List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses

This list presents female speakers of national and territorial upper houses of their respective countries or territories. The upper house, often called the Senate, is the one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The upper house usually has less power than the lower house. In some countries, its members are appointed rather than elected by popular votes. The speaker of the upper house is the one who takes office as acting head of state in a presidential republic.

National

Italics denotes acting speaker and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct. NameImage Country Legislative Body Mandate start Mandate end Term lengthOlga Rudel-ZeynekFederal CouncilIngeborg HansenLandstingetFathimath Ibrahim DidiSenateJohanna BayerFederal CouncilHelene TschitschkoFederal CouncilMaría Lavalle UrbinaSenate of the RepublicMuriel FergussonSenateDoris Louise JohnsonSenateGuadalupe López BretónSenate of the RepublicIsabel PerónSenateRenaude LapointeSenateTras HonanSeanad ÉireannMartha Chávez PadrónSenate of the RepublicJeanette Rose Grant-WoodhamSenateDoris June GarciaSenateHelga Hieden-SommerFederal CouncilJane Ellen UsherSenateMargaret NecklesSenateAnna Elisabeth HaselbachFederal CouncilJosi MeierCouncil of StatesMillicent PercivalSenateKatica IvaniševićChamber of CountiesMargaret ReidSenateAlicja GrześkowiakSenateElizabeth ZabanehSenateLibuše BenešováSenateEsperanza AguirreSenateNaledi PandorNational Council of ProvincesMaría de los Ángeles MorenoSenate of the RepublicFrançoise SaudanCouncil of StatesJohanna AuerFederal CouncilSylvia FloresSenateYolanda Eugenia GonzálezSenate of the Republic Uta Barbara PühringerFederal CouncilLinda BaboolalSenateSharon R. WilsonSenateMirtha Quevedo AcalinovicChamber of SenatorsGrace MinorPresident pro temporeSenate?Yvonne Timmerman-BuckEerste KamerLeslie-Ann SeonSenateJoyce KgoaliNational Council of ProvincesAnne-Marie LizinSenateChikage OogiHouse of CouncillorsHazelyn FrancisSenateClaudia BlumSenateEdna MadzongweSenateSissy Roth-HalvaxFederal CouncilGelane ZwaneSenateHelene Hayman, Baroness HaymanHouse of LordsRosemary Husbands-MathurinSenateLynn HoloweskoSenateNancy Patricia GutiérrezSenateAndrea GillSenateJoan PurcellSenateGail V. PhilipSenateRose Francine RogombéSenateDušanka MajkićHouse of PeoplesErika Forster-VanniniCouncil of StatesAna María RomeroChamber of SenatorsLeonne Theodore-JohnSenateHannelore KraftBundesratSusanne NeuwirthFederal CouncilFrances D'Souza, Baroness D'SouzaHouse of LordsValentina MatviyenkoFederation CouncilIncumbentSabine de BethuneSenateBeatriz Rojkés de AlperovichProvisional presidentSenateKerryann IfillSenateGabriela MontañoChamber of SenatorsAnkie Broekers-KnolEerste KamerTeresa Efua AsangonoSenateIncumbentIsabel AllendeSenateThandi ModiseNational Council of ProvincesAna BlatnikFederal CouncilAlincia Williams-GrantSenateIncumbentCristina LizardoSenateChristine DefraigneSenateSonja ZwazlFederal CouncilRaziah AhmedSenateLucie Milebou AubussonSenateChristine KangalooSenateMargaret Mensah-WilliamsNational CouncilGabriela MichettiSenateMalu DreyerBundesratSonja Ledl-RossmannFederal CouncilKatherine Forbes-SmithSenateMamonaheng MokitimiSenateIncumbentLucía TopolanskyChamber of SenatorsKarin Keller-SutterCouncil of StatesJeannine Giraudy-McIntyreSenateElisabetta CasellatiSenate of the RepublicKeria IbrahimHouse of FederationInge Posch-GruskaFederal CouncilMabel ChinomonaSenateIncumbentPrincess Lindiwe DlaminiSenateIncumbent Adriana SalvatierraSenateJewel TaylorSenateDariga NazarbayevaSenateTanzila NorbaevaSenateIncumbent Sabine LaruelleSenateAkiko SantōHouse of CouncillorsMónica Fernández BalboaSenate of the Republic Mónica Eva CopaSenate Pilar LlopSenateMildred Hall-WatsonSenateNatalya KochanovaCouncil of the RepublicIncumbentCristina Fernández de KirchnerSenateClaudia Ledesma AbdalaSenateBeatriz ArgimónChamber of SenatorsAdriana Muñoz D'AlboraSenateAndrea Eder-GitschthalerFederal CouncilStephanie D'HoseSenateCarolyn Trench-SandifordSenateIncumbentAnca DraguSenateKamala HarrisSenateYasna ProvosteSenateXimena RincónOlga Sánchez CorderoSenate of the Republic Lashell AdderleySenateIncumbentChristine Schwarz-FuchsFederal CouncilIncumbentKorinna SchumannFederal CouncilSue LinesSenateIncumbentDessima WilliamsSenateIncumbentAlvina ReynoldsSenateIncumbentBrigitte Häberli-KollerCouncil of StatesPatty MurrayPresident pro temporeSenateRaymonde GagnéSenateIncumbentClaudia ArpaFederal CouncilAna Lilia RiveraSenate of the RepublicPaulette MissamboSenateKandia CamaraSenateIncumbentManuela SchwesigBundesratMałgorzata Kidawa-BłońskaSenateIncumbentEva HerzogCouncil of StatesVictoria VillarruelSenateIncumbentMargit GöllFederal CouncilNyonblee Karnga-LawrencePresident pro temporeSenateIncumbentRefilwe Mtsweni-TsipaneNational Council of ProvincesIncumbentValérie De BueSenateAnke RehlingerBundesratCarolina CosseChamber of SenatorsIncumbentLaura Itzel CastilloSenate of the RepublicMei Li VosSenateIncumbentHuguette Nyana EkoumeSenateIncumbentPaulina NúñezSenateIncumbent

Territorial

NameImage Territory Legislative Body Mandate start Mandate end Term lengthCarol BassettSenateClare ChristianLegislative Council and TynwaldJoan Dillas-WrightSenateIncumbent

See also List of current presidents of legislatures Bicameralism List of legislatures by country Parliament Speaker (politics) Upper house