List of the first female holders of political offices in Europe

Andorra

* Foreign Minister - Meritxell Mateu Pi - 2007 Fact|date=May 2008

Albania

* Foreign Minister - Arta Dade - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chairman of the Parliament of Albania - Jozefina Topalli - 2005 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister for integrations-Majlinda Bregu-2006Fact|date=September 2008
* President of Constituional Court-Ina Rama-2007Fact|date=September 2008
* Minister for Health-Anila Godo-2008Fact|date=September 2008

Austria

* President of the Bundesrat - Olga Ruder-Zeynek - 1927 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Benita Ferrero-Waldner - 2000 Fact|date=May 2008
* Mayor of Innsbruck - Hilde Zach - 2002- incumbent Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister for Justice - Karin Gastinger - 2004 Fact|date=May 2008

Azerbaijan

* Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - Elmira Gafarova - 1989 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chairman of the National Assembly - Elmira Gafarova - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008
* Secretary of State - Lala Shevket - 1993 Fact|date=May 2008

Belarus

* Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - Nadezhda Grigoryevna Grekova - 1938 Fact|date=May 2008

Belgium

* Member of Parliament (Senate) - Marie Janson - 1921 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor - Léonie Keingaert de Gheluvelt - 1921 Fact|date=July 2008
* Member of Parliament (Chamber of Representatives) - Lucie Dejardin - 1929 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Family and Housing - Marguerite De Riemaecker-Legot - 1965 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Flemish Affairs - Rika De Backer - 1974 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of Antwerp - Mathilde Schroyens - 1977 Fact|date=July 2008
* Party leader of major political party - Antoinette Spaak - 1977 Fact|date=July 2008
* State secretary for Brussels Region - Lydia De Pauw - 1979 Fact|date=July 2008
* State secretary for the Dutch-speaking Community - Rika Steyaert - 1979 Fact|date=July 2008
* State secretary for Environment and Social Emancipation - Miet Smet - 1985 Fact|date=July 2008
* State secretary for Pensions - Leona Detiège - 1988 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Budget - Wivina Demeester - 1991 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Employment and Labour - Miet Smet - 1992 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Health - Laurette Onkelinx - 1992 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister-President of the French Community - Laurette Onkelinx - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Social Affairs - Magda De Galan - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Laurette Onkelinx & Isabelle Durant - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Transport - Isabelle Durant - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Justice - Laurette Onkelinx - 2003 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of the Senate - Anne-Marie Lizin - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of the Parliament of the French Community - Isabelle Simonis - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of the Flemish Parliament - Marleen Vanderpoorten - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Borjana Krišto - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008

Bulgaria

* Prime Minister (acting) - Reneta Indzhova - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister (acting) - Irina Bokova - 1996 Fact|date=July 2008

Croatia

As part of Yugoslavia:
* Prime Minister of SR Croatia - Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1967)
* President of the Presidency - Ema Derossi-Bjelajac - 1985 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Ema Derossi-Bjelajac - 1985 Fact|date=July 2008As independent country:
* Minister for Education - Vesna Girardi-Jurkić - 1992 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of County house of Parliament (Senate) - Katica Ivanišević - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Building and Construction - Marina Matulović-Dropulić - 1995 Fact|date=July 2008
* Vice Prime Minister - Ljerka Mintas-Hodak - 1995 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of Zagreb - Marina Matulović-Dropulić - 1996 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for European Integration - Ljerka Mintas-Hodak - 1998 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Health - Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina - 2000 [hr icon [http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2002%5C01%5C18%5C03A3.PDF Vjesnik] Dr. Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina kandidirat će se za rektoricu ..., Jan 18, 2002 ]
* Minister for Tourism - Pave Župan-Rusković - 2000 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Justice - Ingrid Antičević-Marinović - 2001 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Defence - Željka Antunović - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of Constitutional court - Jasna Omejec - 2008 Fact|date=July 2008

Cyprus

* Mayor of Nicosia - Eleni Mavrou - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign Minister - Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008

