List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of government

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed deputy head of government of their respective countries. This list does not include female deputy heads of state of presidential republics.

List

  Denotes incumbent deputy head of government
Name Image Country Continent Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Rosalia Zemlyachka  Soviet Union Europe Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars 8 May 1939 26 August 1943 4 years, 110 days
Wanda Wasilewska Poland People's Republic of Poland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 21 July 1944 31 December 1944 163 days
Ana Pauker  Romania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1949 9 July 1952 3 years, 190 days
Ludmila Jankovcová  Czechoslovakia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1954 1963 9 years, 0 days
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson  Finland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 26 April 1958 29 August 1958 125 days
Grete Wittkowski  East Germany Europe Deputy Prime Minister 9 February 1961 14 July 1967 6 years, 155 days
Wu Guixian  People's Republic of China Asia Vice Premier January 1975 September 1977 2 years, 243 days
Agatha Barbara  Malta Europe Deputy Prime Minister 18 September 1976 12 December 1981 5 years, 85 days
Chen Muhua  People's Republic of China Asia Vice Premier 1978 1982 4 years, 0 days
Cornelia Filipas  Romania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1980 1982 2 years, 0 days
Elena Ceaușescu  Romania Europe Deputy Prime Minister March 1980 22 December 1989 9 years, 296 days
Colette Flesch  Luxembourg Europe Deputy Prime Minister 22 November 1980 20 July 1984 3 years, 241 days
Kim Pok-sin  North Korea Asia Vice Premier 1981 2002 21 years, 0 days
Csehák Judit  Hungary Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1984 1987 3 years, 0 days
Viola Harper Burnham  Guyana America Deputy Prime Minister 6 August 1985 9 October 1991 6 years, 64 days
Aneta Spornic  Romania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1986 1987 1 year, 0 days
Maria Mambo Café  Angola Africa Deputy Prime Minister 1986 1988 2 years, 0 days
Lina Ciobanu  Romania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1987 1989 2 years, 0 days
Aleksandra Pavlovna Biryukova  Soviet Union Europe Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1 October 1988 17 September 1990 1 year, 351 days
Helen Clark  New Zealand Oceania Deputy Prime Minister 8 August 1989 2 November 1990 1 year, 86 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén  Sweden Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 16 February 1990 27 February 1990 11 days
Roza Otunbayeva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 26 February 1992 10 October 1992 227 days
Mimi Jakobsen  Denmark Europe Deputy Prime Minister 21 January 1993 28 January 1994 1 year, 7 days
Marianne Jelved  Denmark Europe Deputy Prime Minister 25 January 1993 27 November 2001 8 years, 306 days
Sheila Copps  Canada America Deputy Prime Minister 4 November 1993 30 April 1996 2 years, 178 days
Mona Sahlin  Sweden Europe Deputy Prime Minister 7 October 1994 16 November 1995 1 year, 40 days
Katarína Tóthová  Slovakia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 13 December 1994 30 October 1998 3 years, 321 days
Ljerka Mintas-Hodak  Croatia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 7 November 1995 27 January 2000 4 years, 81 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén  Sweden Europe Deputy Prime Minister 16 November 1995 21 October 2002 6 years, 339 days
Dilbar Ghulomova  Uzbekistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 21 December 1995 12 December 2003 7 years, 356 days
Larisa Gutnichenko  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 1996 1998 2 years, 0 days
Mira Jangaracheva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 1996 1998 2 years, 0 days
Sheila Copps  Canada America Deputy Prime Minister 19 June 1996 11 July 1997 1 year, 22 days
Tansu Çiller  Turkey Europe Deputy Prime Minister 28 June 1996 30 June 1997 1 year, 2 days
Mary Harney  Ireland Europe Tánaiste 26 June 1997 13 September 2006 9 years, 78 days
Taufa Vakatela  Fiji Oceania Deputy Prime Minister 7 August 1997 19 May 1999 1 year, 285 days
Anne Enger  Norway Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 17 October 1997 8 October 1999 1 year, 356 days
Dosta Dimovska  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1998 2000 2 years, 0 days
Galina Saidova  Uzbekistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 1998 2000 2 years, 0 days
Radmilla Kiprijanova-Radovanovic  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1998 1999 1 year, 0 days
Zlatka Popovska  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1998 1998 ?
