List of female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments
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This list presents female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments of their respective nations or territories.[1] Many women have been elected to parliaments around the world, starting around the first quarter of 20th century. Some of them were entrusted to take the position of Speaker of the parliament.
In government, unicameralism (Latin uni, one + camera, chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house. Unicameral legislatures typically exist in small and homogeneous unitary states, where a second chamber is considered unnecessary.
National
[edit] Denotes incumbent speaker of parliament
Italics denotes an acting speaker of parliament and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.
| Name | Image | Country | Legislative Body | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erzsébet Metzker Vass | 
|
 Hungary
|
National Assembly | 21 March 1963 | 14 April 1967 | 4 years, 24 days |
| Soong Ching-ling | 
|
 China
|
National People's Congress | 6 July 1976 | 5 March 1978 | 1 year, 242 days |
| Alda Neves do Espírito Santo | 
|
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
National Assembly | 1980 | 1991 | 11 years, 0 days |
| Marie Davis Pierre |
|
 Dominica
|
House of Assembly | 13 August 1980 | 29 December 1988 | 8 years, 138 days |
| Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini |
|
 San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 1981 | 1 October 1981 | 183 days |
| Maria Julia Castillo Rodas |
|
 El Salvador
|
Legislative Assembly | 1983 | 1985 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Gloriana Ranocchini |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 1984 | 1 October 1984 | 183 days |
| 1 October 1989 | 1 April 1990 | 182 days | ||||
| Rosemary Karspinsky Dodero | 
|
 Costa Rica
|
Legislative Assembly | 1 May 1986 | 1 May 1987 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Guðrún Helgadóttir |
|
 Iceland
|
United Althing | 1 January 1988 | 1 January 1991 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Erna Hennicot-Schoepges | 
|
 Luxembourg
|
Chamber of Deputies | 1989 | 1995 | 6 years, 0 days |
| Sabine Bergmann-Pohl | 
|
 East Germany
|
Volkskammer | 5 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 180 days |
| Elmira Gafarova |
|
 Azerbaijan
|
National Assembly | 18 May 1990 | 5 March 1992 | 1 year, 292 days |
| Salome Þorkelsdóttir |
|
Iceland
|
Althing | 1991 | 1995 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Ana Catalina Soberanis | .png)
|
 Guatemala
|
Congress | 14 January 1991 | 14 January 1992 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Ingegerd Troedsson |
|
 Sweden
|
Riksdag | 30 September 1991 | 3 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days |
| Edda Ceccoli |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 1991 | 1 April 1992 | 183 days |
| Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl |
|
 Norway
|
Storting | 1993 | 2001 | 7 years, 354 days |
| Patrizia Busignani |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 1993 | 1 October 1993 | 183 days |
| Neva Edwards |
|
Dominica
|
House of Assembly | 1 November 1993 | 2 August 1995 | 1 year, 274 days |
| Balbina Herrera | 
|
 Panama
|
National Assembly | 1994 | 1995 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Gloria Salguero Gross | 
|
El Salvador
|
Legislative Assembly | 1994 | 1997 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Riitta Uosukainen | 
|
 Finland
|
Eduskunta | 7 February 1994 | 23 March 1995 | 1 year, 44 days |
| 21 April 1995 | 23 March 1999 | 3 years, 336 days | ||||
| 20 April 1999 | 18 March 2003 | 3 years, 332 days | ||||
| Arabella Castro Quiñónez | .jpg)
|
Guatemala
|
Congress | 13 September 1994 | 14 January 1995 | 123 days |
