List of female constituent and dependent territory leaders

This is a list of women who had been appointed as leaders of constituent states and dependent territories. This list also separates between the dependent territory leaders and the autonomous area leaders.

Female chief executives of a constituent country or state edit

  • Italics denotes an acting chief executive

Female heads of government of a constituent country or state edit

Name Portrait Administrative division Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length Country
Yevgenia Bosch  Ukrainian PRS[a] Chairwoman of the People's Secretariat 30 December 1917 1 March 1918 61 days  Russian SFSR
Nellie Ross  Wyoming Governor 5 January 1925 3 January 1927 1 year, 363 days  United States
Miriam A. Ferguson  Texas Governor 20 January 1925 17 January 1927 1 year, 362 days  United States
17 January 1933 15 January 1935 1 year, 363 days
Kalima Amankulova  Kyrgyz SSR Acting chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet
Acting head of state
15 May 1938 18 July 1938 64 days  Soviet Union
Nadezhda Grekova  Byelorussian SSR Chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet
Head of state
25 July 1938 12 March 1949 10 years, 230 days  Soviet Union
Louise Schroeder  Berlin Governing Mayor
(under Allied supervision)
11 June 1947 7 December 1948 1 year, 179 days  Germany
Sucheta Kripalani  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister 2 October 1963 13 March 1967 3 years, 162 days  India
Lurleen Wallace  Alabama Governor 16 January 1967 7 May 1968
(died in office)
1 year, 112 days  United States
Savka Dabčević-Kučar  SR Croatia Chairwoman of the Executive Council
(prime minister)
11 May 1967 8 May 1969 1 year, 362 days  SFR Yugoslavia
Nandini Satpathy  Odisha Chief Minister 14 June 1972 3 March 1973 262 days  India
6 March 1974 16 December 1976 2 years, 285 days
Shashikala Kakodkar  Goa Chief Minister 12 August 1973 27 April 1979 5 years, 258 days  India
Ella T. Grasso  Connecticut Governor 8 January 1975 31 December 1980 5 years, 358 days  United States
Dixy Lee Ray  Washington Governor 12 January 1977 14 January 1981 4 years, 2 days  United States
Griselda Álvarez  Colima Governor 1 November 1979 31 October 1985 5 years, 364 days  Mexico
Anwara Taimur  Assam Chief Minister 6 December 1980 30 June 1981 206 days  India
Anna Nenna D'Antonio  Abruzzo President 30 November 1981 13 May 1983 1 year, 164 days  Italy
Martha Layne Collins  Kentucky Governor 13 December 1983 8 December 1987 3 years, 360 days  United States
Maria Liberia Peters  Netherlands Antilles Prime Minister 18 September 1984 1 January 1986 1 year, 105 days  Netherlands
17 May 1988 25 November 1993 5 years, 192 days
Madeleine Kunin  Vermont Governor 10 January 1985 10 January 1991 6 years, 0 days  United States
Iolanda Fleming  Acre Governor 14 May 1986 15 March 1987 305 days  Brazil
Kay A. Orr  Nebraska Governor 9 January 1987 9 January 1991 4 years, 0 days  United States
Beatriz Paredes Rangel  Tlaxcala Governor 15 January 1987 11 April 1992 5 years, 87 days  Mexico
V. N. Janaki  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister 7 January 1988 30 January 1988 23 days  India
Rose Mofford  Arizona Governor 4 April 1988 6 March 1991 2 years, 336 days  United States
Joan Kirner  Victoria Premier 10 August 1990 6 October 1992 2 years, 57 days  Australia
Carmen Lawrence  Western Australia Premier 12 February 1990 16 February 1993 3 years, 4 days  Australia
Sharon Pratt Kelly  District of Columbia Mayor 2 January 1991 2 January 1995 4 years, 0 days  United States
Joan Finney  Kansas Governor 14 January 1991 9 January 1995 3 years, 360 days  United States
Barbara Roberts  Oregon Governor 14 January 1991 9 January 1995 3 years, 360 days  United States
Ann Richards  Texas Governor 15 January 1991 17 January 1995 4 years, 2 days  United States
Dulce María Sauri Riancho  Yucatán Governor 14 February 1991 1 December 1993 2 years, 290 days  Mexico
Rita Johnston  British Columbia Premier 2 April 1991 5 November 1991 217 days  Canada
J. Jayalalithaa  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister 24 June 1991 12 May 1996 4 years, 323 days  India
14 May 2001 21 September 2001 130 days
2 March 2002 12 May 2006 4 years, 71 days
16 May 2011 27 September 2014 3 years, 134 days
23 May 2015 5 December 2016
(died in office)
1 year, 196 days
Fiorella Ghilardotti  Lombardia President 12 December 1992 3 June 1994 1 year, 173 days  Italy
Catherine Callbeck  Prince Edward Island Premier 25 January 1993 9 October 1996 3 years, 258 days  Canada
María Antonia Martínez  Murcia President 2 May 1993 3 July 1995 2 years, 62 days  Spain
Laurette Onkelinx  French Community Minister-President 6 May 1993 13 July 1999 6 years, 68 days  Belgium
Heide Simonis  Schleswig-Holstein Minister-President 19 May 1993 27 April 2005 11 years, 343 days  Germany
Suzanne Camelia-Römer  Netherlands Antilles Prime Minister 25 November 1993 28 December 1993 33 days  Netherlands
14 May 1998 8 November 1999 1 year, 178 days
Christine Todd Whitman  New Jersey Governor 18 January 1994 31 January 2001 7 years, 13 days  United States
