Council of Women World Leaders
The Council of Women World Leaders, created in 1996, is a network of 75 current and former Presidents and Prime Ministers. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government.
Leadership
- Madeleine Albright: Founding Chair of the Ministerial Initiative (1996–2007); Secretary of State of the United States (1997–2001)
- Kathy Calvin: CEO (2009–present); President (2013–present) of the United Nations Foundation
- Kim Campbell: Prime Minister of Canada (1993); Former Council Chair (1999–2003)
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir: President of Iceland (1980–1996); Founding Council Chair (1996–1999)
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović: President of Croatia (2015–present); Council Chair (2019–present)
- Dalia Grybauskaitė: President of Lithuania (2009–2019); Council Chair (2014–2019)
- Tarja Halonen: President of Finland (2000–2012); Former Council Chair (2009–2014)
- Laura Liswood: Secretary General (1996–present)
- Mary Robinson: President of Ireland (1990–1997); Former Council Chair (2003–2009)
- Margot Wallström: Chair of the Ministerial Initiative (2007–present); First Vice President of the European Commission (2004–2010); Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (2014–2019)
Council of Women World Leaders Members
Current Members
- Jacinda Ardern: Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–present)
- Michelle Bachelet: President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018)
- Joyce Banda: President of Malawi (2012–2014)
- Violeta Barrios de Chamorro: President of Nicaragua (1990–1996)
- Ana Brnabić: Prime Minister of Serbia (2017–present)
- Micheline Calmy-Rey: President of Switzerland (2007, 2011)
- Susanne Camelia-Römer: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1993, 1998–1999)
- Kim Campbell: Prime Minister of Canada (1993); Former Council Chair (1999–2003)
- Laura Chinchilla: President of Costa Rica (2010–2014)
- Tansu Çiller: Prime Minister of Turkey (1993–1996)
- Helen Clark: Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008)
- Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca: President of Malta (2014–2019)
- Paula Cox: Premier of Bermuda (2010–2012)
- Édith Cresson: Prime Minister of France (1991–1992)
- Luisa Diogo: Prime Minister of Mozambique (2004–2010)
- Ruth Dreifuss: President of Switzerland (1999)
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: President of Argentina (2007–2015)
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir: President of Iceland (1980–1996); Founding Council Chair (1996–1999)
- Park Geun-hye: President of South Korea (2013–2017)
- Julia Gillard: Prime Minister of Australia (2010–2013)
- Pamela F. Gordon: Premier of Bermuda (1997–1998)
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović: President of Croatia (2015–present)
- Dalia Grybauskaitė: President of Lithuania (2009–2019)
- Ameenah Gurib-Fakim: President of Mauritius (2015–2018)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland: Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996)
- Tarja Halonen: President of Finland (2000–2012); Former Council Chair (2009–2014)
- Sheikh Hasina: Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–present)
- Hilda Heine: President of the Marshall Islands (2016–present)
- Katrín Jakobsdóttir: Prime Minister of Iceland (2018–present)
- Atifete Jahjaga: President of Kosovo (2011–2016)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: President of Liberia (2006–2018)
- Emily de Jongh-Elhage: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (2006–2010)
- Kersti Kaljulaid: President of Estonia (2016–present)
- Begum Khaleda Zia: Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996, 2001–2006)
- Mari Kiviniemi: Prime Minister of Finland (2010–2011)
- Jadranka Kosor: Prime Minister of Croatia (2009–2011)
- Chandrika Kumaratunga: President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)
- Saara Kuugongelwa: Prime Minister of Namibia (2015–present)
- Doris Leuthard: President of Switzerland (2010)
- Maria Liberia Peters: Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1984–1986, 1988–1994)
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: President of the Philippines (2001–2010)
- Theresa May: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–2019)
- Mary McAleese: President of Ireland (1997–2011)
- Beatriz Merino: Prime Minister of Peru (2003)
- Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany (2005–present)
- Mireya Moscoso: President of Panama (1999–2004)
- Maria das Neves: Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (2002–2004)
- Roza Otunbayeva: President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011)
- Pratibha Patil: President of India (2007–2012)
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (2010–2015)
- Michèle Pierre-Louis: Prime Minister of Haiti (2008–2009)
- Kazimira Prunskienė: Prime Minister of Lithuania (1990–1991)
- Iveta Radičová: Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010–2012)
- Mary Robinson: President of Ireland (1990–1997); Former Council Chair (2003–2009)
- Dilma Rousseff: President of Brazil (2011–2016)
- Jenny Shipley: Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997–1999)
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: Prime Minister of Iceland (2009–2013)
- Portia Simpson-Miller: Prime Minister of Jamaica (2006–2007, 2012–2016)
- Jennifer M. Smith: Premier of Bermuda (1998–2003)
- Erna Solberg: Prime Minister of Norway (2013–present)
- Simonetta Sommaruga: President of Switzerland (2015)
- Laimdota Straujuma: Prime Minister of Latvia (2014–2016)
- Hanna Suchocka: Prime Minister of Poland (1992–1993)
- Megawati Sukarnoputri: President of Indonesia (2001–2004)
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt: Prime Minister of Denmark (2011–2015)
- Yulia Tymoshenko: Prime Minister of Ukraine (2005, 2007–2010)
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga: President of Latvia (1999–2007)
- Paula-Mae Weekes: President of Trinidad and Tobago (2018–present)
- Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf: President of Switzerland (2012)
- Sahle-Work Zewde: President of Ethiopia (2018–present)
- Salome Zourabichvili: President of Georgia (2018–present)
Deceased Members
- Benazir Bhutto: Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990,1993-1996)
- Corazon Aquino: President of the Philippines (1986–1992)
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960–1965, 1970–1977, 1994–2000)
- Eugenia Charles: Prime Minister of Dominica (1980–1995)
- Janet Jagan: President of Guyana (1997–1999)
- Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo: Prime Minister of Portugal (1979–1980)
- Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)
See also
- United Nations Foundation
- List of elected and appointed female heads of state
- List of elected or appointed female heads of government
