Famous Female leaders of World. In the modern age, women have led governments in more than 70 countries around the world. Some were elected, while others were appointed; some served for short periods of time, while others left a lasting influence.
These women are among the most powerful elected female presidents in history, both in terms of their tenure in office and the impact they had on their countries and the globe at large.
Famous Female leaders of World
Margaret Thatcher – UK
Margaret Thatcher grew up in a flat above her family’s grocery business, went to Oxford, and worked as an industrial chemist before entering politics. She progressed up the Conservative Party’s ranks, eventually becoming its leader in 1975 and, four years later, the country’s first female prime minister and the first female leader of a major Western country. She took a harsh line against communism, earning the nickname “Iron Lady” in the Soviet press after one speech, and steered Britain’s economy in the correct direction, championing free-market policies and weakening labour unions. With her 11-year term in office, Thatcher became the longest-serving British prime minister of the twentieth century, as well as one of the most powerful leaders in the world.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor.
Angela Merkel, who was born and raised in former East Germany. She obtained a degree in chemistry and worked as a research scientist. When she was a member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s cabinet, he would refer to her as “mein Mädchen” on occasion. Merkel climbed to the top of the Christian Democratic Union party in 2000. After five years she became Germany’s first female chancellor. The country’s first East German chancellor, and the country’s youngest chancellor at 51.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf began her career in public service in Liberia. After acquiring degrees from American universities, including a master’s in public administration from Harvard. During Liberia’s protracted civil war, she worked in the banking business. She worked at the United Nations while living in exile in Kenya and the United States. In Liberia’s first presidential election after the war ended in 2005. Sirleaf defeated a slate of male candidates. Garnering approximately 80% of female votes to become Africa’s first democratically elected female. Head of state Sirleaf got a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work on behalf of women’s rights.