| 14 January 1997 | 14 January 1998 | 1 year, 0 days | ||||
| Birgitta Dahl | 
|
Sweden
|
Riksdag | 3 October 1994 | 30 September 2002 | 7 years, 362 days |
| Martha Chávez | 
|
 Peru
|
Congress of the Republic | 27 July 1995 | 26 July 1996 | 365 days |
| Ilga Kreituse | 
|
 Latvia
|
Saeima | 7 November 1995 | 26 September 1996 | 324 days |
| Myriam Spiteri Debono |
|
 Malta
|
House of Representatives | September 1996 | August 1998 | 1 year, 334 days |
| Marijke Djwalapersad | 
|
 Suriname
|
National Assembly | 10 October 1996 | 23 July 2000 | 3 years, 287 days |
| Rosa Zafferani |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 1999 | 1 October 1999 | 183 days |
| Martha Hildebrandt | 
|
Peru
|
Congress of the Republic | 27 July 1999 | 13 November 2000 | 1 year, 109 days |
| Maria Domenica Michelotti |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2000 | 1 October 2000 | 183 days |
| Alix Boyd Knights |
|
Dominica
|
House of Assembly | 17 April 2000 | 10 February 2020 | 19 years, 299 days |
| Rina Contreras López | 
|
Costa Rica
|
Legislative Assembly | 1 May 2000 | 1 May 2001 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Susana González Muñoz |
|
 Ecuador
|
National Congress | 10 August 2000 | 20 August 2001 | 10 days |
| Luz Salgado | 
|
Peru
|
Congress of the Republic | 13 November 2000 | 16 November 2000 | 3 days |
| 26 July 2016 | 26 July 2017 | 1 year, 0 days | ||||
| Eugenia Ostapciuc | 
|
 Moldova
|
Parliament | 20 March 2001 | 24 March 2005 | 4 years, 4 days |
| Vesna Perović |
|
 Montenegro
|
Parliament | 7 June 2001 | 5 November 2002 | 1 year, 151 days |
| Nino Burjanadze | .jpg)
|
 Georgia
|
Parliament | 9 November 2001 | 7 June 2008 | 6 years, 211 days |
| Nataša Mićić | 
|
 Serbia
|
National Assembly | 6 December 2001 | 27 January 2004 | 2 years, 52 days |
| Katalin Szili | 
|
Hungary
|
National Assembly | 15 May 2002 | 14 September 2009 | 7 years, 122 days |
| Ingrīda Ūdre | 
|
Latvia
|
Saeima | 5 November 2002 | 7 November 2006 | 4 years, 2 days |
| Anneli Jäätteenmäki | 
|
Finland
|
Eduskunta | 25 March 2003 | 16 April 2003 | 22 days |
| Ene Ergma | 
|
 Estonia
|
Riigikogu | 31 March 2003 | 23 March 2006 | 2 years, 357 days |
| 2 April 2007 | 20 March 2014 | 6 years, 352 days | ||||
| Liisa Jaakonsaari | 
|
Finland
|
Eduskunta | 17 April 2003 | 22 April 2003 | 5 days |
| Valeria Ciavatta | _(cropped).jpg)
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 2003 | 1 April 2004 | 183 days |
| 1 April 2014 | 1 October 2014 | 183 days | ||||
| Lilijana Popovska |
|
 FYR Macedonia
|
Assembly of the Republic | 8 November 2003 | 18 November 2003 | 10 days |
| Marcella Liburd | 
|
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
National Assembly | 2004 | 18 April 2008 | 4 years, 108 days |
| Fatma Ekenoğlu |
|
 Northern Cyprus
|
Assembly of the Republic | 14 January 2004 | 6 May 2009 | 5 years, 112 days |
| Anna Benaki-Psarouda | .jpg)
|
 Greece
|
Vouli | 19 March 2004 | 18 August 2007 | 3 years, 152 days |
| Margaret Wilson | 
|
 New Zealand
|
House of Representatives | 3 March 2005 | 8 November 2008 | 3 years, 250 days |
| Fausta Morganti |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2005 | 1 October 2005 | 183 days |
| Jozefina Topalli | 
|
 Albania
|
Parliament | 3 September 2005 | 10 September 2013 | 8 years, 7 days |
| Dalia Itzik | 
|
 Israel
|
Knesset | 28 March 2006 | 10 March 2009 | 2 years, 347 days |
| Belinda Bidwell |
|
 Gambia
|
National Assembly | 20 April 2006 | 5 February 2007 | 291 days |
| Mercedes Cabanillas | 
|
Peru
|
Congress of the Republic | 27 July 2006 | 26 July 2007 | 364 days |
| Cilia Flores | 
|
 Venezuela
|
National Assembly | 15 August 2006 | 5 January 2011 | 4 years, 143 days |
| Akja Nurberdiýewa | _cropped_(cropped).jpg)
|
 Turkmenistan
|
Assembly | 22 December 2006 | 30 March 2018 | 11 years, 98 days |
| Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay |
|
Gambia
|
National Assembly | 5 February 2007 | 12 November 2010 | 3 years, 280 days |
| Slavica Đukić Dejanović | 
|
Serbia
|
National Assembly | 25 June 2008 | 31 May 2012 | 3 years, 341 days |
| Assunta Meloni |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 2008 | 1 April 2009 | 182 days |
| Joyce Bamford-Addo[2][3] | 
|
 Ghana
|
Parliament | 7 January 2009 | 6 January 2013 | 3 years, 365 days |
| Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir | .jpg)
|
Iceland
|
Althing | 15 May 2009 | 23 May 2013 | 4 years, 8 days |
| Tsetska Tsacheva | 
|
 Bulgaria
|
National Assembly | 14 July 2009 | 13 March 2013 | 3 years, 180 days |
| 27 October 2014 | 26 January 2017 | 2 years, 91 days | ||||
| Irena Degutienė | 
|
 Lithuania
|
Seimas | 15 September 2009 | 14 September 2012 | 2 years, 365 days |
| Margaret Nasha |
|
 Botswana
|
National Assembly | 21 October 2009 | 12 November 2014 | 5 years, 22 days |
| Verónica Macamo | .jpg)
|
 Mozambique
|
Assembly of the Republic | 12 January 2010 | 13 January 2020 | 10 years, 1 day |
| Jennifer Simons | 
|
Suriname
|
National Assembly | 30 June 2010 | 28 June 2020 | 9 years, 364 days |
| Solvita Āboltiņa | 
|
Latvia
|
Saeima | 2 November 2010 | 4 November 2014 | 4 years, 2 days |
| Anne Makinda | 
|
 Tanzania
|
National Assembly | 12 November 2010 | 17 November 2015 | 5 years, 5 days |
| Pany Yathotou | 
|
 Laos
|
National Assembly | 23 December 2010 | 22 March 2021 | 10 years, 89 days |
| Maria Luisa Berti |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2011 | 1 October 2011 | 183 days |
| 1 October 2022 | 1 April 2023 | 182 days | ||||
| Rebecca Kadaga | _(cropped2).jpg)
|
 Uganda
|
Parliament | 19 May 2011 | 24 May 2021 | 10 years, 5 days |
| Maria da Assunção Esteves | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 Portugal
|
Assembly of the Republic | 21 June 2011 | 23 October 2015 | 4 years, 124 days |
| Denise Bronzetti |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 2012 | 1 April 2013 | 182 days |
| Halimah Yacob | 
|
 Singapore
|
Parliament | 14 January 2013 | 7 August 2017 | 4 years, 205 days |
| Antonella Mularoni | 
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2013 | 1 October 2013 | 183 days |
| Liliana Palihovici | 
|
Moldova
|
Parliament | 25 April 2013 | 30 May 2013 | 35 days |
| Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury | 
|
 Bangladesh
|
Jatiyo Sangshad | 30 April 2013 | 2 September 2024 | 11 years, 125 days |
| Gabriela Rivadeneira | .jpg)
|
Ecuador
|
National Assembly | 14 May 2013 | 14 May 2017 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Sibel Siber | .jpg)
|
Northern Cyprus
|
Assembly of the Republic | 4 September 2013 | 22 January 2018 | 4 years, 140 days |
| Anna Maria Muccioli |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 2013 | 1 April 2014 | 182 days |
| Loreta Graužinienė | 
|
Lithuania
|
Seimas | 3 October 2013 | 14 November 2016 | 3 years, 42 days |
| Maja Gojković | 
|
Serbia
|
National Assembly | 23 April 2014 | 21 June 2020 | 6 years, 59 days |
| Ana María Solórzano | 
|
Peru
|
Congress of the Republic | 26 July 2014 | 26 July 2015 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Jiko Luveni | 
|
 Fiji
|
Parliament | 6 October 2014 | 22 December 2018 | 4 years, 77 days |
| Ināra Mūrniece | .jpg)
|
Latvia
|
Saeima | 4 November 2014 | 1 November 2022 | 7 years, 362 days |
| Gladys Kokorwe |
|
Botswana
|
National Assembly | 12 November 2014 | 4 November 2019 | 4 years, 357 days |
| Maya Hanoomanjee | .jpg)
|
 Mauritius
|
National Assembly | 22 December 2014 | 21 November 2019 | 4 years, 334 days |
| Zoe Konstantopoulou | .jpg)
|
Greece
|
Vouli | 6 February 2015 | 4 October 2015 | 240 days |
| Lorena Guadalupe Peña | .jpg)
|
El Salvador
|
Legislative Assembly | 14 May 2015 | 8 November 2016 | 1 year, 178 days |
