Women Heads of State - 1990-2000
Female political leaders - including presidents and prime ministers - around the world who took office from 1990 to 2000. Links to biographies, news and more information for many of the women who've led their governments.
- Gro Harlem Brundtland
- Kim Campbell (3)
- Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (4)
- Tansu Ciller (7)
- Pamela Gordon (2)
- Sylvie Kinigi (2)
- Chandrika Kumaratunge (4)
- Jenny Shipley (3)
- Jennifer M. Smith (3)
- Hanna Suchocka (3)
- Aung San Suu Kyi (5)
- Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1)
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga (4)
- Women Heads of State -1989
Finland: First Female Prime Minister Resigns in Document Scandal
Female prime ministers are more common than they once were, but each new "first female prime minister" and "first woman president" of a nation is an automatic pioneer. Finland's history makers made a different kind of news as Finland's first female prime minister resigned over a scandal involving leaked documents and the Iraq war, and Finland's...
Women Prime Ministers and Presidents: 20th Century
A complete list of the women who served as leaders of their countries -- presidents and prime ministers -- during the 20th century. Article also discusses some basic context of the political leadership of women.