List of first women governors and/or chief ministers

This is a list of First women who have been elected or appointed governor and/or chief minister of their respective countries.

List
  Denotes incumbent governors and/or chief ministers
  • Italics denotes acting governors and/or chief ministers that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.
Name Image Country Continent Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Nellie Taylor Ross  United States America Governor of
 Wyoming		 5 January 1925 3 January 1927 1 year, 363 days
Miriam A. Ferguson  United States America Governor of
 Texas		 20 January 1925 17 January 1927 1 year, 362 days
Lurleen Wallace  United States America Governor of
 Alabama		 16 January 1967 7 May 1968 1 year, 362 days
Ella T. Grasso  United States America Governor of
 Connecticut		 8 January 1975 31 December 1980 5 years, 358 days
Imelda Marcos  Philippines Asia Governor of
Metro Manila[lower-alpha 1]		 27 February 1975 25 February 1986 10 years, 363 days
Dixy Lee Ray  United States America Governor of
 Washington		 12 January 1977 14 January 1981 4 years, 2 days
Vesta M. Roy  United States America Acting Governor of
 New Hampshire		 29 December 1982 6 January 1983 8 days
Martha Layne Collins  United States America Governor of
 Kentucky		 13 December 1983 8 December 1987 3 years, 360 days
Madeleine Kunin  United States America Governor of
 Vermont		 20 January 1985 20 January 1991 6 years, 0 days
Kay A. Orr  United States America Governor of
 Nebraska		 9 January 1987 9 January 1991 4 years, 0 days
Rose Mofford  United States America Governor of
 Arizona		 4 April 1988 6 March 1991 2 years, 336 days
Joan Finney  United States America Governor of
 Kansas		 14 January 1991 9 January 1995 3 years, 360 days
Carmen Lawrence  Australia Oceania Premier of
 Western Australia		 12 February 1990 16 February 1993 3 years, 4 days
Joan Kirner  Australia Oceania Premier of
 Victoria		 10 August 1990 6 October 1992 2 years, 57 days
Barbara Roberts  United States America Governor of
 Oregon		 14 January 1991 9 January 1995 3 years, 360 days
Rita Johnston  Canada America Premier of
 British Columbia		 2 April 1991 5 November 1991 217 days
Nellie Cournoyea  Canada America Premier of
 Northwest Territories		 14 November 1991 22 November 1995 4 years, 8 days
Catherine Callbeck  Canada America Premier of
 Prince Edward Island		 25 January 1993 9 October 1996 3 years, 258 days
Christine Todd Whitman  United States America Governor of
 New Jersey		 18 January 1994 16 January 2001 6 years, 364 days
Jeanne Shaheen  United States America Governor of
 New Hampshire		 9 January 1997 9 January 2003 6 years, 0 days
Nancy Hollister  United States America Governor of
 Ohio		 31 December 1998 11 January 1999 11 days
Fusae Ohta  Japan Asia Governor of
 Osaka		 5 February 2000 4 February 2008 7 years, 364 days
Yoshiko Shiotani  Japan Asia Governor of
 Kumamoto		 16 April 2000 15 April 2008 7 years, 365 days
Pat Duncan  Canada America Premier of
 Yukon		 6 May 2000 30 November 2002 2 years, 208 days
Akiko Dōmoto  Japan Asia Governor of
 Chiba		 2001 2009 8 years, 0 days
Judy Martz  United States America Governor of
 Montana		 1 January 2001 3 January 2005 4 years, 2 days
Sila María Calderón  United States America Governor of
 Puerto Rico		 2 January 2001 2 January 2005 4 years, 0 days
Ruth Ann Minner  United States America Governor of
 Delaware		 3 January 2001 20 January 2009 8 years, 17 days
Teresita S. Lazaro  Philippines Asia Governor of
Laguna		 31 January 2001 30 June 2010 9 years, 150 days
Jane Swift  United States America Governor of
 Massachusetts		 10 April 2001 2 January 2003 1 year, 267 days
Clare Martin  Australia Oceania Chief Minister of
 Northern Territory		 18 August 2001 26 November 2007 6 years, 100 days
Linda Lingle  United States Oceania Governor of
 Hawaii		 2 December 2002 6 December 2010 8 years, 4 days
Jennifer Granholm  United States America Governor of
 Michigan		 1 January 2003 1 January 2011 8 years, 0 days
Harumi Takahashi  Japan Asia Governor of
 Hokkaido		 23 April 2003 22 April 2019 15 years, 364 days
Olene Walker  United States America Governor of
 Utah		 5 November 2003 3 January 2005 8 years, 0 days
Kathleen Blanco  United States America Governor of
 Louisiana		 1 January 2004 1 January 2008 4 years, 2 days
Nosimo Balindlela  South Africa Africa Premier of
Eastern Cape		 26 April 2004 25 July 2008 4 years, 90 days
Gwendolyn Garcia  Philippines Asia Governor of
Cebu		 30 June 2004 30 June 2013 9 years, 0 days
Grace Padaca  Philippines Asia Governor of
Isabela		 30 June 2004 30 June 2010 6 years, 0 days
Ratu Atut Chosiyah  Indonesia Asia Governor of
 Banten		 20 October 2005 13 May 2014 8 years, 205 days[lower-alpha 2]
Yukiko Kada  Japan Asia Governor of
 Shiga		 20 July 2006 19 July 2014 7 years, 364 days
Sarah Palin  United States America Governor of
