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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.
Name | Image | Country | Continent | Office | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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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 | 10 years, 217 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 | Incumbent | 18 years, 22 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 | |
Susan Denham | Ireland | Europe | Chief Justice [7] | 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 [8] | 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 | |
Ana Rossana Guevara Pinto | 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 [9] | 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, 95 days | |
Iliana Iotova | Bulgaria | Europe | Vice President | 22 January 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 83 days | |
Mehriban Aliyeva | Azerbaijan | Asia | Vice President | 21 February 2017 | Incumbent [11] | 7 years, 53 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 | 6 years, 249 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 Rosales | 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 | 5 years, 344 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 | 5 years, 305 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, 53 days | |
Beatriz Argimón | Uruguay | South America | Vice President | 1 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 44 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 | 3 years, 242 days | |
Kamala Harris | United States | North America | Vice President | 20 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 85 days | |
Uduch Sengebau Senior | Palau | Oceania | Vice President | 21 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 84 days | |
Pany Yathotou | Laos | Asia | Vice President | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 23 days | |
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | Vietnam | Asia | Vice President | 6 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 8 days | |
Mariam Chabi Talata | Benin | Africa | Vice President | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 326 days | |
Jessica Alupo | Uganda | Africa | Vice President | 21 June 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 298 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 | 2 years, 234 days | |
Ensieh Khazali | Iran | Asia | Vice President | 11 September 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 226 days | |
Doris Gutiérrez | Honduras | North America | Second Vice President | 27 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 78 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 | 1 year, 342 days | |
Sara Duterte | Philippines | Asia | Vice President | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 289 days | |
Francia Márquez | Colombia | South America | Vice President | 7 August 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 251 days | |
Carolina Tohá | Chile | South America | Minister of the Interior and Public Security | 6 September 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 221 days | |
Esperança da Costa | Angola | Africa | Vice President | 15 September 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 212 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 | Incumbent | 300 days | |
Manuela Schwesig | Germany | Europe | President of the Bundesrat [16] | 1 November 2023 | Incumbent | 165 days | |
Verónica Abad Rojas | Ecuador | South America | Vice President | 25 November 2023 | Incumbent | 141 days | |
Victoria Villarruel | Argentina | South America | Vice President | 10 December 2023 | Incumbent | 126 days | |
Karin Herrera | Guatemala | North America | Vice President | 15 January 2024 | Incumbent | 90 days | |
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | Namibia | Africa | Vice President | 4 February 2024 | Incumbent | 70 days | |
Hsiao Bi-khim | Taiwan (Republic of China) | Asia | Vice President | 20 May 2024 | elected | −36 days | |
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