List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state

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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.

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 Soong Ching-ling 1937.jpg  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
No image.svg  Romania Europe Vice President 1961 1966 5 years, 0 days
Constanța Crăciun Constanta Crăciun.jpg  Romania Europe Vice President 1965 1969 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Perón Isabel Martinez de Peron.jpg  Argentina South America Vice President 12 October 1973 1 July 1974 262 days
[1][2] No image.svg  Romania Europe Vice President 1980 1985 5 years, 0 days
Anahita Ratebzad No image.svg  Afghanistan Asia Deputy Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Council 27 December 1980 24 November 1985 4 years, 332 days
No image.svg  Albania Europe Vice President 22 November 1982 22 November 1989 7 years, 0 days
Viola Burnham No image.svg  Guyana South America Co-Vice President 6 August 1985 9 October 1991 6 years, 64 days
No image.svg  Romania Europe Vice President 1985 1989 4 years, 0 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco No image.svg  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1986 8 May 1990 4 years, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Định No image.svg  Vietnam Asia Vice President 19 April 1987 19 July 1992 5 years, 91 days
Blaga Dimitrova Blaga Dimitrova Youn.jpg  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 1992 6 July 1993 1 year, 165 days
Nguyễn Thị Bình No image.svg  Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 October 1992 12 August 2002 9 years, 308 days
Specioza Kazibwe Specioza Wandira Kazibwe (cropped).jpg  Uganda Africa Vice President 18 November 1994 21 May 2003 8 years, 184 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 1994 27 January 1998 4 years, 0 days
Rebeca Grynspan Rebeca Grynspan UNDP Port-au-Prince 2010.jpg  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1994 8 May 1998 4 years, 0 days
Julia Mena No image.svg  Nicaragua North America Vice President 2 January 1995 2 January 1997 2 years, 0 days
Rosalía Arteaga DRA. ROSALIA ARTEAGA (25654658468) (cropped).jpg  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 Janet Jagan.png  Guyana South America Prime Minister and First Vice President 6 March 1997 19 December 1997 288 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy Vice President of Gambia visits HSV Swift. (8243542829) (cropped).jpg  The Gambia Africa Vice President 20 March 1997 18 January 2017 19 years, 304 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar Portrait of Masoumeh Ebtekar.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 2 August 1997 3 August 2005 8 years, 1 day
10 September 2013 1 September 2021 8 years, 161 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 1998 27 January 2002 4 years, 0 days
Astrid Fischel Volio Astrid Fischel Volio.png  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito Jueza de la Corte IDH, Elizabeth Odio Benito (39849747524) (cropped).jpg  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Gloria Macapagal Arroyo WEF 2009-crop.jpg  Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 1998 20 January 2001 2 years, 204 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri President Megawati Sukarnoputri - Indonesia.jpg  Indonesia Asia Vice President 26 October 1999 23 July 2001 1 year, 289 days
Annette Lu Annette Lu Portrait.jpg  Taiwan (Republic of China) Asia Vice President 20 May 2000 20 May 2008 8 years, 0 days
Milagros Ortiz Bosch Milagros Ortiz.jpg  Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2000 16 August 2004 4 years, 0 days
Adina Bastidas No image.svg  Venezuela South America Vice President 24 December 2000 13 January 2002 1 year, 20 days
Sandra Pierantozzi Sandra Pierantozzi.jpg  Palau Oceania Vice President 19 January 2001 1 January 2005 3 years, 348 days
Sima Samar Sima Samar of Afghanistan in 2011.jpg  Afghanistan Asia Vice Chairwoman of Interim Administration 22 December 2001 19 June 2002 179 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2002 27 January 2006 4 years, 0 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri Lineth Saborío Chaverri (cropped).png  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2002 8 May 2006 4 years, 0 days
Chang Sang No image.svg  South Korea Asia Acting Prime Minister 11 July 2002 31 July 2002 20 days
Trương Mỹ Hoa No image.svg  Vietnam Asia Vice President 12 August 2002 25 July 2007 4 years, 347 days
Teima Onorio Teima Onorio.jpg  Kiribati Oceania Vice President 10 July 2003 12 March 2016 12 years, 246 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar Ana Vilma ESA.JPG  El Salvador North America Vice President 1 June 2004 1 June 2009 5 years, 0 days
Joice Mujuru Joice Mujuru at Horasis Global Arab Business Meeting 2012 crop.jpg  Zimbabwe Africa Vice President 6 December 2004 8 December 2014 10 years, 2 days
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka 2014.jpg  South Africa Africa Deputy President 22 June 2005 24 September 2008 3 years, 94 days
