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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

  Denotes incumbent deputy head of state
  • Italics denotes an acting head of state and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.
Name Image Country Continent Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Soong Ching-ling   People's Republic of China Asia Deputy Chairperson 1 October 1949 27 September 1954 4 years, 361 days
27 April 1959 24 February 1972 12 years, 303 days
Maria Paretti   Romania Europe Vice President 1961 1966 5 years, 0 days
Constanța Crăciun   Romania Europe Vice President 1965 1969 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Perón   Argentina South America Vice President 12 October 1973 1 July 1974 262 days
Maria Ciocan [1] [2]   Romania Europe Vice President 1980 1985 5 years, 0 days
Anahita Ratebzad   Afghanistan Asia Deputy Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Council 27 December 1980 24 November 1985 4 years, 332 days
Mine Guri   Albania Europe Vice President 22 November 1982 1 September 1991 8 years, 283 days
Viola Burnham   Guyana South America Co- Vice President 6 August 1985 9 October 1991 6 years, 64 days
Maria Ghițulică   Romania Europe Vice President 1985 1989 4 years, 0 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco   Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1986 8 May 1990 4 years, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Định   Vietnam Asia Vice President 19 April 1987 19 July 1992 5 years, 91 days
Blaga Dimitrova   Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 1992 6 July 1993 1 year, 165 days
Nguyễn Thị Bình   Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 October 1992 12 August 2002 9 years, 308 days
Specioza Kazibwe   Uganda Africa Vice President 18 November 1994 21 May 2003 8 years, 184 days
Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía   Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 1994 27 January 1998 4 years, 0 days
Rebeca Grynspan   Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1994 8 May 1998 4 years, 0 days
Julia Mena   Nicaragua North America Vice President 2 January 1995 2 January 1997 2 years, 0 days
Rosalía Arteaga   Ecuador South America Vice President 10 August 1996 9 February 1997 183 days
11 February 1997 30 March 1998 1 year, 47 days
Janet Jagan   Guyana South America Prime Minister and First Vice President 6 March 1997 19 December 1997 288 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy   The Gambia Africa Vice President 20 March 1997 18 January 2017 19 years, 304 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar   Iran Asia Vice President 2 August 1997 3 August 2005 8 years, 1 day
10 September 2013 1 September 2021 10 years, 232 days
Gladys Caballero de Arevalo   Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 1998 27 January 2002 4 years, 0 days
Astrid Fischel Volio   Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito   Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo   Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 1998 20 January 2001 [3] 2 years, 204 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri   Indonesia Asia Vice President 26 October 1999 23 July 2001 [4] 1 year, 289 days
Annette Lu   Taiwan ( Republic of China) Asia Vice President 20 May 2000 20 May 2008 8 years, 0 days
Milagros Ortiz Bosch   Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2000 16 August 2004 4 years, 0 days
Adina Bastidas   Venezuela South America Vice President 24 December 2000 13 January 2002 1 year, 20 days
Sandra Pierantozzi   Palau Oceania Vice President 19 January 2001 1 January 2005 3 years, 348 days
Sima Samar   Afghanistan Asia Vice Chairwoman of Interim Administration 22 December 2001 19 June 2002 179 days
Armida Villela de López Contreras   Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2002 27 January 2006 4 years, 0 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri   Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2002 8 May 2006 4 years, 0 days
Trương Mỹ Hoa   Vietnam Asia Vice President 12 August 2002 25 July 2007 4 years, 347 days
Teima Onorio   Kiribati Oceania Vice President 10 July 2003 12 March 2016 12 years, 246 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar   El Salvador North America Vice President 1 June 2004 1 June 2009 5 years, 0 days
Joice Mujuru   Zimbabwe Africa Vice President 6 December 2004 8 December 2014 10 years, 2 days
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka   South Africa Africa Deputy President 22 June 2005 24 September 2008 3 years, 94 days
Fatemeh Javadi   Iran Asia Vice President 3 August 2005 5 August 2009 4 years, 2 days
Alice Nzomukunda   Burundi Africa Vice President 29 August 2005 5 September 2006 1 year, 7 days
Najah al-Attar   Syria Asia Vice President 23 March 2006 Incumbent 18 years, 37 days
Dalia Itzik   Israel Asia Designated Acting President [5] 4 May 2006 30 March 2009 2 years, 330 days
Laura Chinchilla   Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2006 8 October 2008 2 years, 153 days
Lourdes Mendoza   Peru South America Second Vice President 28 July 2006 28 July 2011 5 years, 0 days
Marina Barampama   Burundi Africa Vice President 8 September 2006 8 February 2007 153 days
Nguyễn Thị Doan   Vietnam Asia Vice President 25 July 2007 8 April 2016 8 years, 258 days
Baleka Mbete   South Africa Africa Deputy President 25 September 2008 9 May 2009 1 year, 107 days
