Female Leaders Who Hold Powerful Positions In European Countries
Mette Frederiksen, the Social Democrats' leader since June 2015 and the prime minister of Denmark
In January 2021, Kaja Kallas was appointed as Estonia's first female prime minister
At the age of 34, Sanna Marin, a Social Democrat from Finland, became the youngest prime minister in history in December 2019
Katalin Novak is the President of Hungary and the first woman to assume the primarily ceremonial position
The current prime minister of Lithuania is the economist and politician Ingrida Šimonytė
Being elected at the age of 45, Zuzana aputová is both Slovakia's first female president and is the country's youngest leader ever
Since May 2022, Elisabeth Borne, the French prime minister, is the sole woman to have held the role
Magdalena Andersson, a Social Democrat who was elected prime minister of Sweden in November 2021, is the post's first holder
Politician Ana Brnabi has been Serbia's prime minister since 2017
Salome Zourabichvili was elected as Georgia's first female president on December 16, 2018
The second woman to lead Iceland's government, Katrin Jakobsdóttir is the country's current prime minister
The fifth and current president of Kosovo is the Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
Republic of Moldova has a female Prime Minister, Natalia Gavrilița
Maia Sandu is the President of Republic of Moldova. She formerly held the position of prime minister and is now her country's first female president.
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon has been the Scottish National Party's leader since 2014 and is the country's first minister. Both of these positions have never been held by a woman before.
Current UK Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Liz Truss