List of the first female holders of political offices

List of the first female holders of political offices

This is a list of political offices which have been held by a female, with details of the first female holder of each office. It is ordered by country, by dates of appointment. , such as Yugoslavia, are also listed.

International bodies

League of Nations


* Substitute Delegate and Ambassador to the League of Nations - Elena Văcărescu - 1922 Fact|date=May 2008
* Permanent Delegate and Ambassador to the League of Nations - Elena Văcărescu - 1924 Fact|date=May 2008

United Nations


* President of the United Nations General Assembly - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - 1953 Fact|date=May 2008
* Head of the United Nations Children's Fund - Carol Bellamy - 1995 Fact|date=May 2008
* Deputy Secretary-General - Louise Fréchette - 1998 Fact|date=May 2008
* Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme - Anna Tibaijuka - 2000 Fact|date=May 2008
* Under-Secretary-General - Inga-Britt Ahlenius - 2005 Fact|date=May 2008
* President of the International Court of Justice - Rosalyn Higgins - 2006 Fact|date=May 2008
* United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Mary Robinson - 1997 Fact|date=May 2008

European Union


* President of the European Parliament - Simone Veil - 1979 [ [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/president/Presidents_old/president_fontaine/president/former/en/default.htm Former E.P. Presidents] ]
* Leader of the Socialist Group and of any major party - Pauline Green - 1994 [ [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/m.gratton/Names/Pauline.htm Ladies First] ]
* "First" Vice-President of the European Commission - Margot Wallström - 2004Fact|date=July 2008
* "Co" Vice-President of the European Commission - Loyola de Palacio - 1999Fact|date=July 2008
* European Commissioner - Christiane Scrivener / Vasso Papandreou - 1989 [ [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/m.gratton/Ladies%201st%20-%20C.htm Ladies First] ]
* President-in-Office of the European Council - Margaret Thatcher - 1981Fact|date=July 2008

Americas

Europe

Asia

Oceania

Africa

Footnotes and references

ee also

*List of women heads of state
*List of the first LGBT holders of political offices


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