Shailaja Acharya    Nepal Asia Deputy Prime Minister 15 April 1998 31 May 1999 1 year, 46 days
Annemarie Jorritsma  Netherlands Europe Deputy Prime Minister 3 August 1998 22 July 2002 3 years, 353 days
Els Borst  Netherlands Europe Deputy Prime Minister 3 August 1998 22 July 2002 3 years, 353 days
Valentina Matviyenko  Russia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 21 September 1998 12 May 1999 233 days
Aitkul Samakova  Kazakhstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 1999 1999 ?
Makbule Çeço  Albania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1999 2001 2 years, 0 days
Rima Khalaf  Jordan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 4 March 1999 19 June 2000 1 year, 107 days
Kuini Speed  Fiji Oceania Deputy Prime Minister 19 May 1999 27 May 2000 1 year, 8 days
Isabelle Durant  Belgium Europe Deputy Prime Minister 12 July 1999 12 July 2003 4 years, 0 days
Laurette Onkelinx  Belgium Europe Deputy Prime Minister 12 July 1999 12 July 2003 4 years, 0 days
Lydie Polfer  Luxembourg Europe Deputy Prime Minister 7 August 1999 31 July 2004 4 years, 359 days
Maja Gojković  Yugoslavia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 12 August 1999 4 November 2000 1 year, 84 days
Nigina Sharapova  Tajikistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2 December 1999 20 December 2004 5 years, 18 days
Lydia Gutu  Moldova Europe Deputy Prime Minister 21 December 1999 19 April 2001 1 year, 119 days
Yulia Tymoshenko  Ukraine Europe Vice Prime Minister 30 December 1999 19 January 2001 1 year, 20 days
Željka Antunović  Croatia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 January 2000 23 December 2003 3 years, 330 days
Susanne Riess-Passer  Austria Europe Vice-Chancellor 4 February 2000 28 February 2003 3 years, 24 days
Valentina Matviyenko  Russia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 19 May 2000 11 March 2003 2 years, 296 days
Dosta Dimovska  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 2001 2002 1 year, 0 days
María Kadlecíkovà  Slovakia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 2001 16 October 2002 1 year, 288 days
Teimumu Kepa  Fiji Oceania Deputy Prime Minister 15 March 2001 5 December 2006 5 years, 265 days
Rita Kieber-Beck  Liechtenstein Europe Deputy Prime Minister 5 April 2001 21 April 2005 4 years, 16 days
Lydia Shuleva  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 July 2001 17 August 2005 4 years, 24 days
Manuela Ferreira Leite  Portugal Europe Minister of State 6 April 2002 17 July 2004 2 years, 102 days
Cynthia Pratt  Bahamas America Deputy Prime Minister 3 May 2002 4 May 2005 3 years, 1 day
Ana Pessoa Pinto  Timor Leste Asia Deputy Prime Minister 20 May 2002 26 June 2006 4 years, 37 days
Margareta Winberg  Sweden Europe Deputy Prime Minister 21 October 2002 31 October 2003 1 year, 10 days
Radmila Šekerinska  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1 November 2002 27 August 2006 3 years, 299 days
Fransisca Pereira Gomes  Guinea-Bissau Africa Deputy Prime Minister 17 November 2002 14 September 2003 301 days
Ermelinda Meksi  Albania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 2003 2003 ?
Angèle Gnonsoa  Côte d'Ivoire Africa Deputy Prime Minister 10 February 2003 7 December 2005 2 years, 300 days
Henriette Diabaté  Côte d'Ivoire Africa Deputy Prime Minister 10 February 2003 7 December 2005 2 years, 300 days
Wu Yi  People's Republic of China Asia Second Vice Premier 15 March 2003 2 June 2007 4 years, 79 days
Marita Ulvskog  Sweden Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 31 October 2003 1 June 2004 214 days
Anne McLellan  Canada America Deputy Prime Minister 12 December 2003 6 February 2006 2 years, 56 days
Jadranka Kosor  Croatia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 23 December 2003 6 July 2009 5 years, 195 days
Byrganym Aitimova  Kazakhstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2004 2004 ?
