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COUNCIL OF WOMEN WORLD LEADERS
The Council of Women World Leaders is a network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers.
The Council currently has 36 Members.
The Council's mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders
globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development. A ministerial initiative that engages sitting and former women ministers and cabinet members is an integral and essential part of the Council structure.The Council and Ministerial Initiative create a global architecture for giving a collective voice to women at the highest levels of government. Their mission is to promote good governance and enhance the experience of democracy globally by increasing the number, effectiveness, and visibility of women world leaders.
http://www.womenworldleaders.org/members
Council of Women World Leaders Members
Listed alphabetically
Corazon Aquino President, The
Philippines, 1986-92
Michelle Bachelet President, Chile,
2006-present
Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime
Minister, Norway, 1981, 1986-89, and 1990-96
Micheline Calmy-Rey President,
Switzerland, 2006-2007
Suzanne Camelia-Romer Prime Minister,
Netherlands Antilles, 1993, 1998-1999
Kim Campbell Prime Minister,
Canada, 1993
Violeta B. de Chamorro President,
Nicaragua, 1990-96
Tansu Çiller Prime Minister,
Turkey, 1993-96
Helen Clark Prime Minister,
New Zealand, 1999-present
Edith Cresson Prime
Minister, France, 1991-92
Luísa Dias
Diogo
Prime Minister,
Mozambique, 2004-present
Ruth Dreifuss President,
Switzerland, 1998-99
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
President, Iceland, 1980-96
Pamela Gordon Premier,
Bermuda, 1997-98
Tarja Halonen President,
Finland, 2000-present
Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1996–2001
Janet Jagan President,
Guyana, 1997-1999
Emily Saїdy de
Jongh-Elhage
Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 2006-present
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia,
2006-present
Chandrika Kumaratunga
President, Sri Lanka, 1994-2005
Maria Liberia-Peters Prime
Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1984-86, 1988-94
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President, The Philippines, 2001-present
Mary McAleese President,
Ireland, 1997–present
Beatriz Merino Prime
Minister, Peru, 2003
Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany,
2005-present
Mireya Moscoso President,
Panama, 1999-2003
Maria Das Neves Prime
Minster, Sao Tome and Principe, 2002-2004
Kazimiera Prunskiene Prime
Minister, Lithuania, 1990-91
Mary Robinson
President, Ireland, 1990-97
Jenny Shipley Prime Minister, New
Zealand, 1997-99
Portia Simpson Miller Prime Minister,
Jamaica 2006-2007
Jennifer Smith Premier,
Bermuda, 1998-2003
Hanna Suchocka Prime
Minister, Poland, 1992-93
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
President, Latvia, 1999-2007
Begum Khaleda Zia Prime
Minister, Bangladesh, 1991-96
In Memoriam:
Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister,
Pakistan, 1988-90, 1993-97, d. 2007
Sirimavo
Bandaranaike Prime
Minister, Sri Lanka 1960-65, 1970-77, 1994-2000, d.2000
Dame Eugenia Charles Prime Minister, Dominica, 1980-95, d.2005
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Prime Minister, Portugal, 1979-80, d.2004
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