Alessandra Guerra  Friuli-Venezia Giulia President 18 July 1994 7 November 1995 1 year, 112 days  Italy
Roseana Sarney  Maranhão Governor 1 January 1995 5 April 2002 7 years, 94 days  Brazil
17 April 2009 10 December 2014 5 years, 237 days
Mayawati  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister 13 June 1995 18 October 1995 127 days  India
21 March 1997 21 September 1997 184 days
3 May 2002 29 August 2003 1 year, 118 days
13 May 2007 15 March 2012 4 years, 307 days
Waltraud Klasnic  Styria Governor 23 January 1996 25 October 2005 9 years, 275 days  Austria
Biljana Plavšić  Republika Srpska President 19 July 1996 14 November 1998 2 years, 118 days  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Valentina Bronevich  Koryakia Administrator 17 November 1996 3 December 2000 4 years, 16 days  Russia
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal  Punjab Chief Minister 21 November 1996 12 February 1997 83 days  India
Jeanne Shaheen  New Hampshire Governor 9 January 1997 9 January 2003 6 years, 0 days  United States
Rabri Devi  Bihar Chief Minister 25 July 1997 11 February 1999 1 year, 201 days  India
9 March 1999 2 March 2000 359 days
11 March 2000 6 March 2005 4 years, 360 days
Jane Dee Hull  Arizona Governor 5 September 1997 6 January 2003 5 years, 123 days  United States
Sushma Swaraj  Delhi Chief Minister 12 October 1998 3 December 1998 52 days  India
Sheila Dikshit  Delhi Chief Minister 3 December 1998 28 December 2013 15 years, 25 days  India
Nancy Hollister  Ohio Governor 31 December 1998 11 January 1999 11 days  United States
Margherita Cogo  Trentino-Alto Adige President 11 March 1999 14 March 2002 3 years, 3 days  Italy
Irene Sáez  Nueva Esparta Governor 20 April 1999 8 June 2000 1 year, 49 days  Venezuela
Rosario Robles  Mexico City Head of government 29 September 1999 4 December 2000 1 year, 66 days  Mexico
Maria Rita Lorenzetti  Umbria President 15 May 2000 16 April 2010 9 years, 335 days  Italy
Judy Martz  Montana Governor 1 January 2001 3 January 2005 4 years, 2 days  United States
Ruth Ann Minner  Delaware Governor 3 January 2001 20 January 2009 8 years, 17 days  United States
Jane Swift  Massachusetts Governor 10 April 2001 2 January 2003 1 year, 267 days  United States
Alicia Lemme  San Luis Governor 23 December 2001 10 December 2003 1 year, 352 days  Argentina
Dalva Figueiredo  Amapá Governor 5 April 2002 1 January 2003 271 days  Brazil
Benedita da Silva  Rio de Janeiro Governor 6 April 2002 1 January 2003 270 days  Brazil
Linda Lingle  Hawaii Governor 2 December 2002 6 December 2010 8 years, 4 days  United States
Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez  Santiago del Estero Governor 12 December 2002 1 April 2004 1 year, 111 days  Argentina
Nataša Mićić  Serbia Acting President 29 December 2002 27 January 2004 1 year, 29 days  FR Yugoslavia/
 Serbia and Montenegro
Jennifer Granholm  Michigan Governor 1 January 2003 1 January 2011 8 years, 0 days  United States
Rosângela Garotinho  Rio de Janeiro Governor 1 January 2003 1 January 2007 4 years, 0 days  Brazil
Wilma de Faria  Rio Grande do Norte Governor 1 January 2003 31 March 2010 7 years, 89 days  Brazil
Janet Napolitano  Arizona Governor 6 January 2003 21 January 2009 6 years, 15 days  United States
Kathleen Sebelius  Kansas Governor 13 January 2003 28 April 2009 6 years, 105 days  United States
Mirna Louisa-Godett  Netherlands Antilles Prime Minister 11 August 2003 3 June 2004 297 days  Netherlands
Valentina Matviyenko  Saint Petersburg Governor 15 October 2003 22 August 2011 7 years, 311 days  Russia
Olene Walker  Utah Governor 5 November 2003 3 January 2005 1 year, 59 days  United States
Esperanza Aguirre  Community of Madrid President 20 November 2003 17 September 2012 8 years, 302 days  Spain
Uma Bharti  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister 8 December 2003 23 August 2004 259 days  India
Vasundhara Raje  Rajasthan Chief Minister 8 December 2003 18 December 2008 5 years, 10 days  India
8 December 2013 17 December 2018 5 years, 9 days
Kathleen Blanco  Louisiana Governor 12 January 2004 14 January 2008 4 years, 2 days  United States
Gabi Burgstaller  Salzburg Governor 28 April 2004 19 June 2013 9 years, 52 days  Austria
Jodi Rell  Connecticut Governor 1 July 2004 5 January 2011 6 years, 188 days  United States
Marie Arena  French Community Minister-President 19 July 2004 20 March 2008 3 years, 245 days  Belgium
Amalia García  Zacatecas Governor 12 September 2004 11 September 2010 5 years, 364 days  Mexico
Maria Bolshakova  Ulyanovsk Oblast Acting Governor 22 November 2004 6 January 2005 45 days  Russia
Christine Gregoire  Washington Governor 12 January 2005 16 January 2013 8 years, 4 days  United States
Mercedes Bresso  Piemonte President 27 April 2005 9 April 2010 4 Years, 344 days  Italy
Emily de Jongh-Elhage  Netherlands Antilles Prime Minister 26 March 2006 10 October 2010 4 years, 198 days  Netherlands
Maria de Lourdes Abadia  Brazilian Federal District Governor 31 March 2006 1 January 2007 276 days  Brazil
Sarah Palin  Alaska Governor 4 December 2006 26 July 2009 2 years, 143 days  United States
Ana Julia Carepa  Pará Governor 1 January 2007 1 January 2011 4 years, 0 days  Brazil
