Throughout history, there have been many women political leaders who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female political leaders such as Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Aung San Suu Kyi, Indira Gandhi.The women political leaders featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Kamala Harris20 October 1964, American
US Senator
Nancy Pelosi26 March 1940, American
Politician
Margaret Thatcher13 October 1925, British
Former British Prime Minister
Elizabeth Warren22 June 1949, American
United States Senator
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Ilhan Omar04 October 1981, American
U.S. Representative
Indira Gandhi19 November 1917, Indian
Former Prime Minister of India
Shirley Temple23 April 1928, American
Actress
Nikki Haley20 January 1972, American
Governor of South Carolina
Priyanka Gandhi12 January 1972, Indian
Politician, Daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
Angela Merkel17 July 1954, German
Chancellor of Germany
Maneka Gandhi26 August 1956, Indian
Politician, Animal Rights Activist
Aung San Suu Kyi19 June 1945, Burmese
Political Leader (Freedom Fighter) of Myanmar
Eleanor Roosevelt11 October 1884, American
Wife of American President Franklin Delano
Condoleezza Rice14 November 1954, American
Sarah Palin11 February 1964, American
Former Governor of Alaska
Benazir Bhutto21 June 1953, Pakistani
Sonia Gandhi09 December 1946, Indian, Italian
Former President of Indian National Congress
Betsy DeVos08 January 1958, American
US Secretary of Education
Rachel Johnson03 September 1965, British
Editor, Journalist
Imelda Marcos02 July 1929, Filipino
Filipino Politician
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner19 February 1953, Argentinian
Former President of Argentina
Dianne Feinstein22 June 1933, American
Politician
Golda Meir03 May 1898, Israeli, Ukrainian
Former Prime Minister of Israel
Park Geun-hye02 February 1952, South Korean
11th President of South Korea
Tsai Ing-wen31 August 1956, Taiwanese
President of Taiwan
Corazon Aquino25 January 1933, Filipino
Former President of Phillipines
Tammy Duckworth12 March 1968, Thai, American
U.S. Representative
Dilma Rousseff14 December 1947, Brazilian
36th President of Brazil
Ayaan Hirsi Ali13 November 1969, American
Writer, Politician, Activist, Feminist
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović29 April 1968, Croatian
Fourth President of Croatia
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela26 September 1936, South African
Politician, Anti-Apartheid Activist
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Yulia Tymoshenko27 November 1960, Ukrainian
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine
Julia Gillard29 September 1961, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Shirley Chisholm30 November 1924, American
Marine Le Pen05 August 1968, French
Political Leader
Michele Bachmann06 April 1956, American
Former United States Representative
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf29 October 1938, Liberian
Africa’s First Elected Female Head of State
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Sarah Huckabee Sanders13 August 1982, American
US Political Representative
Kim Yo-jong26 September 1987, North Korean
Younger Sister of Kim Jong-un
Gabrielle Giffords08 June 1970, American
Political Leader
Graça Machel17 October 1945, Mozambican
Politician
Fatima Jinnah31 July 1893, Pakistani
Sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pauline Hanson27 May 1954, Australian
Former Member of the Australian Parliament
Sirimavo Bandaranaike17 April 1916, Sri Lankan
Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Chandrika Kumaratunga29 June 1945, Sri Lankan
Fifth President of Sri Lanka
Shirley Williams27 July 1930, British
Political Leader
Ségolène Royal22 September 1953, French
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and
Dalia Grybauskaitė01 March 1956, Lithuanian
President of Lithuania
Penny Wong05 November 1968, Australian
Australian Senator
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo05 April 1947, Filipino
Former President of Philippines
Agnes Macphail24 March 1890, Canadian
Canadian Politician
Kamla Persad-Bissessar22 April 1952, Trinidadian
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Violeta Chamorro18 October 1929, Nicaraguan
Political leader
Alva Myrdal31 January 1902, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Laura Chinchilla28 March 1959, Costa Rican
Former President of Costa Rica
Hanan Ashrawi08 October 1946, Palestinian
Palestinian legislator
Enid Lyons09 July 1897, Australian
Politician
Mireya Moscoso01 July 1946, Panamanian
Political figure
Jennifer Carroll27 August 1959, American
Former Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Haneen Zoabi23 May 1969, Israeli
Member of the Knesset
Valeriya Novodvorskaya17 May 1950, Russian
Russian Politician
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen10 December 1989, French
Politician
Laila Freivalds22 June 1942, Swedish
Swedish Politician
Bogolo Joy Kenewendo1987 AD, Botswanan
Economist, Politician
Liadh Ni Riada24 November 1966, Irish
Political Leader
Akua Dansua23 April 1958, Ghanaian
Ghanaian Politician
Tulsi Gabbard12 April 1981, American
Politician
Amy Klobuchar25 May 1960, American
Politician
Kirsten Gillibrand09 December 1966, American
Politician
Diane Abbott27 September 1953, British
Politician, Journalist
Eva Perón07 May 1919, Argentinian
Actor, Politician
Liz Cheney28 July 1966, American
Politician
Nicolle Wallace04 February 1972, American
Political Commentator
Elaine Chao26 March 1953, American
Politician
Christine Lagarde01 January 1956, French
Economist, Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician,
Jo Cox22 June 1974, British
Politician
Jacinda Ardern26 July 1980, New Zealander
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Rakhi Sawant25 November 1978, Indian
Model, Actor
Shabana Azmi18 September 1951, Indian
actor
Elizabeth May09 June 1954, Canadian
Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer
Nusrat Jahan08 January 1990, Indian
Actress
Mamata Banerjee05 January 1955, Indian
Politician, Painter
Mary Cheney14 March 1969, American
Politician
Ann Widdecombe04 October 1947, British
Politician
Ursula von der Leyen08 October 1958, German
Physician, Politician
Nicola Sturgeon19 July 1970, British, Scottish
Political Leader
Jess Phillips09 October 1981, British
Political Leader
Sushma Swaraj14 February 1952, Indian
Politician
Glenda Jackson09 May 1936, British
Actress
Rona Ambrose15 March 1969, Canadian
Politician
Harriet Harman30 July 1950, British
Politician, Lawyer, Solicitor
Kyrsten Sinema12 July 1976, American
Politician
Jill Stein14 May 1950, American
Physician
Pam Bondi17 November 1965, American
Lawyer, Politician