Fatemeh Javadi No image.svg  Iran Asia Vice President 3 August 2005 5 August 2009 4 years, 2 days
Alice Nzomukunda No image.svg  Burundi Africa Vice President 29 August 2005 5 September 2006 1 year, 7 days
Najah al-Attar No image.svg  Syria Asia Vice President 23 March 2006 Incumbent 15 years, 332 days
Dalia Itzik Dalya Itzik 1.png  Israel Asia Designated Acting President[3] 4 May 2006 30 March 2009 2 years, 330 days
Laura Chinchilla Chinchilla Adelante.jpg  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2006 8 October 2008 2 years, 153 days
Lourdes Mendoza Lourdes Mendoza del Solar 2010.jpg  Peru South America Second Vice President 28 July 2006 28 July 2011 5 years, 0 days
Marina Barampama No image.svg  Burundi Africa Vice President 8 September 2006 8 February 2007 153 days
Nguyễn Thị Doan Nguyễn Thị Doan.jpg  Vietnam Asia Vice President 25 July 2007 8 April 2016 8 years, 258 days
Baleka Mbete Baleka Mbete.jpg  South Africa Africa Deputy President 25 September 2008 9 May 2009 1 year, 107 days
Joyce Banda President of Malawi Joyce Banda (8985928177).jpg  Malawi Africa Vice President 29 May 2009 7 April 2012 2 years, 312 days
Fatemeh Bodaghi No image.svg  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
No image.svg  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
Maryam Mojtahedzadeh Maryam Mojtahed Zadeh.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 8 October 2013 4 years, 17 days
Nasrin Soltankhah Nasrin Soltankhah.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
María Antonieta de Bográn No image.svg  Honduras North America First Vice President 27 January 2010 27 January 2014 4 years, 0 days
Hannelore Kraft Hannelorekraft.jpg  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[4] 1 November 2010 31 October 2011 1 year, 293 days
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau No image.svg  Mauritius Africa Vice President 12 November 2010 4 April 2016 5 years, 144 days
Susan Denham Susan Denham 2014.jpg  Ireland Europe Chief Justice[5] 25 July 2011 28 July 2017 6 years, 3 days
Marisol Espinoza Marisol Espinoza 2.jpg  Peru South America First Vice President 28 July 2011 28 July 2016 5 years, 0 days
Meherzia Labidi Maïza MeherziaLabidiMars2012.jpg  Tunisia Africa First Vice-president of the
Constituent Assembly of Tunisia 		22 November 2011 2 December 2014 3 years, 10 days
Roxana Baldetti Roxana Baldetti 2014 (cropped).jpg  Guatemala North America Vice President 14 January 2012 8 May 2015 3 years, 114 days
Han Myeong-sook Han Myeong Sook 2006.png  South Korea Asia Prime Minister 16 January 2012 12 April 2012 87 days
Margarita Popova Margarita Popova.jpg  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2012 22 January 2017 5 years, 0 days
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández Her Excellency Ms. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Vice-President of the Dominican Republic (8957848699).jpg  Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2012 16 August 2020[6] 8 years, 0 days
Suheir Atassi Suheir al-Atassi (cropped).jpg 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 Gladys María Bejerano Portela.jpg  Cuba North America Vice President 24 February 2013 Incumbent 8 years, 359 days
No image.svg  Cuba North America Vice President 24 February 2013 19 April 2018 5 years, 54 days
Elham Aminzadeh Elham Aminzadeh 01.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 11 August 2013 12 July 2016 2 years, 336 days
Shahindokht Molaverdi Shahindokht Molaverdi 01.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 8 October 2013 9 August 2017 3 years, 305 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Ana Helena Chacón Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría.png  Costa Rica North America Second Vice President 8 May 2014 8 May 2018 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Saint Malo Isabel Saint Malo.jpg  Panama North America Vice President 1 July 2014 1 July 2019 5 years, 0 days
No image.svg Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 4 January 2015 5 March 2016 1 year, 61 days
Inonge Wina Inonge Wina.jpg  Zambia Africa Vice President 26 January 2015 24 August 2021 6 years, 210 days
Samia Suluhu Hassan Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2017.jpg  Tanzania Africa Vice President 5 November 2015 19 March 2021 5 years, 134 days
Gabriela Michetti Gabriela Michetti.jpg  Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 4 years, 0 days
No image.svg 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 Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.jpg  Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 April 2016 6 April 2021 4 years, 363 days
Leni Robredo Leni Robredo Portrait.png  Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 2016 Incumbent 5 years, 233 days
Mercedes Aráoz Mercedes Araoz.jpg  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 WLP RLP 9648 Malu Dreyer.jpg  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[7] 1 November 2016 31 October 2017 364 days
Zahra Ahmadipour Zahra Ahmadipour, November 2016.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 6 November 2016 13 August 2017 280 days
Rosario Murillo CCC CPerez 87 .jpg  Nicaragua North America Vice President 10 January 2017 Incumbent[8] 5 years, 39 days
