Leading ladies of 2012
- By Duan Yaying
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark
Helle Thorning-Schmidt was elected as the first female prime minister of Denmark in 2011, breaking the grip of center-right parties on this Scandinavian nation and bringing the social democrats back into the government after a decade of opposition.
Her election signified a coalition between the three center-left parties, namely the Social Democratic Party, of which she is chairman, the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party. These three form the minority government that will run this small Nordic country of 5.5 million people over the next four years.
List of incumbent female leaders in world's politics of 2012
|
Name |
Title |
Inauguration Date |
|
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
Nov. 22, 2005 |
|
Yingluck Shinawatra |
Prime Minister of Thailand |
Aug. 5, 2011 |
|
Cristina Kirchner |
President of Argentina |
Dec. 10, 2007 |
|
Dilma Rousseff |
President of Brazil |
Jan. 1, 2011 |
|
Julia Gillard |
Prime Minister of Australia |
Jun. 24, 2010 |
|
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
President of Liberia |
Jan. 16, 2006 |
|
Portia Simpson-Miller, |
Prime Minister of Jamaica |
Jan. 5, 2012 |
|
Johanna Sigurdardottir |
Prime Minister of Iceland |
Feb. 1, 2009 |
|
Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Prime Minister of Denmark |
Oct. 3, 2011 |
|
Sheikh Hasina |
Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
Jan. 6, 2009 |
|
Dalia Grybauskaite |
President of Lithuania |
July 12, 2009 |
|
Laura Chinchilla |
President of Costa Rica |
May 8, 2010 |
|
Joyce Banda |
President of Malawi |
April 7, 2012 |
