Historical Women Leaders / Leaders féminins historiques
(by chronological order / par ordre chronologique)
| Reign / Règne | From / De | Name / Nom | Title / Titre |
| 1501–1498 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Hatshepsut | Queen / Reine |
| 1415–1340 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Tiye | Queen / Reine |
| 1372–1350 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Nefertiti | Queen / Reine |
| 1292–1225 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Nefertari | Queen / Reine |
| 960 B.C. | Sheba / Royaume de Saba | Makeda | Queen / Reine |
| 842–837 B.C. | Israel and Judah / Israël et Judée | Athaliah | Queen / Reine |
| 332 B.C. | Ethiopia / Éthiopie | Candace | Empress / Impératrice |
| 279–270 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Arsinoe II | Queen / Reine (joint ruler / monarchie partagée) |
| 81–80 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Berenice | Queen / Reine |
| 51–30 B.C. | Egypt / Égypte | Cleopatra VII | Queen / Reine |
| 47–42 B.C. | Sri Lanka | Anula | Queen / Reine |
| 35 B.C. | Sri Lanka | Sivali | Queen / Reine |
| c. 26–61 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Boadicea | Queen of the Iceni / Reine des Iceni |
| Late 1st century B.C./ Fin du 1er siècle av. J.C. |
Sudan / Soudan | Amanirenas | Queen of Kush / Reine de Koush |
| 590 | Italy / Italie | Theodelinda | Queen / Reine |
| 593–628 | Japan / Japon | Suiko Tenno | Empress / Impératrice |
| 642–645 | Japan / Japon | Kogyoku | Empress / Impératrice |
| 655–705 | China / Chine | Wu Chao | Empress / Impératrice |
| 686–697 | Japan / Japon | Jito | Empress / Impératrice |
| 703–724 | Japan / Japon | Gemmyo | Empress / Impératrice |
| 749–758 | Japan / Japon | Koken (abdicated) | Empress / Impératrice |
| 764–770 | Japan / Japon | Shotuku-Koken | Empress / Impératrice |
| 797–802 | Roman Empire / Empire romain | Irene | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1055–1056 | Byzantium (Roman Empire / Empire romain) | Theodora | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1109–1126 | Spain / Espagne | Dona Urraca | Queen / Reine |
| 1184–1212 | Georgia / Géorgie | Tamara | Queen / Reine |
| 1197–1200, 1209–1212 | Sri Lanka | Lilavati | Queen / Reine |
| 1202–1208 | Sri Lanka | Kalyanavati | Queen / Reine |
| 1219–1226 | Lesser Armenia / Arménie mineure | Zabel | Queen / Reine |
| 1274–1307 | Spain / Espagne | Juana I | Queen / Reine |
| 1328–1349 | Spain / Espagne | Juana II | Queen / Reine |
| 1343–1381 | Italy / Italie | Joanna I of Naples | Queen / Reine |
| 1377–1402 | Italy / Italie | Maria of Sicily | Queen / Reine |
| 1382–1387 | Hungary / Hongrie | Mary | Queen / Reine |
| 1384–1399 | Poland / Pologne | Hedwige | Queen / Reine |
| 1387–1412 | Denmark / Danemark | Margaret I | Queen / Reine |
| 1387–1412 | Norway / Norvège | Margaret | Queen / Reine |
| 1414–1435 | Italy / Italie | Joanna II of Naples | Queen / Reine |
| 1425–1441 | Spain / Espagne | Dona Blanca | Queen / Reine |
| 1439–1440 | Hungary / Hongrie | Elizabeth | Queen / Reine |
| 1474–1504 | Spain / Espagne | Isabella I | Queen / Reine (joint ruler / monarchie partagée) |
| 1481–1512 | Spain / Espagne | Catalina de Albret | Queen / Reine |
| 1542–1567 | Scotland / Écosse | Mary Stuart | Queen / Reine (executed / exécutée) |
| 1553 (9 days / 9 jours) | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Jane (Lady Jane Grey) | Queen / Reine |
| 1553–1558 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Mary I | Queen / Reine |
| 1558–1603 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Elizabeth I | Queen / Reine |
| 1582-1663 | Angola | Nzingha | Queen / Reine |
| 1588-1589 | Nigeria / Nigéria | Amina of Zaria | Queen / Reine |
| 1632–1654 | Sweden / Suède | Christina | Queen / Reine (abdicated / a abdiqué) |
| 1689–1702 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Mary II | Queen / Reine (joint ruler / monarchie partagée) |
| 1777–1793 | Tonga | Tupoumahe'ofo | Chief / Cheffe |
| 1702–1714 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Anne | Queen / Reine |
| 1718–1720 | Sweden / Suède | Ulrica Eleonora | Queen / Reine (abdicated / a abdiqué) |
| 1725–1727 | Russia / Russie | Catherine I | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1730–1740 | Russia / Russie | Anna Ivanovna | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1731 | Monaco | Louise-Hippolyte | Princess / Princesse |
| 1740–1780 | Hungary / Hongrie | Maria Theresa | Queen / Reine |
| 1741–1762 | Russia / Russie | Elizabeth Petrovna | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1757–1759 | Maldives | Amina Rani Kilagefanu | Sultan / Sultane |
| 1762–1771 | Japan / Japon | Toshi-ko | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1762–1796 | Russia / Russie | Catherine II (The Great / La Grande) | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1777–1816 | Portugal | Maria I | Queen / Reine |
| 1778–1826 | Zululand / Zoulouland | Nandi | Queen / Reine |
