Top 10 Female Presidents In The World And Their Countries
Female Presidents In The World And Their Countries: What a man can do a woman can do better, stems from the perceived informal stereotype on some areas of endeavors. There seem to be the existence of a natural law that apportions roles and responsibilities to genders.
In our current dispensation which is the twenty-first century, these unwritten laws holds sway in our polity. The new ideology is that all men are created equal and therefore has equal right to compete favorably like anyone else and be given the same opportunity as would be given to anyone else.
Another important aspect of the early days affected by gender was politics. Be it the general community politics or within a clan or kindred. Women were excluded from participating in the political affairs of the society, they only get information about politics from their men when they return to the house, the women do not contest election or participate in the selection process, it was considered some sort of disrespect to both the men and the gods of the land.
So women are strictly forbidden from taking active roles or part in the political affairs when the men are around, it is the men that handle it.
Notwithstanding the new ideology and sensitization going on, the inclusiveness still tend to prove some sort of difficulty for the gender trying to be incorporated into it. For example, in recent times, woman has been seen to contest political positions. Based on the new trend, the question now would be, how favorable has the inclusiveness afforded the opposite gender?
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Being a woman in politics and or vying for elective position comes with extra hurdle, however, despite the hurdle of trying to participate in a role formally exclusive to a particular gender, a lot of people has shown great dexterity and perseverance and has overtime proven that they can actually achieve. In this article, we will be looking at some of these people that has beaten the odds to take up roles formally believed to be the exclusive of the opposite gender.
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- BARBADOS- SANDRA MASON
- SLOVAKIA- ZUZANA ?APUTOVÁ:
- CHINA- TSAI ING-WEN:
- NEPAL- BIDHYA DEVI BHANDARI:
- HONDURAS- XIOMARA CASTRO:
- GREECE- KATERINA SAKELLAROPOULOU:
- GIORGIA-SALOME ZOURABICHVILI
- ETHIOPIA- SAHLE-WORK ZEWDE
- SINGAPORE- HALIMAH YACOB
- KOSOVO- VJOSA OSMANI
1. BARBADOS- SANDRA MASON:
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason FB GCMG DA QC was elected as the first female president of Barbados from November 30th 2021 when the country rescinded from being a constitutional monarchy to become a republic. She was born on the 17th January 1949.
She was the former governor-general of the country between 2018 and 2021 before becoming the president. She qualified Barbados as one of the few Countries with a female President in the world.
2. SLOVAKIA- ZUZANA ?APUTOVÁ:
At the age of 45, Zuzana ?aputová, MPTP a politician, environmental activist and lawyer became first female president and the youngest to hold the position at such age. Born on the 21st June 1973, she became the fifth President of Slovakia and automatically makes the country one of the countries with a female President in the world.
3. CHINA- TSAI ING-WEN:
Tsai Ing-wen is an academician and politician based in Taiwan. Being a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan and was made incumbent president of the Republic of China since 2016. She was born on the 31st of August 1956.
The country is recognized as being one of the few Countries with a female President in the world.
4. NEPAL- BIDHYA DEVI BHANDARI:
The first female President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari is a Nepalese born politician who was a former minister of Defense and minister of environment and population.
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Born in June 1961. The Nepalese remains one of the well-known Countries with a female President in the world.
5. HONDURAS- XIOMARA CASTRO:
Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento became the first female President of the country from January 2022 after serving as Vice president to her husband Manuel Zelaya.
She was born in September 1959 and has given the country the prestigious appellation of being one of the countries with a female president in the world.
6. GREECE- KATERINA SAKELLAROPOULOU:
Katerina Sakellaropoulou after serving as president of the Council of State was elected as first female President of Greece, assuming the position since 2020.
She had doubled as a Greek Judge before assuming the office of the President. Greece is one of the few Countries with a female President in the modern time.
7. GIORGIA-SALOME ZOURABICHVILI:
Salome Zourabichvili is the 5th President of Giorgia and a former Giorgian diplomat.
Born in 1952, the politician will be in power for six years. She remains one of the prominent female leaders in the world and that has staged the country as one of the countries in the world with a female President.
8. ETHIOPIA- SAHLE-WORK ZEWDE:
The former Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union was born in February 1950, a former diplomat and first female president of Ethiopia who was voted in by a unanimous vote of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly to assume the highest executive position in the country on 25th of October 2018. She is the current Ethiopian President and so making Ethiopia one of the countries with a female president in Africa and the world.
9. SINGAPORE- HALIMAH YACOB:
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The former Lawyer and Singapore based politician assumed office as the 8th Singapore President in 2017. Halimah Yacob who was born on the 23rd August 1954.
She assumed the position as the first female President of Singapore after serving as Speaker in the Country’s Parliament. Singapore is one of the few Countries with a female President in the world.
10. KOSOVO- VJOSA OSMANI:
The Kosovo politician and Jurist assumed office as the 5th President of Kosovo and the first female to assume the position from 2021. KOSOVO- remains one of the few Countries in the world with female President.