Joyce Banda   Malawi Africa Vice President 29 May 2009 7 April 2012 2 years, 312 days
Fatemeh Bodaghi   Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
Farahnaz Torkestani   Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
Maryam Mojtahedzadeh   Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 8 October 2013 4 years, 17 days
Nasrin Soltankhah   Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
María Antonieta de Bográn   Honduras North America First Vice President 27 January 2010 27 January 2014 4 years, 0 days
Hannelore Kraft   Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat [6] 1 November 2010 31 October 2011 1 year, 293 days
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau   Mauritius Africa Vice President 12 November 2010 4 April 2016 5 years, 144 days
Susan Denham   Ireland Europe Chief Justice [7] 25 July 2011 28 July 2017 6 years, 3 days
Marisol Espinoza   Peru South America First Vice President 28 July 2011 28 July 2016 5 years, 0 days
Meherzia Labidi Maïza   Tunisia Africa First Vice-president of the
Constituent Assembly of Tunisia 		22 November 2011 2 December 2014 3 years, 10 days
Roxana Baldetti   Guatemala North America Vice President 14 January 2012 8 May 2015 3 years, 114 days
Han Myeong-sook   South Korea Asia Prime Minister 16 January 2012 12 April 2012 87 days
Margarita Popova   Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2012 22 January 2017 5 years, 0 days
Margarita Cedeño   Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2012 16 August 2020 [8] 8 years, 0 days
Suheir Atassi Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 12 November 2012 4 January 2015 2 years, 53 days
Gladys María Bejerano Portela   Cuba North America Vice President 24 February 2013 10 October 2019 6 years, 228 days
Mercedes López Acea   Cuba North America Vice President 24 February 2013 19 April 2018 5 years, 54 days
Elham Aminzadeh   Iran Asia Vice President 11 August 2013 12 July 2016 2 years, 336 days
Shahindokht Molaverdi   Iran Asia Vice President 8 October 2013 9 August 2017 3 years, 305 days
Ana Rossana Guevara Pinto   Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Lorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez   Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Ana Helena Chacón   Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 2014 8 May 2018 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Saint Malo   Panama North America Vice President 1 July 2014 1 July 2019 5 years, 0 days
Noura al-Ameer Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 4 January 2015 5 March 2016 1 year, 61 days
Inonge Wina   Zambia Africa Vice President 26 January 2015 24 August 2021 6 years, 210 days
Samia Suluhu Hassan   Tanzania Africa Vice President 5 November 2015 19 March 2021 5 years, 134 days
Gabriela Michetti   Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 4 years, 0 days
Samira al-Masalma Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 5 March 2016 6 May 2017 1 year, 62 days
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh   Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 April 2016 6 April 2021 4 years, 363 days
Leni Robredo   Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 2016 30 June 2022 6 years, 0 days
Mercedes Aráoz   Peru South America Second Vice President 28 July 2016 23 March 2018 1 year, 238 days
First Vice President 23 March 2018 7 May 2020 2 years, 45 days
Malu Dreyer   Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat [9] 1 November 2016 31 October 2017 364 days
Zahra Ahmadipour   Iran Asia Vice President 6 November 2016 13 August 2017 280 days
Rosario Murillo   Nicaragua North America Vice President 10 January 2017 Incumbent [10] 7 years, 110 days
Iliana Iotova   Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 98 days
Mehriban Aliyeva   Azerbaijan Asia Vice President 21 February 2017 Incumbent [11] 7 years, 68 days
Fatoumata Tambajang   The Gambia Africa Vice President 22 February 2017 [12] 29 June 2018 1 year, 127 days
Salwa Aksoy Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2017 6 May 2018 1 year, 0 days
Laya Jonaidi   Iran Asia Vice President 9 August 2017 1 September 2021 6 years, 264 days
Lucía Topolansky   Uruguay South America Vice President 13 September 2017 1 March 2020 [13] 2 years, 170 days
María Alejandra Vicuña   Ecuador South America Vice President 4 October 2017 4 December 2018 1 year, 61 days
Jewel Taylor   Liberia Africa Vice President 22 January 2018 22 January 2024 6 years, 0 days
Olga Margarita Alvarado Rodríguez   Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2018 27 January 2022 4 years, 0 days
María Antonia Rivera Rosales   Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 2018 27 January 2022 4 years, 0 days
Elisabetta Casellati   Italy Europe President of the Senate [14] 24 March 2018 12 October 2022 4 years, 202 days
Inés María Chapman Waugh   Cuba North America Vice President 19 April 2018 10 October 2019 1 year, 174 days
Beatriz Johnson Urrutia   Cuba North America Vice President 19 April 2018 10 October 2019 1 year, 174 days
Dima Moussa Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 359 days
Epsy Campbell Barr   Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2018 8 May 2022 4 years, 0 days
Alicia Pucheta   Paraguay South America Vice President 9 May 2018 15 August 2018 98 days