Yeda Crusius  Rio Grande do Sul Governor 1 January 2007 1 January 2011 4 years, 0 days  Brazil
Borjana Krišto  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina President 22 February 2007 17 March 2011 4 years, 23 days  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivonne Ortega Pacheco  Yucatán Governor 1 August 2007 30 September 2012 5 years, 60 days  Mexico
Anna Bligh  Queensland Premier 13 September 2007 26 March 2012 4 years, 195 days  Australia
Fabiana Ríos  Tierra del Fuego Governor 10 December 2007 10 December 2015 8 years, 0 days  Argentina
Stella Lugo  Falcón Governor 23 November 2008 15 October 2017 8 years, 326 days  Venezuela
Bev Perdue  North Carolina Governor 10 January 2009 5 January 2013 3 years, 361 days  United States
Jan Brewer  Arizona Governor 21 January 2009 5 January 2015 5 years, 349 days  United States
Christine Lieberknecht  Thuringia Minister-President 30 October 2009 5 December 2014 5 years, 36 days  Germany
Kristina Keneally  New South Wales Premier 4 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 145 days  Australia
Arlene Foster  Northern Ireland Acting First Minister 11 January 2010 3 February 2010 23 days  United Kingdom
10 September 2015 20 October 2015 40 days
First Minister 11 January 2016 9 January 2017 364 days
11 January 2020 14 June 2021 1 year, 154 days
Natalya Komarova  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Governor 1 March 2010 Incumbent 14 years, 17 days  Russia
Catiuscia Marini  Umbria President 16 April 2010 28 May 2019 9 years, 42 days  Italy
Renata Polverini  Lazio President 16 April 2010 12 March 2013 2 years, 330 days  Italy
Hannelore Kraft  North Rhine-Westphalia Minister-President 14 July 2010 27 June 2017 6 years, 348 days  Germany
Sarah Wescot-Williams  Sint Maarten Prime Minister 10 October 2010 19 December 2014 4 years, 70 days  Netherlands
Kathy Dunderdale  Newfoundland and Labrador Premier 3 December 2010 24 January 2014 3 years, 52 days  Canada
Susana Martinez  New Mexico Governor 1 January 2011 1 January 2019 8 years, 0 days  United States
Rosalba Ciarlini  Rio Grande do Norte Governor 1 January 2011 1 January 2015 4 years, 0 days  Brazil
Mary Fallin  Oklahoma Governor 10 January 2011 14 January 2019 8 years, 4 days  United States
Nikki Haley  South Carolina Governor 12 January 2011 24 January 2017 6 years, 12 days  United States
Lara Giddings  Tasmania Premier 24 January 2011 31 March 2014 3 years, 66 days  Australia
Christy Clark  British Columbia Premier 14 March 2011 18 July 2017 6 years, 126 days  Canada
Mamata Banerjee  West Bengal Chief Minister 20 May 2011 Incumbent 12 years, 303 days  India
María Dolores de Cospedal  Castile-La Mancha President 22 June 2011 1 July 2015 4 years, 9 days  Spain
Yolanda Barcina  Navarre President 23 June 2011 20 July 2015 4 years, 27 days  Spain
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda  Aragon President 13 July 2011 3 July 2015 3 years, 355 days  Spain
Paula Sánchez de León  Valencian Community Acting President 20 July 2011 28 July 2011 8 days  Spain
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer  Saarland Minister-President 10 August 2011 28 February 2018 6 years, 202 days  Germany
Alison Redford  Alberta Premier 7 October 2011 23 March 2014 2 years, 167 days  Canada
Lucía Corpacci  Catamarca Governor 10 December 2011 10 December 2019 8 years, 0 days  Argentina
Marina Kovtun  Murmansk Oblast Governor 4 April 2012 21 March 2019 6 years, 351 days  Russia
Adriana D'Elia  Miranda Governor 6 June 2012 15 January 2013 223 days  Venezuela
Pauline Marois  Quebec Premier 19 September 2012 23 April 2014 1 year, 216 days  Canada
Erika Farías  Cojedes Governor 28 December 2012 30 September 2016 3 years, 277 days  Venezuela
Maggie Hassan  New Hampshire Governor 3 January 2013 2 January 2017 3 years, 365 days  United States
Malu Dreyer  Rhineland-Palatinate Minister-President 16 January 2013 Incumbent 11 years, 62 days  Germany
Kathleen Wynne  Ontario Premier 11 February 2013 29 June 2018 5 years, 138 days  Canada
Željka Cvijanović  Republika Srpska Prime Minister 12 March 2013 19 November 2018 5 years, 252 days  Bosnia and Herzegovina
President 19 November 2018 15 November 2022 3 years, 361 days
Svetlana Orlova  Vladimir Oblast Governor 24 March 2013 8 October 2018 5 years, 198 days  Russia
Aleqa Hammond  Greenland Prime Minister 5 April 2013 30 September 2014 1 year, 178 days  Denmark
Debora Serracchiani  Friuli-Venezia Giulia President 25 April 2013 26 March 2018 4 years, 336 days  Italy
Susana Díaz  Andalusia President 5 September 2013 18 January 2019 5 years, 135 days  Spain
Claudia Ledesma Abdala  Santiago del Estero Governor 10 December 2013 10 December 2017 4 years, 0 days  Argentina
Anandiben Patel  Gujarat Gujarat 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 2 years, 77 days  India
Nicola Sturgeon  Scotland First Minister 20 November 2014 28 March 2023 8 years, 128 days  United Kingdom
Suely Campos  Roraima Governor 1 January 2015 10 December 2018 3 years, 343 days  Brazil
Muriel Bowser  District of Columbia Mayor 2 January 2015 Incumbent 9 years, 76 days  United States
