, CSSD leader in 2008 regional elections in Plzensky region
and negotiated coalition with the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
(KSCM). (b. 1944-). |
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2008-12 Governor Jana Vanhova, Ustecky Region (The Czech
Republic)
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Deputy Mayor of the City of Chomutov from 2006, member of
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC) in the 1980s and joined the Czech
Social Democratic in 1996 and becamne its national Vice-Chairperson in 2005
and Deputy Regional Governor in 2012. (b.
1955) |
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2008-10 Governor Birutė Kažemėkaitė, Mariampol (Lithuania) |
| Member of
the City Council of Calvary 2002-04 and 2004-08. |
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2008-10 Governor
Ona Balžekienė,
Kaunas (Lithuania) |
| Member of
the City Council of Kanunas 2007-08. The districts were abolished in
2010. |
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2008/9-13 Prefect Tanja Dulović,
Srednjebanatski
(Serbia) |
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She is head of the Central Bačka District |
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2008- Governor Eridania Llibre, Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
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Widow of the PLD, Guillermo Jiménez Messón |
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2008-15 Landshövding Barbro
Holmberg, Gävleborg Län (Sweden)
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State Secretary of Foreign Affairs in
charge of Development Aid 2002-03, Minister of Migration 2003-06. Her
deputy is Gun-Marie Pettersson. (b. 1952-). |
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2008-14 Landshövding Britt Bohlin
Olsson, Jämtland Län (Sweden)
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Parliamentary Leader of the Social Democrats
2001-08. (b. 1956-). |
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2008-12 Landshövding Chris Heister, Västerbotten Län
2012- Landshövding of Stockholm Län (Sweden)
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Vice-Chairperson
of Moderaterne 1999-2003, and Chief Commissioner and Councillor of Finance
(County Mayor) of the County of Stockholm 2006-08. (b. 1950-). |
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2008-11
Landshövding
Gunvor Engström,
Blekinge (Sweden)
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Former civil servant and head of various organisations and a bank. (b.
1950). |
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2008-15
Landshövding
Rose-Marie Frebran,
Örebro
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Christian Democrat MP 1991-2002 and 3. Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
1998-2002. (b. 1948-). |
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2008-13 Prefect Joëlle Le Mouël, Jura (France)
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The Department is situated in the
Region of Franche-Comté. |
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2008-15 Lord-Lieutenant The Hon. Mary Bayliss, The
Royal County of Berkshire (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland)
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Daughter of a former Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, former
Chairman of the Reading Bench, High Sheriff of Berkshire in 2005-06,
Deputy Lieutenant in 2007 and member of a number of other committees. (b.
1940-). |
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2008- Lord-Lieutenant the Countess of Darnley, Herefordshire
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Susan Elaine
Anderson was a Magistrate from 1977-2005 and Chairperson of the Family
Panel until she retired from the Bench, and Deputy Lieutenant for
Worcestershire 2000-08. Married to Adam Ivo Stuart Bligh, 11th Earl of
Darnley and mother of a son and a daughter. (b. 1945-). |
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2008- Lord-Lieutenant Susan Pyper, West Sussex (United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland)
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Chairperson of the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust
2005-09, Chairperson of the Regional Environment Protection Advisory
Committee. (b. 1952-). |
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2008- Lord-Lieutenant Joan Christie, The County
of Antrim (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Active in many public and voluntary bodies in Northern Ireland. She is a former
civil servant and was Assistant Private Secretary to successive
Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland until 1979, Deputy Lieutenant of
the County of Antrim from 2005. (b. 1944-). |
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2008-10 Governor and Prefect
Sabina Cuéllar Leaños, Chuquisaca (Bolivia)
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Indigenous former peasant
leader, delegate of the governing party, Movement Towards Socialism, to
the Constituent Assembly, but broke with President Evo Morales over the
issue of making Sucre Bolivia's national capital and instead joined the
pro-autonomous Eastern provinces. (b. 1963-). |
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2008-09 Acting Commissaris van
de Koningin Anneke Haarsma, Drenthe (The Netherlands)
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A. Haarsma has been
Councillor of Physical Planning, Housing, Care, Youth, Well-being,
Education and Sport since 2003 and Deputy Commissioner of the Queen from