Czechoslovakia

* Chairperson of Chamber of People - Elena Pastarkova - 1969 Fact|date=July 2008

Czech Republic

* Health minister - Zuzana Roithová - 1998 Fact|date=July 2008
* Education minister - Petra Buzková - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Health minister - Marie Součková - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Health minister - Milada Emmerová - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Informatics minister - Dana Bérová - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008
* Education minister - Miroslava Kopicová - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008
* Agriculture minister - Milena Vicenová - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008
* Education minister - Dana Kuchtová - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008
* Defence minister - Vlasta Parkanová - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister without Portfolio - Džamila Stehlíková - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008

Denmark

* Monarch - Margaret I (regent) - 1375 Fact|date=July 2008
* Danish Minister for Education - Nina Bang - 1924 [Skou, Kaare R. (2005). "Dansk politik A-Å" da icon. Aschehoug, p. 110. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.]
* Danish Minister without portfolio - Fanny Jensen - 1947 [Haastrup, Lisbeth. [http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/849/origin/170/query/Fanny_Jensen/ "Fanny Jensen (1890 - 1969)"] da icon. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.]
* Danish Minister for Justice - Helga Pedersen - 1950 Fact|date=July 2008
* Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs - Bodil Koch - 1950 [Skou, Kaare R. (2005) "Dansk politik A-Å" da icon. Aschehoug, p. 377. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.]
* Speaker of the Landsting, Chamber of Parliament - Ingeborg Hansen - 1950 [Sandvad, Karin. [http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/117/origin/170/query/Ingeborg_Hansen/ "Ingeborg Hansen (1886 - 1954)"] da icon. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.]
* Danish Minister for Trade - Lis Groes - 1953 Fact|date=July 2008
* Danish Minister for Economy - Marianne Jelved - 1993 [Højgaard, Lis. [http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/693/origin/170/query/Marianne_Jelved/ "Marianne Jelved (1943 - )"] da icon. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.]
* Danish Minister for Agriculture and Food - Mariann Fischer Boel - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Lord Mayor of Copenhagen - Ritt Bjerregaard - 2006 [ [http://www.information.dk/115391 "Kamp om borgmesterposterne landet over"] (2005-11-16) da icon. Dagbladet Information. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.]

Faroe Islands

* Prime Minister - Marita Petersen - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008

Greenland

* Chairperson of Landsting - Ruth Heilmann - 2008 Fact|date=July 2008

Estonia

* Foreign Minister - Kristiina Ojuland - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008

Finland

* Defence minister - Elisabeth Rehn - 1990 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister - Tarja Halonen - 1995 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Tarja Halonen - 2000 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Anneli Jäätteenmäki - 2003 Fact|date=July 2008

Åland

* Lantråd (Premier) - Viveka Eriksson - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008

France

* Prime Minister - Édith Cresson - 1991 Fact|date=July 2008

=Georgia=

* Queen - Tamar - 1178, 1184 - 1210 Fact|date=July 2008
* Speaker of the Georgian Parliament - Nino Burjanadze - 2003 - 2004 and 2007 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Nino Burjanadze (acting) - 2003 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Salomé Zurabishvili - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Economic Development - Ekaterine Sharashidze - 2008 Fact|date=July 2008

Germany

* Minister of Health - Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt - 1961 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of the Bundestag - Annemarie Renger - 1972 Fact|date=July 2008
* Head of state of East Germany - Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (acting) - 1990 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Justice - Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger - 1992 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister-President of any German state - Heide Simonis (of Schleswig-Holstein) - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of the Federal Constitutional Court - Jutta Limbach - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of Frankfurt - Petra Roth 1995-incumbent Fact|date=July 2008
* Chancellor - Angela Merkel - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008
* Chief Federal Proescutor for the Federal Court of Justice - Monika Harms - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Greece

* Minister for Culture - Melina Mercouri - 1981 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Education and Religious Affairs - Marietta Giannakou-Koutsikou - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Environment - Vassiliki "Vaso" Papandreou - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of Athens, the nation's capital - Dora Bakoyannis - 2003 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of Parliament - Anna Psarouda-Benaki - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Foregin Affairs - Dora Bakoyannis - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Tourism - Fani Palli-Petralia - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Hungary

