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Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
FEMALE
PRESIDENTS
OF PARLIAMENTS AND
PARLIAMENTARY BODIES
from 2010
This is a
list of female Presidents of Parliaments. Included are territories with
self-rule and nominal autonomous regions in the former USSR and
Czechoslovakia and in Yugoslavia, which are now independent.
Also see
Current Female Presidents of Parliaments
Female Heads of Assembly prior to the 20th Century
and
Female Heads of Parliamentary Bodies
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2010- President of Assembleia da República
Veronica
Nataniel
Macamo, Mozambique |
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Veronica Macamo was Vice-President of the Assembly from 1999, the last
years as the First Deputy. Also member of the Pan African Parliament. |
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2010
(†)
President of the Senado Ana María Romero de Campero,
Bolivia |
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Minister of Information in 1979 and
Later Public Defender or Ombudsperson.
She lived (1940-2010) |
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2010-13 President of the National
Transition Council Rabiatou Serah Diallo, Guinea |
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The Secretary General of the
Workers Confederation, she was one of the two candidates
which received the same number of votes when the
opposition decided on who to nominate as Prime Minister.
The Military Junta nominated the man and instead she
became head of the interim legislative body composed of
101 Guineans from civil society, political parties,
religious groups as well as members of the ruling
junta's council during the period of transition until
the first democratic elections since 1958. (b. 1949-). |
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2010-11 President of the Cámara de
Representantes Ivonne Passada, Uruguay |
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Member of the House from 2005. (b. 1956-). |
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2010- Speaker of the House of Assembly Barbara Webster-Bourne,
Anguilla (UK External Territory)
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An educator, she was appointed to the position after the elections in
which no women were elected. |
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2010-11 President of the Cámara de Diputados Alejandra
Sepúlveda
Orbenes, Chile |
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Vice-President of DC
2001-03 and MP from 2002. In 2006 her party, the
Partido Demócrata Cristiano, DC,
had chosen her to take over the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies
in 2008, but she left the party in January 2008. (b. 1965-). |
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2010-14 Speaker of the Legislative Council Teresina Bodkin
Bodkin, Montserrat (UK External Territory) |
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A former secondary school math teacher, she served as
Director of Statistics for the Government of Montserrat
for 15 years |
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2010-13
Speaker of the Poslanecká Sněmovna
Miroslava Nemcová, The Czech Republic |
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Vice-Chairperson of
the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Shadow Minister of Culture
of the ODS from 2002, also Deputy Speaker of the
Chamber of Deputies from 2002 and became Acting Speaker when her
predecessor resigned a 1. May one month before the elections and
elected to the position on 24. June.
Nominated as Prime Minister by her party on 19. Junie 2013. (b. 1952-). |
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2010-
Chairperson of the Nationale Assemble Jennifer
Simons-Geerlings, Suriname, Suriname |
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Parliamentary Leader of
Millennium Combinatie 2000-05, Vice-Presidential
Candidate and candidate for the post of Parliamentary
Speaker in 2005 and Parliamentary Leader of DNP 2005-10. |
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2010-12 President of the Senate Leonne
Theodore-John, St. Lucia
2016- Speaker of the House of Assembly |
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Lawyer and member of the United Workers Party.
(b. 1969) |
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2010-13 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Robyn Adams,
Norfolk Island (Australian External Territory) |
Deputy Clerk 1981-84 and
Clerk 1984-2010 until she was elected to the Assembly and
Minister of
Cultural Heritage and Community Services from
2013.
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2010-12 and 2013-14 Chairperson of the Staten
Gracita Arrindell, Sint Maarten
(External Territory of the Netherlands) |
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Leader
of the People's Progressive Alliance in Sint Maarten
2003-10 until she joined the
United People's party. |
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2010-11
President of the Bundesrat
Hannelore Kraft, Germany |
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Member of the Landtag of NRW since 2000, Minister of
Federal- and European Affairs 2001-05 and Minister of Science and Research
in 2005, Parliamentary Leader of the Social Democrats 2005-20, State
Chairperson of the party from 2007 and from 2009 Federal Vice-Chairperson
and from 2010 Minister President of Nordrhein-Westfalen and as such
President of the Council of States from November 2010 to November 2011 and
also Deputy Head of State. 1. Vice-President of the Bundesrat 2011-12. (b.
