List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of state

See also: List of elected and appointed female deputy heads of government

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
27 April 1959 24 February 1972 12 years, 303 days
Maria Paretti  Romania Europe Vice President 1961 1966 5 years, 0 days
Constanța Crăciun  Romania Europe Vice President 1965 1969 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Perón  Argentina South 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 Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Council 27 December 1980 24 November 1985 4 years, 332 days
Mine Guri  Albania Europe Vice President 22 November 1982 1 September 1991 8 years, 283 days
Viola Burnham  Guyana South America Co-Vice President 6 August 1985 9 October 1991 6 years, 64 days
Maria Ghițulică  Romania Europe Vice President 1985 1989 4 years, 0 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1986 8 May 1990 4 years, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Định  Vietnam Asia Vice President 19 April 1987 19 July 1992 5 years, 91 days
Blaga Dimitrova  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 1992 6 July 1993 1 year, 165 days
Nguyễn Thị Bình  Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 October 1992 12 August 2002 9 years, 308 days
Specioza Kazibwe  Uganda Africa Vice President 18 November 1994 21 May 2003 8 years, 184 days
Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía  Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 1994 27 January 1998 4 years, 0 days
Rebeca Grynspan  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1994 8 May 1998 4 years, 0 days
Julia Mena  Nicaragua North America Vice President 2 January 1995 2 January 1997 2 years, 0 days
Rosalía Arteaga  Ecuador South America Vice President 10 August 1996 9 February 1997 183 days
11 February 1997 30 March 1998 1 year, 47 days
Janet Jagan  Guyana South America Prime Minister and First Vice President 6 March 1997 19 December 1997 288 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy  The Gambia Africa Vice President 20 March 1997 18 January 2017 19 years, 304 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar  Iran Asia Vice President 2 August 1997 3 August 2005 8 years, 1 day
10 September 2013 1 September 2021 11 years, 98 days
Gladys Caballero de Arevalo  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 1998 27 January 2002 4 years, 0 days
Astrid Fischel Volio  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito  Costa Rica North 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[3] 2 years, 204 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri  Indonesia Asia Vice President 26 October 1999 23 July 2001[4] 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 North America Vice President 16 August 2000 16 August 2004 4 years, 0 days
Adina Bastidas  Venezuela South 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
Sima Samar  Afghanistan Asia Vice Chairwoman of Interim Administration 22 December 2001 19 June 2002 179 days
Armida Villela de López Contreras  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2002 27 January 2006 4 years, 0 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2002 8 May 2006 4 years, 0 days
Trương Mỹ Hoa  Vietnam Asia Vice President 12 August 2002 25 July 2007 4 years, 347 days
Teima Onorio  Kiribati Oceania Vice President 10 July 2003 12 March 2016 12 years, 246 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar  El Salvador North 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 8 December 2024 18 years, 260 days
Dalia Itzik  Israel Asia Designated Acting President[5] 4 May 2006 30 March 2009 2 years, 330 days
Laura Chinchilla  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2006 8 October 2008 2 years, 153 days
Lourdes Mendoza  Peru South 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 25 July 2007 8 April 2016 8 years, 258 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 North America First Vice President 27 January 2010 27 January 2014 4 years, 0 days
Hannelore Kraft  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[6] 1 November 2010 31 October 2011 1 year, 293 days
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau  Mauritius Africa Vice President 12 November 2010 4 April 2016 5 years, 144 days
Assunção Esteves  Portugal Europe President of Parliament[7] 21 June 2011 22 October 2015 4 years, 123 days
Susan Denham  Ireland Europe Chief Justice[8] 25 July 2011 28 July 2017 6 years, 3 days
Marisol Espinoza  Peru South 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 North America Vice President 14 January 2012 8 May 2015 3 years, 114 days
Han Myeong-sook  South Korea Asia Prime Minister 16 January 2012 12 April 2012 87 days
Margarita Popova  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2012 22 January 2017 5 years, 0 days
Margarita Cedeño  Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2012 16 August 2020[9] 8 years, 0 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 North America Vice President 24 February 2013 10 October 2019 6 years, 228 days
Mercedes López Acea  Cuba North America Vice President 24 February 2013 19 April 2018 5 years, 54 days
Elham Aminzadeh  Iran Asia Vice President 11 August 2013 12 July 2016 2 years, 336 days
Shahindokht Molaverdi  Iran Asia Vice President 8 October 2013 9 August 2017 3 years, 305 days
Ava Rossana Guevara  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Lorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez  Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Ana Helena Chacón  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 2014 8 May 2018 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Saint Malo  Panama North America Vice President 1 July 2014 1 July 2019 5 years, 0 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 24 August 2021 6 years, 210 days
Samia Suluhu Hassan  Tanzania Africa Vice President 5 November 2015 19 March 2021 5 years, 134 days
Gabriela Michetti  Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 4 years, 0 days
Samira al-Masalma Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 5 March 2016 6 May 2017 1 year, 62 days
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh  Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 April 2016 6 April 2021 4 years, 363 days
Leni Robredo  Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 2016 30 June 2022 6 years, 0 days
Mercedes Aráoz  Peru South America Second Vice President 28 July 2016 23 March 2018 1 year, 238 days
First Vice President 23 March 2018 7 May 2020 2 years, 45 days
Malu Dreyer  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[6] 1 November 2016 31 October 2017 364 days
Zahra Ahmadipour  Iran Asia Vice President 6 November 2016 13 August 2017 280 days
Rosario Murillo  Nicaragua North America Vice President 10 January 2017 Incumbent[10] 7 years, 342 days
Iliana Iotova  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 330 days
Mehriban Aliyeva  Azerbaijan Asia Vice President 21 February 2017 Incumbent[11] 7 years, 300 days