* Speaker of the National Assembly - Erzsebet Metzker Vass - 1963 - 1967 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Health - Dr. Judith Csehák - 1986 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Justice - Ibolya Dávid - 1998 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Interior - Mónika Lamperth - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Equality - Katalin Lévai - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign Minister - Kinga Göncz - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Iceland

* President - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir - 1980 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister - Valgerður Sverrisdóttir - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Ireland

* Teachta Dála (Member of Parliament) - Constance Markievicz - 1918 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Labour - Constance Markievicz - 1919 Fact|date=July 2008
* Lord Mayor of Dublin - Kathleen Clarke - 1939 Fact|date=July 2008
* Member of European Parliament - Eileen Desmond and Síle de Valera - 1979 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for the Gaeltacht - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn - 1979 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Health and Social Welfare - Eileen Desmond - 1981 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Education - Gemma Hussey - 1982 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Mary Robinson - 1990 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Mary McAleese - 1997 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Tourism, Transport & Communications - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn - 1992 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Justice - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* Tánaiste(Deputy Prime Minister) - Mary Harney - 1997 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Enterprise and Employment - Mary Harney - 1997 Fact|date=July 2008

Italy

* Minister for Health - Tina Anselmi - 1978 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of Deputies Chamber - Nilde Iotti - 1979 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Education - Rosa Russo Iervolino - 1992 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Agriculture and Forests - Adriana Poli Bortone - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008
* European Commissioner - Emma Bonino - 1995 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Susanna Agnelli - 1995 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister without Portfolio - Livia Turco - 1996 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Cultural Activities and Sport - Giovanna Melandri - 1998 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Interior - Rosa Russo Iervolino - 1998 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of Piedmont - Mercedes Bresso - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of European Politics and International Trade - Emma Bonino - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of Milan - Letizia Moratti - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Latvia

* Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - Valentina Klibika - 1971 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008
* Speaker of the Saeima - Ingrida Udre - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister - Sandra Kalniete - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Defence minister - Linda Mūrniece - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Liechtenstein

* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Andrea Willi - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008

Lithuania

* Speaker of the constituent session of the Constituent Assembly - Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite - 15 May 1920 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Kazimira Prunskienė - 1990 Fact|date=July 2008
* Finance Minister - Dalia Grybauskaitė - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Irena Degutienė - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008

Luxembourg

* Grand Duchess - Marie-Adélaïde - 1912 Fact|date=July 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Colette Flesch - 1980 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Colette Flesch - 1980 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of Luxembourg City - Lydie Polfer - 1982 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of the Chamber of Deputies - Erna Hennicot-Schoepges - 1989 Fact|date=July 2008

Republic of Macedonia

* Foreign minister - Ilinka Mitreva - 2001 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Radmila Šekerinska (acting) - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Interior minister - Gordana Jankulovska - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Malta

* President of Malta - Agatha Barbara - 1982 Fact|date=July 2008
* Speaker of the House of Representatives - Myriam Spiteri Debono - 1996 Fact|date=July 2008

Moldova

* Speaker of the Parliament - Eugenia Ostapciuc - 2001 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Zinaida Greceanîi - 2008 Fact|date=July 2008
* Finance minister - Mariana Durlesteanu - 2008 Fact|date=July 2008

Montenegro

* Speaker of Parliament - Vesna Perović - 2001 Fact|date=July 2008
* Supreme State Attorney - Vesna Medenica - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Mayor of City/President of Municipality (first elected) - Marija-Maja Ćatović - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister- Gordana Đurović - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Netherlands