1961-).
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2010-14 Speaker of the
Saeima
Solvita Āboltiņa, Latvia |
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Solvita Aboltina
worked in the Foreign
Ministry 1993-2003, Member of the Saeima 2002-04 and again from
2006, Minister of Justice 2004-06 and Acting Minister of Defence
2005-06, Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Faction of Jaunais
laiks (New Ara Party) since 2006-08, Party Leader from 2008,
Vice-President
of the Saeima 2009-10 and Chair of the Security
Committee from 2014. (b. 1963-). |
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2010-
Speaker of the National Assembly
Anne Semamba Makinda,
Tanzania |
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Minister of State by the Prime Minister 1983-86, Minister
of State of Capital Development by the President 1987-89 Minister of State by
the 1. Vice-President and Prime Minister 1989-90, Minister of Community
Development 1990-92, Minister of Social Affairs 1990-94, Minister of Women’s and
Children's Affairs 1990-95, Regional Commissioner 1995-2000
and
Minister of Community Development
1994-95 and
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
2005-10.
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2010 Acting President of the Senate Alena
Gajdůšková, The Czech Republic (14.11-24.11) |
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As 1. Vice-President since 2008
Alena Gajduskova acts from the term of the
President expired until a new leadership is elected at
the end of November. According to the agreement, she
will continue as Vice-President. |
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2010- President of the
National Assembly
Pany Yathotou, Laos |
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Cabinet Member and
Governor of the Central Bank 1987-98 and In 1998 she became member of
the National Assembly and Chairperson of the Committee of Ethnic
Affairs and Vice-President of the Assembly (the
Sapha Heng)
2001-10. Also member of the Politbureau. |
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2011
Joint Chairperson of the Consiglio Grande e
Generale
Maria Luisa Berti, San Marino |
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Member of the Consiglio Grande e Generale for Noi
Sammarinesi since 2008 and as Captain General she is also joint chair
of the parliament. (b. 1971-) |
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2011 Chairperson of the Constitutional Council
Salvör Nordal, Iceland |
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Director of the
University of Iceland Ethics Institute, she heads the Assembly that is
to draw up a proposal for a new constitution of Iceland. |
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2011-15 President
of the Assembleia da República Maria da Assunção
Esteves, Portugal |
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Social Democrat (Conservative) MP
1987-89, 2002-04 and from 2011, Judge at the
Constitutional Tribunal 1989-98, MEP 2004-09. (b. 1956-) |
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2011-
Speaker of the National Assembly Rebecca Alitwala
Kadaga, Uganda |
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Rebecca Kadaga
was State Minister of Foreign Affairs for International
Cooperation
1996-99 and
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 1999-2001
and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament 2001-11 (b. 1956-)
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2011 President
of the Bundesrat Susanne Neuwirth Kurz, Austria |
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Member of the City Council of Salzburg
1987-2004, Deputy Chairperson of the SPÖ Faction in the Bundesrat
2004-11, Secretary 2004-08 and Vice-President of the Bundesrat 2008-11
and 2012-14. (b. 1956-) |
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2011- Speaker of the House of Representatives
Marisa Colleen
Dalrymple-Philibert, Jamaica |
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Deputy Speaker 2007-11. |
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2011-16 President of Tynwald and
of the Legislative Council Clare
Christian, Isle of Man |
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Member of the government in different
positions since 1981. (b. 1945-) |
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2011-161
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
Baroness D'Souza, United
Kingdom |
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Frances D'Souza is a scientist, and was
appointed an independent peer in 2004 and took the name Baroness
D'Souza, of Wychwood in the County of Oxfordshire and Convenor of
the Crossbench Peers
2007-11. (b. 1944-) |
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2011-12
President of the General
Assembly of
the Organization of American States
María
Ángela Holguín-Cuéllar
(Colombia) |
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Angela Holguin was Chief of Cabinet, Secretary General of the
