This is a list of women who had been appointed as leaders of constituent states and dependent territories. This list also separates between the dependent territory leaders and the autonomous area leaders.
Female chief executives of a constituent country or state
Italics denotes an acting chief executive
Female heads of government of a constituent country or federated state
NamePortrait Administrative division Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length CountryYevgenia BoschChairwoman of the People's Secretariat30 December 19171 March 191861 daysNellie RossGovernorMiriam A. FergusonGovernorKalima Amankulova Acting chairwoman of the Supreme SovietActing head of stateNadezhda GrekovaChairwoman of the Supreme SovietHead of stateLouise SchroederActing MayorSucheta KripalaniChief MinisterLurleen Wallace GovernorSavka Dabčević-KučarChairwoman of the Executive Council(prime minister)11 May 19678 May 19691 year, 362 daysNandini SatpathyChief MinisterShashikala KakodkarChief MinisterElla T. GrassoGovernorDixy Lee RayGovernorGriselda ÁlvarezGovernorAnwara TaimurChief MinisterPresident30 November 198113 May 19831 year, 164 daysMartha Layne CollinsGovernorMaria Liberia PetersPrime MinisterMadeleine KuninGovernorIolanda FlemingGovernorKay A. OrrGovernorBeatriz Paredes RangelGovernorV. N. Janaki RamachandranChief MinisterRose MoffordGovernorIngrid PankrazActing MayorJoan KirnerPremierCarmen LawrencePremierSharon Pratt KellyMayorJoan Finney GovernorBarbara RobertsGovernorAnn RichardsGovernorDulce María Sauri RianchoGovernorRita JohnstonPremierJ. JayalalithaaChief MinisterFiorella GhilardottiPresident12 December 19923 June 19941 year, 173 daysCatherine CallbeckPremierMaría Antonia MartínezPresidentLaurette OnkelinxMinister-PresidentHeide SimonisMinister-President19 May 199327 April 2005Suzanne Camelia-RömerPrime MinisterChristine Todd WhitmanGovernorAlessandra GuerraPresident18 July 19947 November 19951 year, 112 daysRoseana SarneyGovernorMayawatiChief MinisterWaltraud KlasnicGovernorBiljana PlavšićPresidentValentina BronevichAdministratorRajinder Kaur BhattalChief MinisterJeanne ShaheenGovernorRabri DeviChief MinisterJane Dee HullGovernorSushma SwarajChief MinisterSheila DikshitChief MinisterNancy Hollister GovernorMargherita CogoPresident11 March 199914 March 20023 years, 3 daysIrene SáezGovernorRosario RoblesHead of governmentMaria Rita LorenzettiPresident15 May 200016 April 20109 years, 335 daysJudy MartzGovernorRuth Ann MinnerGovernorJane SwiftGovernorAlicia LemmeGovernorDalva FigueiredoGovernorBenedita da SilvaGovernorLinda LingleGovernorMercedes Aragonés de Juárez GovernorNataša MićićActing President/Jennifer GranholmGovernorRosângela GarotinhoGovernorWilma de FariaGovernorJanet NapolitanoGovernorKathleen SebeliusGovernorMirna Louisa-GodettPrime MinisterValentina MatviyenkoGovernorOlene WalkerGovernorEsperanza AguirrePresidentUma BhartiChief MinisterVasundhara RajeChief MinisterKathleen BlancoGovernorGabi BurgstallerGovernorJodi RellGovernorMarie ArenaMinister-PresidentAmalia GarcíaGovernorMaria BolshakovaActing GovernorChristine GregoireGovernorMercedes BressoPresident27 April 20059 April 20104 years, 344 daysEmily de Jongh-ElhagePrime MinisterMaria de Lourdes AbadiaGovernorSarah PalinGovernorAna Julia CarepaGovernorYeda CrusiusGovernorBorjana KrištoPresidentIvonne Ortega PachecoGovernorAnna BlighPremierFabiana RíosGovernorGovernorBev PerdueGovernorJan BrewerGovernorChristine LieberknechtMinister-President30 October 20095 December 2014Kristina KeneallyPremierArlene FosterActing First MinisterFirst MinisterNatalya KomarovaGovernorCatiuscia MariniPresident16 April 201028 May 20199 years, 42 daysRenata PolveriniPresident12 March 20132 years, 330 daysHannelore KraftMinister-President14 July 201027 June 2017Sarah Wescot-WilliamsPrime MinisterKathy DunderdalePremierSusana MartinezGovernorRosalba CiarliniGovernorMary FallinGovernorNikki HaleyGovernorLara GiddingsPremierChristy ClarkPremierMamata BanerjeeChief MinisterMaría Dolores de CospedalPresidentYolanda BarcinaPresidentLuisa Fernanda Rudi