We
know about the achievements of women in various fields but did you know that
they are emerging successful in the fields of politics as well? Here are some
female leaders who have a huge influence on politics.
Angela Merkel
Angela
Merkel is a German politician who became the first female
chancellor-of Germany in 2005. She was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal
of Freedom in 2011 and is given respect from leaders of the world.
Theresa May
Theresa
May is a British politician who became the second woman prime minister of the
United Kingdom in British history in July 2016 after replacing David Cameron as
the leader of the Conservative Party. She announced that she will not lead her
party in the next general election scheduled for 2022.
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde
Christine
Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who is Currently
serving as the Managing Director (MD) and Chairwoman of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). She was named the best Minister of Finance in the Eurozone
in 2009.
Queen Elizabeth II
She
is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms that include
Canada, Australia New Zealand, South Africa, and Ceylon. She is the
longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch as well as the world's
longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state.
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka
Trump is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, author, reality
television personality, and politician and also the daughter of US President
Donald Trump. She serves as an adviser to Donald Trump alongside her husband.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Sheikh
Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who is currently serving as the 10th
Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She is the daughter of Bangladesh's first
President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and has been a political figure for nearly four
decades.
Jacinda Ardern
Jacinda
Ardern is a New Zealand politician and the current Prime Minister of the
country. She recently received a lot of praise on how she handled the situation
after the mosque shootings and how she showed sympathy to the victims.
Carrie Lam
Carrie
Lamis the 4th and current Chief Executive of Hong Kong and the first female to
hold this office. She has also served as the Chief Secretary for
Administration, the most senior rank of principal officials of Hong Kong, from
2012 to 2017.
Erna Solberg
Erna
Solberg is the current Prime Minister of Norway and the Leader of the
Conservative Party. She is also the longest serving Prime Minister of
Norway to represent the Conservative party.
Tsai Ing-Wen
Tsai
Ing-Wen is a Taiwanese politician, legal scholar, and lawyer currently serving
as the President of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. She is the
first unmarried president, the first to have never held an elected executive
post before presidency and the first to be popularly elected without having
previously served as the Mayor of Taipei.
Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola
Sturgeon is a Scottish politician serving as the fifth and current First
Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party and the first
female to hold either of the two positions. She has won the Scottish Politician
of the Year Award in 2008, 2012 and 2014.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is a Croatian politician and diplomat
serving as the 4th and current President of Croatia and is the first female to
hold this office after 1990.She also is the youngest president of the country.
Elvira Nabiullina
Elvira
abiullina is a Russian economist and head of the Central Bank of Russia who
served as Russian President Vladamir Putin's advisor for a year. She was also
named the 72nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2014.
Ana Brnabić
Ana
Brnabić is not only the first female Prime Minis- ter of Serbia but also the
first openly gay person to hold the office. She had previously served as the
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of Serbia and named
the 21st most powerful female political and policy leader by Forbes in
2018.
Michelle Bachelet
Michelle
Bachelet is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to
2010 and again from 2014 to 2018 and the first female President of the country.
She was also nominated as High Commissioner for Human Rights by the United
Nations in 2018.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Sri
Mulyani Indrawati is an Indonesian economist who has been Minister of Finance
of Indonesia since 2016. She was also the Minister of Finance from 2005 to
2010.She was named the 38th most powerful woman in the world in 2014.
Kersti Kaljulaid
Kersti
Kaljulaid is an Estonian politician who is the fifth and current President of
Estonia. She is the first female President of the country ever since its
independence in 1946 and also the youngest President of the country.
Federica Mogherini
Federica
Mogherini is an ltalian politician who is serving as the High Representative of
the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She was also
Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Liyuan Peng
Liyuan
Peng is also known as the Chinese First Lady and is the wife of the General
Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping. She is also a very
popular folk singer and is known all over the world for her fashion sense.
Dalia Grybauskaite
Dalia
Grybauskaite s a Lithuanian politician serving as the fifth and current
President of Lithuania and is the first female to hold the office. In 2014, she
became the first President of Lithuania to be re-elected into office and has
earned the nicknames "lron Lady" and "Steel Magnolia'.
CONCLUSION
These leaders have set an example for females
all over the world, sending a message that women are just as equal, if not more
powerful than men.
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