 Alaska		 4 December 2006 26 July 2009 4 years, 2 days
Jum Jainudin Akbar  Philippines Asia Governor of
Basilan		 30 June 2007 30 June 2016 9 years, 0 days
Vilma Santos  Philippines Asia Governor of
Batangas		 30 June 2007 30 June 2016 9 years, 0 days
Anna Bligh  Australia Oceania Premier of
 Queensland		 13 September 2007 26 March 2012 4 years, 195 days
Lynne Brown  South Africa Africa Premier of
Western Cape		 25 July 2008 6 May 2009 1 year, 11 days
Eva Aariak  Canada America Premier of
 Nunavut		 19 November 2008 19 November 2013 5 years, 0 days
Bev Perdue  United States America Governor of
 North Carolina		 10 January 2009 5 January 2013 3 years, 361 days
Mieko Yoshimura  Japan Asia Governor of
 Yamagata		 14 February 2009 Incumbent 11 years, 358 days
Kristina Keneally  Australia Oceania Premier of
 New South Wales		 4 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 114 days
Imee Marcos  Philippines Asia Governor of
Ilocos Norte		 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Carmencita Reyes  Philippines Asia Governor of
Marinduque		 30 June 2010 7 January 2019 8 years, 191 days
Lilia Pineda  Philippines Asia Governor of
Pampanga		 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Sharee Ann Tan  Philippines Asia Governor of
Samar		 30 June 2010 Incumbent 10 years, 221 days
Kathy Dunderdale  Canada America Premier of
 Newfoundland and Labrador		 3 December 2010 24 January 2014 3 years, 52 days
Susana Martinez  United States America Governor of
 New Mexico		 1 January 2011 1 January 2019 8 years, 0 days
Mary Fallin  United States America Governor of
 Oklahoma		 10 January 2011 14 January 2019 8 years, 4 days
Nikki Haley  United States America Governor of
 South Carolina		 12 January 2011 24 January 2017 6 years, 12 days
Lara Giddings  Australia Oceania Premier of
 Tasmania		 24 January 2011 31 March 2014 3 years, 66 days
Alison Redford  Canada America Premier of
 Alberta		 7 October 2011 23 March 2014 2 years, 167 days
Pauline Marois  Canada America Premier of
 Quebec		 19 September 2012 23 April 2014 1 year, 216 days
Kathleen Wynne  Canada America Premier of
 Ontario		 11 February 2013 29 June 2018 5 years, 138 days
Angelica Amante  Philippines Asia Governor of
Agusan del Norte		 30 June 2013 30 June 2019 6 years, 0 days
Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza  Philippines Asia Governor of
Cotabato		 30 June 2013 Incumbent 7 years, 221 days
Rebecca Ynares  Philippines Asia Governor of
Rizal		 30 June 2013 Incumbent 7 years, 221 days
Daisy A. Fuentes  Philippines Asia Governor of
South Cotabato		 30 June 2013 Incumbent 7 years, 221 days
Gina Raimondo  United States America Governor of
 Rhode Island		 6 January 2015 Incumbent 6 years, 31 days
Rhodora Cadiao  Philippines Asia Governor of
Antique		 29 January 2015 Incumbent 6 years, 8 days
Nang Khin Htwe Myint  Myanmar Asia Chief Minister of
 Kayin		 30 March 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 313 days
Lae Lae Maw  Myanmar Asia Chief Minister of
 Tanintharyi		 30 March 2016 11 March 2019 2 years, 346 days
Maria Jocelyn Bernos  Philippines Asia Governor of
Abra		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Marilou Cayco  Philippines Asia Governor of
Batanes		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Maria Luisa Romualdo  Philippines Asia Governor of
Camiguin		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Imelda Dimaporo  Philippines Asia Governor of
Lanao del Norte		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Bedjoria Soraya Adiong  Philippines Asia Governor of
Lanao del Sur		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Czarina Umali  Philippines Asia Governor of
Nueva Ecija		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Susan Yap  Philippines Asia Governor of
Tarlac		 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 221 days
Yuriko Koike  Japan Asia Governor of
 Tokyo		 1 August 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 189 days
Kim Reynolds  United States America Governor of
 Iowa		 24 May 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 258 days
Janet Mills  United States America Governor of
 Maine		 2 January 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 35 days
Kristi Noem  United States America Governor of
 South Dakota		 5 January 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 32 days
Lou Leon Guerrero  United States Oceania Governor of
 Guam		 7 January 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 30 days
Khofifah Indar Parawansa  Indonesia Asia Governor of
 East Java		 13 February 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 359 days
Bai Mariam Mangudadatu  Philippines Asia Governor of
Maguindanao		 30 June 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 221 days
  1. The only holder of the position.
  2. Acting governor until 11 January 2007.

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