Benin

Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

• Foreign minister - Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
  Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
  Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo is a Beninese politician. She was Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 April 2006 to 17 June 2007....
  
   - 2006

Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe
  Gaositwe K.T. Chiepe
  Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe is a former Botswana politician and diplomat with the Botswana Democratic Party.-Education and early life:...
  
   - 1985 
• Chairperson of the House of Chiefs - Mosadi Seboko - 2003

Burundi

Burundi

Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

• Prime Minister - Sylvie Kinigi
  Sylvie Kinigi
  Sylvie Kinigi was Prime Minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, the first and to date only woman to hold the position.-Biography:...
  
   - 1993
• President (acting) - Sylvie Kinigi
  Sylvie Kinigi
  Sylvie Kinigi was Prime Minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, the first and to date only woman to hold the position.-Biography:...
  
   - 1993
• Ambassador of Burundi - Julie Ngiriye - 1993 
• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Antoinette Batumubwira
  Antoinette Batumubwira
  Antoinette Batumubwira is a Burundian politician. She was foreign minister of the country from 2005 to 2009. She is married to former foreign minister Jean-Marie Ngendahayo....
  
   - 2006

Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Fátima Veiga
  Fátima Veiga
  Maria de Fátima da Veiga is a Cape Verdean politician and diplomat. Veiga was the foreign minister from 2002–2004. She was the first female foreign minister in Cape Verde's history....
  
   - 2002
• Defence minister
  Defence minister
  A defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
  
   - Cristina Fontes Lima - 2006

Central African Republic

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

• Prime Minister - Elisabeth Domitien
  Elisabeth Domitien
  Elisabeth Domitien was prime minister of the Central African Republic from 1975 to 1976. She was the first and to date only woman to hold the position....
  
   - 1975

Comoros

Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

• Member of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros
  Assembly of the Union of the Comoros
  The unicameral Assembly of the Union of the Comoros is the country's legislative body.The current Assembly of the Union, formed following elections held on 18 and 25 April 2004, has a total of 33 members. 18 member are directly elected in single member constituencies using the two-round system...
  
   - Djoueria Abdallah
  Djoueria Abdallah
  Djoueria Abdallah is a Comorian politician. A midwife from Mitsamiouli village, she made history in 2004 by becoming the first woman to join the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros. She represented the first constituency of Ngazidja. As of 2007, she was still the only female member of the...
  
   - 2004 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

• Foreign minister - Ekila Liyonda - 1987

Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

• Pharaoh
  Pharaoh
  Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace...
  
   (Head of state) - Sobekneferu
  Sobekneferu
  Sobekneferu was an Egyptian pharaoh of the twelfth dynasty. Her name meant "the beauty of Sobek." She was the daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat III. Manetho states she also was the sister of Amenemhat IV, but this claim is unproven. Sobekneferu had an older sister named Nefruptah who may have been...
  
   - 1806 BC (first known female Head of state in history)
• Sultana
  Sultana (title)
  The term Sultana is an Islamic title reserved for a few Muslim women rulers in history. It is sometimes mistaken for the title of the chief wife of a Sultan.-Overview:The most famous Sultana was Razia Sultana of India....
  
   (Head of state) - Shajar al-Durr - 1250 (first female Head of state in the Arab world
  Arab world
  The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...
  
  )
• Member of Parliament
  Parliament of Egypt
  The Parliament of Egypt is the currently dissolved bicameral legislature of Egypt. The Parliament is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital. As the legislative branch of the Egyptian government, the Parliament enacts laws, approves the general policy of the State, the general plan for economic and...
  
   - Rawya Ateya
  Rawya Ateya
  Rawya Ateya was an Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957.-Early life:Rawya Ateya was born in Giza Governorate on 19 April 1926. She grew up in a politically active family. Her father was the secretary-general of the liberal Wafd Party in Gharbia, and...
  
   - 1957 (first female MP in the Arab world
  Arab world
  The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...
  
  )
• Minister
  Minister (government)
  A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
  
   (for Social Affairs) - Dr. Hikmat Abu Zayd
  Hikmat Abu Zayd
  Hikmat Abu Zayd was an Egyptian politician and academic. She became the first female cabinet minister in Egypt in 1962. Her tenure as Minister of Social Affairs set a precedent. Afterwards, it became common for women to head that ministry...
  