Ministry of External Affairs, 1996-97, Vice-Minister of External
Relations in 1998, Ambassador to Venezuela 2002-04 and Ambassador to
the United Nations 2004-06. She was offered the post of Ambassador
to France in 2006 but refused. Foreign Minister of Colombia from
2010. |
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2011-
President of the Assembly
Christen Springette, Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis) |
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Special
Advisor for Education in the Premier’s Ministry 2006-11. |
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2011- Chairperson of the Federation Council Valentina
Ivanovna Matviyenko, Russia |
| First secretary of the
Communist Committee of the Krasnogvardeiski District in Leningrad
1984-86 and then Deputy Chairperson the Leningrad Council of the
People's Deputies, Ambassador, 1991-95 and 1997-98 before becoming
Vice-Premier until 2003 when she became Representative of the
President North-West Russia federal district, Governor of Saint
Petersburg 2003-11. (b. 1949-). |
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2011-14 President of the Senate
Sabine de
Bethune, Belgium |
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Sabine Louise Caroline barones de Bethune was
Vice-President of the
Senate 1999-2003 and Chairperson of the Senate Group
of CD&V (Flemish Christian Democrats) 2003-11. (b. 1958-) |
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2011-14 Marshall of the Sejm
Ewa Kopacz, Poland |
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Member of the Sejm 2001-2005 and from 2011 for Platforma Obywatelsk,
Minister of Helth 2007-11 and Prime Minister 2014-15. (b. 1956-) |
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2011-15 Speaker of the Lagting
Britt Lundberg, Åland (Finish External Territory)
2017 President of the Nordic Council (Finland)
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Vice-Chairperson of
the
Parliamentary Group
of Centern
2002-03.
Minister of the
Chancellery
in charge of the European Union, Equality, Personnel Affairs, Housing,
Elections, Municipal Administrations and Lotteries
2005-07 and and Vice-Premier and
Minister of Education and Culture. Vice-Speaker from 2015. (b. 1963-) |
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2011-14
Provisorial President of the Senate Beatriz Liliana Rojkes
De Alperovich, Argentina |
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As the Senate President is also Vice-President of Argentina, her
role is the day to day running of the parliament, and she is second
in line of succession to the Presidency in Argentina. She was a
Member of the House of Deputies 2005-09 and Senator from 2011. |
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2011- Speaker of the House of Assembly Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe,
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom External Territory) |
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Attorney at Law and former Government Chief Registrar of Lands |
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2011-12 President of Andean Parliament
Rebeca Delgado Burgoa
(Bolivia)
2012-13 President of the Camara de Diputados in Bolivia |
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Bolivian MP and former Vice-Minister of the Ministry of the Presidency |
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2011-12
Chairperson of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Valentina
Nikolaevna Pivnenko (Russia) |
| Chairperson of the Chamber
of Representatives of the Legislative Assembly 1994-99, Member of
the Council of Federation since 1999 and Chair of the Committee for
Northern and Far Eastern Affairs and since 2003. (b. 1947-) |
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2012-13
Chairperson of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Laine
Randjärv (Estonia) |
| Deputy Mayor 2002-04 and
Mayor of Tartu 2004-2007, Minister of Culture in Andrus 2007-11 and
Vice-President of Riigikogu since 2011. (b. 1964-) |
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2012-14 President of the Senate
Gabriela Montaño Viaña, Bolivia |
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A lawmaker from the department of Santa Cruz
and a medical doctor specialized in public health. |
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2012-
President of the Senate Kerryann Ifill, Barbados |
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Senator from 2008 and Senate Vice-President
2008-12. She is blind and works for the Barbados Council for the
Disabled. (b. 1974-). |
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2012-13
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Anna Burke, Australia |
| As the 1. Deputy Speaker since
2011 she took over as Acting Speaker after the incumbent stepped
aside after accusations of sexual harasment and was elected Speaker
after his resignation. She has been Labour MP
since 1998,
