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Women Rulers of the World

Throughout history and around the world, many women have ruled their countries. There are also many women leaders today. In many cases, the queens alive and in power today do not actually rule their countries; they are symbolic rulers only and are not listed here. Instead, here is a list of actual female rulers, the countries in which they rule or ruled, and the dates they reigned.

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Country Name Reign Argentina President Isabelita Perón 1974-1976 Lesser Armenia Queen Zabel 1219-1226 Bangladesh Khaleda Zia 1991-1996 Bermuda Premier Pamela Gordon 1997-1998 Bermuda Premier Jennifer Smith 1998-present Bolivia Prime Minister Lidia Gueiler 1979-1980 Burundi Prime Minister Sylvie Kinigi 1993-1994 Byzantium (Roman Empire) Empress Theodora 1055-1056 Cambodia Queen Kossamak (joint ruler) 1955-1960 Canada Prime Minister Kim Campbell 1993 (4 months) Central African Republic Prime Minister Elizabeth Domitien 1974-1976 China Empress Wu Chao 655-705 China Empress Tsu-Hsi 1875-1879 China Empress Tsu-Hsi 1898-1908 Dominica Prime Minister Mary Eugenia Charles 1980-1995 Denmark Queen Margaret 1387-1412 Denmark Queen Margrethe II 1972-present Egypt Queen Hatshepsut 1501-1498 b.c. Egypt Queen Eje 1351-1350 b.c. Egypt Queen Arsinoe II (joint ruler) 279-270 b.c. Egypt Queen Berenice 81-80 b.c. Egypt Queen Cleopatra VII 51-50 b.c. Ethiopia Empress Waizero 1916-1930 France Prime Minister Edith Cresson 1991-1992 Great Britain Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey) 1553 (9 days) Great Britain Queen Mary I 1553-1558 Great Britain Queen Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Great Britain Queen Mary II (joint ruler) 1689-1702 Great Britain Queen Anne 1702-1714 Great Britain Queen Victoria 1837-1901 Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II 1952-present Great Britain Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 1979-1990 Guyana President Janet Jagan 1997-present Haiti Provisional President Erita Pascal-Trouillot 1990 Haiti Prime Minister Claudette Werleigh 1995-1996 Hungary Queen Mary 1382-1387 Hungary Queen Elizabeth 1439-1440 Hungary Queen Maria Theresa 1740-1780 Iceland President Vigdis Finnbogadóttir 1980-1996 India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1966-1977 India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1980-1984 Ireland President Mary Robinson 1990-1997 Ireland President Mary McAleese 1997-present Israel and Judah Queen Athaliah 842-837 b.c. Israel and Judah Prime Minister Golda Meir 1969-1974 Italy Queen Theodelinda 590 Italy Queen Joanna I of Naples 1343-1381 Italy Queen Maria of Sicily 1377-1402 Italy Queen Joanna II of Naples 1414-1435 Japan Empress Suiko Tenno 593-628 Japan Empress Kogyoku 642-645 Japan Empress Jito 686-697 Japan Empress Gemmyo 703-724 Japan Empress Koken (abdicated) 749-758 Japan Empress Shotuku-Koken 764-770 Lithuania Prime Minister Kazimicra Prunskiene 1990-1992 Madagascar Queen Ranavalona I 1828-1861 Madagascar Queen Rasoaherina 1863-1868 Madagascar Queen Ranavalona II 1868-1883 Madagascar Queen Ranavalona III (deposed) 1883-1896 Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina (abdicated) 1890-1948 Netherlands Queen Juliana 1948-1980 Netherlands Queen Beatrix 1980-present New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley 1997-present Nicaragua President Maria Liberia Peres 1984-1985 Nicaragua President Violeta Barriosde Chamorro 1990-1997 Norway Queen Margaret 1387-1412 Norway Prime Minister Groharlem Brundtlandt 1981 and 1986 Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto 1988-1990, 1993-1996 Philippines Maria Corazon Aquino 1986-1992 Poland Queen Hedwige 1384-1399 Poland Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka 1992-1993 Portugal Queen Maria I 1777-1816 Portugal Queen Maria II 1826-1828 Portugal Queen Maria III 1834-1853 Portugal Prime Minister Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo 1979 (149 days) Roman Empire Empress Irene 797-802 Russia Queen Tamara 1184-1212 Russia Empress Catherine I 1725-1727 Russia Empress Anna Ivanovna 1730-1740 Russia Empress Elizabeth Petrovna 1741-1762 Russia Empress Catherine II (The Great) 1762-1796 Rwanda Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana 1993-1994 St. Lucia Governor-General Pearlette Louisy 1997-present Scotland Queen Mary Stuart (executed) 1542-1567 Seminole Nation Betty Mae Jumper 1960-1969 Spain Queen Dona Urraca 1109-1126 Spain Queen Juana I 1274-1307 Spain Queen Juana II 1328-1349 Spain Queen Dona Blanca 1425-1441 Spain Queen Isabel I (joint ruler) 1474-1504 Spain Queen Catalina de Albret 1481-1512 Spain Queen Isabel II 1833-1868 Sri Lanka Queen Anula 47-42 b.c. Sri Lanka Queen Sivali 35 b.c. Sri Lanka Queen Lilavati 1197-1200 Sri Lanka Queen Kalyanavati 1202-1208 Sri Lanka Queen Lilavati (restored) 1209-1212 Sri Lanka Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1960-1965 Sri Lanka Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1970-1977 Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga 1994-present Sweden Queen Christina (abdicated) 1632-1654 Sweden Queen Ulrica Eleonora (abdicated) 1718-1720 Tonga Queen Salote Tubou III 1918-1965 Turkey Prime Minister Tansu Çiller 1993-1996

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