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 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
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
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
Ruth Ann Minner  United States America Governor of Delaware 3 January 2001 20 January 2009 8 years, 17 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 America 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 14 April 2003 Incumbent 15 years, 182 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
Ratu Atut Chosiyah  Indonesia Asia Governor of Banten 20 October 2005 13 May 2014 8 years, 205 days
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
Anna Bligh  Australia Oceania Premier of Queensland 13 September 2007 26 March 2012 4 years, 195 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 9 years, 241 days
Kristina Keneally  Australia Oceania Premier of New South Wales 4 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 114 days
Glenda Ecleo  Philippines Asia Governor of Dinagat Islands 30 June 2010 Incumbent 8 years, 105 days
Imee Marcos  Philippines Asia Governor of Ilocos Norte 30 June 2010 Incumbent 8 years, 105 days
Carmencita Reyes  Philippines Asia Governor of Marinduque 30 June 2010 Incumbent 8 years, 105 days
Lilia Pineda  Philippines Asia Governor of Pampanga 30 June 2010 Incumbent 8 years, 105 days
Sharee Ann Tan  Philippines Asia Governor of Samar 30 June 2010 Incumbent 8 years, 105 days
Susana Martinez  United States America Governor of New Mexico 1 January 2011 Incumbent 7 years, 285 days
Mary Fallin  United States America Governor of Oklahoma 10 January 2011 Incumbent 7 years, 276 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
Angelica Rosedell Amante  Philippines Asia Governor of Agusan del Norte 30 June 2013 Incumbent 5 years, 105 days
Emmylou Talino  Philippines Asia Governor of Cotabato 30 June 2013 Incumbent 5 years, 105 days
Rebecca Ynares  Philippines Asia Governor of Rizal 30 June 2013 Incumbent 5 years, 105 days
Daisy A. Fuentes  Philippines Asia Governor of South Cotabato 30 June 2013 Incumbent 5 years, 105 days
Gina Raimondo  United States America Governor of Rhode Island 6 January 2015 Incumbent 3 years, 280 days
Rhodora Cadiao  Philippines Asia Governor of Antique 29 January 2015 Incumbent 3 years, 257 days
Nang Khin Htwe Myint  Myanmar Asia Chief Minister of Kayin 30 March 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 197 days
Lae Lae Maw  Myanmar Asia Chief Minister of Taninthayi 30 March 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 197 days
Maria Jocelyn Bernos  Philippines Asia Governor of Abra 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Marilou Cayco  Philippines Asia Governor of Batanes 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Maria Luisa Romualdo  Philippines Asia Governor of Camiguin 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Imelda Quibranza  Philippines Asia Governor of Lanao del Norte 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Bedjoria Soraya Adiong  Philippines Asia Governor of Lanao del Sur 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Czarina Umali  Philippines Asia Governor of Nueva Ecija 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Susan Yap  Philippines Asia Governor of Tarlac 30 June 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 105 days
Yuriko Koike  Japan Asia Governor of Tokyo 1 August 2016 Incumbent 2 years, 73 days
Kim Reynolds  United States America Governor of Iowa 24 May 2017 Incumbent 1 year, 142 days
Khofifah Indar Parawansa  Indonesia Asia Governor of East Java-elected

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