Gina Raimondo  Rhode Island Governor 6 January 2015 2 March 2021 6 years, 55 days  United States
Annastacia Palaszczuk  Queensland Premier 14 February 2015 15 December 2023 8 years, 304 days  Australia
Rachel Notley  Alberta Premier 24 May 2015 30 April 2019 3 years, 341 days  Canada
Kate Brown  Oregon Governor 18 February 2015 9 January 2023 7 years, 325 days  United States
Cristina Cifuentes  Community of Madrid President 24 June 2015 25 April 2018 2 years, 305 days  Spain
Francina Armengol  Balearic Islands President 30 June 2015 20 June 2023 7 years, 355 days  Spain
Uxue Barkos  Navarre President 20 July 2015 6 August 2019 4 years, 17 days  Spain
Claudia Pavlovich Arellano  Sonora Governor 13 September 2015 12 September 2021 5 years, 364 days  Mexico
María Eugenia Vidal  Buenos Aires Province Governor 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 4 years, 0 days  Argentina
Alicia Kirchner  Santa Cruz Governor 10 December 2015 10 December 2023 8 years, 0 days  Argentina
Rosana Bertone  Tierra del Fuego Governor 10 December 2015 17 December 2019 4 years, 7 days  Argentina
Natalia Zhdanova  Zabaykalsky Krai Governor 18 February 2016 25 October 2018 2 years, 249 days  Russia
Mehbooba Mufti  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister 4 April 2016 20 June 2018 2 years, 77 days  India
Caryl Bertho  Aragua Governor 5 January 2017 15 October 2017 283 days  Venezuela
Gladys Berejiklian  New South Wales Premier 23 January 2017 5 October 2021 4 years, 255 days  Australia
María Dolores Pagán  Murcia Acting President 4 April 2017 3 May 2017 29 days  Spain
Kay Ivey  Alabama Governor 10 April 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 343 days  United States
Johanna Mikl-Leitner  Lower Austria Governor 19 April 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 334 days  Austria
Kim Reynolds  Iowa Governor 24 May 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 299 days  United States
Manuela Schwesig  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Minister-President 4 July 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 258 days  Germany
Carmen Meléndez  Lara Governor 16 October 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 154 days  Venezuela
Laidy Gómez  Táchira Governor 23 October 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 147 days  Venezuela
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría  Catalonia President
(Direct rule)
27 October 2017 1 June 2018 217 days  Spain
Evelyn Wever-Croes  Aruba Prime Minister 17 November 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 122 days  Netherlands
Leona Marlin-Romeo  Sint Maarten Prime Minister 15 January 2018 10 October 2019 1 year, 268 days  Netherlands
Katharina Fegebank  Hamburg Acting First Mayor 13 March 2018 28 March 2018 15 days  Germany
Ilse Aigner  Bavaria Acting Minister-President 14 March 2018 16 March 2018 2 days  Germany
Cida Borghetti  Paraná Governor 6 April 2018 1 January 2019 270 days  Brazil
Nicoletta Spelgatti  Valle d'Aosta President 27 June 2018 10 December 2018 166 days  Italy
Vera Shcherbina  Sakhalin Oblast Acting Governor 26 September 2018 7 December 2018 72 days  Russia
Srebrenka Golić  Republika Srpska Acting Prime Minister 19 November 2018 18 December 2018 29 days  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Claudia Sheinbaum  Mexico City Head of government 5 December 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 104 days  Mexico
Martha Érika Alonso  Puebla Governor 14 December 2018 24 December 2018
(died in office)
10 days  Mexico
Gretchen Whitmer  Michigan Governor 1 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 77 days  United States
Michelle Lujan Grisham  New Mexico Governor 1 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 77 days  United States
Fátima Bezerra  Rio Grande do Norte Governor 1 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 77 days  Brazil
Janet Mills  Maine Governor 2 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 76 days  United States
Kristi Noem  South Dakota Governor 5 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 73 days  United States
Laura Kelly  Kansas Governor 14 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 64 days  United States
Liesbeth Homans  Flanders Minister-President 2 July 2019 1 October 2019 91 days  Belgium
María Chivite  Navarre President 6 August 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 225 days  Spain
Isabel Díaz Ayuso  Community of Madrid President 14 August 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 217 days  Spain
Concha Andreu  La Rioja President 29 August 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 202 days  Spain
Donatella Tesei  Umbria President 11 November 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 128 days  Italy
Silveria Jacobs  Sint Maarten Prime Minister 19 November 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 120 days  Netherlands
Arabela Carreras  Río Negro Governor 10 December 2019 10 December 2023 4 years, 0 days  Argentina
Michelle O'Neill  Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister 11 January 2020 4 February 2022 2 years, 24 days  United Kingdom
