List of openly LGBTQ sub-national leaders

Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as sub-national leaders.

Sub-national leaders

Name Portrait Entity Country Office Political party Mandate start Mandate end Term length Sexual orientation/gender identityDon Dunstan PremierLabor Party1 June 196717 April 1968321 daysBisexual2 June 197015 February 19798 years, 258 daysJerónimo Saavedra PresidentSocialist Workers' Party29 November 19824 July 1987 Gay11 July 19912 April 1993Gustavo Álvarez GardeazábalGovernorIndependent1 January 199827 July 1999GayElio Di RupoMinister-PresidentSocialist Party15 July 19994 April 2000Gay6 October 200520 July 200713 September 201915 July 2024Jan FranssenKing's CommissionerPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy3 May 20001 January 2014GayErling LaeGovernorConservative Party 1 June 2010 30 June 2016 GayKlaus WowereitGoverning MayorSocial Democratic Party16 June 200111 December 2014GayOle von BeustFirst MayorChristian Democratic Union31 October 200125 August 2010GayJim McGreeveyGovernorDemocratic Party15 January 200215 November 2004GayNichi VendolaPresidentCommunist Refoundation Party4 April 20051 June 2015GayClemens CornieljeKing's CommissionerPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy31 August 20056 February 2019GayMember of the Executive CouncilGreen Party1 June 200631 May 2018GayLynne Brown PremierAfrican National Congress25 July 20086 May 2009LesbianAllan BellChief MinisterIndependent11 October 20114 October 2016 GayMember of the Executive CouncilThe Liberals1 June 201231 May 2020GayCian O'Callaghan FingalMayorLabour Party22 June 201215 June 2013GayRosario CrocettaPresidentDemocratic Party10 November 2012 18 November 2017GayKathleen WynnePremierLiberal Party11 February 201329 June 2018 LesbianFintan Warfield South DublinMayorSinn Féin6 June 201425 June 2015GayAndrew BarrChief MinisterLabor Party11 December 2014Incumbent GayKate BrownGovernorDemocratic Party18 February 20159 January 2023 BisexualWade MacLauchlanPremierLiberal Party23 February 20159 May 2019 Gay Niluka Ekanayake Central Province Governor Independent17 March 201611 April 2018 Trans woman Sabaragamuwa ProvinceGovernor12 April 201831 December 2018Arno BrokKing's CommissionerPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy1 March 2017IncumbentGayAndy StreetWest MidlandsMayorConservative Party8 May 20175 May 2024GayMember of the Council of StateSocial Democratic Party1 June 2018IncumbentGayEduardo LeiteGovernorSocial Democracy Party1 January 201931 March 2022Gay1 January 2023IncumbentFátima BezerraGovernorWorkers' Party1 January 2019Incumbent LesbianJared PolisGovernorDemocratic Party8 January 2019IncumbentGay Gustavo MelellaGovernorFORJA Concertation Party17 December 2019IncumbentGayClaudia López Hernández MayorGreen Alliance1 January 202031 December 2023 LesbianKing's CommissionerPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy1 October 2020IncumbentLesbianBent HøieGovernorConservative Party 1 November 2021 Incumbent GayEmma Murphy South DublinMayorFianna Fáil24 June 202229 June 2023LesbianMaura HealeyGovernorDemocratic Party5 January 2023IncumbentLesbianTina KotekGovernorDemocratic Party9 January 2023IncumbentLesbianKarl LoveChairIndependent15 May 2024IncumbentGay

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