| 1815–1816 | Brazil / Brésil | Maria I | Queen / Reine |
| 1825 | Wallis | Toifale | Ruler / Monarque |
| 1826–1828, 1834–1853 | Portugal | Maria II | Queen / Reine |
| 1828–1861 | Madagascar | Ranavalona I | Queen / Reine |
| 1833–1868 | Spain / Espagne | Isabella II | Queen / Reine |
| 1835–1840, 1844–1845 | Cambodia / Cambodge | Ang Mey | Queen / Reine |
| 1837–1901 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Victoria | Queen / Reine |
| 1858–1869 | Wallis | Falakika Seilala Lavelua | Ruler / Monarque |
| 1861–1908 | China / Chine | Tsu-Hsi | Empress Dowager / Impératrice douairière |
| 1863–1868 | Madagascar | Rasoaherina | Queen / Reine |
| 1863–1923 | Ghana | Mother Yaa Asantewa | Queen / Reine |
| 1868– c.1869 | Easter Island / Île de Pâques | Koreto Puakurunga | Paramount Chief / Cheffe primordiale |
| 1868–1883 | Madagascar | Ranavalona II | Queen / Reine |
| c. 1869–c.1888 | Easter Island / Île de Pâques | Carolina | Paramount Chief / Cheffe primordiale |
| 1869–1895 | Wallis | Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki Lavelua | Ruler / Monarque |
| 1871–1872, 1876–1877, 1887–1888 | Brazil / Brésil | Isabel | Empress / Impératrice (regent / régence) |
| 1883–1897 | Madagascar | Ranavalona III | Queen / Reine (deposition) |
| 1890–1948 | Netherlands / Pays-Bas | Wilhelmina | Queen / Reine (abdicated / a abdiqué) |
| 1891–1893 | Hawaii | Liliuokalani | Queen / Reine |
| 1908–1912 | Luxembourg | Marie Anne de Bragance (regent) | Grand Duchess / Grande duchesse |
| 1911–1912 | China / Chine | Longyu | Empress Dowager / Impératrice douairière |
| 1912–1919 | Luxembourg | Marie-Adélaïde | Grand Duchess / Grande duchesse |
| 1916–1930 | Egypt / Égypte | Zauditu | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1916–1930 | Ethiopia / Éthiopie | Zaudita | Empress / Impératrice |
| 1918–1965 | Tonga | Salote Tubou III | Queen / Reine |
| 1919–1964 | Luxembourg | Charlotte | Grand Duchess / Grande duchesse |
| 1941–1960 | Lesotho | Mantsebo Amelia 'Matsaba Sempe | Paramount Chief / Cheffe primordiale |
| 1948–1980 | Netherlands / Pays-Bas | Juliana | Queen / Reine |
| 1952–present | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Elizabeth II | Queen / Reine |
| 1953–1958 | Wallis | Aloisia Lavelua | Ruler / Monarque |
| 1955–1960 | Cambodia / Cambodge | Kossamak | Queen / Reine (joint ruler / monarchie partagée) |
| 1960–1965, 1970–1977, 1994–2000 | Sri Lanka | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1960–1969 | Seminole Nation / Nation séminole | Betty Mae Jumper | Chief / Cheffe |
| 1966–1977, 1980–1984 | India / Inde | Indira Gandhi | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1966–2006 | New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande (Maori community) | Te Ata-i Rangi-Kahu Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero | Queen / Reine |
| 1967–1972 | Grenada / Grenade | Dame Hilda Louisa Bynoe | Governor / Gouverneure |
| 1969–1974 | Israel / Israël | Golda Meir | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1972–present | Denmark / Danemark | Margrethe II | Queen / Reine |
| 1974–1976 | Argentina / Argentine | Isabel Perón | President / Présidente |
| 1974–1976 | Central African Republic / République centrafricaine | Elizabeth Domitien | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1977 | Netherlands / Pays-Bas (Antilles) | Lucinda da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1979 (149 days / 149 jours) | Portugal | Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1979–1980 | Bolivia / Bolivie | Lidia Gueiler | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1979–1990 | Great Britain / Grande-Bretagne | Margaret Thatcher | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1980–1995 | Dominica / Dominique | Mary Eugenia Charles | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1980–1996 | Iceland / Islande | Vigdis Finnbogadóttir | President / Présidente |
| 1980–present | Netherlands / Pays-Bas | Beatrix | Queen / Reine |
| 1981, 1986–1989, 1990–1996 | Norway / Norvège | Gro Harlem Brundtlandt | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1981–1986 | United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | Janet J. McCoy | High Commissioner / Haut Commissaire |
| 1981–1993 | Belize | Dame Minita Gordon | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 1982–1986 | Yugoslavia / Yougoslavie | Milka Planinc | Premier / Premier ministre |
| 1982–1987 | Malta / Malte | Agatha Barbara | President / Présidente |
| 1984–1986, 1988–1993 | Netherlands / Pays-Bas Antilles | Maria Liberia-Peters | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1984–1990 | Canada | Jeanne Sauvé | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 1985–1995 | Cherokee Nation / Nation cherokee | Wilma Mankiller | Chief / Cheffe |
| 1986–1992 | Philippines | Maria Corazon Aquino | President / Présidente |
| 1988–1990, 1993–1996 | Pakistan | Benazir Bhutto | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1990, 1991 | Haiti / Haïti | Ertha Pascal-Trouillot | Provisional President / Présidente provisoire |