First Minister 3 February 2024 Incumbent 44 days
Olga Antipina  Perm Krai Acting Governor 21 January 2020 6 February 2020 16 days  Russia
Jole Santelli  Calabria President 15 February 2020 15 October 2020
(died in office)
243 days  Italy
Kathy Hochul  New York Governor 24 August 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 207 days  United States
Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros  Tlaxcala Governor 31 August 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 200 days  Mexico
María Eugenia Campos Galván  Chihuahua Governor 8 September 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 192 days  Mexico
Layda Sansores  Campeche Governor 15 September 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 185 days  Mexico
Evelyn Salgado Pineda  Guerrero Governor 15 October 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 155 days  Mexico
Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda  Baja California Governor 1 November 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 138 days  Mexico
Indira Vizcaíno Silva  Colima Governor 1 November 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 138 days  Mexico
Heather Stefanson  Manitoba Premier 2 November 2021 18 October 2023 1 year, 350 days  Canada
Franziska Giffey  Berlin Governing Mayor 21 December 2021 27 April 2023 1 year, 127 days  Germany
Regina Sousa  Piauí Governor 31 March 2022 01 January 2023 276 days  Brazil
Izolda Cela  Ceará Governor 2 April 2022 01 January 2023 274 days  Brazil
Anke Rehlinger  Saarland Minister-President 25 April 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 328 days  Germany
Mara Lezama Espinosa  Quintana Roo Governor 25 September 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 175 days  Mexico
María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel  Aguascalientes Governor 1 October 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 169 days  Mexico
Danielle Smith  Alberta Premier 11 October 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 159 days  Canada
Raquel Lyra  Pernambuco Governor 1 January 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 77 days  Brazil
Katie Hobbs  Arizona Governor 2 January 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 76 days  United States
Maura Healey  Massachusetts Governor 5 January 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 73 days  United States
Celina Leão  Federal District Interim Governor 8 January 2023 15 March 2023 66 days  Brazil
Tina Kotek  Oregon Governor 9 January 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 69 days  United States
Sarah Huckabee Sanders  Arkansas Governor 10 January 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 68 days  United States
Lidija Bradara  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina President 28 February 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 19 days  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mae de la Concha  Balearic Islands President 19 June 2023 7 July 2023 18 days  Spain
Marga Prohens  Balearic Islands President 7 July 2023 Incumbent 255 days  Spain
Jacinta Allan  Victoria Premier 27 September 2023 Incumbent 173 days  Australia
Emma Little-Pengelly  Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister 3 February 2024 Incumbent 44 days  United Kingdom
Maryam Nawaz  Punjab Chief Minister 26 February 2024 Incumbent 21 days  Pakistan

Female viceregal representatives of a constituent country or representatives to the government edit

Name Portrait Country Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length Parent country
Vibeke Larsen  Faroe Islands High Commissioner 30 June 1996 1 November 2001 5 years, 124 days  Denmark
Mo Mowlam  Northern Ireland Secretary of State 3 May 1997 11 October 1999 2 years, 161 days  United Kingdom
Helen Liddell  Scotland Secretary of State 25 January 2001 13 June 2003 2 years, 139 days  United Kingdom
Birgit Kleis  Faroe Islands High Commissioner 1 November 2001 1 August 2005 3 years, 273 days  Denmark
Cheryl Gillan  Wales Secretary of State 12 May 2010 4 September 2012 2 years, 115 days  United Kingdom
Mikaela Engell  Greenland High Commissioner 1 April 2011 30 April 2022 11 years, 29 days  Denmark
Theresa Villiers  Northern Ireland Secretary of State 4 September 2012 14 July 2016 3 years, 314 days  United Kingdom
Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede  Curaçao Acting Governor 24 November 2012 4 November 2013 345 days  Netherlands
Lucille George-Wout  Curaçao Governor 4 November 2013 Incumbent 10 years, 135 days  Netherlands
Lene Moyell Johansen  Faroe Islands High Commissioner 15 May 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 308 days  Denmark
Karen Bradley  Northern Ireland Secretary of State 8 January 2018 24 July 2019 1 year, 197 days  United Kingdom
Julie Præst Wilche  Greenland High Commissioner 1 May 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 322 days  Denmark

Dependent, autonomous and insular territories edit

  Denotes incumbent head of territory/government
  • Italics denotes an acting head of territories and territories that are defunct.
