List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of state

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed deputy head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include female deputy heads of government who are not concurrently deputy head of state, such as deputy prime ministers.

List of female deputy heads of state

Italics denotes an acting head of state and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct. NameImage Country Continent Office Mandate start Mandate end Term lengthSoong Ching-lingAsiaDeputy ChairpersonMaria ParettiEuropeVice PresidentConstanța CrăciunEuropeVice PresidentIsabel PerónSouth AmericaVice PresidentMaria CiocanEuropeVice PresidentAnahita RatebzadAsiaDeputy Chairwoman of the Revolutionary CouncilMine GuriEuropeVice PresidentViola BurnhamSouth AmericaCo-Vice PresidentMaria GhițulicăEuropeVice PresidentVictoria Garrón OrozcoNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentNguyễn Thị ĐịnhAsiaVice PresidentBlaga DimitrovaEuropeVice PresidentNguyễn Thị BìnhAsiaVice PresidentSpecioza KazibweAfricaVice PresidentGuadalupe Jerezano MejíaNorth AmericaThird Vice PresidentRebeca GrynspanNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentJulia MenaNorth AmericaVice President Rosalía ArteagaSouth AmericaVice PresidentJanet JaganSouth AmericaPrime Minister and First Vice PresidentIsatou Njie-SaidyAfricaVice PresidentMasoumeh EbtekarAsiaVice PresidentGladys Caballero de ArevaloNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentAstrid Fischel VolioNorth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentElizabeth Odio BenitoNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentGloria Macapagal ArroyoAsiaVice PresidentAssumed presidency after the resignation of Joseph Estrada in 2001Megawati SukarnoputriAsiaVice PresidentAssumed presidency after the removal of her predecessorAnnette Lu (Republic of China)AsiaVice PresidentMilagros Ortiz BoschNorth AmericaVice PresidentAdina BastidasSouth AmericaVice PresidentSandra PierantozziOceaniaVice PresidentSima SamarAsiaVice Chairwoman of Interim AdministrationArmida Villela de López ContrerasNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentLineth Saborío ChaverriNorth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentTrương Mỹ HoaAsiaVice PresidentTeima OnorioOceaniaVice PresidentAna Vilma de EscobarNorth AmericaVice PresidentJoice MujuruAfricaVice PresidentPhumzile Mlambo-NgcukaAfricaDeputy PresidentFatemeh JavadiAsiaVice PresidentAlice NzomukundaAfricaVice PresidentNajah al-AttarAsiaVice PresidentDalia ItzikAsiaDesignated Acting PresidentAn ex officio position held by the Speaker of the Knesset to act for the President of IsraelLaura ChinchillaNorth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentLourdes MendozaSouth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentMarina BarampamaAfricaVice PresidentNguyễn Thị DoanAsiaVice PresidentBaleka MbeteAfricaDeputy PresidentJoyce BandaAfricaVice PresidentFatemeh BodaghiAsiaVice PresidentFarahnaz TorkestaniAsiaVice PresidentMaryam MojtahedzadehAsiaVice PresidentNasrin SoltankhahAsiaVice PresidentMaría Antonieta de BogránNorth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentHannelore KraftEuropePresident of the BundesratAccording to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.Monique Ohsan BellepeauAfricaVice PresidentAssunção EstevesEuropePresident of ParliamentAccording to Article 132 of the Portuguese Constitution, the President of Parliament acts for the President of the Republic when the latter is unavailable.Susan DenhamEuropeChief JusticeAccording to the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, the Chief Justice is included in the Presidential Commission which is the collective vice presidency of the Republic of Ireland.Marisol EspinozaSouth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentMeherzia Labidi MaïzaAfricaFirst Vice-president of theConstituent Assembly of TunisiaRoxana BaldettiNorth AmericaVice PresidentHan Myeong-sookAsiaPrime MinisterMargarita PopovaEuropeVice PresidentMargarita CedeñoNorth AmericaVice PresidentPreviously served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 2004-2012.Suheir Atassi Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)AsiaVice President of the National CoalitionGladys María Bejerano PortelaNorth AmericaVice PresidentMercedes López AceaNorth AmericaVice PresidentElham AminzadehAsiaVice PresidentShahindokht MolaverdiAsiaVice PresidentAva Rossana GuevaraNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentLorena Enriqueta Herrera EstevezNorth AmericaThird Vice PresidentAna Helena ChacónNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentIsabel Saint MaloNorth AmericaVice PresidentNoura al-Ameer Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)AsiaVice President of the National CoalitionInonge WinaAfricaVice PresidentSamia Suluhu HassanAfricaVice PresidentGabriela