List of the first female holders of political offices in Africa

List of the first female holders of political offices in Africa

Benin

* Foreign minister - Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Botswana

* Foreign minister - Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe - 1985 Fact|date=July 2008

Burundi

* Prime Minister of Burundi - Sylvie Kinigi - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* President of Burundi (acting) - Sylvie Kinigi - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* Ambassador of Burundi - Julie Ngiriye - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister - Antoinette Batumubwira - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Cape Verde

* Foreign minister - Fátima Veiga - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Defence minister - Cristina Fontes Lima - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Central African Republic

* Prime Minister of the Central African Republic - Elisabeth Domitien - 1975 Fact|date=July 2008

Comoros

*Member of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros - Djoueria Abdallah - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008

Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Foreign minister - Ekila Liyonda - 1987 Fact|date=July 2008

Egypt

* Pharaoh (Head of state) - Sobekneferu - 1806 BC (first "known" female Head of state in history) Fact|date=July 2008
* Sultana (Head of state) - Shajar al-Durr - 1250 (first female Head of state in the Arab world) Fact|date=July 2008
* Member of Parliament - Rawya Atiya - 1957 (first female MP in the Arab world) Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister (for Social Affairs) - Dr. Hekmat Abu Zeid - 1962 Fact|date=July 2008
* Ambassador (to Denmark) - Dr. Aisha Rateb - 1979 Fact|date=July 2008
* Judge of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt - Tahany El-Gebaly - 2003 Fact|date=July 2008

Gabon

* Foreign minister - Pascaline Mferri Bongo - 1991 Fact|date=July 2008

Guinea

* Foreign minister - Mahawa Bangoura - 2000 Fact|date=July 2008

Guinea-Bissau

* President - Carmen Pereira (acting) - 1984 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister - Hilia Barber - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008
* Defence minister - Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008

Lesotho

* Monarch - Queen 'Mamohato (regent) - 1970 Fact|date=July 2008

Liberia

* Chairwoman of the Council of State - Ruth Perry - 1997 Fact|date=July 2008
* President pro tempore of the Liberian Senate - Grace B. Minor - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* President - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Madagascar

* Foreign minister - Lila Ratsifandrihamanana - 1998 Fact|date=July 2008
* Defence minister - Cécile Manorohanta - 2007 Fact|date=July 2008

Malawi

* Foreign minister - Lilian Patel - 2000 Fact|date=July 2008
* Interior minister - Anna Kachikho - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008

Mali

* Foreign minister - Sy Kadiatou Sow - 1994 Fact|date=July 2008

Mozambique

* Prime Minister - Luisa Diogo - 2004 Fact|date=July 2008
* Foreign minister - Alcinda Abreu - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008

Namibia

* Interior minister - Rosalia Nghidinwa - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008

Niger

* Foreign minister - Aïchatou Mindaoudou - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008

Nigeria

* Finance Minister - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - 2003 Fact|date=May 2008
* Foreign Minister - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala- 2006 Fact|date=May 2008

Anambra State

* Governor of Anambra State (South East Nigeria) - Virginia Etiaba - 2006 Fact|date=May 2008

Rwanda

* Prime Minister - Agathe Uwilingiyimana - 1993 Fact|date=July 2008
* Minister of Foreign Affairs - Rosemary Kobusingye Museminari - 2008 Fact|date=July 2008

São Tomé and Príncipe

* Foreign minister - Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim - 1978 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister - Maria das Neves - 2002 Fact|date=July 2008
* Prime Minister- Maria do Carmo Silveira - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008

Senegal

* Prime Minister of Senegal - Mame Madior Boye - 2001 Fact|date=July 2008

Seychelles

* Foreign minister - Danielle de St. Jorre - 1989 Fact|date=July 2008

Sierra Leone

* Foreign minister - Shirley Gbujama - 1996 Fact|date=July 2008

South Africa

* Foreign minister - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma - 1999 Fact|date=July 2008
* Deputy President of South Africa - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka - 2005 Fact|date=July 2008

Swaziland

* Monarch - Queen Dzeliwe (regent) - 1982 Fact|date=July 2008

Tanzania

* Foreign minister - Asha-Rose Migiro - 2006 Fact|date=July 2008

Uganda

* Foreign minister - Elizabeth Bagaya - 1974 Fact|date=July 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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