Deputy Speaker 2008-11 and Member of the
Speaker's Panel 2010-11.(b. 1966-). |
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2012-14
Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly
Margaret Nantongo Zziwa (Uganda) |
| Former Member of the
Consitutent Assembly and MP and Member of the Regional Assembly
since 2007. |
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2012-13
Co-President of the APC-EU oint Parliamentary Assembly Joyce
Laboso (Kenya) |
| She was
APC Co-President of the Africa Caribbean Pacific - European
Union Assembly. Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso was elected MP in 2008
in a by-election caused by the death in a plane crash of her
sister, Lorna Laboso. She became Deputy Speaker of the National
Assembly in 2013. |
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2012-15 Chairperson
of the Twede Kamer Anouchka van Miltenburg, The Netherlands |
| MP for VVD since 2003 and
Deputy Parliamentary Leader 2010-12. (b. 1967-) |
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2012-13
Joint President of Consiglio Grande e
Generale
Denise Bronzetti, San
Marino |
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As
Capitano Reggente she was
also joint head of the parliament. Held various
positions within the Politica del Partito Socialista Sammarinese and
Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici and member of the Consiglio
Grande Generale since 2006. (b. 1972-) |
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2012- President
of the Conseil Regional
Josette Borel-Lincertin, Guadaloupe (French External
Territory) |
| First Vice-President
2005-12. |
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2012- President of the Regional Assembly Ana Luísa Pereira
Luís, The Azores (Portugese External Territory) |
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2012-13 President of the Nationalrat/Conseil national/Consiglio
nazionale Maya Graf, Switzerland |
President of the Parliamentary Faction of the Green Party 2009-10,
Vice-President of the National Assembly 2010-12. (b. 1962-) |
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2012- Speaker of the Parliament
Niki Rattle,
Cook Islands (Free Association with New Zealand) |
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Secretary General of the Red Cross of Cook Islands up to her
appointment. |
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2013 President of
the Nordic Council Marit Nybakk (Norway) |
| Social Democrat MP 1985-87
and since 1989 and Vice-President of the Norwegian Storting from
2009. (b. 1947-) |
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2013- Speaker of the
Parliament Halimah Yacob, Singapore |
| MP
since 2001 and former Chair of the Jurong Town Council, Mister of
State of Community Development, Youth and Sports 2011-13. (b.
1954-). |
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2013-14
President of the Camara de
Diputados
Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco, Bolivia |
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MP through a
number of years. (b. 1959-) |
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2013-15
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie
Andrée Champagne
(Canada) |
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Former Actress,
Canadian
Progressive Conservative MP 1984-93,
Minister of State (Youth)
1984-86,
Assistant Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Whole House 1986-90
and Deputy Speaker of House of Commons 1990-93 and
Senator from 2005.
(b. 1939-)
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2013- President of
the Cámara dei Diputati Laura Boldrini, Italy |
| Spokesperson for the UN
High Commissoner for Refugees 1998-2012 and MP for the Left Ecology
Freedom party list from 2013. (b. 1961-) |
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2013
Joint President of
Consiglio Grande e
Generale
Antonella Mularoni,
San Marino |
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As
Capitano Reggente she is
also joint head of the parliament..
She was member of the General Grand Council 1993-2001 and again from
2008, and Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 2001-08, Leader of the
Government, Secretary of State of Foreign and Political Affairs,
Telecommunication and Transport 2008-12. (b. 1961-). |
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2013-
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Bangladesh |
| As Parliament Speaker she
is also Deputy Head of State. 2012-13 Minister of State
for Women and Children Affairs |
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2013 Acting
President of the Senate Angela Brown-Burke, Jamaica |
| The Deputy President of the Senate
she acted from the resignan of her predessor to the appointment of
his successor. She is former Corporate Area Councillor of the Kingston and Saint Andrew
Corporation and Mayor of Kingston from 2012, also elected Vice-President of the People's National Party in 2006.
