List of female speakers of national and territorial lower houses

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This list presents female speakers of national and territorial lower houses of their respective countries or territories. The lower house is one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The lower house has more power than the upper house. It usually has the power to impeach the executive in presidential republics or remove the prime minister in semi-presidential republics. Its members are elected by popular votes, compared to the upper house members who are usually appointed.

National[]

  Denotes incumbent speaker
Name Image Country Legislative Body Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Ragnhildur Helgadóttir No image.svg  Iceland Lower House of the Althing 1961 1962 1 year, 0 days
1974 1978 4 years, 0 days
Annemarie Renger Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F039421-0028, Hannover, SPD-Bundesparteitag, Renger.jpg  West Germany Bundestag 13 December 1972 14 December 1976 4 years, 1 day
Elisabeth Blunschy No image.svg   Switzerland National Council 2 May 1977 1977 ?
Nilde Iotti Nilde Iotti.png  Italy Chamber of Deputies 20 June 1979 22 April 1992 12 years, 307 days
Lidia Gueiler Tejada Lidia Gueiler Tejada.png  Bolivia Chamber of Deputies August 1979 November 1979 92 days
Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Sauvé 1984 Ottawa Canada (crop).jpg  Canada House of Commons 14 April 1980 15 January 1984 3 years, 276 days
Hedi Lang Hedi Lang.jpg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 1981 28 November 1982 1 year, 0 days
No image.svg  Barbados House of Assembly 1984 1986 2 years, 0 days
Joan Child No image.svg  Australia House of Representatives 11 February 1986 28 August 1989 3 years, 198 days
Rita Süssmuth Rita-Suessmuth.jpg  Germany Bundestag 25 November 1988 26 October 1998 9 years, 335 days
No image.svg  Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives 13 January 1992 27 November 1995 3 years, 318 days
Betty Boothroyd Official portrait of Baroness Boothroyd crop 2.jpg  United Kingdom House of Commons 27 April 1992 23 October 2000 8 years, 179 days
Gret Haller No image.svg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 1993 28 November 1994 1 year, 0 days
Takako Doi Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg  Japan House of Representatives 6 August 1993 27 September 1996 3 years, 52 days
No image.svg  Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives 1994 29 March 2004 10 years, 88 days
Irene Pivetti Irene Pivetti 3.jpg  Italy Chamber of Deputies 16 April 1994 8 May 1996 2 years, 22 days
Frene Ginwala No image.svg  South Africa National Assembly 9 May 1994 23 April 2004 9 years, 350 days
Judith Stamm No image.svg   Switzerland National Council 1996 1997 1 year, 0 days
Violet Nielson No image.svg  Jamaica House of Representatives 1997 2003 6 years, 0 days
No image.svg  Bahamas House of Assembly 9 April 1997 22 May 2002 5 years, 43 days
Sylvia Flores No image.svg  Belize House of Representatives 1998 2001 3 years, 0 days
Trix Heberlein No image.svg   Switzerland National Council 1998 1999 1 year, 0 days
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven portrait.jpg  Netherlands Tweede Kamer 20 May 1998 16 May 2002 3 years, 361 days
Ntlhoi Motsamai No image.svg  Lesotho National Assembly 1999 2012 13 years, 0 days
10 March 2015 12 June 2017 2 years, 94 days
Rafaela Alburquerque Rafaela Alburquerque 20170412 (cropped).jpg  Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies 16 August 1999 16 August 2003 4 years, 0 days
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez No image.svg  Colombia Chamber of Representatives 20 July 1999 20 July 2000 1 year, 0 days
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Luisa Fernanda Rudi.png  Spain Congress of Deputies 5 April 2000 8 April 2004 4 years, 3 days
No image.svg  Belize House of Representatives 2001 2008 7 years, 0 days
Liliane Maury Pasquier Maury Pasquier Liliane.jpg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 2001 28 November 2002 1 year, 0 days
Adriana Muñoz D'Albora No image.svg  Chile Chamber of Deputies 14 March 2002 18 March 2003 1 year, 4 days
Isabel Allende María Isabel Allende Bussi.jpg  Chile Chamber of Deputies 18 March 2003 16 March 2004 364 days
No image.svg  Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives 29 March 2004 June 2014 10 years, 64 days
Baleka Mbete Baleka Mbete.jpg  South Africa National Assembly 23 April 2004 25 September 2008 4 years, 155 days