| Maria Lohela | 
|
Finland
|
Eduskunta | 29 May 2015 | 5 February 2018 | 2 years, 252 days |
| Pia Kjærsgaard | .JPG)
|
 Denmark
|
Folketing | 3 July 2015 | 21 June 2019 | 3 years, 353 days |
| Lorella Stefanelli |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 2015 | 1 April 2016 | 183 days |
| Onsari Gharti Magar | .jpg)
|
 Nepal
|
Legislature Parliament | 16 October 2015 | 19 January 2018 | 2 years, 95 days |
| Amal Al Qubaisi | .jpg)
|
 United Arab Emirates
|
Federal National Council | 18 November 2015 | 14 November 2019 | 3 years, 361 days |
| Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân | 
|
 Vietnam
|
National Assembly | 31 March 2016 | 30 March 2021 | 4 years, 364 days |
| Hadiya Khalaf Abbas | 
|
 Syria
|
People's Council | 6 June 2016 | 20 July 2017 | 1 year, 44 days |
| Iris Marina Blandón |
|
 Nicaragua
|
National Assembly | 10 September 2016 | 9 January 2017 | 121 days |
| Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Althing | 24 January 2017 | 28 October 2017 | 277 days |
| Mimma Zavoli |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2017 | 1 October 2017 | 183 days |
| Vanessa D'Ambrosio |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2017 | 1 October 2017 | 183 days |
| Mariam Jack-Denton |
|
Gambia
|
National Assembly | 11 April 2017 | 17 April 2022 | 5 years, 6 days |
| Yanibel Ábrego |
|
Panama
|
National Assembly | 1 July 2017 | 1 July 2018 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Valentina Leskaj | .jpg)
|
Albania
|
Parliament | 24 July 2017 | 9 September 2017 | 47 days |
| Marija Ćatović |
|
Montenegro
|
Parliament | 7 November 2017 | 24 November 2017 | 17 days |
| Tsveta Karayancheva | 
|
Bulgaria
|
National Assembly | 17 November 2017 | 14 April 2021 | 3 years, 148 days |
| Paula Risikko | 
|
Finland
|
Eduskunta | 5 February 2018 | 16 April 2019 | 1 year, 70 days |
| Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Norway
|
Storting | 15 March 2018 | 9 October 2021 | 3 years, 208 days |
| Elizabeth Cabezas | .jpg)
|
Ecuador
|
National Assembly | 14 March 2018 | 14 May 2019 | 1 year, 61 days |
| Gülşat Mämmedowa | 
|
Turkmenistan
|
Assembly[a 1] | 30 March 2018 | 6 April 2023 | 5 years, 7 days |
| Yawa Djigbodi Tségan |
|
 Togo
|
National Assembly | 23 January 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 178 days |
| Carolina Hidalgo Herrera | 
|
Costa Rica
|
Legislative Assembly | 1 May 2018 | 30 April 2019 | 364 days |
| Roser Suñé Pascuet | .png)
|
 Andorra
|
General Council | 2 May 2019 | 26 April 2023 | 3 years, 359 days |
| Zinaida Greceanîi | .jpg)
|
Moldova
|
Parliament | 8 June 2019 | 28 April 2021 | 1 year, 324 days |
| Catherine Gotani Hara | .jpg)
|
 Malawi
|
National Assembly | 19 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 167 days |
| Mariella Mularoni | 
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 October 2019 | 1 April 2020 | 183 days |
| Esperança Bias | 
|
Mozambique
|
Assembly of the Republic | 13 January 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 325 days |
| Vjosa Osmani | 
|
 Kosovo
|
Assembly of the Republic | 3 February 2020 | 22 March 2021 | 1 year, 47 days |
| Sahiba Gafarova | .jpg)
|
Azerbaijan
|
National Assembly | 10 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 268 days |
| Grazia Zafferani |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2020 | 1 October 2020 | 183 days |
| Tangariki Reete |
|
 Kiribati
|
House of Assembly | 22 May 2020 | 13 September 2024 | 4 years, 114 days |
| Anu Vehviläinen | .jpg)
|
Finland
|
Eduskunta | 9 June 2020 | 1 February 2022 | 1 year, 237 days |
| Smilja Tišma |
|
Serbia
|
National Assembly | 3 August 2020 | 22 October 2020 | 80 days |
| Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen | .jpg)
|
Lithuania
|
Seimas | 13 November 2020 | 14 November 2024 | 4 years, 1 day |