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2013 Acting
President of the Parliament
Liliana Palihovici, Moldova |
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Liberal MP from 2009, Vice-President
2010-14 and from 2015 (b. 1971-) |
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2013-17 President of
du Conseil Territorial Aline Hanson,
Saint Martin
(French External Territory) |
| Vice-President
2012-13. Also head of the Government of the Territory. |
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2013
President of the Assemblée Territorial Nivaleta Iloai, Ilês Wallis
et Futuna,
(French External Territory) |
| Member of the territorial
assembly for about 20 years. Also Head of the Government of the
Territory. |
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2013- President of the Asamblea Nacional Gabriela
Rivadeneira Burbano, Ecuardor
2016- President of te Latin
American Parliament |
| Vice Prefect 2009-11 and
Governor 2011-12 of the Imbabura Province. In 2013 both Parliament
vice-presidents were also women. (b. 1983-) |
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2013-
Chairperson of the Eerste Kamer Ankie Broekers-Knol, The Netherlands |
| Member of the First
chamber for VVD since 2001. (b. 1946-) |
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2013- Speaker of the
Cumhuriyet Meclisi Sibel Siber, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
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As Parliament Speaker she is also Deputy Head of State. MP from 2009
and Prime Minister in 2013 in the
self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the
island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey. |
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2013-14
Joint Chairperson of the Consiglio Grande e
Generale
Anna Maria Muccioli, San Marino |
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Capitano
Reggente 2013-14 and Member of
the Consiglio Grande e Generale for the Partito Democratico
Cristiano since 2008. (b. 1964-). |
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2013-
President of the Umutwe w'Abadepite Donatille Mukabalisa, Rwanda |
| Former Senator. From
2013 64 % of the MPs were women. |
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2013-
President of the Senate
Teresa
Efua Asangono,
Equatorial Guinea |
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Also known as
Esangono, she was Minister-Delegate of Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation 1998-99,
Minister of Social and Women’s Affairs
1999-2004,
Ambassador to Cuba 2007-12 and 1. Deputy Secretary-General of the
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guineal 2012-13. |
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2013-14 President of
the Parlamento Centroamericano Paula Lorena Rodríges
Lima de Castellanos (Guatemala) |
| MP from Guatemala. The
third female president of the parliament. |
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2013-15 Speaker of the House of Representatives
Bronwyn Bishop, Australia |
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President of Liberal Party of New South Wales 1985-87
and MP from 1987.
Minister for Defence
Industry, Science and Personnel
1996-98 and
Minister for Aged Care
1998-2001. In
2004 she lost her party's internal electon for the
government-nominee for the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives to a
man who never held any important political office in his 22 years as an MP.
Member of the Speaker's Panel 2004-07. (b. 1942-). |
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2013
Interim President of the
Chambre des Députés
/
Abgeordnetenkammer
Anne Brasseur,
Luxembourg
2014- President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe |
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Minister of National
Education,
Professional Training and Sports 1999-2004
and Party Vice-President
and Group Vice-President since 2004,
Vice-President of the House of Representatives in 2009. As
President-by-age in 2013 she is Interim President until the
formation of a new government. (b. 1950-) |
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2013- Chairperson of the House of Chiefs
Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo II,
Zambia |
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As Chief Elizabeth Mulenje, she was MP and Minister of State of Home Affairs
1979-86. She has been chief of the Soli People in the
Lusaka Rural district and the Chongwe district since around 1972 and
was raised to the position of Paramount Chief in 2013.
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2013-14 Acting
President of the Congreso Nacional Lena Gutiérrez Arévalo, Honduras
(June-January) |
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As 1. Vice-President of the Congress 2010-14, she acted as the
incombent president run for president of the country. (b. 1977-)
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2013-16
Speaker of the Siemas Loreta Graužinienė, Lithuania |
| Vice-President of
the Labour Party and Presidential Candidate in 2009 (b. 1963-) |
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2013-
President of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas Zulma
Ramona Gómez Cáceres (Paraguay) |
| She is a Senator in
Paraguay. PCA is an organization that brings together the congresses
and parliamentary assemblies of the unitary, federal, federated and
associated States, the regional parliaments and the
interparliamentary organizations of the Americas. |
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2013- President of
the Staten Marisol Lopez-Tromp,
Aruba (Dutch External Territory) |
|
MP from 1997, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of
Public Health, Social Affairs, Culture and Sport, 2001-02 Minister
of Social Affairs and Infrastructure 2002-09 and
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education
2005-09 (b. 1969-). |
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2014 President of the Nordic Council
Karin
Åström (Sweden) |
Social
Democratic MP since 2004. (b. 1953-).
