List of the first women holders of political offices in Asia

This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Asia and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.

Afghanistan

  • Minister of Health – Kubra Noorzai – 1965
  • Minister without Portfolio – Shafriqua Siayel – 1971[1]
  • Advisor for the Ministry of Planning – Shafriqua Siayel – 1972
  • Minister of state for Women's Affairs – Shafriqua Siayel – 1976

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Azerbaijan

Soviet Socialist Republic

  • Cabinet Minister – Ayna Sultanova – 1938
  • Minister of Justice – Ayna Sultanova – 1938
  • Chairperson of the Committee for Science and Technology at the Council of Ministers – Tahira Tahirova – 1957
  • Minister of Education – Sakina Aliyeva – 1958
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs – Tahira Tahirova – 1959[5]
  • Deputy Premier Minister – Tahira Tahirova – 1963[6]
  • Vice-President – S.M. Mamedaliyeva – 1963 [7]
  • Minister of Higher and Special Education - Zuleikha Ismail-Kyzy Guseinova - 1965
  • Minister Social Affairs - L.P. Lykova - 1965 [8]
  • Head of the Central Committee Department of Agriculture - L.D. Radzhabova - 1971[9]
  • Minister of Public Service/Consumers Protection - Zuleikha Mageran Kyzy Gasanova - 1974
  • Minister of Trade - Svetlana Chingvitz-Kyzy Kasimova - 1979
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs – Elmira Gafarova – 1983
  • Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme SovietElmira Gafarova – 1989[10]
  • Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan – Elmira Gafarova – 1990

Republic

Bahrain

  • Member of the Council of Representatives – Lateefa Al Gaood – 2006 (first female MP in the Gulf region)[16]

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Cambodia

  • Member of Parliament – Tong Siv Eng – 1958[33]
  • Secretary of State for Labour – Tong Siv Eng – 1959[33]
  • Minister of Social Action – Tong Siv Eng – 1961[33]
  • Minister of Health – Tong Siv Eng – 1963[34]
  • Secretary of State for National Education – Diep Dinar – 1966[35]
  • Secretary of State for Information – Chine Renne – 1969[36]
  • Secretary of State for Tourism – Ung Mung – 1969[37]
  • Minister of Education – Ieng Thirith – 1975[38]
  • Minister of Culture and Education – Yun Yat – 1976[39]

China

Early Imperial China

Mid-Imperial China

Republic of China (1912–1949)

  • Minister for Women's Affairs – He Xiangning – 1923 [42]
  • Member of Government Council – Song Qingling – 1927[43]
  • Member of the Central Government Council – He Xianging – 1928[44]
  • Acting Head of the Guangzhou government – Chen Bijun – 1944[45]
  • Member of the National Council of the Nationalist Government – Wu Yifang – 1947[46]

People's Republic of China

Republic of China

East Timor

Hong Kong

British Hong Kong
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

India

British Raj

Dominion and Republic of India

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Delhi

Goa

Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Orissa

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Indonesia

Ancient Indonesia

Dutch East Indies

East Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia

Iran

Sasanian Empire

Imperial State

Islamic Republic

Iraq

  • Minister of Municipalities – Naziha al-Dulaimi – 1959[151] (also first female government minister in the Arab world)
  • Minister of Higher Education – Suad Khalil Ismail – 1969[152]
  • Minister of Public Works and Municipalities – Nisrin Mustafa Barwari – 2003[153]
  • Minister of Labour – Leila Abdul-Latif – 2004[154]

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

  • Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee – Maryam Tugambayeva – 1932[194]
  • Acting Chairperson of the Executive Committee – Kalima Amankulova – 1938
  • Deputy Premier Minister – Zaure S. Omarova – 1959
  • Acting Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet – Kapitalina Nikolaevna Kryukova – 1960
  • Minister of Culture – Laila Galievna Galimzhanova – 1965
  • Minister of Social Affairs – Zaure S. Omarova – 1966
  • Foreign ministerAkmaral Arystanbekova – 1989[195]

Kyrgyzstan

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

Kyrgyz Republic

Kuwait

Laos

  • Cabinet Member and Governor of the Central Bank – Pany Yathotou – 1987[204]
  • Minister to the Prime Minister's Office for International Cooperation – Pany Yathotou – 1997[205]