| Rocío Silva-Santisteban | 
|
Peru
|
Congress | 15 November 2020 | 16 November 2020 | 1 day |
| Mirtha Vásquez | 
|
Peru
|
Congress | 17 November 2020 | 26 July 2021 | 253 days |
| Rochelle Forde |
|
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
House of Assembly | 30 November 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 3 days |
| Iva Miteva | 
|
Bulgaria
|
National Assembly | 15 April 2021 | 11 May 2021 | 26 days |
| 21 July 2021 | 15 September 2021 | 56 days | ||||
| Silvia Hernández Sánchez | 
|
Costa Rica
|
Legislative Assembly | 1 May 2021 | 30 April 2022 | 364 days |
| Guadalupe Llori | .jpg)
|
Ecuador
|
National Assembly | 15 May 2021 | 31 May 2022 | 1 year, 16 days |
| Annita Demetriou | .jpg)
|
 Cyprus
|
House of Representatives | 10 June 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 176 days |
| Elisa Loncón | 
|
 Chile
|
Constitutional Convention | 4 July 2021 | 5 January 2022 | 185 days |
| Maricarmen Alva | .jpg)
|
Peru
|
Congress | 26 July 2021 | 26 July 2022 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Nelly Mutti | .jpg)
|
 Zambia
|
National Assembly | 3 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 91 days |
| Lindita Nikolla | .jpg)
|
Albania
|
Parliament | 10 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 84 days |
| Eva Kristin Hansen | .jpg)
|
Norway
|
Storting | 9 October 2021 | 23 November 2021 | 45 days |
| María Elisa Quinteros | .jpg)
|
Chile
|
Constitutional Convention | 1 January 2022 | 4 July 2022 | 180 days |
| Shirley Rivera | .jpg)
|
Guatemala
|
Congress | 14 January 2022 | 14 January 2024 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Tulia Ackson | _in_2024_-_Tulia_Ackson_(icons2024ns1498)_(53734596836)_(cropped).jpg)
|
Tanzania
|
National Assembly | 1 February 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 306 days |
| Danijela Đurović | _(cropped).jpg)
|
Montenegro
|
Parliament | 28 April 2022 | 30 October 2023 | 1 year, 183 days |
| Lady Camones | .png)
|
Peru
|
Congress | 26 July 2022 | 5 September 2022 | 41 days |
| Martha Moyano | .jpg)
|
Peru
|
Congress | 5 September 2022 | 12 September 2022 | 7 days |
| Carolina Cerqueira | 
|
 Angola
|
National Assembly | 16 September 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 78 days |
| Brigitte Boccone-Pagès | 
|
 Monaco
|
National Council | 6 October 2022 | 3 April 2024 | 1 year, 180 days |
| Lanien Blanchette |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
National Assembly | 25 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 39 days |
| Celmira Sacramento | _(cropped).jpg)
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
National Assembly | 8 November 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 25 days |
| Dinorah Figuera[a 2] | .jpg)
|
Venezuela
|
National Assembly | 5 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 333 days |
| Adele Tonnini | 
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2023 | 1 October 2023 | 183 days |
| Dünýägözel Gulmanowa | .png)
|
Turkmenistan
|
Assembly | 6 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 241 days |
| Maria Fernanda Lay | 
|
 East Timor
|
National Parliament | 22 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 164 days |
| Jessica Tan | 
|
Singapore
|
Parliament | 17 July 2023 | 2 August 2023 | 16 days |
| Daiga Mieriņa | .jpg)
|
Latvia
|
Saeima | 20 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 74 days |
| Ana Brnabić | 
|
Serbia
|
National Assembly | 20 March 2024 | Incumbent | 258 days |
| Milena Gasperoni |
|
San Marino
|
Grand and General Council | 1 April 2024 | Incumbent | 246 days |
| Raya Nazaryan | .png)
|
Bulgaria
|
National Assembly | 20 June 2024 | Incumbent | 166 days |
| Dana Castañeda |
|
Panama
|
National Assembly | 1 July 2024 | Incumbent | 155 days |
| Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra |
|
Mauritius
|
