Council of Women World Leaders

The Council of Women World Leaders, created in 1996, is a network of 70 current and former Presidents and Prime Ministers. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government.

Leadership

Dalia Grybauskaitė: President of Lithuania (2009–present); Council Chair (2014–present)
Laura Liswood: Secretary General (1996–present)
Madeleine Albright: Founding Chair of the Ministerial Initiative (1996–2007); Secretary of State of the United States (1997–2001)
Kathy Calvin: CEO (2009–present); President (2013–present) of the United Nations Foundation
Kim Campbell: Prime Minister of Canada (1993); Former Council Chair (1999–2003)
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir: President of Iceland (1980–1996); Founding Council Chair (1996–1999)
Tarja Halonen: President of Finland (2000–2012); Former Council Chair (2009–2014)
Mary Robinson: President of Ireland (1990–1997); Former Council Chair (2003–2009)
Margot Wallström: Chair of the Ministerial Initiative (2007–present); First Vice President of the European Commission (2004–2010); Foreign Minister of Sweden (2014–present)

Council of Women World Leaders Members

Current Members

Jacinda Ardern: Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–present)
Michelle Bachelet: President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018)
Joyce Banda: President of Malawi (2012–2014)
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro: President of Nicaragua (1990–1996)
Ana Brnabić: Prime Minister of Serbia (2017–Present)
Micheline Calmy-Rey: President of Switzerland (2007, 2011)
Susanne Camelia-Römer: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1993, 1998–1999)
Kim Campbell: Prime Minister of Canada (1993); Former Council Chair (1999–2003)
Laura Chinchilla: President of Costa Rica (2010–2014)
Tansu Çiller: Prime Minister of Turkey (1993–1996)
Helen Clark: Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008)
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca: President of Malta (2014–present)
Paula Cox: Premier of Bermuda (2010–2012)
Édith Cresson: Prime Minister of France (1991–1992)
Luisa Diogo: Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004–2010)
Ruth Dreifuss: President of Switzerland (1999)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: President of Argentina (2007–2015)
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir: President of Iceland (1980–1996); Founding Council Chair (1996–1999)
Park Geun-hye: President of South Korea (2013–2017)
Julia Gillard: Prime Minister of Australia (2010–2013)
Pamela F. Gordon: Premier of Bermuda (1997–1998)
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović: President of Croatia (2015–present)
Dalia Grybauskaitė: President of Lithuania (2009–present)
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim: President of Mauritius (2015–2018)
Gro Harlem Brundtland: Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996)
Tarja Halonen: President of Finland (2000–2012); Former Council Chair (2009–2014)
Sheikh Hasina: Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–present)
Hilda Heine: President of the Marshall Islands (2016–present)
Atifete Jahjaga: President of Kosovo (2011–2016)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: President of Liberia (2006–2018)
Emily de Jongh-Elhage: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (2006–2010)
Kersti Kaljulaid: President of Estonia (2016–present)
Begum Khaleda Zia: Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996, 2001–2006)
Mari Kiviniemi: Prime Minister of Finland (2010–2011)
Jadranka Kosor: Prime Minister of Croatia (2009–2011)
Chandrika Kumaratunga: President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)
Saara Kuugongelwa: Prime Minister of Namibia (2015–present)
Doris Leuthard: President of Switzerland (2010)
Maria Liberia Peters: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1984–1986, 1988–1994)
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: President of the Philippines (2001–2010)
Theresa May: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–present)
Mary McAleese: President of Ireland (1997–2011)
Beatriz Merino: Prime Minister of Peru (2003)
Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany (2005–present)
Mireya Moscoso: President of Panama (1999–2004)
Maria das Neves: Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (2002–2004)
Roza Otunbayeva: President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011)
Pratibha Patil: President of India (2007–2012)
Kamla Persad-Bissessar: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (2010–2015)
Michèle Pierre-Louis: Prime Minister of Haiti (2008–2009)
Kazimira Prunskienė: Prime Minister of Lithuania (1990–1991)
Iveta Radičová: Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010–2012)
Mary Robinson: President of Ireland (1990–1997); Former Council Chair (2003–2009)
Dilma Rousseff: President of Brazil (2011–2016)
Jenny Shipley: Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997–1999)
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: Prime Minister of Iceland (2009–2013)
Portia Simpson-Miller: Prime Minister of Jamaica (2006–2007, 2012–2016)
Jennifer M. Smith: Premier of Bermuda (1998–2003)
Erna Solberg: Prime Minister of Norway (2013–present)
Simonetta Sommaruga: President of Switzerland (2015)
Hanna Suchocka: Prime Minister of Poland (1992–1993)
Megawati Sukarnoputri: President of Indonesia (2001–2004)
Helle Thorning-Schmidt: Prime Minister of Denmark (2011–2015)
Yulia Tymoshenko: Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005 (2007–2010)
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga: President of Latvia (1999–2007)
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf: President of Switzerland (2012)

Deceased Members

Corazon Aquino: President of the Philippines (1986–1992)
Benazir Bhutto: Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990, 1993–1996)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960–1965, 1970–1977, 1994–2000)
Eugenia Charles: Prime Minister of Dominica (1980–1995)
Janet Jagan: President of Guyana (1997–1999)
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo: Prime Minister of Portugal (1979–1980)
Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)

External links

Official website

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