Delcy Rodríguez   Venezuela South America Vice President 14 June 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 320 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez   Colombia South America Vice President 7 August 2018 7 August 2022 4 years, 0 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero   Mexico North America Secretary of the Interior 1 December 2018 26 August 2021 2 years, 268 days
Isatou Touray   The Gambia Africa Vice President 15 March 2019 4 May 2022 3 years, 50 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner   Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2019 10 December 2023 [15] 4 years, 0 days
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior   South Sudan Africa Fourth Vice President 21 February 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 68 days
Beatriz Argimón   Uruguay South America Vice President 1 March 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 59 days
María Alejandra Muñoz   Ecuador South America Vice President 22 July 2020 24 May 2021 306 days
Raquel Peña de Antuña   Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 257 days
Kamala Harris   United States North America Vice President 20 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 100 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior   Palau Oceania Vice President 21 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 99 days
Pany Yathotou   Laos Asia Vice President 22 March 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 38 days
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân   Vietnam Asia Vice President 6 April 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 23 days
Mariam Chabi Talata   Benin Africa Vice President 24 May 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 341 days
Jessica Alupo   Uganda Africa Vice President 21 June 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 313 days
Dina Boluarte   Peru South America First Vice President 28 July 2021 7 December 2022 1 year, 132 days
Mutale Nalumango   Zambia Africa Vice President 24 August 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 249 days
Ensieh Khazali   Iran Asia Vice President 11 September 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 241 days
Doris Gutiérrez   Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 93 days
Izkia Siches   Chile South America Minister of the Interior and Public Security 11 March 2022 6 September 2022 179 days
Mary Munive   Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 357 days
Sara Duterte   Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 304 days
Francia Márquez   Colombia South America Vice President 7 August 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 266 days
Carolina Tohá   Chile South America Minister of the Interior and Public Security 6 September 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 236 days
Esperança da Costa   Angola Africa Vice President 15 September 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 227 days
Rose Christiane Raponda   Gabon Africa Vice President 9 January 2023 30 August 2023 233 days
Luisa María Alcalde Luján   Mexico North America Secretary of the Interior 19 June 2023 Incumbent 315 days
Manuela Schwesig   Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat [16] 1 November 2023 Incumbent 180 days
Verónica Abad Rojas   Ecuador South America Vice President 25 November 2023 Incumbent 156 days
Victoria Villarruel   Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2023 Incumbent 141 days
Karin Herrera   Guatemala North America Vice President 15 January 2024 Incumbent 105 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah   Namibia Africa Vice President 4 February 2024 Incumbent 85 days
Hsiao Bi-khim   Taiwan ( Republic of China) Asia Vice President 20 May 2024 elected −21 days

See also

References

  1. ^ The International year book and statesmen's who's who (33rd ed.). Burke's Peerage. 1985. p. 407. ISBN  978-0-611-00680-6.
  2. ^ McDonagh, Eileen (2009). The motherless state: women's political leadership and American democracy. University of Chicago Press. p.  116. ISBN  978-0-226-51455-0.
  3. ^ Assumed presidency after the reisgnation of Joseph Estrada in 2001
  4. ^ Assumed presidency after the removal of her predecessor
  5. ^ An ex officio position held by the Speaker of the Knesset to act for the President of Israel
  6. ^ According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  7. ^ According to 1937 Constitution of Ireland, Chief Justice included in the Presidential Commission which is the collective vice presidency of the Republic of Ireland
  8. ^ Previously served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 2004-2012.
  9. ^ According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  10. ^ Currently serving as First Lady of Nicaragua since 2007
  11. ^ Currently serving as First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003
  12. ^ Acting until 8 September 2017
  13. ^ Previously served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015
  14. ^ According to Article 86 of the Italian Constitution, the President of the Senate acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  15. ^ Previously served as First Lady of Argentina from 2003-2007 and President of Argentina from 2007-2015.
  16. ^ According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.

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