* Monarch - Queen Wilhelmina - 1890 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of the Second Chamber of the States-General - Suze Groeneweg - 1917 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of the First Chamber of the States-General - Carry Pothuis-Smit - 1920 Fact|date=August 2008
* Wethouder (alderman) - Eiske ten Bos-Harkema - 1924 Fact|date=August 2008
* Burgemeester (mayor) - Truus Beliën - 1946 Fact|date=August 2008
* Staatssecretaris of Education, Arts and Sciences - Anna de Waal 1952 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Culture, Recreation and Welfare - Marga Klompé - 1956 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Health - Irene Vorrink - 1973 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Home Affairs - Ien Dales - 1989 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Justice - Winnie Sorgdrager - 1994 Fact|date=August 2008
* Chairwoman of the Second Chamber of the States-General - Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven - 1998 Fact|date=August 2008
* First Vice Prime Minister - Annemarie Jorritsma- 1998 Fact|date=August 2008
* Second Vice Prime Minister - Els Borst - 1998 Fact|date=August 2008
* Chairwoman of the First Chamber of the States-General - Yvonne Timmerman-Buck - 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
* European Commissioner for Competition - Neelie Kroes - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008
* Staatssecretaris of immigration and prisons - Nebahat Albayrak - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008

Norway

* Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtland - 1981 Fact|date=August 2008
* Defence minister - Eldbjørg Løwer - 2001 Fact|date=August 2008

Poland

* Monarch - Jadwiga of Poland - 1384 Fact|date=August 2008
* First members of Sejm (lower house of the parliament) - Gabriela Balicka, Jadwiga Dziubińska, Irena Kosmowska, Maria Moczydłowska, Zofia Moraczewska, Anna Piasecka, Zofia Sokolnicka, Franciszka Wilczkowiakowa - 1919 Fact|date=August 2008
* Senator - Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska - 1928 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Justice - Zofia Wasilkowska - 1956 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Administration, Land Economy and Environment - Maria Milczarek - 1976 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Policy - Maria Milczarek - 1979 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Education and Behaviour - Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska - 1985 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Health and Welfare - Izabela Płaneta-Małecka - 1988 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Culture and Art - Izabella Cywińska - 1989 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Industry and Commerce - Henryka Bochniarz - 1991 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister - Hanna Suchocka - 1992 Fact|date=August 2008
* Chairman of the National Bank of Poland - Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz - 1992 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Construction and Spatial Management - Barbara Blida - 1993 Fact|date=August 2008
* Marshal of the Senate - Alicja Grześkowiak - 1997 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Finance - Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner - 2001 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of State Treasury - Aldona Kamela-Sowińska - 2001 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of European Affairs - Danuta Hübner - 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Social Policy - Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Regional Development - Grażyna Gęsicka - 2005 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Anna Fotyga - 2006 Fact|date=August 2008
* President of Warsaw - Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz - 2006 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Sport and Tourism - Elżbieta Jakubiak - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Science and Higher Education - Barbara Kudrycka - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008

Portugal

* Monarch - Beatrice of Portugal - 1383 (disputed) Fact|date=August 2008
* Monarch - Maria I - 1777 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo - 1979 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Health - Leonor Beleza - 1985
* Minister of Education - Manuela Ferreira Leite - 1993
* Minister of Environment - Teresa Gouveia - 1993
* Minister of Finance - Manuela Ferreira Leite - 2002
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Teresa Gouveia - 2003

Romania

* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Ana Pauker - 1947 Fact|date=August 2008
* First Deputy Prime Minister - Elena Ceauşescu - 1980 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Justice - Monica Macovei - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prefect (of Bucharest) - Mioara Mantale - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008

San Marino

* Co-Captains Regent - Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini - 1981 Fact|date=August 2008

Serbia

* Mayor of Belgrade - Slobodanka Gruden - 1993 Fact|date=August 2008
* Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia - Nataša Mićić - 2001 Fact|date=August 2008
* Acting President - Nataša Mićić - 2002 Fact|date=August 2008
* Governor of the National Bank of Serbia - Kori Udovički - 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayor of Novi Sad - Maja Gojković - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008
* President of the Supreme Court - Vida Petrović Škero - 2005 Fact|date=August 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Ivana Dulić-Marković - 2006 Fact|date=August 2008

