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Female leaders of the past and present.
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Maria do Carmo Silveira was Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, a small island off the Western coast of Africa, from 2005 and 2006. Silveira also served as the governor of her nation’s Central ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

Luisa Diogo became the first female Prime Minister of Mozambique in 2004. Having studied economics, she previously worked as the Minister of Planning and Finance, the National Budget Director of ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

Rose Francine Rogombé was both the first female acting President and the first female President of Senate in Gabon. The senator of Lambaréné, became President of the Senate in 2009; shortly ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé became the first female Prime Minister of Mali in 2011. In 2012, following a military coup, Sidibe was removed from her position. Her introduction to national politics ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

Mame Madior Boye, elected in 2001, was the first female Prime Minister of Senegal. She worked under the supervision of President Abdoulaye Wade until 2002. In 2004, she became the African Union’s ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

Ruth Perry took office as the leader of Liberia’s transitional government following the end of a seven year long civil war in September of 1996. Ruth Perry oversaw the completion of the disarmament ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

Sylvie Kinigi was both Prime Minister and acting President for the nation of Burundi in Southeast Africa. She served the public in these positions concurrently, from 1993 to 1994, following an ...

Domain: Politics; History; Category: International politics; African history

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