Name Image Territory Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length Parent country
Susanne le Pelley  Sark Dame of Sark 1730 1733 3 years, 0 days  Great Britain
Marie Collings  Sark Dame of Sark 1852 1853 1 year, 0 days  United Kingdom
Sibyl Hathaway  Sark Dame of Sark 20 June 1927 14 July 1974 47 years, 24 days  United Kingdom
Sakina Aliyeva Nakhichevan ASSR Chair of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 9 February 1963 9 April 1990 27 years, 59 days  Soviet Union
Carolyn Stuart  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administrator 20 November 1985 ? December 1987 2 years, 11 days  Australia
Stella Sigcau  Transkei Prime Minister 5 October 1987 30 December 1987 86 days  South Africa
Dawn Lawrie  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administrator 8 November 1988 27 November 1990 2 years, 19 days  Australia
Rosemary Follett  Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister 11 May 1989 5 December 1989 208 days  Australia
Catherine Tizard  Ross Dependency Governor-General 13 December 1990 21 March 1996 5 years, 99 days  New Zealand
Nellie Cournoyea  Northwest Territories Premier 14 November 1991 22 November 1995 4 years, 8 days  Canada
Marita Petersen  Faroe Islands Prime Minister 18 January 1993 15 September 1994 1 year, 240 days  Denmark
Anson Chan  Hong Kong Chief Secretary 29 November 1993 30 June 1997 3 years, 213 days  United Kingdom
 Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration 1 July 1997 30 April 2001 3 years, 303 days  China
Ann-Kristin Olsen Norway Svalbard Governor 1995 1998 3 years, 0 days  Norway
Åshild Hauan Norway Jan Mayen Administrator 1 January 1995 1 October 2007 12 years, 273 days  Norway
Kate Carnell  Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister 2 March 1995 18 October 2000 5 years, 230 days  Australia
Pamela F. Gordon  Bermuda Premier 27 March 1997 10 November 1998 1 year, 228 days  United Kingdom
Brigitte Girardin  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Prefect and Superior Administrator 25 March 1998 25 May 2000 2 years, 92 days  France
 Clipperton Island Administrator 7 May 2002 2 June 2005 3 years, 26 days
Jennifer M. Smith  Bermuda Premier 10 November 1998 29 July 2003 4 years, 261 days  United Kingdom
Florinda Chan  Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice 20 December 1999 20 December 2014 15 years, 0 days  China
Pat Duncan  Yukon Premier 6 May 2000 30 November 2002 2 years, 208 days  Canada
Sila María Calderón  Puerto Rico Governor 2 January 2001 2 January 2005 4 years, 0 days  United States
Sian Elias  Ross Dependency Acting Governor-General 22 March 2001 4 April 2001 13 days  New Zealand
4 August 2006 23 August 2006 19 days
23 August 2011 31 August 2011 8 days
31 August 2016 28 September 2016 28 days
Silvia Cartwright  Ross Dependency Governor-General 4 April 2001 4 August 2006 5 years, 122 days  New Zealand
Clare Martin  Northern Territory Chief Minister 18 August 2001 26 November 2007 6 years, 100 days  Australia
Cynthia Astwood  Turks and Caicos Islands Acting Governor 26 November 2002 16 December 2002 20 days  United Kingdom
Deborah Barnes Jones  Montserrat Governor 10 May 2004 6 July 2007 3 years, 57 days  United Kingdom
Marie-Noëlle Thémereau  New Caledonia President of the Government 10 June 2004 7 August 2007 3 years, 58 days  France
Brenda Christian  Pitcairn Islands Acting Mayor 8 November 2004 15 December 2004 37 days  United Kingdom
Mahala Wynns  Turks and Caicos Islands Acting Governor 21 June 2005 11 July 2005 20 days  United Kingdom
Anne Boquet  French Polynesia High Commissioner of the Republic 10 September 2005 29 June 2008 2 years, 293 days  France
Harriet Hall  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Acting Commissioner 2006 2006 ?  United Kingdom
Kjerstin Askholt Norway Bouvet Island Administrator 2006 2 October 2015 9 years, 274 days  Norway
Norway Peter I Island
Norway Queen Maud Land
Jane Rumble
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Melania Carolina Hotu Hey  Easter Island Governor 11 March 2006 18 March 2010 4 years, 7 days  Chile
Dancia Penn  British Virgin Islands Acting Governor 10 April 2006 18 April 2006 8 days  United Kingdom
Joanne Yeadon  British Indian Ocean Territory Administrator 2007 2011 4 years, 0 days  United Kingdom
Michèle Alliot-Marie  Clipperton Island Administrator 19 June 2007 23 June 2009 2 years, 4 days  France
Viveka Eriksson
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Eva Aariak  Nunavut Premier 19 November 2008 19 November 2013 5 years, 0 days  Canada
Doreen Quelch-Missick  Turks and Caicos Islands Member of the Advisory Council 14 August 2009 13 November 2012 3 years, 87 days  United Kingdom