Slovakia

* Foreign Minister - Zdenka Kramplová - 1997 Fact|date=August 2008

Spain

* Monarch (of Castilla) - Isabel I - 1474 Fact|date=August 2008
* Monarch - Isabel II - 1833 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Health - Federica Montseny - 1936 Fact|date=September 2008
* Mayoress of Bilbao - Pilar Careaga - 1969 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Vigo - Enma González - 1978 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Culture - Soledad Becerril - 1981 Fact|date=September 2008
* Mayoress of Valencia - Clementina Ródenas - 1988 Fact|date=August 2008
* President of the Region of Murcia - María Antonia Martínez - 1993 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Seville - Soledad Becerril - 1995 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Saragossa - Luisa Fernanda Rudi - 1995 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Málaga - Celia Villalobos - 1995 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Environment - Isabel Tocino - 1996 Fact|date=September 2008
* Minister of Agriculture - Loyola de Palacio - 1996 Fact|date=September 2008
* Minister of Justice - Margarita Mariscal de Gante - 1996 Fact|date=September 2008
* President of Senate - Esperanza Aguirre - 1999 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Education - Esperanza Aguirre - 1999 Fact|date=September 2008
* Mayoress of Cordova - Rosa Aguilar - 1999 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Gijón - Paz Fernández - 1999 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Industry - Anna Birulés - 2000 Fact|date=September 2008
* Foreign minister - Ana Palacio - 2002 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Public Administrations - Julia García-Valdecasas - 2003 Fact|date=September 2008
* President of the Community of Madrid - Esperanza Aguirre - 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Las Palmas - Josefa Luzardo - 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayoress of Palma de Mallorca - Catalina Cirer - 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Public Works - Magdalena Álvarez - 2004 Fact|date=September 2008
* Minister of Presidency - María Teresa Fernández de la Vega - 2004 Fact|date=September 2008
* Minister of Housing - María Antonia Trujillo - 2004 Fact|date=September 2008
* First Vice President of the Government - María Teresa Fernández de la Vega - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Defense - Carme Chacón - 2008 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Science and Innovation - Cristina Garmendia - 2008 Fact|date=September 2008
* Minister of Equality - Bibiana Aído - 2008 Fact|date=September 2008
* Mayoress of Alicante - Sonia Castedo - 2008 Fact|date=August 2008

Sweden

* Regent: Margaret I - 1389 Fact|date=August 2008
* Monarch: Christina - 1632 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of Parliament (lower house) - Elisabeth Tamm, Agda Östlund, Nelly Thüring and Bertha Wellin - 1921 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of Parliament (upper house) - Kerstin Hesselgren - 1921 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister without portfolio - Karin Kock-Lindberg - 1947 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Public Housekeeping - Karin Kock-Lindberg - 1948 Fact|date=August 2008
* Chairperson of City Counsil - Blenda Ljungberg - 1959 Fact|date=August 2008
* Municipal commissioner - Ella Tengbom-Velander - 1967 Fact|date=August 2008
* Supreme Court Judge - Ingrid Gärde Widemar - 1968 Fact|date=August 2008
* County governor - Camilla Odhnoff - 1974 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Karin Söder - 1976 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Health and Social Affairs - Karin Söder - 1979 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Education - Lena Hjelm-Wallén - 1982 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Employment - Anna-Greta Leijon - 1982 Fact|date=August 2008
* Party leader of major political party - Karin Söder - 1985 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Justice - Anna-Greta Leijon - 1987 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for the Environment - Birgitta Dahl - 1987 Fact|date=August 2008
* Speaker of the Parliament - Ingegerd Troedsson - 1991 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Finance - Anne Wibble - 1991 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Culture - Birgit Friggebo - 1991 Fact|date=August 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Mona Sahlin - 1994 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Agriculture - Margareta Winberg - 1994 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister for Defence - Leni Björklund - 2002 Fact|date=August 2008
* Mayor of Stockholm - Annika Billström - 2002 Fact|date=August 2008