National Assembly | 29 November 2024 | Incumbent | 4 days |
Notes:
- ^ In 2021–2023, the Parliament of Turkmenistan was bicameral.
- ^ President of the opposition-led IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile. Disputed with Jorge Rodríguez.
Territorial
[edit] Denotes incumbent speaker of parliament
Italics denotes an acting speaker of parliament
| Name | Image | Country | Legislative Body | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marguerite Story |
|
 Cook Islands
|
Parliament | 1965 | 1979 | 14 years, 0 days |
| Ruby M. Rouss |
|
 United States Virgin Islands
|
Legislature | 1981 | 1982 | 1 year, 0 days |
| January 1987 | March 1987 | 59 days | ||||
| Rosita Beatrice Missick-Butterfield |
|
 Turks and Caicos Islands
|
House of Assembly | 1991 | 1993 | 2 years, 364 days[4] |
| Sybil I. McLaughlin |
|
 Cayman Islands
|
Legislative Assembly | 15 February 1991 | November 1996 | 5 years, 260 days |
| Anabela Ritchie |
|
 Macau
|
Legislative Assembly | 20 April 1992 | 20 December 1999 | 7 years, 244 days |
| Lillian Oh |
|
 Christmas Island
|
Shire Council | 1 July 1992 | 1995 | 2 years, 184 days |
| Margie Sudre | 
|
 Réunion
|
Regional Council | 25 June 1993 | 23 March 1998 | 4 years, 271 days |
| Marita Petersen |
|
 Faroe Islands
|
Løgting | 1994 | 1995 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Lorraine L. Berry |
|
United States Virgin Islands
|
Legislature | 1997 | 1998 | 1 year, 0 days |
| 2005 | 2007 | 2 years, 0 days | ||||
| Emily Augusta Saunders |
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
House of Assembly | 1998 | 1999 | 1 year, 364 days[5] |
| Rita Fan | 
|
 Hong Kong
|
Legislative Council | 2 July 1998 | 30 September 2008 | 10 years, 90 days |
| Susana Chou | 
|
Macau
|
Legislative Assembly | 20 December 1999 | 15 October 2009 | 9 years, 299 days |
| Lucette Taero |
|
 French Polynesia
|
Assembly | 17 May 2001 | 3 June 2004 | 3 years, 17 days |
| Viveka Eriksson | 
|
 Åland
|
Lagtinget | 2001 | 2005 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Anne Mitchell-Gift |
|
 Tobago
|
House of Assembly | 2001 | 24 January 2013 | 12 years, 23 days |
| Julianna O'Connor-Connolly |
|
Cayman Islands
|
Legislative Assembly | November 2001 | October 2003 | 1 year, 334 days |
| 29 May 2013 | 24 May 2017 | 3 years, 360 days | ||||
| V. Inez Archibald |
|
 British Virgin Islands
|
House of Assembly | 2003 | 2007 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Nassimah Dindar |
|
Réunion
|
Departamental Council | 1 April 2004 | 2 April 2015 | 11 years, 1 day |
| 2 April 2015 | 2 October 2017 | 2 years, 183 days | ||||
| Brenda Christian |
|
 Pitcairn Islands
|
Island Council | 8 November 2004 | 15 December 2004 | 37 days |
| Barbro Sundback |
|
Åland
|
Landtag | 2005 | 2007 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Edna Moyle |
|
Cayman Islands
|
Legislative Assembly | 18 May 2005 | 27 May 2009 | 4 years, 9 days |
| Eileen Bell |
|
 Northern Ireland
|
Assembly | 8 May 2007 | 8 May 2007 | 0 days |
| Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins |
|
 Saint Helena
|
Legislative Council | 2008 | 13 April 2017 | 9 years, 102 days |
| Ruth Heilmann |
|
 Greenland
|
Inatsisartut | 2008 | 2009 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Judith Won Pat |
|
 Guam
|
Legislature | 7 March 2008 | 2 January 2017 | 8 years, 301 days |
| Marthe Ogoundélé-Tessi |
|
Saint Martin
|
Territorial Council | 25 July 2008 | 8 August 2008 | 14 days |
| Mary J. Lawrence |
|
Cayman Islands
|
Legislative Assembly | 27 May 2009 | 29 May 2013 | 4 years, 2 days |
| Barbara Webster-Bourne |
|
 Anguilla
|
House of Assembly | 27 February 2010 | 11 May 2015 | 5 years, 73 days |
| 17 July 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 139 days | ||||
| Robin Adams |
|
 Norfolk Island
|
Legislative Assembly | 24 March 2010 | 20 March 2013 | 2 years, 361 days |
