List of female dependent territory leaders

This is a list of women who had been appointed as leaders of dependent territories. This list also separates between the dependent territory leaders and the autonomous area leaders. Some women were also appointed for the office of head of government in their respective territories. The list will be separated between the head of territory and head of government.

Dependent territories

Denotes incumbent head of territory/government

Italics denotes an acting head of territories and territories that are defunct.

Heads of territory

Name	Image	Territory	Office	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Dame Catherine Tizard		Ross Dependency	Governor-General	13 December 1990	21 March 1996	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Sila María Calderón		Puerto Rico	Governor	2 January 2001	2 January 2005	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Dame Sian Elias		Ross Dependency	Acting Governor-General	22 March 2001	4 April 2001	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Dame Silvia Cartwright		Ross Dependency	Governor-General	4 April 2001	4 August 2006	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Cynthia Astwood		Turks and Caicos Islands	Acting Governor	26 November 2002	16 December 2002	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Deborah Barnes Jones		Montserrat	Governor	10 May 2004	6 July 2007	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Mahala Wynns		Turks and Caicos Islands	Acting Governor	21 June 2005	11 July 2005	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Anne Boquet		French Polynesia	President	10 September 2005	29 June 2008	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Harriet Hall	80px	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Acting Commissioner	2006	2006	?
Kjerstin Ashkolt		Bouvet Island	Administrator	2006	2 October 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
		Peter I Island
		Queen Maud Land
Dancia Penn		British Virgin Islands	Acting Governor	10 April 2006	18 April 2006	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Dame Sian Elias		Ross Dependency	Acting Governor-General	4 August 2006	23 August 2006	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Michèle Alliot-Marie		Clipperton Island	Administrator	19 June 2007	23 June 2009	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Leslie Pallet		Gibraltar	Acting Governor	21 October 2009	26 October 2009	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Marie-Luce Penchard	80px	Clipperton Island	Administrator	6 November 2009	10 May 2012	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Victoria Treadell	80px	Pitcairn Islands	Governor	29 May 2010	25 August 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
V. Inez Archibald		British Virgin Islands	Acting Governor	7 August 2010	20 August 2010	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Sarita Francis		Montserrat	Acting Governor	3 March 2011	8 April 2011	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Dame Sian Elias		Ross Dependency	Acting Governor-General	23 August 2011	31 August 2011	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Lydia Emerencia		Bonaire	Lieutenant Governor	1 March 2012	1 March 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Curaçao	Acting Governor	24 November 2012	4 November 2013	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Christina Scott		Anguilla	Governor	23 July 2013	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Helen Kilpatrick		Cayman Islands	Governor	6 September 2013	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Lucille George-Wout		Curaçao	Governor	4 November 2013	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Alison MacMillan		Gibraltar	Acting Governor	13 November 2013	6 December 2013	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
George Pau-Langevin		Clipperton Island	Administrator	2 April 2014	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Esther Kia'aina		Wake Island	Administrator	11 July 2014	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
V. Inez Archibald		British Virgin Islands	Acting Governor	1 August 2014	15 August 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Cécile Pozzo di Borgo		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Administrator-Superior	7 October 2014	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Elizabeth Carriere		Montserrat	Governor	5 August 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Alison MacMillan		Gibraltar	Acting Governor	28 September 2015	19 January 2016	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Linda Te Puni		Tokelau	Acting Administrator	1 March 2016	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Lisa Phillips		Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Governor	25 April 2016	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).

Heads of government

Name	Image	Territory	Office	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Lucinda E. da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	1977	1977	?
Maria Liberia Peters		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	18 September 1984	1 January 1986	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Stella Sigcau		Transkei	Prime Minister	5 October 1987	30 December 1987	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Maria Liberia Peters		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	17 May 1988	25 November 1993	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Lillian Oh		Christmas Island	President of the Shire	1 July 1992	1995	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Susanne Camelia-Römer		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	25 November 1993	28 December 1993	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Pamela F. Gordon		Bermuda	Premier	27 March 1997	10 November 1998	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Susanne Camelia-Römer		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	14 May 1998	8 November 1999	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Jennifer M. Smith		Bermuda	Premier	10 November 1998	29 July 2003	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Cynthia Astwood		Turks and Caicos Islands	Acting Governor	26 November 2002	16 December 2002	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Mirna Louisa-Godett		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	11 August 2003	3 June 2004	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Marie-Noëlle Thémereau		New Caledonia	President of the Government	10 June 2004	7 August 2007	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Brenda Christian		Pitcairn Islands	Acting Mayor	8 November 2004	15 December 2004	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Jane Rumble		British Antarctic Territory	Administrator	2006	2008	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Emily de Jongh-Elhage		Netherlands Antilles	Prime Minister	26 March 2006	10 October 2010	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Joanne Yeadon		British Indian Ocean Territory	Administrator	2007	2011	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Marthe Ogoundélé-Tessi		Saint Martin	Acting President of the Territorial Council	25 July 2008	8 August 2008	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Sarah Wescot-Williams		Sint Maarten	Prime Minister	10 October 2010	19 December 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Paula Cox	80px	Bermuda	Premier	29 October 2010	18 December 2012	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Juliana O'Connor-Connolly		Cayman Islands	Premier	19 December 2012	29 May 2013	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Aline Hanson		Saint Martin	President of the Territorial Council	2013	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Nivaleta Iloai		Wallis and Futuna	President of the Territorial Assembly	1 April 2013	11 December 2013	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Cynthia Ligeard		New Caledonia	President of the Government	5 June 2014	1 April 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).