Switzerland

* President of a Cantonal Parliament (of Geneva) - Emma Kammacher - 1965 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of the Swiss Council of States - Lise Girardin - 1971 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of the Swiss National Council - Nelly Wicky, Lilian Uchtenhagen, Hanny Thalmann, Liselotte Spreng, Hanna Sahlfeld, Martha Ribi, Gabrielle Nanchen, Josi Meier, Hedi Lang, Tilo Frey, Elisabeth Blunschy - 1971 Fact|date=August 2008
* (Substitute) Judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court - Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger - 1972 Fact|date=August 2008
* President of the Swiss National Council - Elisabeth Blunschy - 1977 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of a Cantonal Executive (of Zurich) - Hedi Lang - 1983 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of the Swiss Federal Council - Elisabeth Kopp - 1984 Fact|date=August 2008
* Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation - Elisabeth Kopp - 1989 Fact|date=August 2008
* President of the Swiss Council of States - Josi Meier - 1991 Fact|date=August 2008
* President of the Swiss Confederation - Ruth Dreifuss - 1999 Fact|date=August 2008
* Landammann of Uri - Gabi Huber - 2002 Fact|date=August 2008
* Landammann of Nidwalden - Lisbeth Gabriel - 2005 Fact|date=August 2008
* Landammann of Glarus - Marianne Dürst - 2008 Fact|date=August 2008

Ukraine

* Prime Minister - Yulia Tymoshenko - 2005 & 2007 (reelected) Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Labor and Social Policy - Lyudmila Denysova - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008

United Kingdom

* Monarch - Anne - 1701 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of Parliament (elected) - Constance Markiewicz - 1918 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of Parliament (who took her seat) - Nancy Astor - 1919 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Labour - Margaret Bondfield - 1929 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister for Education - Ellen Wilkinson - 1945 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Pensions and National Insurance - Margaret Herbison - 1964 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Overseas Development - Barbara Castle - 1964 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister for Transport - Barbara Castle - 1965 Fact|date=May 2008
* First Secretary of State - Barbara Castle - 1968 Fact|date=May 2008
* Secretary of State for Social Services (Health) - Barbara Castle - 1974 Fact|date=May 2008
* Leader of the Opposition - Margaret Thatcher - 1975 Fact|date=May 2008
* Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher - 1979 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/thatcher_margaret.shtml BBC - History - Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )] , BBC website (retrieved 10 March 2008)]
* Leader of the House of Lords - Janet Young, Baroness Young - 1981 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2241555.stm Baroness Young of Farnworth: Obituary] , BBC News, 6 September 2002 (retrieved 10 March 2008)]
* Speaker of the House of Commons - Betty Boothroyd - 1992 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/27/newsid_2502000/2502597.stm 1992: Betty Boothroyd is new speaker] "BBC News" (accessed 8 July 2008)]
* Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Gillian Shephard - 1993 Fact|date=May 2008
* Secretary of State for National Heritage (later Culture, Media and Sport) - Virginia Bottomley - 1995 Fact|date=May 2008
* Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - Mo Mowlam - 1997 Fact|date=May 2008
* President of the Board of Trade - Margaret Beckett - 1997 Fact|date=May 2008
* Leader of the House of Commons - Ann Taylor - 1997 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chief Whip - Ann Taylor - 1998 Fact|date=May 2008
* Solicitor General for England and Wales - Harriet Harman - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Secretary of State for Scotland - Helen Liddell - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Foreign Secretary - Margaret Beckett - 2006 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4977348.stm Profile:Margaret Beckett] , BBC News, 5 May 2006 (retrieved 22 January 2008)]
* Home Secretary - Jacqui Smith - 2007 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6906150.stm Profile:Jacqui Smith] , BBC News, 19 July 2007 (retrieved 22 January 2008)]
* Attorney General - Baroness Scotland - 2007Fact|date=May 2008

England

* Monarch - Matilda - 1141Fact|date=May 2008

Northern Ireland

* Health Minister of Northern Ireland - Barbara de Bruin - 2000Fact|date=May 2008

Scotland

* Monarch - Mary I - 1542Fact|date=May 2008
* Lord Advocate - Elish Angiolini - 2006Fact|date=May 2008
* Solicitor General for Scotland - Elish Angiolini - 2001Fact|date=May 2008

Wales

* Deputy First Minister for Wales - Jenny Randerson - 2001Fact|date=May 2008

Vatican City

*Vice Minister - Sister Enrica Rosanna Fact|date=August 2008

Yugoslavia

* President of the Federal Executive Council (Prime Minister) - Milka Planinc - 1982 Fact|date=August 2008

Footnotes and references

ee also

*List of women heads of state
*List of women heads of government
*List of the first LGBT holders of political offices