Female national leaders worldwide 2025| ��ƽ��

Female heads of government worldwide as of October 2025, by years and months in office

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Release date

October 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

October 1st, 2025

Special properties

Includes only executive heads of government

Supplementary notes

*Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, the executive in the country.

**First term from 2016 to 2020.

***Member of the country's Federal Council and President of the Swiss Confederation for 2025, a one-year rotating position.

****Co-president of Nicaragua together with her husband, Daniel Ortega, who had previously served as president since 2007.

Interim prime minister appointed after nationwide anti-government protests in September 2025.

The list was compiled based on data from World Population Review. Only female heads of state in presidential/semi-presidential republics and heads of government in parliamentary republics or constitutional monarchies are included. Calculations on time in office are made by ��ƽ��.

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On September 12, 2025, Sushila Karki became the first female president of Nepal and the **th female head of government at the time, following large-scale anti-corruption and anti-social media ban protests that forced Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli to resign. As of October 2025, Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, was the longest-serving female head of government in office. In modern history, Angela Merkel of Germany has been the longest-serving female head of government, having held the position from 2005 to 2021. The number of female political leaders worldwide has risen over the past decades, particularly from 2008 to 2010.