UbedaPresidentActing PresidentAnnegret Kramp-KarrenbauerMinister-PresidentAlison RedfordPremierLucía CorpacciGovernorMarina KovtunGovernorGovernorPauline MaroisPremierErika FaríasGovernorMaggie HassanGovernorMalu DreyerMinister-PresidentPremierŽeljka CvijanovićPrime MinisterPresidentSvetlana OrlovaGovernorAleqa HammondPrime MinisterDebora SerracchianiPresident25 April 201326 March 20184 years, 336 daysSusana DíazPresidentClaudia Ledesma AbdalaGovernorAnandiben Patel Chief MinisterNicola SturgeonFirst MinisterSuely CamposGovernorMuriel BowserMayorIncumbentGina RaimondoGovernorAnnastacia PalaszczukPremierKate BrownGovernorRachel NotleyPremierCristina CifuentesPresidentFrancina ArmengolPresidentUxue BarkosPresidentClaudia Pavlovich ArellanoGovernorMaría Eugenia VidalGovernorAlicia KirchnerGovernorRosana BertoneGovernorNatalia ZhdanovaGovernorMehbooba MuftiChief MinisterGovernorGladys BerejiklianPremierActing PresidentKay IveyGovernorIncumbentJohanna Mikl-LeitnerGovernorKim ReynoldsGovernorManuela SchwesigMinister-PresidentCarmen MeléndezGovernorLaidy GómezGovernorSoraya Sáenz de SantamaríaPresidentEvelyn Wever-CroesPrime MinisterIncumbentLeona Marlin-RomeoPrime MinisterKatharina FegebankActing First MayorIlse AignerActing Minister-PresidentCida BorghettiGovernorNicoletta SpelgattiPresident27 June 201810 December 2018166 daysVera ShcherbinaActing GovernorSrebrenka GolićActing Prime MinisterClaudia SheinbaumHead of governmentMartha Érika AlonsoGovernorGretchen WhitmerGovernorIncumbentMichelle Lujan GrishamGovernorFátima BezerraGovernorJanet MillsGovernorKristi NoemGovernorLaura KellyGovernorIncumbentLiesbeth HomansMinister-PresidentMaría ChivitePresidentIncumbentIsabel Díaz AyusoPresidentConcha AndreuPresidentDonatella TeseiPresidentSilveria JacobsPrime MinisterArabela CarrerasGovernorMichelle O'NeillDeputy First MinisterFirst MinisterIncumbentOlga AntipinaActing GovernorJole SantelliPresident15 February 202015 October 2020243 daysAstalaxmi Shakya Bagmati ProvinceChief MinisterKathy HochulGovernorIncumbentLorena Cuéllar Cisneros GovernorMaría Eugenia Campos GalvánGovernorLayda SansoresGovernorEvelyn Salgado PinedaGovernorMarina del Pilar Ávila OlmedaGovernorIndira Vizcaíno SilvaGovernorHeather StefansonPremierFranziska GiffeyGoverning MayorRegina SousaGovernorIzolda CelaGovernorAnke RehlingerMinister-PresidentIncumbentMara Lezama Espinosa GovernorMaría Teresa Jiménez EsquivelGovernorDanielle SmithPremierRaquel LyraGovernorKatie HobbsGovernorMaura HealeyGovernorCelina LeãoInterim GovernorGovernorIncumbentTina KotekGovernorSarah Huckabee SandersGovernorLidija BradaraPresidentMae de la ConchaPresidentMarga ProhensPresidentIncumbentJacinta AllanPremierDelfina Gómez ÁlvarezGovernorIncumbentEmma Little-PengellyDeputy First MinisterMaryam NawazChief MinisterAlessandra ToddePresidentMaría Dolores Fritz SierraActing GovernorEluned MorganFirst MinisterAtishiChief MinisterLibia García Muñoz LedoGovernorIncumbentMargarita González SaraviaGovernorClara BrugadaMayorRocío NahleGovernorSusan HoltPremierMaria KostyukGovernorStefania ProiettiPresidentBethany Hall-LongGovernor Kelly AyotteGovernorIncumbentRekha GuptaChief MinisterAbigail SpanbergerGovernorMikie SherrillGovernorChristine FréchettePremierYeraldine Bonilla ValverdeActing GovernorGraciela Dominguez NavaGovernorIncumbentTBDGovernorElectTBDGovernor
Female viceregal or central government representatives in a constituent country
Name Portrait Country Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length Parent countryVibeke LarsenHigh CommissionerMo MowlamSecretary of StateHelen LiddellSecretary of StateBirgit KleisHigh CommissionerCheryl GillanSecretary of StateMikaela EngellHigh CommissionerTheresa VilliersSecretary of StateAdèle van der Pluijm-VredeActing GovernorLucille George-WoutGovernorLene Moyell JohansenHigh CommissionerIncumbentKaren BradleySecretary of StateJulie Præst WilcheHigh CommissionerIncumbentJo StevensSecretary of State
Dependent, autonomous and insular territories
Italics denotes an acting head of territories and territories that are defunct.