Edith Cox  Turks and Caicos Islands Member of the Advisory Council 18 August 2009 13 November 2012 3 years, 87 days  United Kingdom
Lesley Pallet  Gibraltar Acting Governor 21 October 2009 26 October 2009 5 days  United Kingdom
Hill-Marta Solberg Norway Jan Mayen Administrator 1 November 2009 1 December 2018 9 years, 30 days  Norway
Marie-Luce Penchard  Clipperton Island Administrator 6 November 2009 10 May 2012 2 years, 186 days  France
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V. Inez Archibald  British Virgin Islands Acting Governor 7 August 2010 20 August 2010 13 days  United Kingdom
Carmen Cardinali Paoa  Easter Island Governor 8 September 2010 11 March 2014 3 years, 184 days  Chile
Paula Cox  Bermuda Premier 29 October 2010 18 December 2012 2 years, 69 days  United Kingdom
Sarita Francis  Montserrat Acting Governor 3 March 2011 8 April 2011 36 days  United Kingdom
Josette Manin  Martinique President of the General Council 31 March 2011 18 December 2015 4 years, 262 days  France
Katy Gallagher  Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister 16 May 2011 11 December 2014 3 years, 209 days  Australia
Camilla Gunell  Åland Islands Chief Minister 25 November 2011 25 November 2015 4 years, 0 days  Finland
Carrie Lam  Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration 1 July 2012 16 January 2017 4 years, 199 days  China
Chief Executive 1 July 2017 30 June 2022 4 years, 364 days
Marcelle Pierrot  Guadeloupe Prefect 23 January 2013 21 December 2014 1 year, 332 days  France
Lydia Emerencia  Bonaire Lieutenant Governor 1 March 2012 1 March 2014 2 years, 0 days  Netherlands
Juliana O'Connor-Connolly  Cayman Islands Premier 19 December 2012 29 May 2013 161 days  United Kingdom
Christina Scott
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María Isabel Salvador  Galápagos Islands Chair of the Governing Council 1 August 2013 29 April 2015 1 year, 271 days  Ecuador
Anya Williams  Turks and Caicos Islands Acting Governor 15 September 2013 4 October 2013 19 days  United Kingdom
Helen Kilpatrick
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Alison MacMillan  Gibraltar Acting Governor 13 November 2013 6 December 2013 23 days  United Kingdom
Marta Hotus Tuki  Easter Island Governor 11 March 2014 9 September 2015 1 year, 182 days  Chile
George Pau-Langevin  Clipperton Island Administrator 2 April 2014 30 August 2016 2 years, 150 days  France
Cynthia Ligeard  New Caledonia President of the Government 5 June 2014 1 April 2015 300 days  France
Esther Kia'aina United States Wake Island Administrator 11 July 2014 20 January 2017 2 years, 193 days  United States
V. Inez Archibald  British Virgin Islands Acting Governor 1 August 2014 15 August 2014 14 days  United Kingdom
Cécile Pozzo di Borgo  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Prefect and Superior Administrator 18 September 2014 30 October 2018 4 years, 42 days  France
Sonia Chan  Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice 20 December 2014 20 December 2019 5 years, 0 days  China
Anne Laubies  Saint Barthélemy Prefect Delegated 8 June 2015 9 July 2018 3 years, 31 days  France
 Saint-Martin
Irina Vlah  Gagauzia Governor 23 March 2015 19 July 2023 8 years, 118 days  Moldova
Elizabeth Carriere
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Melania Carolina Hotu Hey  Easter Island Governor 9 September 2015 11 March 2018 2 years, 183 days  Chile
Alison MacMillan  Gibraltar Acting Governor 28 September 2015 19 January 2016 113 days  United Kingdom
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Katrin Sjögren
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Linda Te Puni  Tokelau Acting Administrator 1 March 2016 1 March 2017 1 year, 0 days  New Zealand
Sonja Stewart  Lord Howe Island Chair of the Island Board March 2016 15 July 2019 3 years, 136 days  Australia
Lisa Honan
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Ginny Ferson  Bermuda Acting Governor 2 August 2016 5 December 2016 125 days  United Kingdom
Ericka Bareigts  Clipperton Island Administrator 30 August 2016 10 May 2017 253 days  France
Patsy Reddy  Ross Dependency Governor-General 28 September 2016 28 September 2021 5 years, 0 days  New Zealand
Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson  Turks and Caicos Islands Premier 20 December 2016 21 February 2021 4 years, 63 days  United Kingdom
Annick Girardin  Clipperton Island Administrator 17 May 2017 6 July 2020 3 years, 50 days  France
Lorena Tapia Núñez  Galápagos Islands Chair of the Governing Council 1 June 2017 14 January 2019 1 year, 227 days  Ecuador
