List of the first women holders of political offices in South America
Argentina
- Head of Ministries (Labour, Social Welfare, Health) – Eva Perón – 1946
- President of a Major Political Party – Eva Perón – 1947
- First women in Congress – Twenty-two peronist women – 1951
- Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies – Delia Parodi – 1953
- Vice President of Argentina – Isabel Martínez de Perón – 1973
- President of the Argentine Senate – Isabel Martínez de Perón – 1973
- President of Argentina – Isabel Martínez de Perón – 1974
- Foreign Minister – Susana Ruiz Cerutti – 1989
- Province governor – Alicia Lemme – 2001 (of San Luis Province)
- Defense Minister – Nilda Garré – 2005
- Economy Minister – Felisa Miceli – 2005
- Elected President of Argentina – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – December 10, 2007
- Elected province governor – Fabiana Ríos – December 10, 2007 (of Tierra del Fuego Province)
Bolivia
- President (acting) – Lidia Gueiler Tejada – 1979
- Interior minister – Alicia Muñoz Alá – 2006
- Minister of Planning and Environment – Gloria McPhee
Brazil
- 1871: Senator – Isabel, Princess Imperial
Republic of the United States of Brazil:
- 1927: Appointed Mayor (Lages) – Alzira Soriano de Souza[1][2][3]
- 1933: Federal Deputy – Carlota Pereira de Queirós[1][3][4]
- 1958: Elected Mayor (Quixeramobim) – Aldamira Guedes Fernandes[2]
Federative Republic of Brazil:
- 1979: Senator of the Republic (Amazonas) – Eunice Michilles[1][3][5]
- 1982: Minister of Education – Esther Figueiredo Ferraz[3]
- 1986: State Governor (Acre) – Iolanda Fleming[6]
- 1989: Minister of Labour – Dorothea Werneck
- 1990: Minister of Economy – Zélia Cardoso de Melo[1][7]
- 1990: Elected Senators – Júnia Marise (Minas Gerais) and Marluce Pinto (Roraima)[3]
- 1993: Minister of Planning – Yeda Crusius
- 1993: Minister of Transportation – Margarida Coimbra do Nascimento
- 1995: Elected Governor (Maranhão) – Roseana Sarney[1]
- 1995: Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism – Dorothea Werneck
- 2002: Minister of National Integration – Mary Dayse Kynzo
- 2003: Minister of Natural Environment – Marina Silva
- 2003: Secretary for Women's Rights – Emília Fernandes
- 2003: Secretary for Promotion of Racial Equality – Matilde Ribeiro
- 2003: Minister of Energy – Dilma Rousseff
- 2005: Chief of Staff – Dilma Rousseff
- 2007: Minister of Tourism – Marta Suplicy
- 2010: Minister of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation – Márcia Lopes
- 2011: Minister of Culture – Ana de Hollanda
- 2011: Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture – Ideli Salvatti
- 2011: Secretary for Human Rights – Maria do Rosário
- 2011: Secretary for Social Communication – Helena Chagas
- 2011: President – Dilma Rousseff[8]
Chile
- Mayor – Alicia Cañas – 1935[9]
- Mayor of Providencia – Alicia Cañas – 1935[9]
- Mayor of Santiago – Graciela Contreras – January 6, 1939[10]
- Mayor of Pichilemu – Olga Maturana Espinosa – 1952
- Mayor of Concepción – Ester Roa – 1958
- Mayor of Las Condes – Silvia Boza – 1968[11]
- Governor – Olga Boetther – March 12, 1941[12]
- Governor of La Unión Department – Olga Boetther – March 12, 1941[12]
- Governor of Tamarugal Province – Gabriela Hip – October 8, 2007[13]
- Intendant – Inés Enríquez – 1950[9]
- Intendant of Concepción – Inés Enríquez – 1950[9]
- Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region – Ximena Rincón – January 25, 2005[14]
- Deputy – Inés Enríquez – 1951[9]
- Deputy for Concepción – Inés Enríquez – 1951[9]
- Minister – Adriana Olguín de Baltra – 1952[9]
- Minister of Justice – Adriana Olguín de Baltra – 1952[9]
- Minister of Labour and Social Welfare – Mireya Baltra – 1972-3
- Minister of National Resources (Ministra de Bienes Nacionales) – Adriana Delpiano – March 11, 1994
- Minister of Foreign Relations – Soledad Alvear – March 11, 2000[15]
- Minister of Health – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2000[16]
- Minister of Planning and Cooperation (MIDEPLAN) – Alejandra Krauss – January 7, 2002
- Minister of Defense – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2002[17]
- Minister of Housing, Urban Development and National Goods – Sonia Tschorne – September 29, 2004
- Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency – Paulina Veloso – March 11, 2006
- Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction – Ingrid Antonijevic – March 11, 2006
- Minister of Mining and Energy – Karen Poniachik – March 11, 2006
- Minister President of the National Council of Culture and the Arts – Paulina Urrutia – March 11, 2006
- Minister General Secretary of Government – Carolina Tohá – March 11, 2009[18]
- Minister of Transport and Telecommunications – Paola Tapia – March 14, 2017[19]
- Senator – María de la Cruz – February 13, 1953
