List of the first female holders of political offices in Asia

List of the first female holders of political offices in Asia

Afghanistan

*Governor - Habiba Sorabi - 2005 Fact|date=August 2008

Bahrain

*Member of the Council of Representatives - Lateefa Al Gaood - 2006 (first female MP in the Gulf region) Fact|date=August 2008

Bangladesh

* Prime Minister - Khaleda Zia - 1991 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina - 1996 Fact|date=August 2008

East Timor

* Foreign minister - Adalgisa Magno Guterres (acting) - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008

Hong Kong

*Chief Secretary - Anson Chan - 1993 Fact|date=August 2008

India

Central Government

British India

* Member of Provincial Legislative Assembly - Dr. Muthulaksmi Reddy - 1921 Fact|date=August 2008
* Provincial Minister - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - 1938 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of Central Legislature - Radhabai Subbaroyan - 1937 Fact|date=August 2008
* Member of National Defence Council - Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz - 1942 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Health - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - 1946 Fact|date=August 2008

Independent India

* Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha - Violet Alva - 1964 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi - 1966 Fact|date=August 2008
* Judge of the Supreme Court of India-Fatima Beevi- 1989 Fact|date=August 2008
* Chief Election Commissioner of India-V.S. Rama Devi- 1990 Fact|date=August 2008
* President-Pratibha Patil - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008

Andra Pradesh

*Governor - Sharada Mukherjee - 1977 Fact|date=August 2008

Assam

*Chief Minister - Anwara Taimur 1980 Fact|date=August 2008

Bihar

*Chief Minister - Rabri Devi 1997 Fact|date=August 2008

Delhi

*Chief Minister - Sushma Swaraj 1998 Fact|date=August 2008
*Justice of the High Court- Leila Seth- 1978 Fact|date=August 2008
*Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit 2002-present Fact|date=August 2008

Gujarat

*Governor - Sharada Mukherjee - 1978 Fact|date=August 2008

Himachal Pradesh

*Governors - Sheila Kaul - 1995 Fact|date=August 2008
*Chief Justice of the High Court- Leela Seth- 1991 Fact|date=August 2008

Karnataka

*Governor - V.S. Ramadevi - 1999 Fact|date=August 2008

Kerala

*Governor - Jyoti Venkatachalam - 1977 Fact|date=August 2008
*Justice of the High Court- Anna Chandy- 1959 Fact|date=August 2008

Madhya Pradesh

*Chief Minister - Uma Bharati 2003 Fact|date=August 2008

Maharastra

*Governor - Vijayalakshmi Pandit - 1963 Fact|date=August 2008

Orissa

*Chief Minister - Nandini Satpathy 1972 Fact|date=August 2008

Punjab

*Chief Minister - Ranjindar Kaul Bhattal 1996 Fact|date=August 2008

Rajasthan

*Chief Minister - Vasundhara Raje 2003 Fact|date=August 2008
*Governor - Pratibha Patil - 2004 Fact|date=August 2008

Tamil Nadu

*Chief Minister-Janaki Ramachandran- 1989 Fact|date=August 2008
*Governor - Fatima Beevi - 1997 Fact|date=August 2008

Uttar Pradesh

* Governor - Sarojini Naidu - 1947 Fact|date=August 2008
* Chief Minister - Sucheta Kriplani - 1963 Fact|date=August 2008

West Bengal

* Governor - Padmaja Naidu - 1956 Fact|date=August 2008

Indonesia

* President - Megawati Sukarnoputri - 2001 Fact|date=August 2008
* Governor - Ratu Atut Chosiyah - 2005 Fact|date=August 2008

Iran

* Sovereign Monarch of Persia - Purandokht - 631 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Education - Farrokhroo Pārsāy - 1968 Fact|date=August 2008
* Vice President, Head of Department for Environment - Massoumeh Ebtekar - 1997 Fact|date=August 2008

Israel

* Minister of Labor - Golda Meir - 1949 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Golda Meir - 1955 Fact|date=May 2008
* Prime Minister - Golda Meir - 1969 Fact|date=May 2008
* Supreme Court Judge - Miriam Ben Porat - 1977 Fact|date=May 2008
* Supreme Court Deputy President - Miriam Ben Porat - 1983 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Health - Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino - 1986 Fact|date=May 2008
* State Comptroller - Miriam Ben Porat - 1988 Fact|date=May 2008
* State Attorney - Dorit Beinisch - 1989 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Education - Shulamit Aloni - 1992 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Environment - Ora Namir - 1992 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Communications - Shulamit Aloni - 1993 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Science and Culture - Shulamit Aloni - 1993 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Immigrant Absorption - Yuli Tamir - 1999 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Regional Cooperation - Tzipi Livni - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Commerce and Industry - Dalia Itzik - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - Tzipi Livni - 2003 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Housing and Construction - Tzipi Livni - 2003 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Justice - Tzipi Livni - 2004 Fact|date=May 2008
* Speaker of the Knesset - Dalia Itzik - 2006 Fact|date=May 2008
* President of the Supreme Court - Dorit Beinisch - 2006 Fact|date=May 2008
* Acting President - Dalia Itzik - 2007 Fact|date=May 2008