21 May 2014 22 May 2019 5 years, 1 day
Zulema Jattin Corrales No image.svg  Colombia Chamber of Representatives 20 July 2004 20 July 2005 1 year, 0 days
Nora Castro No image.svg  Uruguay Chamber of Deputies 1 March 2005 1 March 2006 1 year, 0 days
Thérèse Meyer Thérèse Meyer-Kaelin.jpg   Switzerland National Council 8 March 2005 28 November 2005 265 days
Barbara Prammer Mag.a. Barbara Prammer (14316641697).jpg  Austria National Council 30 October 2006 2 August 2014 7 years, 276 days
Christine Egerszegi Christine Egerszegi-Obrist.jpg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 2006 28 November 2007 1 year, 0 days
Gerdi Verbeet 01.Gerdi Verbeet.jpg  Netherlands Tweede Kamer 6 December 2006 20 September 2012 5 years, 289 days
Nancy Pelosi Official photo of Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019.jpg  United States House of Representatives 4 January 2007 3 January 2011 3 years, 364 days
3 January 2019 Incumbent 3 years, 64 days
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun No image.svg  Saint Lucia House of Assembly 9 January 2007 September 2008 1 year, 236 days
Patricia Etteh No image.svg  Nigeria House of Representatives 6 June 2007 30 October 2007 146 days
Diloram Tashmukhamedova No image.svg  Uzbekistan Legislative Chamber 23 January 2008 12 January 2015 6 years, 354 days
Fahmida Mirza No image.svg  Pakistan National Assembly 19 March 2008 3 June 2013 5 years, 76 days
No image.svg  Saint Lucia House of Assembly September 2008 6 January 2012 3 years, 127 days
Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde No image.svg  South Africa National Assembly 25 September 2008 6 May 2009 223 days
Rose Mukantabana No image.svg  Rwanda Chamber of Deputies 6 October 2008 3 October 2013 4 years, 362 days
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi, NRP.jpg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 2008 28 November 2009 1 year, 0 days
Roberta Anastase Roberta Anastase.jpg  Romania Chamber of Deputies 19 December 2008 3 July 2012 3 years, 197 days
Meira Kumar Meira Kumar.jpg  India Lok Sabha 4 June 2009 4 June 2014 5 years, 0 days
Ivonne Passada Ivonne Passada.jpg  Uruguay Chamber of Deputies 1 March 2010 1 March 2011 1 year, 0 days
Alejandra Sepúlveda Orbenes No image.svg  Chile Chamber of Deputies 11 March 2010 15 March 2011 1 year, 4 days
Miroslava Němcová Nemcova (cropped).jpg  Czechia Chamber of Deputies 1 May 2010 28 August 2013 3 years, 119 days
Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert No image.svg  Jamaica House of Representatives 13 July 2011 12 December 2011 152 days
15 September 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 174 days
Ewa Kopacz Ewa Kopacz - Konwencja PO (cropped).jpg  Poland Sejm 8 November 2011 22 September 2014 2 years, 318 days
No image.svg  Bolivia Chamber of Deputies 24 July 2012 25 January 2015 2 years, 185 days
Anouchka van Miltenburg Anouchka-van-miltenburg-1310465197.jpg  Netherlands Tweede Kamer 25 September 2012 12 December 2015 3 years, 78 days
Anna Burke Anna Burke.jpg  Australia House of Representatives 9 October 2012 12 November 2013 1 year, 34 days
Maya Graf Maya Graf.jpg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 2012 28 November 2013 1 year, 0 days
Laura Boldrini Laura Boldrini crop.jpg  Italy Chamber of Deputies 16 March 2013 22 March 2018 5 years, 6 days
Donatille Mukabalisa Donatila Mukabalisa, December 2017 (5122) (cropped2).jpg  Rwanda Chamber of Deputies 5 October 2013 Incumbent 8 years, 154 days
Bronwyn Bishop Bronwyn Bishop - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (1).jpg  Australia House of Representatives 12 November 2013 2 August 2015 1 year, 263 days
Sumitra Mahajan Sumitra Mahajan in June 2018.jpg  India Lok Sabha 5 June 2014 17 June 2019 5 years, 12 days
Doris Bures Doris Bures Eröffnung Bahnhof Sankt Pölten 2010.jpg  Austria National Council 2 September 2014 9 November 2017 3 years, 68 days
No image.svg  Bolivia Chamber of Deputies 25 January 2015 24 January 2019 3 years, 364 days
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska Wiceprzewodnicząca Klubu PO Małgorzata Kidawa - Błońska (6146775993).jpg  Poland Sejm 25 June 2015 11 November 2015 139 days
Borjana Krišto No image.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives 9 August 2015 8 April 2016 243 days
9 August 2017 8 April 2018 242 days
6 December 2018 5 August 2019 242 days
6 December 2020 5 August 2021 242 days
Bridgid Annisette-George  Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives 23 September 2015 Incumbent 6 years, 166 days