Autonomous, insular, etc., regions

Denotes incumbent head of region/government

Italics denotes an acting heads of region/government

Heads of region

Name	Image	Region	Office	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
María Antonia Martínez		Murcia	President	2 May 1993	3 July 1995	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Ann-Kristin Olsen		Svalbard	Governor	1995	1998	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Vibeke Larsen		Faroe Islands	High Commissioner	1995	1 November 2001	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Mo Mowlam		Northern Ireland	Secretary of State	3 May 1997	11 October 1999	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Helen Liddell		Scotland	Secretary of State	25 January 2001	13 June 2003	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Birgit Kleis		Faroe Islands	High Commissioner	1 November 2001	1 August 2005	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Esperanza Aguirre	80px	Madrid	President	17 October 2003	17 September 2012	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Dora Bakoyannis		23x15px Mount Athos	Head of State	15 February 2006	6 October 2009	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Melania Carolina Hotu Hey		Easter Island	Governor	11 March 2006	18 March 2010	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Hill-Marta Solberg	80px	Jan Mayen	Administrator	21 September 2007	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Cheryl Gillan	80px	Wales	Secretary of State	11 May 2010	4 September 2012	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Carmen Cardinali Paoa		Easter Island	Governor	8 September 2010	11 March 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Mikaela Engell		Greenland	High Commissioner	1 April 2011	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
María Dolores de Cospedal	80px	Castile-La Mancha	President	22 June 2011	1 July 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Yolanda Barcina	80px	Navarre	President	23 June 2011	20 July 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda	80px	Aragon	President	13 July 2011	3 July 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Paula Sánchez de León		Valencian Community	Acting President	20 July 2011	28 July 2011	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Theresa Villiers		Northern Ireland	Secretary of State	4 September 2012	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Susana Díaz		Andalusia	President	7 September 2013	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Marta Hotus Tuki		Easter Island	Governor	11 March 2014	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Irina Vlah		Gagauzia	Governor	23 March 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Cristina Cifuentes	80px	Madrid	President	24 June 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Francina Armengol	80px	Balearic Islands	President	30 June 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Uxue Barkos	80px	Navarre	President	20 July 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Kjerstin Askholt		Svalbard	Governor	1 October 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Sonja Stewart		Lord Howe Island	Chairman of the Lord Howe Island Board	March 2016	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).

Heads of government

Name	Image	Region	Office	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Marita Petersen		Faroe Islands	Prime Minister	18 January 1993	15 September 1994	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Anson Chan		Hong Kong	Chief Secretary	29 November 1993	30 June 1997	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Anson Chan		Hong Kong	Chief Secretary for Administration	1 July 1997	30 April 2001	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Florinda Chan		Macau	Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau	20 December 1999	20 December 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Nassimah Dindar		Réunion	President of the General Council	1 April 2004	2 April 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Viveka Eriksson	80px	Åland Islands	Chief Minister	26 November 2007	25 November 2011	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Arlene Foster	80px	Northern Ireland	Acting First Minister	11 January 2010	3 February 2010	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Josette Manin		Martinique	President of the Regional Council	31 March 2011	18 December 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Camilla Gunell	80px	Åland Islands	Chief Minister	25 November 2011	25 November 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Carrie Lam		Hong Kong	Chief Secretary for Administration	1 July 2012	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Aleqa Hammond		Greenland	Prime Minister	5 April 2013	30 September 2014	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
María Isabel Salvador	80px	23x15px Galápagos Islands	Chairman of the Governing Council with Special Regime	August 2013	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Nicola Sturgeon		Scotland	First Minister	19 November 2014	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Sonia Chan		Macau	Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau	20 December 2014	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Josette Borel-Lincertin		Guadeloupe	President of the Departmental Council	2 April 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Nassimah Dindar		Réunion	President of the Departmental Council	2 April 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Arlene Foster	80px	Northern Ireland	Acting First Minister	10 September 2015	20 October 2015	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Katrin Sjögren		Åland Islands	Chief Minister	25 November 2015	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Arlene Foster	80px	Northern Ireland	First Minister	11 January 2016	Incumbent	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).