Japan

* Queen of Yamatai - Himiko - 188 AD* Fact|date=May 2008
* Regent - Jingū of Japan - 209 AD* Fact|date=May 2008
* Empress - Empress Suiko - 592 AD Fact|date=May 2008
* First Grand Priestess of Ise Shrine - Yamatohime-no-mikoto - ca. 300 AD* Fact|date=May 2008
* Vice Chair of Political Party (Japan Socialist Party, 社会党) - Takako Doi - 1966 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chair of Political Party (Japan Socialist Party, 社会党) - Takako Doi - 1986 Fact|date=May 2008
* Mayor (Ashiya city) - Harue Kitamura - 1991 Fact|date=May 2008
* President of House of Representatives of Japan - Takako Doi - 1993 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor of Osaka Prefecture - Fusae Ota - 2000 Fact|date=May 2008
* Foreign Minister - Makiko Tanaka - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Foreign Minister - Yoriko Kawaguchi - 2002 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture Yoshiko Shiotani - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor of Chiba Prefecture Akiko Domoto - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor of Hokkaidō Harumi Takahashi - 2003 Fact|date=May 2008
* Speaker of House of Councillors - Chikage Ogi - 2004 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor of Shiga Prefecture - Yukiko Kada - 2006 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Defense - Yuriko Koike - 2007 Fact|date=May 2008

Kazakhstan

* Foreign minister - Akmaral Arystanbekova - 1989 Fact|date=August 2008

Kyrgyzstan

*Foreign minister - Roza Otunbayeva - 1992 Fact|date=August 2008

Macau

*Secretary for Administration and Justice - Silva Chan Fact|date=August 2008

Malaysia

*governor of the Bank of Malaysia malaysiaZeti Akhtar Aziz - 2000

Mongolia

* President - Sühbaataryn Yanjmaa (acting President) - 1953 Fact|date=August 2008
* Foreign minister - Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa - 1998 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister (acting) - Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa - 1999 Fact|date=August 2008

Nepal

*Foreign minister - Sahana Pradhan - 2007 Fact|date=August 2008

Pakistan

* Deputy Speaker - Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz - 1947 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of Parliament - Begum Shaista Suhrawady Ikramullah - 1947 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Education - Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan - 1962 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chair of Major Political Party (Pakistan Peoples Party) - Nusrat Bhutto - 1979 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Population - Dr. Attiya Inayatullah - 1980 Fact|date=May 2008
* Prime Minister - Benazir Bhutto - 1988 Fact|date=May 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Nusrat Bhutto - 1980s Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Information - Syeda Abida Hussain - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Finance - Benazir Bhutto - 1993 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Law and Human Rights - Shahida Jamil - 2002 Fact|date=May 2008
* Foreign Ministry Spokesperson - Tasleem Aslam - 2006 Fact|date=May 2008
* Speaker - Fahmida Mirza - 2008 Fact|date=May 2008

People's Republic of China

*Empress Regent of China - Lü Zhi - 202 BC Fact|date=July 2008
*Empress Regnant of China- Wu Zetian - 690 AD Fact|date=July 2008
* Vice Chairman of the Central People's Government - Soong Ching-ling - 1949 Fact|date=July 2008
* Chairman (Head of State) - Soong Ching-ling - 1968 Fact|date=July 2008
* Dictator - Jiang Qing - 1976 Fact|date=July 2008
* Honorary President (Head of State) - Soong Ching-ling - 1981 Fact|date=July 2008
* Vice Premier - Wu Yi - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008

Philippines

* Member of Congress - Elisa Ochoa - 1941 Fact|date=August 2008
* Philippine Senate - Geronima Pecson - 1947 Fact|date=August 2008
* Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - Cecilia Muñoz-Palma - 1973 Fact|date=August 2008
* President - Corazon Aquino - 1986 (first female President in Asia) Fact|date=August 2008
* Vice President - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - 1998 Fact|date=August 2008

South Korea

* Prime Minister (acting) - Chang Sang - 2002 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister - Han Myung-Sook - 2006 Fact|date=August 2008

Sri Lanka

* Member of the State Council - Adeline Molamure - 1931 Fact|date=July 2008
* Member of Parliament - Florence Senanayake - 1947 Fact|date=July 2008
* Senator - Adeline Molamure - 1947 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Health - Vimala Wijewardene - 1956 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Sirimavo Bandaranaike - 1960 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Defence - Sirimavo Bandaranaike - 1960 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Sirimavo Bandaranaike - 1960 Fact|date=July 2008
* Chief Minister - Chandrika Kumaratunga - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Chandrika Kumaratunga - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008

Syria

* Vice President - Najah al-Attar - 2006 Fact|date=August 2008

Republic of China (Taiwan)

*Vice President - Annette Lu - 2000 Fact|date=August 2008

Tannu Tuva

*Chairperson of the Presidium of the Little Hural - Khertek Anchimaa-Toka - 1940 - 1944 Fact|date=August 2008

Thailand

* Governor of the Bank of Thailand - Tarisa Watanagase - 2006 Fact|date=August 2008

Turkey

* Minister of Labor Relations - Dr. Imren Aykut - 1987 Fact|date=August 2008
* Prime Minister - Tansu Çiller - 1993 Fact|date=August 2008
* Minister of Internal Affairs - Dr. Meral Aksener - 1995 Fact|date=August 2008
* Foreign minister - Tansu Çiller - 1996 Fact|date=August 2008

Uzbekistan

* Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet - Yagdar Nasriddinova - 1959 Fact|date=August 2008
* Foreign minister - Shakhlo Makhmudova - 1991 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


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