- President of Chile – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2006[20]
Colombia
- Governor of Cauca (first governor, nominated by President) – Josefina Valencia de Hubach – 1955
- Minister of Education (first cabinet post) – Josefina Valencia de Hubach – 1956
- Senator – Esmeralda Arboleda – 1958
- Presidential candidate – María Eugenia Rojas – 1974
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Noemí Sanín – 1991
- Governor of Quindío (first governor elected) – Belén Sánchez – 1992
- Minister with presidential functions (acting President) – María Emma Mejía – 1998
- President of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia – Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez – 1999
- Minister of Defense – Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón – August 2002
- President of the Senate of Colombia – Claudia Blum de Barbieri – July 2005
Ecuador
- President (acting) – Rosalía Arteaga – 1997
- Foreign minister – Nina Pacari Vega – 2003
- Defence minister – Guadalupe Larriva González – 2007
Guyana
- President of House of Assembly – Lola Willems – 1973
- President – Janet Jagan – 1997
- Prime Minister – Janet Jagan – 1997
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Carolyn Rodrigues – 2008
Paraguay
- Member of the Supreme Court – Serafina Dávalos – 1908[21]
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Leila Rachid de Cowles – 2003
- Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare – Esperanza Martínez (politician) – 2008
- Minister of Education and Culture – Blanca Ovelar – 2003
- Presidential Candidate – Blanca Ovelar – 2008[22]
- Minister of Indigenous Affairs – Margarita Mbywangi – 2008
- Minister of Women – Gloria Rubin – 2012
- Minister of Justice and Labor – Sheila Abed – 2013
Peru
- Senator of the Republic – Irene Silva de Santolalla – 1956
- Deputy of the Republic – Matilde Pérez Palacio – 1956
- Mayor of Lima – Anita Fernandini de Naranjo – 1963
- Minister of Education – Mercedes Cabanillas – 1987 (first woman ever in the Council of Ministers)
- President of Congress – Martha Chávez – 1995
- Prime Minister – Beatriz Merino – 2003
- Minister of Health – Pilar Mazzetti – 2004
- Ombudswoman of the Republic – Beatriz Merino – 2005
- Minister of Interior – Pilar Mazzetti – 2006
- Minister of Justice – María Zavala – 2006
- Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism – Mercedes Aráoz – 2006
- Minister of Transportation and Communications – Verónica Zavala – 2006
- Minister of Work and Employment – Susana Pinilla – 2006
- President (acting) – Lourdes Mendoza – 2007 (Alan García went to Ecuador, so she stayed in charge of the Presidency for one day)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Eda Rivas – 2013
Suriname
- Foreign minister – Marie Levens – 2000
Uruguay
- Legislative Power
- Deputies – Julia Arévalo de Roche, Magdalena Antonelli Moreno – 1943
- Senators – Sofía Álvarez Vignoli, Isabel Pinto de Vidal – 1943
- Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – Nora Castro – 2005
- Speaker of the General Assembly – Lucía Topolansky – 15 February 2010
- Acting President of the Republic – Lucía Topolansky – 26–28 November 2010
- Municipal
- Member of municipal council – Alba Roballo – 1955
- Mayor of Montevideo – Ana Olivera – 2010
- Mayor of Artigas – Patricia Ayala – 2010
- Mayor of Lavalleja – Adriana Peña – 2010
- National Government
- Culture minister – Alba Roballo – 1968[23]
- Labor minister – Ana Lía Piñeyrúa – 1995[23]
- Housing minister – Beatriz Martínez – 1999[23]
- Industries minister – Primavera Garbarino – 2000[23]
- Defence minister – Azucena Berrutti – 2005[23]
- Health minister – María Julia Muñoz – 2005[23]
- Social Development minister – Marina Arismendi – 2005[23]
- Interior minister – Daisy Tourné – 2007[23]
- Tourism minister – Liliam Kechichián – 2012[23]
- Judiciary
- Member of the Supreme Court – Sara Fons de Genta – 1981 / Jacinta Balbela – 1985
Venezuela
- Governor – Lolita Aniyar de Castro – 1993
- Governor of Zulia – Lolita Aniyar de Castro – 1993
- President of the Chamber of Deputies – Ixora Rojas Paz – 1998
- Vice President – Adina Bastidas – 2002
- President of the National Assembly – Cilia Flores – 2006
- Foreign minister – Delcy Rodríguez – 2014
- Ministry of Public Works – Loreto Silva – 2012[24]
- Senator – María de la Cruz – February 13, 1953[9]
- Senator for Santiago – María de la Cruz – February 13, 1953[9]
- Supreme Court Justice – María Antonia Morales – November 5, 2001[25]
- President of the Chamber of Deputies – Adriana Muñoz – March 11, 2002[26]
- President of the Republic – Michelle Bachelet – March 11, 2006[9]
- President of the Senate – Isabel Allende – March 11, 2014[27]
See also
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