Christa Markwalder Christa Markwalder.jpg   Switzerland National Council 28 November 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 0 days
Khadija Arib Khadija Arib, 2017 (cropped).jpg  Netherlands Tweede Kamer 13 December 2015 7 April 2021 5 years, 115 days
No image.svg  Saint Lucia House of Assembly 12 July 2016 20 March 2018 1 year, 251 days
Ana Pastor Julián HANDSHAKE - BRATISLAVA INFORMAL PARLIAMENTARY SUMMIT 2016-10-07 (30166706905) (cropped).jpg  Spain Congress of Deputies 19 July 2016 21 May 2019 2 years, 306 days
Lucía Medina Lucía Medina.png  Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies 16 August 2016 16 August 2017 1 year, 0 days
Laura Tucker-Longsworth No image.svg  Belize House of Representatives 13 January 2017 6 October 2020 3 years, 267 days
Guadalupe Murguía Gutiérrez No image.svg  Mexico Chamber of Deputies 1 March 2017 7 September 2017 190 days
Elisabeth Köstinger Elisabeth Köstinger (2014).jpg  Austria National Council 9 November 2017 18 December 2017 39 days
Maya Fernández Allende No image.svg  Chile Chamber of Deputies 11 March 2018 19 March 2019 1 year, 8 days
Gülşat Mämmedowa No image.svg  Turkmenistan Assembly[a 1] 30 March 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 343 days
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Arroyo with Xi and Sotto (cropped).jpg  Philippines House of Representatives 23 July 2018 30 June 2019 342 days
Marina Carobbio Guscetti Marina Carobbio Guscetti2013.jpg   Switzerland National Council 26 November 2018 2 December 2019 1 year, 6 days
Fawzia Zainal Fawzia Bint Abdulla Zainal (2021) (cropped).jpg  Bahrain House of Representatives 12 December 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 86 days
Cecilia Bottino No image.svg  Uruguay Chamber of Representatives 1 March 2019 14 February 2020 350 days
Jeannine Mabunda No image.svg  DR Congo National Assembly 24 April 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 318 days
Meritxell Batet (Meritxell Batet) Consejo de Ministros en Barcelona 06 (cropped).jpg  Spain Congress of Deputies 21 May 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 291 days
Thandi Modise Spotkanie premier Beaty Szydło z Thandi Modise (cropped).jpg  South Africa National Assembly 22 May 2019 5 August 2021 2 years, 75 days
Elżbieta Witek Elżbieta Witek Sejm 2015 01.JPG  Poland Sejm 9 August 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 211 days
Puan Maharani Puan Maharani, Menko PMK.jpg  Indonesia People's Representative Council 1 October 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 158 days
Isabelle Moret Isabelle Moret (2019-2020, cropped).jpg   Switzerland National Council 2 December 2019 30 November 2020 364 days
Eliane Tillieux Eliane TILLIEUX, Députée.jpg  Belgium Chamber of Representatives 13 October 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 146 days
Valerie Woods Valerie Woods on 2021 Open Parliament Forum.jpg  Belize House of Representatives 11 December 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 87 days
Vera Bergkamp Vera-Bergkamp (cropped).jpg  Netherlands Tweede Kamer 7 April 2021 Incumbent 335 days
Jennifer Arias No image.png  Colombia Chamber of Representatives 20 July 2021 Incumbent 231 days
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Panetta and Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (cropped).jpg  South Africa National Assembly 19 August 2021 Incumbent 201 days
Patricia Deveaux No image.svg  Bahamas House of Assembly 6 October 2021 Incumbent 153 days
Bärbel Bas Bas, Bärbel-1670.jpg  Germany Bundestag 26 October 2021 Incumbent 133 days
Markéta Pekarová Adamová Marketa Pekarova Adamova Portrait.jpg  Czechia Chamber of Deputies 10 November 2021 Incumbent 118 days
Irène Kälin Irène Kälin (2019).jpg   Switzerland National Council 29 November 2021 Incumbent 99 days
  1. ^ Until the creation of the National Council in 2021, the Assembly of Turkmenistan was the sole legislative chamber in the country.

Territorial[]

Name Image Territory Legislative Body Mandate start Mandate end Term length
María L. Gómez Garriga No image.svg  Puerto Rico House of Representatives 1945 1945 ?
Zaida Cucusa Hernández No image.svg  Puerto Rico House of Representatives 11 January 1993 12 December 1996 3 years, 355 days
Jenniffer González Official portrait of Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez.jpg  Puerto Rico House of Representatives 12 January 2009 1 January 2013 3 years, 355 days

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