It's time to name the countries that have or have had a female president

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or leader before the USA.

Argentina
England
Chile
Ireland
India

Who else?

[Wilms]

1. Philippines, though

they're kind-of a US colony.

[babylonsister]

12. Really? How so? BTW, her name is

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. And you are forgetting Corazon Aquino before that...

[babylonsister]

25. Indeed I did! I googled, and got Arroyo first. Thanks! nt

[Greeby]

2. Umm, Thatcher was a prime minister

And Blair only THINKS he's a President

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10. England has had prime ministers and queens.

I bet some were both at the same time.

[Laelth]

3. Catherine the Great?

Russia?

But I presume you mean democratically-elected leaders, or am I wrong about that?

-Laelth


Edit:Laelth--spelling.

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13. Just as long as you point out how they got there, it's okay to include

them for historical reference.

[BrklynLiberal]

29. Queen Elizabeth I, for that matter......

[tuvor]

4. Kim Campbell, from Canada.

(Only we called her our "prime minister".)

[John Q. Citizen]

5. Isreal, Pakistan, Germany......n/t

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15. Criminy. A country like Pakistan is more forward thinking than the USA?

Who knew?

[jedr]

6. Israel. Golda Maier

[Ioo]

7. Liberia Africa - Sirleaf - First elected woman president (This Week)

http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4364924&nav=1LFX

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16. Now see, did it even make it into our MSM?

[babylonsister]

8. Indonesia: Megawati Sukarnoputri

Not all that successful, but still...

[MuseRider]

21. I love her name.

Just making an idle comment but I just love her name!

[babylonsister]

9. Angela Merkel: new German Chancellor. nt

[Christa]

11. I googled it :-)

Mongolia, China, Iceland, Bolivia, San Marino, Malta, Guinea Bissau, The Phillipines, Haiti, East-Germany, Nicaragua, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Liberia,
Ecuador, Guyana, Switzerland, Latvia, Panama, Finland, The Philippines, Indonesia, Serbia, Georgia, Austria
http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Presidents.htm

[John Q. Citizen]

14. I know google is our friend, but

isn't that cheating? :)

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19. Some of that information must be historical because I don't

remember any female leaders in Panama in the last century. Not that I'm that old, but it only became a soverign country at the turn of the century. Prior to that, it was part of Columbia.

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22. Ah! I figured out the mystery.

"Since 1991 President of the Arnolfist Party, 1994 Presidential Candidate. As Executive President she is also head of the Cabinet, and she is the first female President to have officially appointed a First Lady - her sister, Ruby Moscoso de Young. She was constitutionally barred from running for reelection. Mireya was first married to President Rodriguez de Arias Madrid (1901-88) who was President of Panama 1940-41, 1949-51 and 1968. Married to Mr. Gruber 1991-97 and mother of an adopted a child. (b. 1946-)."

I do remember Arias, the husband, but the period between 1991 to 1994 were extremely difficult years for me personally. Health issues as well as raising small children. Between the two, my brain was oatmeal. I have Newt Gingrich's revolution to thank for pulling me out of the coma.

[Lisa]

17. don't forget Poland!

A female Prime Minister, though (not President). Hanna Suchocka (1992-93).





http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_suchocka.htm



And New Zealand (Helen Clark is the current PM).

http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/


And Norway (Gro Harlem Brundtland -- now with the World Health Organization).

http://www.who.int/dg/brundtland/en/

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20. Prime Ministers count.

[pnorman]

18. I was Googling to get the correct spelling of Ms. Bandaranaike,

and came upon the complete list: http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/00women3.htm

The President of Chile isn't listed yet.

pnorman

[thecrow]

24. Canada.....?

[booley]

26. pakistan

Which is kinda ironic.

[DELUSIONAL]

27. Iceland

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. Norway and Iceland

Gro Harlem Brundtland in Norway and Vigdis Finnbogadottir in Iceland. :-)

[Dorian Gray]

30. Pakistan...

Benazir Bhutto.

[eppur_se_muova]

31. Kazimiera PrunskienÎ. I couldn't remember the spelling--go figure!

Kazimiera DanutÎ PrunskienÎ (1943-)
Prime minister of Lithuania from 17 Mar 1990 to 10 Jan 1991.

She was one of the leaders when the Baltic states broke away from the bad old Soviet Union.


Kim Campbell (1947-)
Prime minister of Canada from 25 Jun to 5 Nov 1993. First woman ruler in North America.???? I'd want to check with Native Americans on that...

[applegrove]

32. Israel, Canada (for a few months), Pakistan, Germany (now?),

..don't know.

[applegrove]

33. I'm not sure about this... Turkey?