Top 10 Famous Women Leaders in History

Politics is the making of a common decision for a group of people, that is, a uniform decision applying in the same way to all members of the group. You know the Some Women leaders in your country. However Here We are going to discuss about Top 10 Famous Women Leaders in History So Let’s Start

1 Angela Merkel

Angela Market was born in 17 July 1954 at Hamburg, Germany. She is a German politician and former research scientist. She has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005, and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000. She also has been described as the de facto leader of the European Union. She was Considered ninth time the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes on May 2015.

2. Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton was born in 26 October 1947. She is also known as by her Full name Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. She is an American politician. She is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. She was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 and From 2001 to 2009. She served as a United States Senator from New York. she is also named as the second most powerful woman in the world.

3 Park Geun-Hye

Park Geun-hye was born in 2 February 1952. She is the eleventh and current President of South Korea. She is the first woman to be elected as President in South Korea, and is serving the 18th presidential term.

Park Geun-Hye is also the first female head of state in the history of Korea. She was also a member of the Korean National Assembly, and served four complete consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representative between 1998 and 2012. she served as a chairwoman of the famous “Grand National Party”.

4 Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto was born in 21 June 1953 and died in 27 December 2007. Sh was the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms in 1988–90 and then 1993–96. She was the first woman to become democratically elected head of any Muslim nation in the world.

Benazir Bhutto belonged to a Bhutto family which was politically powerful and also the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

5 Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff was born in 14 December 1947. She is also known by her Full name Dilma Vana Rousseff. She is a Brazilian economist and politician currently serving as the 36th President of Brazil. She is the first woman to hold the office.

Dilma Rousseff is basically a former Chief of Staff of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a famous Brazilian politician and economist.

6 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was born in 29 October 1938. She is the 24th and current President of Liberia, in office since 2006. She was jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen.

Before being elected as a president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf held at several financial institutions different senior positions, moreover, from 1979 to 1980. She served as Minister of Finance. She is regarded as the first woman head of Africa.

7 Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi was born in 9 December 1946 at Lusiana, Italy. She is Bisically Italian born and Famous Indian politician, who has served as President of the Indian National Congress party since 1998. She is the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi who belonged to the Nehru–Gandhi family .

Since 2004 She has served as the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha. She join the Politics after the divorced with her Husband.

8 Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck Shinawatra was born in 21 June 1987 in Thailand. She has nick named Pu, She is a Thai businesswoman and politician, a member of the Pheu Thai Party who became the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election.

Yingluck Shinawatra was not only the first woman prime minister of Thailand but also the youngest prime minister of Thailand in over sixty years.

9 Sheikh Hasina Wazed

Sheikh Hasina Wazed was born in 28 September 1947 in Bangladesh. She is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in office since January 2009. She previously served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001, and she has led the Bangladesh Awami League since 1981.

Sheikh Hasina Wazed is considered one of the most powerful women in the world, ranking 47th on Forbes in the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2014.

10 Johanna Sigurdardottir

Jóhanna Sigurdardottir was born in 4 October 1942 in Iceland. She is a former politician and the former Prime Minister of Iceland. She became active in the trade union movement, serving as an officer.

Johanna Sigurdardottir became the 1st openly Lesbian head of government of the world and also first female Prime Minister of Iceland. She listed in 100 most powerful women in the World according to the Forbes.