Lebanon

Macau

Portuguese Macau

Special Administration of PRC China

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Mongolian People's Republic

  • Minister of Health - D. Puntsag - 1930[241]
  • Head of State (acting) – Sühbaataryn Yanjmaa – 1953[242]
  • Minister of Labour - Myatauyn Lhaunsuren - 1970[243]
  • Minister of Health and Social Affairs - Pagbajabyn Nymadawa - 1990[244]

Mongolia

Myanmar

Burma

  • Member of Parliament – Khin Kyi – 1947[246]
  • Minister for and Premier of the Karen State - Daw Ba Maung Chien - 1952[247]
  • Minister of Social Welfare – Khin Kyi – 1953[246]

Myanmar

Nepal

Kingdom

  • Deputy Minister - Health and Local Self-Governance – Dwarika Devi Thakurani – 1959
  • Deputy Minister of Health – Shusila Thapa – 1964[252]
  • Minister of Health – Shusila Thapa – 1975
  • Cabinet Member, State Minister for Labour and Social Welfare – Bhadra Kumari Ghale – 1982[253]
  • Minister of Industry and Trade – Sahana Pradhan – 1990
  • Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation – Sahana Pradhan – 1996[254]
  • Minister of Women and Welfare – Sahana Pradhan – 1997
  • Deputy Prime Minister – Shailaja Acharya – 1998[255]

Republic

North Korea

Oman

  • Undersecretary for Social Affairs in the Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour and Vocational Training – Thuwaibah bint Ahmad Bin Isa Al-Barwani – 1997[276]
  • Government Minister – Rawya Saud Al Busaidi – 2004[277]
  • Minister of Higher Education – Rawya Saud Al Busaidi – 2004[277]

Pakistan

Dominion

Republic

West Pakistan

West Pakistan was in existence from 1955 to 1970.

Balochistan

  • Minister (1976) – Fazila Aliani[292]
  • Minister of Health, Education and Social Welfare (1976) – Fazila Aliani[292]

Punjab

  • Parliamentary Secretary (1951) – Begum Khudeja G.A. Khan[293]

Sindh

Palestine

Philippines

Commonwealth

Republic

Qatar

  • President with rank of Minister of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs – Mozah Bint Nasser Al Misnad – 1998[313]

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

British Ceylon

Dominion

Republic

Syria

Tajikistan

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

  • Vice-President – K. Alueva – 1960[336]
  • Deputy Premier Minister – A.N. Atanepesova – 1960
  • Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee Department of Propaganda and Agitation – Ibodat Rakhimova – 1966
  • Minister of Trade Raisa – M. Grishiha – 1974
  • Minister of Social Affairs – Karomat Mirzoalieva – 1978

Tajik Republic

  • Minister of Health – Inumzada Jura – 1992
  • Minister, Chairperson of the State-Committee of Youth, Sports and Tourism Zebiniso – S. Rustamova – 1992
  • Minister of Education – Bozgul Dodkhudoeva – 1993
  • Deputy Premier Minister – Munira Abdulloyevna Inoyatova – 1994
  • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs – Ozoda Rahmon – 2009

Taiwan

Tannu Tuva

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

  • Deputy Minister of Public Service – Khally Nazarova – 1958[360]
  • Minister of Social Affairs – Khally Nazarova – 1959
  • Minister of Social Welfare – Anzurat Mullabavna Rakhimova – 1960
  • Deputy Premier Minister – Khally Nazarova – 1963
  • Minister of Education – Bibi Palvanova – 1967

Republic of Turkmenistan

  • Member of the Cabinet and Prosecutor General – Gurbanbibi Sinirenovna Atajanova – 1997
  • Minister of Social Affairs and Labour – Enebay Geldiyevna Atayeva – 2001
  • Minister of Economy and Finance – Enebay Geldiyevna Atayeva – 2001

United Arab Emirates

  • Minister of Economic Planning – Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan al Qasimi – 2004[361]

Uzbekistan

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Republic of Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yemen

South Yemen

  • Member of The Presidium of the State and Deputy Minister of Information and Culture – 1986[372]

Yemen

See also

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