| 1990–1991 | Lithuania / Lituanie | Kazimiera Prunskiene | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1990–1995 | Barbados / Barbade | Dame Nita Barrow | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 1990–1996 | New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande | Dame Catherine Tizard | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 1990–1997 | Ireland / Irlande | Mary Robinson | President / Présidente |
| 1990–1997 | Nicaragua | Violeta Barriosde Chamorro | President / Présidente |
| 1991–1992 | France | Edith Cresson | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1991–1996, 2001–2006 | Bangladesh | Khaleda Zia | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1992–1993 | Poland / Pologne | Hanna Suchocka | Premier / Premier ministre |
| 1993 (4 months / 4 mois) | Canada | Kim Campbell | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1993, 1998–1999 | Netherlands / Pays-Bas (Antilles) | Susanne Camelia-Romer | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1993–1994 | Burundi | Sylvie Kinigi | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1993–1994 | Faeroe Islands / Îles Féroé | Marita Petersen | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1993–1994 | Rwanda | Agathe Uwilingiyimana | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1993–1996 | Turkey / Turquie | Tansu Çiller | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1994–2005 | Sri Lanka | Chandrika Kumaratunga | President / Présidente |
| 1995–1996 | Haiti / Haïti | Claudette Werleigh | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1996–2001 | Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina Wajed | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1997 | Guyana / Guyane | Janet Jagan | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1997–1998 | Bermuda / Bermudes | Pamela Gordon | Premier / Premier ministre |
| 1997–1999 | Guyana / Guyane | Janet Jagan | President / Présidente |
| 1997–1999 | New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande | Jenny Shipley | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1997–present | Ireland / Irlande | Mary McAleese | President / Présidente |
| 1997–present | St. Lucia / Ste-Lucie | Dame Pearlette Louisy | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 1998–2003 | Bermuda / Bermudes | Jennifer Smith | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 1999 | Switzerland / Suisse | Ruth Dreifuss | President / Présidente |
| 1999–2004 | Panama | Mireya Moscoso | President / Présidente |
| 1999–2005 | Canada | Adrienne Clarkson | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 1999–present | Latvia / Lettonie | Vaira Vike-Freiberga | President / Présidente |
| 1999–present | New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande | Helen Clark | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2000–present | Finland / Finlande | Tarja Halonen | President / Présidente |
| 2001–2002 | Senegal / Sénégal | Mame Madior Boye | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2001–2004 | Indonesia / Indonésie | Megawati Sukarnoputri | President / Présidente |
| 2001–2005 | Bahamas | Dame Ivy Dumont | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 2001–2006 | New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande | Dame Silvia Cartwright | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 2001–present | Philippines | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | President / Présidente |
| 2002–2004 | São Tomé and Príncipe / Sao Tomé-et-Principe | Maria das Neves | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2003 (2 months / 2 mois) | Finland / Finlande | Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2003 (6 months / 6 mois) | Peru / Pérou | Beatriz Merino | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2003–2004 | Netherlands / Pays-Bas (Antilles) | Mirna Louisa-Godett | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2004–present | New Caledonia / Nouvelle-Calédonie | Marie-Noëlle Thémereau | President / Présidente |
| 2005-present | Ukraine | Yulia Timoshenko | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2005-2010 | Canada | Michaëlle Jean | Governor-general / Gouverneure générale |
| 2005–present | Germany / Allemagne | Angela Merkel | Chancellor / Chancelière |
| 2005–present | São Tomé and Príncipe / Sao Tomé-et-Principe | Maria do Carmo Silveira | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2006–present | Chile / Chili | Michelle Bachelet | President / Présidente |
| 2006–present | Jamaica / Jamaïque | Portia Simpson Miller | Prime Minister / Premier ministre |
| 2006–present | Liberia / Libéria | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President / Présidente |
| 2007–present | Argentina / Argentine | Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner | President / Présidente |
Robert Radford © MMVIII
Mise à jour / Updated : 2010-08-30
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