List of the first women heads of government and state in Muslim-majority countries

This is a chronological list of women to be Head of State or Head of government in majority-Muslim countries, excluding those who held the role in a temporary capacity.

List[]

Portrait	Head of Government or State	Country	Status	In office (first time)
	Elizabeth II	Pakistan	Queen of Pakistan	6 February 1952 – 23 March 1956
	Elizabeth II	Nigeria	Queen of Nigeria	1 October 1960 – 1 October 1963
	Elizabeth II	Sierra Leone	Queen of Sierra Leone	27 April 1961 – 19 April 1971
	Elizabeth II	The Gambia	Queen of the Gambia	18 February 1965 – 24 April 1970
	Benazir Bhutto	Pakistan	Prime Minister of Pakistan	2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990
	Khaleda Zia	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh	20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996
	Tansu Çiller	Turkey	Prime Minister of Turkey	25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996
	Sheikh Hasina	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh	23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
	Mame Madior Boye	Senegal	Prime Minister of Senegal	3 March 2001 – 4 November 2002
	Megawati Sukarnoputri	Indonesia	President of Indonesia	23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004
	Roza Otunbayeva	Kyrgyzstan	President of Kyrgyzstan	7 April 2010 – 1 December 2011
	Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé	Mali	Prime Minister of Mali	3 April 2011 – 22 March 2012
	Atifete Jahjaga	Kosovo	President of Kosovo	7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016
	Aminata Touré	Senegal	Prime Minister of Senegal	3 September 2013 – 8 July 2014
	Vjosa Osmani	Kosovo	President of Kosovo	4 April 2021 – present
	Najla Bouden	Tunisia	Prime Minister of Tunisia	11 October 2021 – present

See also[]

• List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
• Lists of female political office-holders
• Muslim women political leaders
• Society-related timelines