List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed deputy head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include female deputy heads of government who are not concurrently deputy head of state, such as deputy prime ministers.

List of female deputy heads of state

  Denotes incumbent deputy head of state

• Italics denotes an acting head of state and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.

Name	Image	Country	Continent	Office	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Soong Ching-ling		People's Republic of China	Asia	Deputy Chairperson	1 October 1949	27 September 1954	4 years, 361 days
Soong Ching-ling		People's Republic of China	Asia	Deputy Chairperson	27 April 1959	24 February 1972	12 years, 303 days
Maria Paretti		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1961	1966	5 years, 0 days
Constanţa Crăciun		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1966	1970	4 years, 0 days
Isabel Martínez de Perón		Argentina	America	Vice President	12 October 1973	1 July 1974	262 days
Maria Ciocan[1][2]		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1980	1985	5 years, 0 days
Anahita Ratebzad		Afghanistan	Asia	Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council	27 December 1980	24 November 1985	4 years, 332 days
Emine Guri		Albania	Europe	Vice President	22 November 1982	22 November 1989	7 years, 0 days
Viola Harper Burnham		Guyana	America	Vice President	6 August 1985	9 October 1991	6 years, 64 days
Maria Ghitulicâ		Romania	Europe	Vice President	1985	1989	4 years, 0 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco		Costa Rica	America	Second Vice President	8 May 1986	8 May 1990	4 years, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Bình		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	15 February 1987	25 November 2002	15 years, 283 days
Blaga Dimitrova		Bulgaria	Europe	Vice President	22 January 1992	6 July 1993	1 year, 165 days
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović		Bosnia-Herzegovina	Europe	Member of the Presidency	5 October 1992	5 October 1996	4 years, 0 days
Specioza Kazibwe		Uganda	Africa	Vice President	1994	2003	9 years, 0 days
Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía		Honduras	America	Third Vice President	27 January 1994	27 January 1998	4 years, 0 days
Rebeca Grynspan		Costa Rica	America	Second Vice President	8 May 1994	8 May 1998	4 years, 0 days
Julia Mena		Nicaragua	America	Vice President	2 January 1995	2 January 1997	2 years, 0 days
Rosalía Arteaga		Ecuador	America	Vice President	10 August 1996	9 February 1997	183 days
Rosalía Arteaga		Ecuador	America	Vice President	11 February 1997	30 March 1998	1 year, 47 days
Janet Jagan		Guyana	America	Vice President	6 March 1997	19 December 1997	288 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy		The Gambia	Africa	Vice President	20 March 1997	Incumbent	19 years, 262 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar		Iran	Asia	Vice President	2 August 1997	3 August 2005	8 years, 1 day
Gladys Caballero de Arevalo		Honduras	America	Second Vice President	27 January 1998	27 January 2002	4 years, 0 days
Astrid Fischel Volio		Costa Rica	America	First Vice President	8 May 1998	8 May 2002	4 years, 0 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito		Costa Rica	America	Second Vice President	8 May 1998	8 May 2002	4 years, 0 days
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo		Philippines	Asia	Vice President	30 June 1998	20 January 2001	2 years, 204 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri		Indonesia	Asia	Vice President	26 October 1999	23 July 2001	1 year, 289 days
Annette Lu		Taiwan (Republic of China)	Asia	Vice President	20 May 2000	20 May 2008	8 years, 0 days
Milagros Ortiz Bosch		Dominican Republic	America	Vice President	16 August 2000	16 August 2004	4 years, 0 days
Adina Bastidas		Venezuela	America	Vice President	24 December 2000	13 January 2002	1 year, 20 days
Sandra Pierantozzi		Palau	Oceania	Vice President	19 January 2001	1 January 2005	3 years, 348 days
Armida Villela de López Contreras		Honduras	America	Second Vice President	27 January 2002	27 January 2006	4 years, 0 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri		Costa Rica	America	First Vice President	8 May 2002	8 May 2006	4 years, 0 days
Trương Mỹ Hoa		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	25 November 2002	20 January 2007	4 years, 56 days
Teima Onorio		Kiribati	Oceania	Vice President	10 July 2003	12 March 2016	12 years, 246 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar		El Salvador	America	Vice President	1 June 2004	1 June 2009	5 years, 0 days
Joice Mujuru		Zimbabwe	Africa	Vice President	6 December 2004	8 December 2014	10 years, 2 days
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka		South Africa	Africa	Deputy President	22 June 2005	24 September 2008	3 years, 94 days
Fatemeh Javadi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	3 August 2005	5 August 2009	4 years, 2 days
Alice Nzomukunda		Burundi	Africa	Vice President	29 August 2005	5 September 2006	1 year, 7 days
Najah al-Attar		Syria	Asia	Vice President	23 March 2006	Incumbent	10 years, 259 days
Laura Chinchilla		Costa Rica	America	First Vice President	8 May 2006	8 October 2008	2 years, 153 days
Lourdes Mendoza		Peru	America	Second Vice President	28 July 2006	28 July 2011	5 years, 0 days
Marina Barampama		Burundi	Africa	Vice President	8 September 2006	8 February 2007	153 days
