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This is a chronological list of the first women to be heads of state and heads of government in Muslim-majority countries, excluding those who held the role in a temporary capacity.

List

  In office
Portrait Head of Government or State Country Status In office
Elizabeth II  Pakistan Queen of Pakistan 6 February 1952 – 23 March 1956
 Nigeria Queen of Nigeria 1 October 1960 – 1 October 1963
 Sierra Leone Queen of Sierra Leone 27 April 1961 – 19 April 1971
 The Gambia Queen of the Gambia 18 February 1965 – 24 April 1970
Benazir Bhutto[1]  Pakistan Prime Minister of Pakistan 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990
18 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Khaleda Zia  Bangladesh Prime Minister of Bangladesh 20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996
10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Tansu Çiller  Turkey Prime Minister of Turkey 25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996
Mame Madior Boye  Senegal Prime Minister of Senegal 3 March 2001 – 4 November 2002
Megawati Sukarnoputri  Indonesia President of Indonesia 23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004
Roza Otunbayeva  Kyrgyzstan President of Kyrgyzstan 3 July 2010 – 1 December 2011
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé  Mali Prime Minister of Mali 3 April 2011 – 22 March 2012
Sibel Siber  Northern Cyprus Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus 13 June 2013 – 2 September 2013
Atifete Jahjaga  Kosovo President of Kosovo 7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016
Najla Bouden  Tunisia Prime Minister of Tunisia 11 October 2021 – 1 August 2023
Željka Cvijanović  Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Member of the Presidency 16 November 2022 – present
Borjana Krišto  Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers 25 January 2023 – present

See also

References

  1. ^ Brooke, Allen (25 January 2022). Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter. Amazon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-50-394408-4.
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