2007, she took over as Acting Governor after the death of the
incumbent. |
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2008-09 Designate Governor Diane Daniels Denish, New Mexico
(USA)
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Lieutenant Governor from 2002, she whould have succeeded the
incumbent Governor, who was nominated for the federal Cabinet, but
withdrew. She is former Chairperson of the New Mexico Democratic Party and
held a number of other officiel positions. Also President of the Senate
from 2002. (b. 1949-). |
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2009-13 Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue, North Carolina
(USA)
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Bev Perdue was member of the State House of Representatives 1986-90
and State Senator 1990-2000. As Lt. Governor 2001-2009 she was also
president of the Senate. (b. 1947-) |
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2009- Governor Jan Brewer, Arizona
(USA)
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Janice K. Brewer, Member of the State House of Representatives
1982-86, State Senator 1986-96 and Majority Whip 1993-96, Member of the
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 1996-2003 and as Secretary of State
2003-09 she was Deputy to the Governor and succeeded Janet Nepolitano who
was named Secretary of Homeland Security. (b. 1944-). |
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2009-14 Head
Jacqueline Faría Pineda, Distrito Capital (Venezuela)
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The new district was
founded in 2009 and corresponds with the Capital Caracas and shares the
same rank as the states of Venezuela. She was Minister of Environment and
the Natural Resources 2005-07 and Minister of
Communication 2014-15. |
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2009-14 Lord-Lieutenant Dame Mary Peters
of the County Borough of Belfast (United Kingdom and Northern Ireland)
|
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A
former athlete and Olymipc gold medal winner, a Trustee of The Outward
Bound Trust since 2001 and Vice President of the Northern Ireland Outward
Bound Association. Also Patron of Springhill Hospice in Rochdale,
Lancashire. (b. 1939-). |
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2009- Lord-Lieutenant The Duchess of
Northumberland, Northumberland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Nortern Ireland)
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Jane Percy née Richard is the 13th member of the
family to hold the post since the late 1400s, latest her father-in-law
Hugh Percy, the 10th Duke who held the position from 1956-84. She is
married to Ralph Percy, who succeeded his brother as 12th Duke in 1995,
and mother of 4 children. |
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2009- Governor Mieko Yoshimura, Yamagata
(Japan)
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Former member of the Prefctural Educational Committee. |
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2009-11 Delegate of the Government Amparo Valcarce García, Comunidad de
Madrid (Spain)
|
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Former
Secretary of State of Social Services, Family,
Handicapped and Social Politics. (b. 1956-). |
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2009 Governor Angelmira
Correa, Autonomous Territory of Kuna Yala (Panama)
|
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Head of the Indian comarca or Automomous Territory |
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2009-10 Governor Ana Kilgore de Sandoval, Cortés
(Honduras)
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Her full name is
Jacqueline
Kilgore de Sandoval. |
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2009- Governor
Xenia Elizabeth López Bonilla,
La Unión
(El Salvador)
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2009-12 Governor
Margaret Alva, Uttarakhand (India)
2012-14 Governor of Rajasthan
2014 Additional charge of Gujarat
and Goa
|
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MP 1974-2004. Member of the Panel of
Vice-Chairmen of Lok Sabha 1983-85 and 1999-2009, Minister of State of
Parliamentary Affairs 1984-85, Minister of State for Youth Affairs,
Sports, Women and Child Development 19856-89, Minister of State with
independent charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 1991 and
1993-96 and also Minister of State of Parliamentary Affairs 1993-96,
Deputy Chief Whip of the Congress Party 1993-95 and Party Secretary
General and in charge of Party Affairs in several provinces until 2008.
Daughter-in-law of fomer Minister of State and
Vice-President of the Upper House Violet Alva. (b. 1944-)
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2009 Governor Dr Kamla Beniwal, Tripura (India)
2009-14 Governor of Gujarat
2014 Governor of
Mizoram
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Since 1954 she held a number of ministerial posts in Rajasthan, including Minister of Irrigation
and Revenue and Deputy Chief Minister in 2003. (b. 1927-). |
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2009- Fylkesmann
Hill-Marta Solberg, Nordland and Administrator of Jan Mayen (Norway)
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Deputy
Leader of Arbeiderpartiet 1993-2007, Minister of Social Affairs 1994-97,
Parliamentary Leader 2000-2001 and 200509, Deputy Parliamentary Leader
2001-05. In 2007 she was appointed Governor of Nordland, but did not take
office until after the elections in 2009. (b. 1954-).
