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Politicians openly identifying themselves as members of the LGBTQ community have served as sub-national leaders.
Name | Portrait | Entity | Country | Office | Political party | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
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Don Dunstan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Premier | Labor Party | 1 June 1967 | 17 April 1968 | 321 days | Bisexual |
2 June 1970 | 15 February 1979 | 8 years, 258 days | |||||||
Jerónimo Saavedra [a] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | President | Socialist Workers' Party | 29 November 1982 | 4 July 1987 | 4 years, 217 days | Gay [1] |
11 July 1991 | 2 April 1993 | 1 year, 265 days | |||||||
Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Independent | 1 January 1998 | 27 July 1999 | 1 year, 207 days | Gay | |
Elio Di Rupo | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Minister-President | Socialist Party | 15 July 1999 | 4 April 2000 | 264 days | Gay [2] |
6 October 2005 | 20 July 2007 | 1 year, 287 days | |||||||
13 September 2019 | 15 July 2024 | 4 years, 306 days | |||||||
Jan Franssen | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | King's Commissioner | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 3 May 2000 | 1 January 2014 | 13 years, 243 days | Gay [3] |
Erling Lae | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Conservative Party | 1 June 2010 | 30 June 2016 | 6 years, 29 days | Gay [4] |
Klaus Wowereit | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governing Mayor | Social Democratic Party | 16 June 2001 | 11 December 2014 | 13 years, 178 days | Gay [5] |
Ole von Beust | | ![]() | ![]() | First Mayor | Christian Democratic Union | 31 October 2001 | 25 August 2010 | 8 years, 298 days | Gay [6] |
Jim McGreevey | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Democratic Party | 15 January 2002 | 15 November 2004 | 2 years, 305 days | Gay |
Nichi Vendola | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | President | Communist Refoundation Party | 4 April 2005 | 1 June 2015 | 10 years, 58 days | Gay [7] |
Clemens Cornielje | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | King's Commissioner | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 31 August 2005 | 6 February 2019 | 13 years, 159 days | Gay [8] |
Bernhard Pulver | ![]() | ![]() | Member of the Executive Council | Green Party | 1 June 2006 | 31 May 2018 | 11 years, 364 days | Gay [9] | |
Lynne Brown | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Premier | African National Congress | 25 July 2008 | 6 May 2009 | 315 days | Lesbian [10] |
Allan Bell | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chief Minister | Independent | 11 October 2011 | 4 October 2016 | 4 years, 359 days | Gay [11] |
Martin Klöti | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Member of the Executive Council | The Liberals | 1 June 2012 | 31 May 2020 | 7 years, 365 days | Gay [12] |
Cian O'Callaghan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Mayor | Labour Party | 22 June 2012 | 15 June 2013 | 358 days | Gay [13] |
Rosario Crocetta | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | President | Democratic Party | 10 November 2012 | 18 November 2017 | 5 years, 8 days | Gay [14] |
Kathleen Wynne | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Premier | Liberal Party | 11 February 2013 | 29 June 2018 | 5 years, 116 days | Lesbian |
Fintan Warfield | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Mayor | Sinn Féin | 6 June 2014 | 25 June 2015 | 1 year, 19 days | Gay [15] |
Andrew Barr | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chief Minister | Labor Party | 11 December 2014 | Incumbent | 10 years, 258 days | Gay |
Kate Brown | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Democratic Party | 18 February 2015 | 9 January 2023 | 7 years, 325 days | Bisexual |
Wade MacLauchlan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Premier | Liberal Party | 23 February 2015 | 9 May 2019 | 4 years, 75 days | Gay |
Niluka Ekanayake | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Independent | 17 March 2016 | 11 April 2018 | 2 years, 25 days | Trans woman | |
| Governor | 12 April 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 263 days | |||||
Arno Brok | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | King's Commissioner | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1 March 2017 | Incumbent | 8 years, 178 days | Gay [16] |
Andy Street | ![]() | West Midlands | ![]() | Mayor | Conservative Party | 8 May 2017 | 5 May 2024 | 6 years, 363 days | Gay [17] |
Thierry Apothéloz | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Member of the Council of State | Social Democratic Party | 1 June 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 86 days | Gay [18] |
Eduardo Leite | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Social Democracy Party | 1 January 2019 | 31 March 2022 | 3 years, 89 days | Gay |
1 January 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 237 days | |||||||
Fátima Bezerra | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Workers' Party | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 237 days | Lesbian |
Jared Polis | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Democratic Party | 8 January 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 230 days | Gay |
Gustavo Melella | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | FORJA Concertation Party | 17 December 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 252 days | Gay |
Claudia López Hernández | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Mayor | Green Alliance | 1 January 2020 | 31 December 2023 | 3 years, 364 days | Lesbian |
Ina Adema | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | King's Commissioner | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 329 days | Lesbian [19] |
Bent Høie | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Conservative Party | 1 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 298 days | Gay [20] |
Emma Murphy | ![]() | ![]() | Mayor | Fianna Fáil | 24 June 2022 | 29 June 2023 | 1 year, 5 days | Lesbian [21] | |
Maura Healey | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Democratic Party | 5 January 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 233 days | Lesbian |
Tina Kotek | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Governor | Democratic Party | 9 January 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 229 days | Lesbian |
Karl Love | ![]() | ![]() | Chair | Independent | 15 May 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 103 days | Gay [22] |
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