MichettiSouth AmericaVice PresidentSamira al-Masalma Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)AsiaVice President of the National CoalitionĐặng Thị Ngọc ThịnhAsiaVice PresidentLeni RobredoAsiaVice PresidentMercedes AráozSouth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentFirst Vice PresidentMalu DreyerEuropePresident of the BundesratZahra AhmadipourAsiaVice PresidentRosario MurilloNorth AmericaVice PresidentIliana IotovaEuropeVice PresidentMehriban AliyevaAsiaVice PresidentIncumbentCurrently serving as First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003Fatoumata TambajangAfricaVice PresidentActing until 8 September 2017Salwa Aksoy Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)AsiaVice President of the National CoalitionLaya JonaidiAsiaVice PresidentLucía TopolanskySouth AmericaVice PresidentPreviously served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015María Alejandra VicuñaSouth AmericaVice PresidentJewel TaylorAfricaVice PresidentOlga Margarita Alvarado RodríguezNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentMaría Antonia RiveraNorth AmericaThird Vice PresidentElisabetta CasellatiEuropePresident of the SenateAccording to Article 86 of the Italian Constitution, the President of the Senate acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.Inés María Chapman WaughNorth AmericaVice PresidentBeatriz Johnson UrrutiaNorth AmericaVice PresidentDima Moussa Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)AsiaVice President of the National CoalitionEpsy Campbell BarrNorth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentAlicia PuchetaSouth AmericaVice PresidentDelcy RodríguezSouth AmericaVice PresidentIncumbentMarta Lucía RamírezSouth AmericaVice PresidentOlga Sánchez CorderoNorth AmericaSecretary of the InteriorIsatou TourayAfricaVice PresidentCristina Fernández de KirchnerSouth AmericaVice President Previously served as First Lady of Argentina from 2003-2007 and President of Argentina from 2007-2015.Rebecca Nyandeng De MabiorAfricaFourth Vice PresidentIncumbentBeatriz ArgimónSouth AmericaVice PresidentMaría Alejandra MuñozSouth AmericaVice PresidentRaquel Peña de AntuñaNorth AmericaVice PresidentIncumbentKamala HarrisNorth AmericaVice PresidentUduch Sengebau SeniorOceaniaVice PresidentPany YathotouAsiaVice PresidentVõ Thị Ánh XuânAsiaVice PresidentIncumbentMariam Chabi TalataAfricaVice PresidentIncumbentJessica AlupoAfricaVice PresidentIncumbentDina BoluarteSouth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentMutale NalumangoAfricaVice PresidentIncumbentEnsieh KhazaliAsiaVice PresidentDoris GutiérrezNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentFirst Vice PresidentIzkia SichesSouth AmericaMinister of the Interior and Public SecurityMary MuniveNorth AmericaSecond Vice PresidentFirst Vice PresidentSara DuterteAsiaVice PresidentIncumbentFrancia MárquezSouth AmericaVice PresidentCarolina ToháSouth AmericaMinister of the Interior and Public SecurityEsperança da CostaAfricaVice PresidentIncumbentRose Christiane RapondaAfricaVice PresidentLuisa María Alcalde LujánNorth AmericaSecretary of the InteriorManuela SchwesigEuropePresident of the BundesratVerónica Abad RojasSouth AmericaVice PresidentVictoria VillarruelSouth AmericaVice PresidentIncumbentKarin HerreraNorth AmericaVice PresidentIncumbent Netumbo Nandi-NdaitwahAfricaVice PresidentHsiao Bi-khim (Republic of China)AsiaVice PresidentIncumbentZahra Behrouz Azar Asia Vice PresidentIncumbentShina AnsariIncumbentRosa Icela RodríguezNorth AmericaSecretary of the InteriorIncumbentAnke RehlingerEuropePresident of the BundesratSariha MoyaSouth AmericaActing Vice PresidentVerona MurphyEuropeCeann ComhairleAccording to the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, the Ceann Comhairle (presiding officer of Dáil Éireann) is included in the Presidential Commission which is the collective vice presidency of the Republic of Ireland.IncumbentJane Naana Opoku-AgyemangAfricaVice PresidentIncumbentJosephine Joseph LaguAfricaFifth Vice PresidentIncumbentCarolina CosseSouth AmericaVice PresidentIncumbentLucia WitbooiAfricaVice PresidentIncumbentCynthia GellibertSouth AmericaActing Vice PresidentMaría José PintoSouth AmericaVice PresidentIncumbentJane AnsahAfricaVice President IncumbentMaría Antonieta MejíaNorth AmericaFirst Vice PresidentIncumbentDiana HerreraNorth AmericaThird Vice PresidentIncumbentViengthong SiphandoneAsiaVice PresidentIncumbentNan Ni Ni AyeAsiaSecond Vice PresidentIncumbent

See also Council of Women World Leaders List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office List of elected and appointed female state leaders List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of government Women in government

References

External links Women Heads of State Women Presidents and Women Governors-General (Zárate's Political Collections) Council of Women World Leaders Female Vice Presidents