Khayrinisso Mavlonova  Tajikistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2004 23 November 2013 9 years, 326 days
Svetlana Inamova  Uzbekistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2004 2008 4 years, 0 days
Toktobubu Aytikeeva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2004 2005 1 year, 0 days
Tamar Beruchashvili  Georgia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 17 February 2004 27 December 2004 314 days
María Teresa Fernández de la Vega  Spain Europe First Vice President of the Government 18 April 2004 20 October 2010 6 years, 185 days
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka  Poland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 2 May 2004 31 October 2005 1 year, 121 days
Yeh Chu-lan  Taiwan (Republic of China) Asia Vice Premier 20 May 2004 21 February 2005 277 days
Laila Freivalds  Sweden Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 1 October 2004 1 November 2004 31 days
Libertina Amathila  Namibia Africa Deputy Prime Minister 21 March 2005 21 March 2010 5 years, 0 days
Ishengul Boljurova  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 25 March 2005 15 August 2005 143 days
Cynthia Pratt  Bahamas America Deputy Prime Minister 6 June 2005 4 May 2007 1 year, 332 days
Emel Etem Toshkova  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 17 August 2005 27 July 2009 3 years, 344 days
Zinaida Greceanîi  Moldova Europe First Deputy Prime Minister 10 October 2005 31 March 2008 2 years, 173 days
Freya Van den Bossche  Belgium Europe Deputy Prime Minister 15 October 2005 21 December 2007 2 years, 67 days
Constance Simelane  Swaziland Africa Deputy Prime Minister 2006 23 October 2008 2 years, 296 days
Ishengul Boljurova  Kyrgyzstan Asia Acting Deputy Prime Minister 2006 2006 ?
Zyta Gilowska  Poland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 7 January 2006 24 June 2006 168 days
Georgette Koko  Gabon Africa Deputy Prime Minister 20 January 2006 17 July 2009 3 years, 178 days
Tsai Ing-wen  Taiwan (Republic of China) Asia Vice Premier 25 January 2006 21 May 2008 1 year, 116 days
Lucia Žitňanská  Slovakia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 8 February 2006 4 July 2006 146 days
Maria Tebús  São Tomé and Príncipe Africa Deputy Prime Minister 21 April 2006 14 February 2008 1 year, 299 days
Tzipi Livni  Israel Asia Deputy Prime Minister 4 May 2006 31 March 2009 2 years, 331 days
Ivana Dulić-Marković  Serbia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 20 June 2006 9 November 2006 142 days
Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 August 2006 26 July 2008 1 year, 334 days
Zyta Gilowska  Poland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 22 September 2006 7 September 2007 350 days
Maud Olofsson  Sweden Europe Deputy Prime Minister 6 October 2006 5 October 2010 3 years, 364 days
Gordana Đurović  Montenegro Europe Deputy Prime Minister 10 November 2006 11 June 2009 2 years, 213 days
Wu Yi  People's Republic of China Asia Acting First Vice Premier 2 June 2007 17 March 2008 289 days
Zyta Gilowska  Poland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 10 September 2007 16 November 2007 67 days
Julia Gillard  Australia Oceania Deputy Prime Minister 3 December 2007 24 June 2010 2 years, 203 days
Elmira Ibraimova  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2008 2010 2 years, 0 days
Farida Akbarova  Uzbekistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2008 2011 3 years, 0 days
Honorine Dossou-Naki  Gabon Africa Deputy Prime Minister 2008 17 July 2009 1 year, 197 days
Đurđa Adlešič  Croatia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 12 January 2008 12 October 2010 2 years, 273 days
Joëlle Milquet  Belgium Europe Deputy Prime Minister 20 March 2008 26 April 2010 2 years, 37 days
Laurette Onkelinx  Belgium Europe Deputy Prime Minister 20 March 2008 11 October 2014 6 years, 205 days
Meglena Plugchieva  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 April 2008 29 July 2009 1 year, 96 days
Mary Coughlan  Ireland Europe Tánaiste 7 May 2008 9 March 2011 2 years, 306 days