| Teresina Bodkin |
|
 Montserrat
|
Legislative Council | 16 April 2010 | 2014 | 3 years, 260 days |
| 17 December 2019 | 20 December 2020 | 1 year, 3 days | ||||
| Josette Manin |
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 Martinique
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General Council | 31 March 2011 | 18 December 2015 | 4 years, 262 days |
| Rosemary Butler | 
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 Wales
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National Assembly | 11 May 2011 | 11 May 2016 | 5 years, 0 days |
| Tricia Marwick | 
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 Scotland
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Parliament | 11 May 2011 | 12 May 2016 | 5 years, 1 day |
| Britt Lundberg |
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Åland
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Lagtinget | 28 November 2011 | 28 November 2015 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe |
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British Virgin Islands
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House of Assembly | 8 December 2011 | 12 March 2019 | 7 years, 94 days |
| Niki Rattle | 
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Cook Islands
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Parliament | 22 May 2012 | 15 February 2021 | 8 years, 269 days |
| Nivaleta Iloai |
|
 Wallis and Futuna
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Territorial Assembly | 1 April 2013 | 11 December 2013 | 254 days |
| 26 November 2020 | 25 March 2022 | 1 year, 119 days | ||||
| Aline Hanson |
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Saint Martin
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Territorial Council | 17 April 2013 | 2 April 2017 | 3 years, 350 days |
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 Sint Maarten
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Staten | 10 October 2014 | 13 November 2014 | 34 days |
| 12 October 2015 | 31 October 2016 | 1 year, 19 days | ||||
| 24 November 2016 | 22 September 2019 | 2 years, 302 days | ||||
| 10 February 2024 | Incumbent | 297 days | ||||
| Shirley Osborne |
|
Montserrat
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Legislative Council | 23 January 2015 | 17 December 2019 | 4 years, 328 days |
| Josette Borel-Lincertin |
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 Guadeloupe
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Departmental Council | 2 April 2015 | 1 July 2021 | 6 years, 90 days |
| Elin Jones | 
|
Wales
|
National Assembly | 11 May 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 206 days |
| Vanessa Cutting-Thomas |
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Tobago
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House of Assembly | 28 April 2016 | 26 January 2017 | 273 days |
| 19 December 2019 | 25 September 2020[6] | 281 days | ||||
| Giselle McWilliams |
|
 Curaçao
|
Staten | 16 January 2017 | 17 February 2017 | 32 days |
| Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus |
|
Tobago
|
House of Assembly | 26 January 2017 | 21 November 2019 | 2 years, 299 days |
| Seri Wati Iku |
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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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Shire Council | 25 October 2017 | 23 October 2019 | 1 year, 363 days |
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Guam
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Legislature | 28 August 2018 | 7 January 2019 | 132 days |
| 4 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 334 days | ||||
| Vivian Motzfeldt |
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Greenland
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Inatsisartut | 3 October 2018 | 16 April 2021 | 2 years, 195 days |