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2014 Acting Chairperson of the National Transitional Council
Léa
Doumta-Koyassoum,
Central African Republic |
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2003-04
Minister of Family,
Social Affairs and National Solidarity,
2004-05
Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Good Government,
2005-06 Minister of Public Health and
Population,
Secretary General of the Parti de l’Unité
nationale (PUN). Vice-President of the National Transitional Council from 2013
and Acting President
of the Council 10-23. January while the incumbent Chair was
Acting Head of State. |
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2014-15 President of
the
Antenimierampirenena
Christine
Razanamahasoa,
Madagascar |
| Former
Minister of Justice and Coordinatrice of the MAPAR Parliamentary
Group. |
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2014- President of the
Skupština Maja Gojković, Serbia |
| Vice-Chairperson of
the Yoguslav Chamber of Citizens 1993-94, Serbian Minister without
Portfolio 1998-99, Vice-President of the Government of Yugoslavia
1999-2000, Mayor of Novi Sad 2004-08, Secretary General and
Vice-President of the Serbian Radical Party until 2006, Chairperson
of her own party "Grupa Građana - Maja Gojković" 2008 and later
joined the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (b. 1963-). |
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2014-16
President of the Senate Cristina Altagracia Lizardo Mézquit,
Dominican Republic |
Cristina Lizardo was Subsecretary of the
Administration of the President 1996-98, elected MP in 1998 and
later Senator. (b. 1959-).
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2014- Chairperson of the National Council
of Provinces Thandi Modise (South Africa) |
| Premier of the North West Province 2010-14.
(b. 1939-). |
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2014-
Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan, India |
|
MP for the Bharatiya Janata
Party since 1989, Union Minister of State 1999-2002, Member of the Panel of
Chairmen of Lok Sabha 2004-14 (b. 1943-)
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2014- President of the Senate Alincia Williams-Grant, Antigua and
Barbuda |
| Bank
executive and attorney. She is the third female Senate President in
a row since 1994 except for a short period in 2004. |
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2014 President of the Bundesrat Ana Blatnik, Austria |
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Vice-President of the Association of the
Slovene Association, Secretary of the Bundesrat
2008-14. (b. 1957-) |
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2014- President of
the Nationalrat Doris Bures, Austria |
SPÖ Member of Parliament
from 1990 and Party Secretary General 2000-07 and again in 2008,
Federal Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Federal
Chancellor in charge of Women's Affairs, Media and Civil Service
2007-08 and Federal Minister of Infrastructure, Trafic, Innovation
and Technology 2008-14 (b. 1962-).
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2014-
Speaker of the
Parliament
Jiko
Luven, Fiji |
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Interim Minister of Health, Women, Social
Welfare 2008-14 and President of the Fiji First Party from 2014. (b.
1946-). |
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2014- Speaker of the National
Assembly Gladys Kokorwe, Botswana |
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Assistant Minister of Local Government
1999-2004, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly 2004-08, Minister
of Youth, Sport and Culture 2008-09 and Ambassador to Zimbabwe,
Malawi, Mauritius and Mozambique 2009-13. |
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2014- President of the Senate Christine
Defraigne, Belgium |
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Chairperson of the Senate
Faction of Mouvement Réformateur,
MR, 2003-09. |
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2014,
2015-16 and
2016-
Chairperson
of the
Parliament
Sarah
Wescot-Williams,
Sint Maarten
(Self-governing Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Circa 1995-2009 Commissioner of General Affairs, Education
etc.,
1999-2009 Leader of the Government, Social and Cultural Development, Finance, Juridical
Affairs, Emergency Services, Information, Communication and Protocol, Strategic
Policy, Planning and Development as well as Prime Minister 2010-14.
She is
Leader of the St. Maarten Party. |
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2014- Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece,
Latvia |
| MP for the National
Alliance of All for Latvia and For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK from
2011. (b. 1970-). |
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2014-15
President of the Congreso Ana María Solórzano Flores, Peru |
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Member of the Congress for Partido Nacionalista Peruano from 2011.
(b. 1977-) |
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2014- Speaker of the National Assembly Santi Bai
Hanoomanjee, Mauritius |
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Maya Hanoomanjee was Minister of Health 2010-11. A former Permanent
Secretary for Fiance and Health. (b. 1952-) |
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2015-
President of the Vouli ton Ellinon
Zoi Konstantopoulou, Greece |
| MP from
2009, Secretary of the Parliament 2012-15. The role as Parliament
President also entails the position of Deputy Head of State. (b.
1976-) |
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2015- Speaker of the Legislative Council Shirley Osborne,
Montserrat |
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Became Chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Movement in 2014.