Lene Espersen  Denmark Europe Deputy Prime Minister 10 September 2008 13 January 2011 2 years, 125 days
Men Sam An  Cambodia Asia Deputy Prime Minister 25 September 2008 Incumbent 8 years, 73 days
Vlasta Parkanová  Czech Republic Europe First Deputy Prime Minister 23 January 2009 8 May 2009 105 days
Thokozani Khuphe  Zimbabwe Africa Deputy Prime Minister 11 February 2009 11 September 2013 4 years, 212 days
Elena Salgado  Spain Europe Second Vice President of the Government 7 April 2009 11 July 2011 2 years, 95 days
Ndéye Khady Diop  Senegal Africa Deputy Prime Minister 30 April 2009 5 April 2012 2 years, 341 days
Viera Petriková  Slovakia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 3 July 2009 8 July 2010 1 year, 5 days
Cécile Manorohanta  Madagascar Africa Deputy Prime Minister 10 October 2009 18 December 2009 69 days
Sujata Koirala    Nepal Asia Deputy Prime Minister 12 October 2009 6 February 2011 1 year, 117 days
Tazhikan Kalimbetova  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 21 October 2009 7 April 2010 168 days
Uktomkhan Abdullaeva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 21 October 2009 7 April 2010 168 days
Cécile Manorohanta  Madagascar Africa Deputy Prime Minister 20 December 2009 2 November 2011 1 year, 317 days
Han Kwang-bok  North Korea Asia Vice Premier 7 June 2010 2012 2 years, 207 days
Kim Rak-hui  North Korea Asia Vice Premier 7 June 2010 2012 2 years, 207 days
Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili  Georgia Asia Deputy Prime Minister 20 November 2010 25 October 2012 1 year, 340 days
Awa Ndiaye  Côte d'Ivoire Africa Deputy Prime Minister 6 December 2010 13 March 2012 1 year, 98 days
Innocence Ntap  Côte d'Ivoire Africa Deputy Prime Minister 6 December 2010 13 March 2012 1 year, 98 days
Uktomkhan Abdullaeva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 17 December 2010 23 September 2011 280 days
Girlyn Miguel  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines America Deputy Prime Minister 19 December 2010 14 December 2015 4 years, 360 days
Penda Diallo  Guinea Africa Deputy Prime Minister 24 December 2010 29 December 2015 5 years, 5 days
Elmira Basitkhanova  Uzbekistan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 2011 Incumbent 5 years, 341 days
Teuta Arifi  Republic of Macedonia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 2011 2013 2 years, 0 days
Edita Tahiri  Kosovo Europe Deputy Prime Minister 23 February 2011 9 December 2014 3 years, 289 days
Mimoza Kusari-Lila  Kosovo Europe Deputy Prime Minister 23 February 2011 2 October 2013 2 years, 221 days
Verica Kalanović  Serbia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 14 March 2011 27 July 2012 1 year, 135 days
Cristina Fontes Lima  Cape Verde Africa Deputy Prime Minister 21 March 2011 22 April 2016 5 years, 32 days
Jutta Urpilainen  Finland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 22 June 2011 6 June 2014 2 years, 349 days
Karolína Peake  Czech Republic Europe Deputy Prime Minister 1 July 2011 10 July 2013 2 years, 9 days
Elena Salgado  Spain Europe First Vice President of the Government 11 July 2011 22 December 2011 164 days
Margrethe Vestager  Denmark Europe Deputy Prime Minister 3 October 2011 2 September 2014 2 years, 334 days
Indira Vardania  Abkhazia Europe First Vice Premier 10 October 2011 3 June 2014 2 years, 236 days
Gulnara Asymbekova  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 14 November 2011 25 March 2014 2 years, 131 days
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría  Spain Europe First Vice President of the Government 22 December 2011 Incumbent 4 years, 351 days
Milanka Opačić  Croatia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 23 December 2011 22 January 2016 4 years, 30 days
Maija Parnas  Transnistria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 January 2012 23 December 2015 3 years, 333 days
Natalia Nikiforova  Transnistria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 January 2012 2012 ?
Natalia Rusanova  Transnistria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 January 2012 2012 ?