Iliana Iotova Iliyana Yotova sm.jpg  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2017 Incumbent 5 years, 27 days
Mehriban Aliyeva Mehriban Aliyeva03 (cropped).JPG  Azerbaijan Asia Vice President 21 February 2017 Incumbent[9] 4 years, 362 days
Fatoumata Tambajang Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 – Day 3 (35059631424).jpg  The Gambia Africa Vice President 22 February 2017[10] 29 June 2018 1 year, 127 days
No image.svg Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2017 6 May 2018 1 year, 0 days
Laya Jonaidi Laya Joneydi.jpg  Iran Asia Vice President 9 August 2017 1 September 2021 4 years, 193 days
Lucía Topolansky Lucía Topolansky (cropped).png  Uruguay South America Vice President 13 September 2017 1 March 2020[11] 2 years, 170 days
María Vicuña Maria Alejandra Vicuña asume funciones vicepresidenciales (c) - cropped.jpg  Ecuador South America Vice President 4 October 2017 4 December 2018 1 year, 61 days
Jewel Taylor Jewel Taylor (9061) (cropped).jpg  Liberia Africa Vice President 22 January 2018 Incumbent 4 years, 27 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2018 27 January 2022 4 years, 0 days
No image.svg  Honduras North America Third Vice President 27 January 2018 27 January 2022 4 years, 0 days
Elisabetta Casellati Presidente Alberti Casellati Quirinale (cropped).jpg  Italy Europe President of the Senate[12] 24 March 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 331 days
No image.svg  Cuba North America Vice President 19 April 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 305 days
No image.svg  Cuba North America Vice President 19 April 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 305 days
Dima Moussa No image.svg Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 288 days
Epsy Campbell Barr EpsyCampbell001 (cropped).png  Costa Rica North America First Vice President 8 May 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 286 days
Alicia Pucheta No image.svg  Paraguay South America Vice President 9 May 2018 15 August 2018 98 days
Delcy Rodríguez Delcy Rodriguez June 2016 (27571633682) (cropped).jpg  Venezuela South America Vice President 14 June 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 249 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez Marta Lucia Ramirez.png  Colombia South America Vice President 7 August 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 195 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero Olga Sánchez Cordero - rostro.jpg  Mexico North America Secretary of the Interior 1 December 2018 26 August 2021 2 years, 268 days
Isatou Touray Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 – Day 2 (35489505090) (cropped).jpg  The Gambia Africa Vice President 15 March 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 340 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Cfksenado2021 (cropped).jpg  Argentina South America Vice President 10 December 2019 Incumbent[13] 2 years, 70 days
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior February 10, 2006.jpg  South Sudan Africa Fourth Vice President 21 February 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 362 days
Beatriz Argimón Vicepresidente de Uruguay.jpg  Uruguay South America Vice President 1 March 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 354 days
María Alejandra Muñoz SESIÓN NO. 678 DEL PLENO DE LA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL (VIRTUAL). ECUADOR, 22 DE JULIO DEL 2020 (cropped).jpg  Ecuador South America Vice President 22 July 2020 24 May 2021 306 days
Raquel Peña de Antuña Secretary Pompeo Meets with Dominican President Abinader (50233636508) (cropped).jpg  Dominican Republic North America Vice President 16 August 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 186 days
Kamala Harris Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Portrait (cropped).jpg  United States North America Vice President 20 January 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 29 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior No image.svg  Palau Oceania Vice President 21 January 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 28 days
Pany Yathotou No image.svg  Laos Asia Vice President 22 March 2021 Incumbent 333 days
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân  Vietnam Asia Vice President 6 April 2021 Incumbent 318 days
Mariam Chabi Talata TALATA-01W (cropped).jpg  Benin Africa Vice President 24 May 2021 Incumbent 270 days
Jessica Alupo Jessica Alupo.jpg  Uganda Africa Vice President 21 June 2021 Incumbent 242 days
Dina Boluarte Dina Boluarte (2021).png  Peru South America First Vice President 28 July 2021 Incumbent 205 days
Mutale Nalumango Mutale Nalumango (cropped).jpg  Zambia Africa Vice President 24 August 2021 Incumbent 178 days
Doris Gutiérrez Doris Gutiérrez 2022 (cropped).jpg  Honduras North America Second Vice President 27 January 2022 Incumbent 22 days
Izkia Siches Izkia Siches.jpg  Chile South America Minister of the Interior and Public Security 11 March 2022 −21 days

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

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