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Female leaders of the past and present.
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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

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

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

Mamohato Bereng Seeiso served as Regent Head of State of Lesotho, a landlocked country in South Africa, in many cases in late twentieth century. Some achievments of her include the establishment of ...

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

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is a South African politician and activist. While studying Zoology and Botany at the University of Zululand in the 1970s, she became active in the African National Congress ...

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

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

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

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