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2015-
President of the House of Peoples of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Lidija
Bradara, Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Member of
the leadership of the Croat Party in the Federation which is one of
two autonomous republics in Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
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2015- President of the Senate Lucie Milébou Aubusson,
Gabon |
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Vice-President of the Senate
2002-15. |
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2015- President of the Asamblea Legislativa
Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza, El Salvador |
| Vicepresident of the
Parlamento Centroamericano 2005-06 and 2008-09 and 1. Secretary of
the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador 2010-15. |
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2015- Speaker of the Eduskunta Maria Lohela,
Finland |
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MP from 2011 for
the extreme rightwing True Finns. (b. 1979-) |
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2015-16 President of the Latin
American Parliament Blanca María del Socorro Alcalá Ruiz
(Mexico) |
| Blanca Alcalá is a Mexican
Member of Congress. |
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2015-
Marshall of the Sejm Małgorzata Kińdawa-Błońska,
Poland |
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Government Spokesperson until 2015. She is a grand-granddaughter of
Prime Minister Władysław Grabski and President Stanisław
Wojciechowski.
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2015- Chairperson of the Folketing Pia Kjærsgaard, Denmark |
| MP
from 1984,
Group-Secretary 1984-87 and Political Spokesperson,
Deputy Party-Chairperson and Leader of Fremskridtspartiet 1985-94, Leader of
Danish People´s Party 1995-2012 and 2. Vice-Chair of the
Folketing 2012-15.
(b. 1947-) |
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2015
Acting President
of the l’Assemblée Nationale Mo-Mamo Karerwa,
Burundi |
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2010-15
As
1. Vice-President
2010-15, she
acted as head of the assembly after
the incumbent President joined the opposition and left the country,
she
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2015
President of the Senate Raziah Ahmed,
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Business woman
and senator. Acted as
President of the Republic on several occations during the absence of
the Head of State. |
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2015-
Speaker of the House of
Representatives Brigid Annisette-George, Trinidad and Tobago |
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Attorney General 2007-09. |
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2015-2016 Joint Chairperson of
the Consiglio Grande e Generale Lorella Stefanelli,
San Marino |
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Member of the Consiglio Grande e Generale for
the Partito Democratico Cristiano from 2012.
As Captain General she is also head of the Parliament. |
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2015 President of the Bundesrat Sonja Zwazl,
Austria |
| Member of
the Bundesrat for ÖVP from 2003. |
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2015
Marshall of the Sejm Małgorzata Kińdawa-Błońska,
Poland |
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Government Spokesperson until 2015. A grand-granddaughter of
Prime Minister Władysław Grabski and President Stanisław
Wojciechowski |
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2015- Speaker
of the Parliament Onsari Gharti Magar,
Nepal |
2014-15 Vice-Chairperson of the Constituent Assembly and Deputy Speaker of the
Parliament. UCPN (Maoist) lawmaker.
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2015 Acting Speaker of the Landsting Gun-Mari Lindholm,
Åland (Self-ruling External Territory of Finland) |
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Chairperson of
Obunden samling from
2001, Minister of Social Affairs and Environment 2003-05, Deputy
Speaker 2007-11 and Designate Speaker for 2017. (b. 1962-). |
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2015-
President of the Federal National Council
Amal Abdullah
al-Qubaisi,
United Arab Emirates |
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Amal al-Qubaisi was Vice-President of the Council 2011-15. |
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2015-16
President of the National Council Christa Markwalder, Switzerland |
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Member of the Grand Council of Bern
2002-03 and the National Council from 2003. 2. Vice-President 2014
and 1. VicePresident in 2015.(b. 1975-) |
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2015-
President of the Senate Gabriela Michetti, Argentina |
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As Vice-President of the Republic she is also President of the Senate,
Deputy Chief of Government of Buenos Aires 2007-09, MP 2009-13 and
Senator 2013-15.
