Council of Women World Leaders
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The Council of Women World Leaders is a network of current and former women prime ministers and presidents established in 1996 by Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland (1980–1996), and Laura Liswood, Secretary General. The Council's mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women. The Council is located in Washington, D.C.
Members[edit]
Current[edit]
- Michelle Bachelet President, Chile, 2006–10, 2014–present
- Joyce Banda President, Malawi, 2012–14
- Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime Minister, Norway, 1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96
- Micheline Calmy-Rey President, Switzerland, 2007, 2011
- Susanne Camelia-Römer Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1993, 1998–99
- Kim Campbell Prime Minister, Canada, 1993
- Violeta B. de Chamorro President, Nicaragua, 1990–96
- Laura Chinchilla Miranda President, Costa Rica, 2010–14
- Tansu Çiller Prime Minister, Turkey, 1993–96
- Helen Clark Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1999–08
- Paula Cox Premier, Bermuda, 2010–12
- Édith Cresson Prime Minister, France, 1991–92
- Luísa Dias Diogo Prime Minister, Mozambique, 2004–10
- Ruth Dreifuss President, Switzerland, 1999
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir President, Iceland, 1980–96
- Julia Gillard Prime Minister, Australia, 2010–13
- Pamela F. Gordon Premier, Bermuda, 1997–98
- Dalia Grybauskaite President, Republic of Lithuania, 2009–present
- Tarja Halonen President, Finland, 2000–12
- Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1996–01 and 2009–present
- Atifete Jahjaga President, Kosovo, 2011–present
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia, 2005–present
- Emily de Jongh-Elhage Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 2006–10
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner President, Argentina, 2007–present
- Mari Kiviniemi Prime Minister, Finland, 2010–11
- Jadranka Kosor Prime Minister, Croatia, 2009–11
- Chandrika Kumaratunga President, Sri Lanka, 1994–05
- Doris Leuthard President, Federal Council of Switzerland, 2010
- Maria Liberia-Peters Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1984–86, 1988–94
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President, Philippines, 2001–10
- Mary McAleese President, Ireland, 1997–11
- Beatriz Merino Prime Minister, Peru, 2003
- Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany, 2005–present
- Mireya Moscoso President, Panama, 1999-04
- Maria das Neves Prime Minister, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2002–04
- Roza Otunbayeva President, Kyrgyzstan, 2010–2011
- Geun-hye Park President, Republic of Korea, 2013–present
- Pratibha Patil President, India, 2007–2012
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago, 2010–2015
- Michèle Pierre-Louis Prime Minister, Haiti, 2008–09
- Kazimira Prunskienė Prime Minister, Lithuania, 1990–91
- Iveta Radičová Prime Minister, Slovakia, 2010–12
- Mary Robinson President, Ireland, 1990–97
- Dilma Rousseff President, Brazil, 2011–present
- Jenny Shipley Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997–99
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Prime Minister, Iceland, 2009–13
- Portia Simpson-Miller Prime Minister, Jamaica 2006–07, 2012–present
- Jennifer Meredith Smith Premier, Bermuda, 1998–03
- Erna Solberg Prime Minister, Norway, 2013–present
- Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister, Poland, 1992–93
- Megawati Sukarnoputri President, Indonesia, 2001–2004
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt Prime Minister of Denmark, 2011–2015
- Yulia Tymoshenko Prime Minister, Ukraine, 2005, 2007–10
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga President, Latvia, 1999–07
- Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf President, Switzerland, 2012
- Khaleda Zia Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1991–96, 2001–06
Deceased[edit]
- Corazon Aquino President, Philippines, 1986–92, d.2009
- Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister, Pakistan, 1988–90, 1993–96, d.2007
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, Sri Lanka 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000, d.2000
- Dame Eugenia Charles Prime Minister, Dominica, 1980–95, d.2005
- Janet Jagan President, Guyana, 1997–99, d.2009
- Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Prime Minister, Portugal, 1979–80, d.2004
- Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister, United Kingdom, 1979–1990, d. 2013
See also[edit]
References[edit]
"Council of Women World Leaders: Members". United Nations Foundation. Retrieved 6 October 2014.