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2009 Governor Martha
Cecilia Choloquinga Unaucho, Cotopaxi (Ecuador)
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2009-
Governor Nancy Morocho Velaña, Sucumbíos
(Ecuador)
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2009- Governor Sonia Ortega
Mosquera, Morona-Santiago
(Ecuador)
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2009- Governor Esthela Raquel Morante Georgis,
Pastaza
(Ecuador)
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2009-
Governor María Luisa Moreno Intriago, Manabí
(Ecuador)
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2009- Governor Noralma
Zambrano Castro, Santa Elena
(Ecuador)
|
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2009- Governor Patricia Carolina Costa
de Rodríguez, Santa Ana (El Salvador)
|
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Former ARENA MP. |
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2009- Governor Doris Yanira
Barahona Rico, La Paz (El Salvador)
|
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Former candidate for mayor of San Juan Nonualco in
2003. A social worker, especially in the field of health,
social organizations and the environment. |
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2009-14 Governor Omaira Judith Correa
Delgado, Province of Panama (Panama)
|
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Known as Mayín
Correa, she was Mayor-Elect of Panama City 1991-93 and Mayor 1994-99 and Candidate for
Vice-President in 1999. (1935-) |
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2009 Acting Governor
Svitlana Dmytrivna Negoda, Kirovohrad (Ukraine)
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(b. 1953) |
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2009-11 Civil Governor Sónia Isabel Fernandes Sanfona Cruz Mendes,
Santarém (Portugal)
|
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2009-11
Civil Governor
Maria Isabel
Coelho
Santos,
Porto (Portugal)
|
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Isabel Santos was Socialist MP 2005-09. (b. 1968-). |
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2009-13 Regional Governor Pepa Vladimirova, Vratsa (Bulgaria)
|
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Vice-President of the Municipal Council of Montana in Sofia. (b. 1967-). |
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2009-13 Regional Governor Ivanka Todorova Taushanova,
Kardzhali (Bulgaria)
|
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MP for the National Movement Simoen II until 2000. Appointed ambassador to
Croatia in 2012. |
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2009-12 Regional Governor Tanya Dimitrova,
Yambol (Bulgaria)
|
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MPFor the National Movement Simoen II until 2000. Appointed ambassador to
Croatia in 2012. |
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2009-11 Governor Karimatou Jocelyne Vokouma née Boussari, Region
Cascades (Burkino Faso)
|
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Civil servant. |
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2009-13 Provincial Commissioner
Claire Omollo,
Eastern Province (Kenya)
|
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Followed the first female Provincial Commissioner in the country on the post
as the second woman appointed to such a position. |
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2009-09 Commissioner Monica Ngenzi Mbega,
Region Ruvuma
2009-11 Commissioner
of the Region of Kilimandjaro (Tanzania) |
| She was elected MP 2005. |
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2009-11 Commissioner Hajjat Amina Mrisho, Region Pwani
(Tanzania)
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| Head of the National Bureau of Statistics from 2011. |
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2009-10 Acting Governor Laila Ghannam, Ramallah and Al Bireh
2001- Governor of
Ramallah and Al Bireh (The Palestinian Authority)
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Acting Governor for 6 months before beeing appointed permanently to the
position. |
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2009-
Governor Beran Bertuğ, Gazimağusa District (The Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus) |
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Vice-Headmistress before her appointment. (b. 1956-). |
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2009- Governor
Tiina Oraste,
Järva (Estonia) |
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MP 2007-09. |
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2009- Governor
Ülle Rajasalu,
Harju County
(Estonia) |
| Former MP |
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2009-10 Acting Governor
Bai Nariman Ina Abdullah Ambolodto,
Maguindanao (Philippines)
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Former former Vice Mayor of Northern Kabuntalan,
Provincial Assembly Member from 2007 and Vice Governor and was appointed
Acting Governor by the Governor of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
after her predessor was implicated inmplicated in the Ampatuan town massacre
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2009-10 Acting Commissioner of the Queen Elisabeth Post, Noord-Holland
(The Netherlands)
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Councillor
for Finance, Regional Development and Transport 2009-15.
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2009-10 Governor Nidita Bisonó de Kókete, Santiago de los
Caballeros (Dominican Republic)
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Other versions of her
name are Nidia Bisonó Imbert or Nidia Bisonó de Tavárez. |
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