Nguyễn Thị Doan		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	20 January 2007	8 April 2016	9 years, 79 days
Baleka Mbete		South Africa	Africa	Deputy President	25 September 2008	9 May 2009	1 year, 107 days
Joyce Banda		Malawi	Africa	Vice President	29 May 2009	7 April 2012	2 years, 312 days
Fatemeh Bodaghi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	10 September 2013	3 years, 354 days
Farahnaz Torkestani		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	10 September 2013	3 years, 354 days
Maryam Mojtahedzadeh		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	8 October 2013	4 years, 17 days
Nasrin Soltankhah		Iran	Asia	Vice President	21 September 2009	10 September 2013	3 years, 354 days
María Antonieta de Bográn		Honduras	America	First Vice President	27 January 2010	27 January 2014	4 years, 0 days
Hannelore Kraft		Germany	Europe	President of the Bundesrat[3]	1 November 2010	31 October 2011	1 year, 0 days
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau		Mauritius	Africa	Vice President	12 November 2010	4 April 2016	5 years, 144 days
Susan Denham		Ireland	Europe	Chief Justice[4]	25 July 2011	Incumbent	5 years, 135 days
Marisol Espinoza		Peru	America	First Vice President	28 July 2011	28 July 2016	5 years, 0 days
Meherzia Labidi Maïza		Tunisia	Africa	First Vice-president of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia	22 November 2011	2 December 2014	3 years, 10 days
Roxana Baldetti		Guatemala	America	Vice President	14 January 2012	8 May 2015	3 years, 114 days
Margarita Popova		Bulgaria	Europe	Vice President	22 January 2012	Incumbent	4 years, 320 days
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández		Dominican Republic	America	Vice President	16 August 2012	Incumbent	4 years, 113 days
Suheir Atassi		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	12 November 2012	4 January 2015	2 years, 53 days
Gladys María Bejerano Portela		Cuba	America	Second Vice President	24 February 2013	Incumbent	3 years, 287 days
Mercedes López Acea		Cuba	America	Third Vice President	24 February 2013	Incumbent	3 years, 287 days
Elham Aminzadeh		Iran	Asia	Vice President	11 August 2013	12 July 2016	2 years, 336 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar		Iran	Asia	Vice President	10 September 2013	Incumbent	3 years, 88 days
Shahindokht Molaverdi		Iran	Asia	Vice President	8 October 2013	Incumbent	3 years, 60 days
Ana Rossana Guevara Pinto		Honduras	America	Second Vice President	27 January 2014	Incumbent	2 years, 315 days
Lorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez		Honduras	America	Third Vice President	27 January 2014	Incumbent	2 years, 315 days
Ana Helena Chacon Echeverria		Costa Rica	America	Second Vice President	8 May 2014	Incumbent	2 years, 213 days
Isabel Saint Malo		Panama	America	Vice President	1 July 2014	Incumbent	2 years, 159 days
Noura al-Ameer		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	4 January 2015	5 March 2016	1 year, 61 days
Inonge Wina		Zambia	Africa	Vice President	26 January 2015	Incumbent	1 year, 316 days
Samia Suluhu		Tanzania	Africa	Vice President	5 November 2015	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days
Gabriela Michetti		Argentina	America	Vice President	10 December 2015	Incumbent	363 days
Samira al-Masalma		Syrian Arab Republic (opposition)	Asia	Vice President of the National Coalition	5 March 2016	Incumbent	277 days
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh		Vietnam	Asia	Vice President	8 April 2016	Incumbent	243 days
Leni Robredo		Philippines	Asia	Vice President	30 June 2016	Incumbent	160 days
Mercedes Aráoz		Peru	America	Second Vice President	28 July 2016	Incumbent	132 days
Malu Dreyer		Germany	Europe	President of the Bundesrat[5]	1 November 2016	Incumbent	36 days
Zahra Ahmadipour		Iran	Asia	Vice President	6 November 2016	Incumbent	31 days
Rosario Murillo		Nicaragua	America	Vice President-elect	10 January 2017	Elect	—
Iliana Iotova		Bulgaria	Europe	Vice President-elect	22 January 2017	Elect	—

References

1. The International year book and statesmen's who's who (33rd ed.). Burke's Peerage. 1985. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-611-00680-6.
2. McDonagh, Eileen (2009). The motherless state: women's political leadership and American democracy. University of Chicago Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-226-51455-0.
3. According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
4. According to 1937 Constitution of Ireland, Chief Justice included in the Presidential Commission which is the collective vice presidency of the Republic of Ireland
5. According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.

See also

• Council of Women World Leaders
• List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
• List of elected or appointed female heads of state
• List of elected or appointed female heads of government
  • List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of government
• List of female speakers of national and territorial lower houses
• List of female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments
• List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses
• List of the first female holders of political offices

External links

• Women Heads of State
• Women Presidents and Women Governors-General (Zárate's Political Collections)
• Council of Women World Leaders
• Female Vice Presidents