Fatoumata Tambajang  The Gambia Africa Vice President 22 February 2017[12] 29 June 2018 1 year, 127 days
Salwa Aksoy Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2017 6 May 2018 1 year, 0 days
Laya Jonaidi  Iran Asia Vice President 9 August 2017 1 September 2021 7 years, 130 days
Lucía Topolansky  Uruguay South America Vice President 13 September 2017 1 March 2020[13] 2 years, 170 days
María Alejandra Vicuña  Ecuador South America Vice President 4 October 2017 4 December 2018 1 year, 61 days
Jewel Taylor  Liberia Africa Vice President 22 January 2018 22 January 2024 6 years, 0 days
Olga Margarita Alvarado Rodríguez  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2018 27 January 2022 4 years, 0 days
María Antonia Rivera  Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 2018 27 January 2022 4 years, 0 days
Elisabetta Casellati  Italy Europe President of the Senate[14] 24 March 2018 12 October 2022 4 years, 202 days
Inés María Chapman Waugh  Cuba North America Vice President 19 April 2018 10 October 2019 1 year, 174 days
Beatriz Johnson Urrutia  Cuba North America Vice President 19 April 2018 10 October 2019 1 year, 174 days
Dima Moussa Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 225 days
Epsy Campbell Barr  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2018 8 May 2022 4 years, 0 days
Alicia Pucheta  Paraguay South America Vice President 9 May 2018 15 August 2018 98 days
Delcy Rodríguez  Venezuela South America Vice President 14 June 2018 Incumbent 6 years, 186 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez  Colombia South America Vice President 7 August 2018 7 August 2022 4 years, 0 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero  Mexico North America Secretary of the Interior 1 December 2018 26 August 2021 2 years, 268 days
Isatou Touray  The Gambia Africa Vice President 15 March 2019 4 May 2022 3 years, 50 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2019 10 December 2023 [15] 4 years, 0 days
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior  South Sudan Africa Fourth Vice President 21 February 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 300 days
Beatriz Argimón  Uruguay South America Vice President 1 March 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 291 days
María Alejandra Muñoz  Ecuador South America Vice President 22 July 2020 24 May 2021 306 days
Raquel Peña de Antuña  Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 123 days
Kamala Harris  United States North America Vice President 20 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 332 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior  Palau Oceania Vice President 21 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 331 days
Pany Yathotou  Laos Asia Vice President 22 March 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 270 days
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân  Vietnam Asia Vice President 6 April 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 255 days
Mariam Chabi Talata  Benin Africa Vice President 24 May 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 207 days
Jessica Alupo  Uganda Africa Vice President 21 June 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 179 days
Dina Boluarte  Peru South America First Vice President 28 July 2021 7 December 2022 1 year, 132 days
Mutale Nalumango  Zambia Africa Vice President 24 August 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 115 days
Ensieh Khazali  Iran Asia Vice President 11 September 2021 08 2 years, 344 days
Doris Gutiérrez  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 325 days
Izkia Siches  Chile South America Minister of the Interior and Public Security 11 March 2022 6 September 2022 179 days
Mary Munive  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 223 days
Sara Duterte  Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 170 days
Francia Márquez  Colombia South America Vice President 7 August 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 132 days
Carolina Tohá  Chile South America Minister of the Interior and Public Security 6 September 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 102 days
Esperança da Costa  Angola Africa Vice President 15 September 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 93 days
Rose Christiane Raponda  Gabon Africa Vice President 9 January 2023 30 August 2023 233 days
Luisa María Alcalde Luján  Mexico North America Secretary of the Interior 19 June 2023 30 September 2024 1 year, 103 days
Manuela Schwesig  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[6] 1 November 2023 31 October 2024 365 days
Verónica Abad Rojas  Ecuador South America Vice President 25 November 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 22 days
Victoria Villarruel  Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 7 days
Karin Herrera  Guatemala North America Vice President 15 January 2024 Incumbent 337 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  Namibia Africa Vice President 4 February 2024 Incumbent 317 days
Hsiao Bi-khim  Taiwan (Republic of China) Asia Vice President 20 May 2024 Incumbent 211 days
Zahra Behrouz Azar  Iran Asia Vice President 10 August 2024 Incumbent 129 days
Shina Ansari 22 August 2024 Incumbent 117 days
Rosa Icela Rodríguez  Mexico North America Secretary of the Interior 1 October 2024 Incumbent 77 days
Anke Rehlinger  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[6] 1 November 2024 Incumbent 46 days
Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang  Ghana Africa Vice President 7 January 2025 Elect −21 days
Carolina Cosse  Uruguay South America Vice President 1 March 2025 Elect −74 days

See also

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. ^ Assumed presidency after the resignation of Joseph Estrada in 2001
  4. ^ Assumed presidency after the removal of her predecessor
  5. ^ An ex officio position held by the Speaker of the Knesset to act for the President of Israel
  6. ^ a b c d According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  7. ^ According to Article 132 of the Portuguese Constitution, the President of Parliament acts for the President of the Republic when the latter is unavailable.
  8. ^ According to 1937 Constitution of Ireland, Chief Justice included in the Presidential Commission which is the collective vice presidency of the Republic of Ireland
  9. ^ Previously served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 2004-2012.
  10. ^ Currently serving as First Lady of Nicaragua since 2007
  11. ^ Currently serving as First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003
  12. ^ Acting until 8 September 2017
  13. ^ Previously served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015
  14. ^ According to Article 86 of the Italian Constitution, the President of the Senate acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  15. ^ Previously served as First Lady of Argentina from 2003-2007 and President of Argentina from 2007-2015.