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This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include monarchs (see Category:Queens regnant and Category:Female regents) or female heads of government, such as prime ministers (see Female heads of government). Names in italics refer to temporary presidencies.

Name Country Name of post Mandate start Mandate end
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka  Tuva Chairman of the Presidium of the Little Khural 1940 1944-10-11
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa  Mongolia Acting Chairman of the Presidium 1953-09-23 1954-07-07
Soong Ching-ling  People's Republic of China Chairwoman of the People's Republic of China 1968-10-31 1972-04-24
Isabel Martínez de Perón  Argentina President 1974-07-01 1976-03-24
Lidia Gueiler Tejada  Bolivia Interim President 1979-11-16 1980-07-17
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir  Iceland President 1980-08-01 1996-08-01
Soong Ching-ling  People's Republic of China President of the People's Republic of China 1981-05-16 1981-05-28
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini  San Marino Captain Regent 1981-04-01 1981-10-01
Agatha Barbara  Malta President 1982-02-15 1987-02-15
Gloriana Ranocchini (1st term)  San Marino Captain Regent 1984-04-01 1984-10-01
Carmen Pereira  Guinea-Bissau Acting President 1984-05-14 1984-05-16
Elisabeth Kopp  Switzerland Member of the Federal Council and Vice President 1984-10-20 1989-01-12
Corazon C. Aquino  Philippines President 1986-02-25 1992-06-30
Gloriana Ranocchini (2nd term)  San Marino Captain Regent 1989-10-01 1990-04-01
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot  Haiti Interim President 1990-03-13 1991-02-07
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl  East Germany President of the Volkskammer 1990-04-05 1990-10-02
Violeta Chamorro  Nicaragua President 1990-04-25 1997-01-10
Mary Robinson  Ireland President 1990-12-03 1997-09-12
Edda Ceccoli  San Marino Captain Regent 1991-10-01 1992-04-01
Ruth Dreifuss  Switzerland Member of the Federal Council and President of the Swiss Confederation 1993-04-01 2002-12-31
Patricia Busignani  San Marino Captain Regent 1993-04-01 1993-10-01
Sylvie Kinigi  Burundi Acting President 1993-10-27 1994-02-05
Chandrika Kumaratunga  Sri Lanka President 1994-11-12 2005-11-19
Ruth Perry  Liberia Chairman of the Council of State 1996-09-03 1997-08-02
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano  Ecuador Caretaker President 1997-02-09 1997-02-11
Mary McAleese  Ireland President 1997-11-11 Incumbent
Janet Jagan  Guyana President 1997-12-19 1999-08-11
Ruth Metzler  Switzerland Member of the Federal Council and Vice President 1999-03-11 2003-12-10
Rosa Zafferani  San Marino Captain Regent 1999-04-01 1999-10-01
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga  Latvia President 1999-07-08 2007-07-07
Mireya Moscoso  Panama President 1999-09-01 2004-09-01
Tarja Halonen  Finland President 2000-03-01 Incumbent
Maria Domenica Michelotti  San Marino Captain Regent 2000-04-01 2000-10-01
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  Philippines President 2001-01-20 Incumbent
Megawati Sukarnoputri  Indonesia President 2001-07-23 2004-10-20
Nataša Mićić  Serbia1 Acting President 2002-12-30 2004-02-04
Micheline Calmy-Rey  Switzerland Member of the Federal Council and President of the Swiss Confederation 2003-01-01 Incumbent
Valeria Ciavatta  San Marino Captain Regent 2003-10-01 2004-04-01
Nino Burjanadze  Georgia Acting President 2003-11-23 2004-01-25
Fausta Morganti  San Marino Captain Regent 2005-04-01 2005-10-01
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf  Liberia President 2006-01-16 Incumbent
Michelle Bachelet  Chile President 2006-03-11 Incumbent
Doris Leuthard  Switzerland Member of the Federal Council 2006 Incumbent
Dalia Itzik  Israel Acting President 2007-01-25 2007-07-15
Pratibha Patil  India President 2007-07-25 Incumbent
Nino Burjanadze  Georgia Acting President 2007-11-25 2008-01-20
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  Argentina President 2007-12-10 Incumbent
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf  Switzerland Member of the Federal Council 2008-01-01 Incumbent
Assunta Meloni  San Marino Captain Regent 2008-10-01 Incumbent

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Scoretable

Female heads of state, as of 2008. Includes interim and acting heads of state. Bold entries indicate currently serving heads of state.

Country Number Suffrage Heads of state since suffrage Proportion
 San Marino 10 1959 196 5%
 Switzerland 5 (2 Presidents) 1971 27
 Ireland 2 1918 8 25%
 Liberia 2 1946 12 17%
 Philippines 2 1937 13 15%
 Argentina 2 1947 18 11%
 Bolivia 1 1952 23 4%
 Burundi 1 1961 13 8%
 Chile 1 1931 14 7%
 Ecuador 1 1967 16 6%
 Finland 1 1906 11 9%
 Georgia 1 1919 4 25%
 East Germany 1 1918 8 13%
 Guinea-Bissau 1 1977 9 11%
 Guyana 1 1953 8 13%
 Haiti 1 1950 21 5%
 Iceland 1 1915 5 20%
 India 1 1935 14 7%
 Indonesia 1 1945 6 17%
 Israel 2 1948 13 15%
 Latvia 1 1918 6 17%
 Malta 1 1947 9 11%
 Mongolia 1 1924 18 6%
 Nicaragua 1 1955 11 9%
 Panama 1 1941 27 4%
 Sri Lanka 1 1931 6 17%

References

  1. ^ Serbian wasn't independent at the time.

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