Marjorie Morton  Nevis Acting Deputy Governor-General 1 September 2017 31 August 2018 364 days  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Natasha Griggs  Christmas Island Administrator 5 October 2017 4 October 2022 4 years, 364 days  Australia
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Lyndell Simpson  Montserrat Acting Governor 2 January 2018 1 February 2018 30 days  United Kingdom
Laura Clarke  Pitcairn Islands Governor 25 January 2018 7 July 2022 4 years, 165 days  United Kingdom
Laura Alarcón Rapu  Easter Island Governor 11 March 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 7 days  Chile
Justine Allan  Ascension Island Administrator 26 March 2018 25 November 2018 244 days  United Kingdom
Nicoletta Spelgatti  Aosta Valley President 27 June 2018 10 December 2018 166 days  Italy
Sylvie Feucher  Saint Barthélemy Prefect Delegated 9 July 2018 14 December 2020 2 years, 158 days  France
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Hyleta Liburd  Nevis Deputy Governor-General 31 August 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 200 days  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Evelyne Decorps  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Prefect and Superior Administrator 30 October 2018 16 September 2020 1 year, 322 days  France
Margaret Everson  United States Minor Outlying Islands Administrator 12 November 2018 17 December 2018 35 days  United States
Lou Leon Guerrero  Guam Governor 7 January 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 71 days  United States
Anissa Levy  Lord Howe Island Chair of the Island Board 15 July 2019 1 January 2021 1 year, 170 days  Australia
Wanda Vázquez Garced  Puerto Rico Governor 7 August 2019 2 January 2021 1 year, 148 days  United States
Caroline Cochrane  Northwest Territories Premier 24 October 2019 8 December 2023 4 years, 45 days  Canada
Veronica Thörnroos  Åland Islands Chief Minister 25 November 2019 11 December 2023 4 years, 16 days  Finland
Charlene Warren-Peu  Pitcairn Islands Mayor 23 January 2020 31 December 2022 2 years, 342 days  United Kingdom
Fiona Kilpatrick  Tristan da Cunha Co-Administrator 24 January 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 54 days  United Kingdom
Rena Lalgie  Bermuda Governor 14 December 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 95 days  United Kingdom
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam  Anguilla Governor 18 January 2021 1 June 2023 2 years, 134 days  United Kingdom
Helen Winkelmann  Ross Dependency Acting Governor-General 28 September 2021 21 October 2021 23 days  New Zealand
Cindy Kiro  Ross Dependency Governor-General 21 October 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 149 days  New Zealand
Julie Thomas  Saint Helena Chief Minister 25 October 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 145 days  United Kingdom
Sarah Tucker
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 Montserrat Governor 6 April 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 347 days  United Kingdom
Natasha Fyles  Northern Territory Chief Minister 13 May 2022 21 December 2023 1 year, 222 days  Australia
Kristina Moore  Jersey Chief Minister 12 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 250 days  United Kingdom
Alison Blake
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 Falkland Islands Governor 23 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 239 days  United Kingdom
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Commissioner
Iona Thomas  Pitcairn Islands Governor 8 August 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 223 days  United Kingdom
Sarah Vandenbroek  Christmas Island Acting Administrator 4 October 2022 26 May 2023 234 days  Australia
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Jane Owen
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 Cayman Islands Governor 21 April 2023 Incumbent 332 days  United Kingdom
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam  Turks and Caicos Islands Governor 29 June 2023 Incumbent 263 days  United Kingdom
Farzian Zainal  Christmas Island Administrator 26 May 2023 Incumbent 297 days  Australia
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Evghenia Guțul  Gagauzia Governor 19 July 2023 Incumbent 243 days  Moldova
Julia Crouch
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 Anguilla Governor 11 September 2023 Incumbent 189 days  United Kingdom
Eva Lawler  Northern Territory Chief Minister 21 December 2023 Incumbent 88 days  Australia

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  1. ^ One of Soviet puppet states that existed on the territory of Ukraine during Ukrainian–Soviet War. Declared independence from the Russian Soviet Republic on 25 December 1917.

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