Nina Shtanski  Transnistria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 January 2012 14 September 2015 3 years, 233 days
Tatiana Turanskaya  Transnistria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 January 2012 10 July 2013 1 year, 167 days
Raisa Bogatyrova  Ukraine Europe Vice Prime Minister 14 February 2012 23 February 2014 2 years, 9 days
Olga Golodets  Russia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 21 May 2012 Incumbent 4 years, 200 days
Suzana Grubješić  Serbia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 July 2012 2 September 2013 1 year, 37 days
Kamila Talieva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 5 September 2012 25 March 2014 1 year, 201 days
Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan  Somalia Africa Deputy Prime Minister 4 November 2012 17 January 2014 1 year, 74 days
Vesna Pusić  Croatia Europe First Deputy Prime Minister 16 November 2012 22 January 2016 3 years, 67 days
Deyana Kostadinova  Bulgaria Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 13 March 2013 29 May 2013 77 days
Ekaterina Zakharieva  Bulgaria Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 13 March 2013 29 May 2013 77 days
Iliyana Tsanova  Bulgaria Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 13 March 2013 29 May 2013 77 days
Liu Yandong  People's Republic of China Asia Second Vice Premier 16 March 2013 Incumbent 3 years, 266 days
Daniela Bobeva  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 29 May 2013 6 August 2014 1 year, 69 days
Zinaida Zlatanova  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 29 May 2013 6 August 2014 1 year, 69 days
Tatiana Potîng  Moldova Europe Deputy Prime Minister 30 May 2013 18 February 2015 1 year, 263 days
Natalia Gherman  Moldova Europe Deputy Prime Minister 30 May 2013 20 January 2016 2 years, 235 days
Elżbieta Bieńkowska  Poland Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 November 2013 22 September 2014 299 days
Gulshara Abdykhalikova  Kazakhstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 28 November 2013 11 November 2014 348 days
Elmira Sarieva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 25 March 2014 1 May 2015 1 year, 37 days
Aster Mamo  Ethiopia Africa Deputy Prime Minister 8 April 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 243 days
Kori Udovički  Serbia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 April 2014 11 August 2016 2 years, 106 days
Zorana Mihajlović  Serbia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 April 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 224 days
Joan Burton  Ireland Europe Tánaiste 4 July 2014 6 May 2016 1 year, 307 days
Ekaterina Zakharieva  Bulgaria Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 6 August 2014 7 November 2014 93 days
Iliyana Tsanova  Bulgaria Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 6 August 2014 7 November 2014 93 days
Violeta Bulc  Slovenia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 18 September 2014 19 November 2014 62 days
Åsa Romson  Sweden Europe Deputy Prime Minister 3 October 2014 25 May 2016 1 year, 235 days
Margot Wallström  Sweden Europe Acting Deputy Prime Minister 3 October 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 65 days
Meglena Kuneva  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 7 November 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 30 days
Rumyana Bachvarova  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 7 November 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 30 days
Csilla Hegedüs  Romania Europe Deputy Prime Minister 24 November 2014 13 December 2014 19 days
Damira Niyazalieva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 27 December 2014 1 May 2015 125 days
Natalia Kochanova  Belarus Europe Deputy Prime Minister 27 December 2014 Incumbent 1 year, 346 days
Marie-Noëlle Koyara  Central African Republic Africa Minister of State 17 January 2015 2 April 2016 1 year, 76 days
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah  Namibia Africa Deputy Prime Minister 21 March 2015 Incumbent 1 year, 261 days
Gulmira Kudaiberdieva  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 1 May 2015 9 November 2016 1 year, 192 days
Dariga Nazarbayeva  Kazakhstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 11 September 2015 13 September 2016 1 year, 2 days
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa  Samoa Oceania Deputy Prime Minister 21 March 2016 Incumbent 261 days
Lucia Žitňanská  Slovakia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 23 March 2016 Incumbent 259 days
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze  Ukraine Europe Vice Prime Minister 14 April 2016 Incumbent 237 days
Frances Fitzgerald  Ireland Europe Tánaiste 6 May 2016 Incumbent 215 days
Zornitsa Rusinova  Bulgaria Europe Deputy Prime Minister 19 May 2016 Incumbent 202 days
Isabella Lövin  Sweden Europe Deputy Prime Minister 25 May 2016 Incumbent 196 days
Azra Jasavić  Montenegro Europe Deputy Prime Minister 2 June 2016 28 November 2016 179 days
Martina Dalić  Croatia Europe Deputy Prime Minister 19 October 2016 Incumbent 49 days
Cholpon Sultanbekova  Kyrgyzstan Asia Deputy Prime Minister 9 November 2016 Incumbent 28 days

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