| Tina Rose Muña Barnes | 
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Guam
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Legislature | 7 January 2019 | 4 January 2021 | 1 year, 363 days |
| Ana-Maria Pauletta |
|
Curaçao
|
Staten | 3 June 2020 | 11 May 2021 | 342 days |
| Fofo Tuisano |
|
 Tokelau
|
General Fono | 9 March 2020 | 8 March 2021 | 364 days |
| Charliena White |
|
Montserrat
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Legislative | 20 December 2020 | 8 November 2024 | 3 years, 324 days |
| Donna Frett-Gregory | U.S. Virgin Islands
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Legislature | 11 January 2021 | 9 January 2023 | 1 year, 363 days | |
| Charetti America-Francisca | 
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Curaçao
|
Staten | 11 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 206 days |
| Alison Johnstone | 
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Scotland
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Parliament | 13 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 204 days |
| Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis |
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 Corsica
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Assembly | 7 February 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 155 days |
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Reunion
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Regional Council | 7 February 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 154 days |
| Abby Taylor |
|
Tobago
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House of Assembly | 9 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 360 days |
| Bjørt Samuelsen | 
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Faroe Islands
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Løgting | 22 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 347 days |
| Corine George-Massicote |
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British Virgin Islands
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House of Assembly | 26 May 2022 | 2 years, 191 days | |
| Katherine Ebanks-Wilks |
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Cayman Islands
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Parliament | 25 November 2022 | 15 November 2023 | 355 days |
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Greenland
|
Inatsisartut | 22 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 72 days |
| Ingrid Zetterman |
|
Åland
|
Lagtinget | 3 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 30 days |
| Karen Ramagge Prescott |
|
 Gibraltar
|
Parliament | 10 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 23 days |
| Marjorie Smith |
|
Montserrat
|
Legislative | 8 November 2024 | Incumbent | 25 days |
See also
[edit]- List of female speakers of national and territorial lower houses
- List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses
- List of current presidents of legislatures
- Parliament
- Speaker (politics)
- Unicameralism
References
[edit]- ^ "Female Vice-presidents".
- ^ "Joyce Bamford-Addo | Inner Temple". 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cynthia Boakye (8 January 2009). "Ghana records another first. Justice Bamford Addo is first Female Speaker". Business News. Statesman Online. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ "The life and times of Dr Rosita Butterfield". Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands: Turks & Caicos Weekly News. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "PRZEWODNICZĄCE PARLAMENTÓW 1991-2000" (in Polish). Warsaw, Poland: SMOLEC. 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Williams, Elizabeth. "Presiding Officer Resigns". Caribbean Communications Network. Retrieved 2020-09-29.