(b. 1965-) |
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2015-
Chairperson of the National Council Magreth Mensah-Williams, Namibia |
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1999-2015 Deputy
Chairperson. |
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2015-16
Acting Chairperson of the Twede Kamer
Khadija Arib, The Netherlands
2016- Chairperson |
| Substitute Member of the Presidium
2010-12 and 1. Vice-Chairperson
of the Twede Kamer from 2012, the same year she was candidate
for the post of parliament chair. |
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2016- President of the
National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân,
Vietnam |
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Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan was Parliament Vice-resident
2001-18 and Member of the Politbureau of the Communist Party from
2011 (b. 1954-). |
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2016-
President of the Congreso de los Diputados Ana María Pastor Julián,
Spain |
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Subsecretary of Culture and Education 1996-2000,
Subsecretary of the Presidency 2000-01, Subsecretary of State of
Interior 2001-02, Minister of Health and Consumer Protection
2002-04, 2. Vice-President of the Congress 2008-11 and Minister of
Public Works and Transport 2011-16. (b. 1957-) |
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2016-
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of
OSCE Christine Muttonen (Austria) |
MP from 1999 and Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary
Faction of the Austrian Socialist SPÖ from 2005.
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2016-
President
of the
Cámara de Diputados
Lucía Medina Sánchez, Dominican Republic |
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MP since 2002 and
Vice-President of the Chamber 2006-16. (b. 1969-). |
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2016-17 President of the Bundesrat Malu Dreyer,
Germany |
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Held the rotating presidency of the Federal
Council in her capacity as of Premier of Rheinland-Pfalz since 2013.
She was Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Family and
Health 2002-13. Also Vice-President of the Bundesrat 2015-16 and
217-18. Married to the Lord Mayor of Trier, Klaus Jensen,
and mother of 3 children. (b.
1961-). |
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2016-17 President of the Central American
Parliament Priscilla Weeden de Miró (Panama) |
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MP and former Secretary General of the Ministry
of External Affairs. |
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2016-17
President of the Andean Parliament Edith Mendoza Fernández (Bolivia) |
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Bolivian MP. (b. 1983-). |
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2016-17 Acting
President of the Asamblea Nacional Irís Marina Montenegro Blandón,
Nicuragua (10. September -) |
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As 1. Vice-President of the Parliament from
2012, she was "Presidenta para la Ley" after the death of her
predecessor. |
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2016 Acting
President of the
Skupština Marija Ćatović, Montenegro (7.-24.
November) |
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MP and Former Mayor of Kotor, she was in charge
as the President-by-Age. (b. 1947-). |
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2016- Speaker of
the People's Council Hadiya Khalaf Abbas, Syria |
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(b. 1958-).
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2016-17 Presiding Officer of the House of
Assembly Vanessa Cutting-Thomas,
Tobago (Self-Ruling part of Trinidad and Tobago) |
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Former Clerk of
the Assembly. |
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2017-
Presiding Officer of the House of Assembly Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus,
Tobago (Self-Ruling part of Trinidad and Tobago) |
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Secretary of Community Development and
Culture
2013-17 |
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2017-
Speaker of the House of
Representatives Laura Tucker Longsworth, Belize |
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Has held high
positions within nursing and health administration |
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2017- Chairperson of
the Alþing
Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, Iceland |
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MP from the Indepence
Party from 2009, Vice-Chairperson of the Althing 2009-13. (b. 1974-). |
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2017- President of the Bundesrat Sonja
Ledl-Rossmann,
Austria
2017 President of the Bundesversamlung (26.01) |
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As chair of the
joint meeting of the two chambers of the Austrian Parliament, the
Federal Assembly, she inaugurated the new President of the Republic.
Member
of the Landtag of Tirol 2008-09, became Deputy Chair of the Local
Conservative Party, ÖVP in 2009 and member of the Bundesrat in 2013.
(b. 1974-) |
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2017- President of the Cámara de
Diputados María Guadalupe Murgía Gutiérez,
Mexico |
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AVice-President
2016-17. |
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2017
Chairperson Giselle Mc Williams,
Curacau (External Territory of the Netherlands) |
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Member of Partido MAN.
She chaired the pariament from January to February. |
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2017
Joint Chairperson of the Consiglio Grande e
Generale
Mimma Zavoli, San Marino |
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As Captain Regent she also chairs the Parliament
jointly with the other Captain Regent, which for the first time was
another woman. Member of the Consiglio Grande e Generale for
Civico 10. (b. 1963-). |
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2017
Joint Chairperson of the Consiglio Grande e
Generale
Vanessa d’Ambrosio, San Marino |
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Member of the Consiglio Grande e Generale for
Sinistra Socialista Democratica (b. 1988-). |
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