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| Name | Position, Year Elected, party | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1: Elected Heads of Government, Presently in Office Fall 1998 | ||
| 1.1 Developing Countries | ||
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Prime Minister, 1960-5, 1970-7, 1994- Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sri Lanka |
| Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga | President, 1994- Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Sri Lanka |
| Aun Sung Suu Kyi | Prime Minister, 1990- (elected but not allowed to serve) | Myanmar |
| Janet Jagan | President, 1997- | Guyana |
| *Sheikh Hasina Wasid | Prime Minister, 1997- | Bangladesh |
|
Jenny Shipley
|
Prime Minister, 1997-
|
New Zealand
|
|
Jennifer Smith
|
Premier, 1998-
|
Bermuda
|
| 1.2 Industrial Countries | ||
| Mary McAleese | President, 1997- | Ireland |
| Ruth Dreifuss | President, 1998- | Switzerland |
| Part 2: World Elected Heads of Government Who Served but are no longer in office | ||
| 2.1 Developing Countries | ||
| Indira Gandhi | Prime Minister, 1966-77 Congress Party | India |
| Isabel Martinez de Peron | President, 1974-76 | Argentina |
| Lidia Gueiler | President, 1979-1980 | Bolivia |
| Eugenia Charles | Prime Minister, 1980- | Dominica |
| Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | Prime Ministers, 1981-85 | Portugal |
| Corazon Aquino | President, 1986-1992 People's Power Movement | Philippines |
| Benazir Bhutto | Prime Minister, 1988-90, 1993- | Pakistan |
| Violeta Chamorro | President, 1990- | Nicaragua |
| *Khaleda Zia Rahman | Prime Minister, 1991-96 Bangladesh National Party | Bangladesh |
| Ertha Pascal-Trouillot | President, 1991 | Haiti |
| Sylvie Kinigi | Prime Minister, 1993 | Burundi |
| Agathe Uwilingiyimana | Prime Minister, 1993-94 | Rwanda |
| Kahlifa ibn Sulman Al-Kahlifa | Prime Minister | Bahrain |
| Lien Chan | Prime Minister | Taiwan |
| Lansana Conte | Prime Minister | Guinea |
| Elizabeth Domitien | Prime Minister, 1975-6 | Central African Republic |
| Janez Dmovsek | Prime Minister | Slovenia |
| Lidia Guilder | Interim President, 19- | Bolivia |
| Bikenibeu Paeniu | Prime Minister | Tuvalu |
| Isabel Peron | President, 1974-6 | Argentina |
| Maria Pintasilgo | Prime Minister, 1979 (5mths) | Portugal |
| Milka Planinc | Prime Minister, 1982-6 | Yugoslavia |
| Kazimiera Prunskiene | Prime Minister, 1990-1 | Lithuania |
| 2.2 Developed Countries | ||
| Golda Meir | Prime Minister, 1969-74 | Israel |
| Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister, 1979-90 | United Kingdom |
| Vigdis Finnbogadottir | President, 1980- | Iceland |
| Milka Planinc | President, 1982-86 | Yugoslavia |
| Maria Liberia-Peters | Prime Minister, 1984-5, 1988- National People's Party | Netherland Antilles |
| *Mary Robinson | President, 1990- | Ireland |
| *Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland | Prime Minister, (1981,'86-89) 1990- Labour Party | Norway |
| Edith Cresson | Prime Minister, 1991-92 | France |
| Hanna Suchocka | Prime Minister, 1992-93 (Premier 1992) | Poland |
| Tamsu Ciller | Prime Minister, 1993- | Turkey |
| Patricia Busignani | Captain's Regent, 1993- | San Marino |
| Kim Campbell | Prime Minister, 1993-1994 Conservative Party | Canada |
| SimoneVeil | President, EEC | France |
| Part 3: Appointed Heads of Government, Developing Countries, Recent Past and Present | ||
| 3.1 Developing Countries | ||
| Nita Barrow | Governor General, 1989- Barbados Democratic Labour Party | Barbados |
| Hilda Gibbs-Bvnoe | Governor General | Grenada |
| Elvira Gordon | Governor General | Belize |
| Catherine Tizard | Governor General, 1993 | New Zealand |
| 3.2 Industrial Countries | ||
| [None] | ||
| Part 4: Up-incoming Leaders: Prominent Ministers, Heads of Opposition Parties, Other | ||
| 4.1 Developing Countries | ||
| Megawati Sukarnoputri | Leader, Indonesian Democratic Party | Indonesia |
