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Female Prime Minister: A historic moment has come in Japan when the Parliament here elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first woman Prime Minister. The 64-year-old leader of the Liberal Democratic Party secured 237 votes in the Lower House and easily crossed the majority mark in the 465-seat House. Sanae Takaichi will now replace Shigeru Ishiba. Meanwhile, let us know in which countries women have become Prime Ministers and also how many countries of Asia are involved in this.
female prime minister in asia
Let us tell you that in 14 countries in Asia, women have reached the post of Prime Minister or Head of Government. Sri Lanka’s name comes first in this list. Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka not only became the first female Prime Minister of Asia, but also became the first female Prime Minister of the world to lead the government. He served Sri Lanka thrice. 1960–1965, 1970–1977 and 1994–2000.
With this, Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of India in 1966. After this, Benazir Bhutto took over the post of Prime Minister in Pakistan in 1988 and Khaleda Zia in Bangladesh in 1991. After this Sheikh Hasina became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Apart from this, in 1993 Tansu Chillar served as the first and only female Prime Minister of Türkiye. In 1969, Golda Meir became the first female Prime Minister of Israel. Along with this, from 2016 to 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi served as the State Counselor of Myanmar, which is similar to the post of Prime Minister. The names of remaining countries include Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia.
Women Prime Ministers of countries other than Asia
In 2022, Georgia Meloni became the first female Prime Minister of Italy. Apart from these, Mette Frederiks is the second woman to lead Denmark in 2019. With this, in 2021, Kaja Kallas has taken over as the Prime Minister of Estonia. Along with this, Katrin Jacobsdottir served as the female Prime Minister of Iceland and was also the President of the Council of United Nations Women World Leaders. In 2021, Robina Nbabanja took over as Prime Minister, while Evelyn Weaver Croes was the Prime Minister of Aruba from 2017 to 2025. If we talk about Samoa, in 2021 Fiame Naomi Matafa served as the first woman Prime Minister.
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