| Margaret Alva | Minister of State Parliament Affairs for Personal, Public Grievances | India |
| Juliette Banhorungore | Minister Civil Service and Adimister of Modernization | Burkina Faso |
| Danielle Boni-Claverie | Minister of Communication | Cote D’lvoire |
| Janet Bostwick | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Immigration | Bahamas |
| Maureen Clank | Minister of Government and Politics | Costa Rica |
| *Khaleda Zia Rahman | Leader of Opposition, former PM 1991-93. | Bengladesh |
| *Sheikh Hasina Wasid | Former Opposition Leader, PM 1997- | Bangladesh |
| Josefina Bilbao | Director, National Women's Service | Chile |
| Domitila Barrios de Chungara | Leader, Bolivian Women's Movement | Bolivia |
| Christine Kwabea Debra | Chair, Environmental Protection Council | Ghana |
| Chee Yoke Ling | Secretary General, Malaysia's Friends of the Earth | Malaysia |
| Wangari Maathai | Head of the Green Belt Movement | Kenya |
| Zephanie Mothopeng | Founder of Pan Africanist Congress, 1959 | South Africa |
| Alberlina Sisulu | Transvaal President of United Democratic Front | South Africa |
| Mother Teresa | Catholic Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient | India-Italy |
| 4.2 Developed Countries | ||
| Sheila Copps | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Environment, Labour Party | Canada |
| Jean-Marie Cherestal | Minister of Planning, External Cooperation and Public Administration | Haiti |
| Adriana Del Piano | Minister for Natural Resources | Chile |
| Part 5: Women Leaders in the United Nations and the United Nations System | ||
| 5.1 Developing Countries | ||
|
Angela King
|
Assistant Secretary General, Special Advisor on Gender Issues, 1997-
|
Jamaica
|
| Dr. Nafis Sadik | Executive Director of UN Population Fund, 1987- | Pakistan |
| Gertrude Mongella | Secretary General of the 4th World Conference on Women, in Beijing | Tanzania |
| 5.2 Industrial Countries | ||
|
Louise Frechette
|
Deputy Secretary General, 1998-
|
Canada
|
|
Margaret Joan Anstee
|
Former UN Secretary General
|
Great Britain
|
|
Gillian Martin Sorensen
|
Assistant Secretary General for External Relations
|
USA
|
|
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
|
Under Secretary General and former Executive Director, UN Environment Programme, 1992-98.
|
Canada
|
|
Sadako Ogata
|
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1990-
|
Japan
|
|
*Mary Robinson
|
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1997-
|
Ireland
|
|
Carol Bellamy
|
Executive Director, UNICEF, 1995-
|
USA
|
|
Director General, World Health Organization, 1997-
|
Norway
|
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| Catherine Bertini | Executive Director, UN World Food Programme, 1992- | USA |
| Karin Sham Poo | Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF, 1987- | Norway |
| Seiko Takahashi | Acting Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | Japan |
| Joanne Fox-Przeworski | Former Director, Regional Office for North America, UN Environment Programme | USA |
| Part 6: World Heads of State (Queens) | ||
| 6.1 Developing Countries | ||
| Dzeliwe (Indlovukazi) | Queen, 1982- | Swaziland |
| 6.2 Industrial Countries | ||
| Queen Beatfix | Queen | Netherlands |
| Queen Elizabeth | Queen | Great Britian |
| Queen Margrethe | Queen | Denmark |
| Part 7: Women leaders in national and international civil society (very select) | ||
| 7.1 Developing Countries | ||
| Rigoberta Menchu | Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Human Rights Activist | Guatemala |
| Wangazi Maathai | Director, The Green Beef Movement | Kenya |
| Jael Mbogo | Secretary General Freedom From Hunger Campaign | Kenya |
| Peggy Antrobus | Former Director, DAWN | Barbados |
| 7.2 Industrial Countries | ||
| Charlotte Bunch | President of Women's Caucus for the Human Rights Conference in Vienna Director of Center for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University | USA |