   - 1962
• Ambassador (to Denmark) - Dr. Aisha Rateb - 1979
• Judge
  Judge
  A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
  
   of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
  Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
  The Supreme Constitutional Court is an independent judiciary body in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with its new seat in the Cairo suburb of Maadi....
  
   - Tahany El-Gebaly - 2003 

Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

• Foreign minister - Pascaline Mferri Bongo
  Pascaline Bongo Ondimba
  Pascaline Mferri Bongo Ondimba is a Gabonese politician. Under her father, President Omar Bongo, she was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1994 and Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 1994 to 2009...
  
   - 1991
• President (interim) - Rose Francine Rogombé
  Rose Francine Rogombé
  Rose Francine Rogombé is a Gabonese politician who was Acting President of Gabon from June 2009 to October 2009, following the death of long-time President Omar Bongo. She constitutionally succeeded Bongo due to her role as President of the Senate, a post to which she was elected in February 2009...
  
   - 2009

Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Mahawa Bangoura - 2000

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

• President
  Heads of state of Guinea-Bissau
  -Presidents of Guinea-Bissau :-Affiliations:-Latest election:-See also:*Guinea-Bissau**List of heads of government of Guinea-Bissau...
  
   (acting) - Carmen Pereira
  Carmen Pereira
  Carmen Pereira is a politician in Guinea-Bissau. She served three days as Acting President in 1984, becoming the first woman in this role in Africa and the only one in Guinea-Bissau's history.-Early life:...
  
   - 1984
• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Hilia Barber - 1999 
• Defence minister
  Defence minister
  A defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
  
   - Filomena Mascarenhas Tipote - 2005 

Lesotho

Lesotho

Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

• Monarch (regent) - Queen 'Mamohato
  'MaMohato of Lesotho
  Queen 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso served as the Regent Head of State of Lesotho on three occasions:*From 5 June to 5 December 1970*From 10 March to 12 November 1990...
  
   - 1970

Liberia

Liberia

Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

• Foreign minister - Dorothy Musuleng-Cooper - 1994 
• Chairwoman of the Council of State - Ruth Perry
  Ruth Perry
  Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry was Chairwoman of the Council of State of Liberia from 3 September 1996 until 2 August 1997, following the First Liberian Civil War...
  
   - 1997 
• President pro tempore of the Liberian Senate - Grace B. Minor - 2002 
• President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - 2006 

Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Lila Ratsifandrihamanana
  Lila Ratsifandrihamanana
  Lila Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana is a Malagasy politician and diplomat. Ratsifandrihamanana was the Minister of Scientific Research from 1997 to 1998 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2002...
  
   - 1998
• Defence minister
  Defence minister
  A defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
  
   - Cécile Manorohanta
  Cécile Manorohanta
  Cécile Manorohanta is a Malagasy politician, currently serving in the government of Madagascar as Deputy Prime Minister for the Interior. Previously she was Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2009....
  
   - 2007
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Madagascar
  This page contains a list of the Prime Ministers of Madagascar.-Prime Ministers of Madagascar :-Affiliations:*PSD - Social Democratic Party of Madagascar and the Comoros...
  
   - Cécile Manorohanta
  Cécile Manorohanta
  Cécile Manorohanta is a Malagasy politician, currently serving in the government of Madagascar as Deputy Prime Minister for the Interior. Previously she was Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2009....
  
   - 2009

Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Lilian Patel
  Lilian Patel
  Lilian Patel is a Malawian politician. Patel was foreign minister of her country from 2000-2004. Before that, she served as Minister of Health from 1999 to 2000, and as Minister of Women's and Children's' Affairs, Community Development and Social Welfare from 1996 to 1999.After serving as foreign...
  
   - 2000 
• Interior minister
  Interior minister
  An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
  
   - Anna Kachikho
  Anna Kachikho
  Anna Andrew Namathanga Kachikho is a politician who has held various cabinet positions in the government of Malawi.Anna Kachikho was born on 17 April 1955 in Mkoko village in Phalombe, southern Malawi....
  
   - 2005
• Vice President
  Vice president
  A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
  
   - Joyce Banda
  Joyce Banda
  Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian educator, grassroots gender rights activist turned politician who has been Vice-President of Malawi since May 2009. She is Malawi's first female vice president. She had previous posts as a Member of Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for...
  
   - 2009

Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Sy Kadiatou Sow - 1994
• Prime minister
  Prime minister
  A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
  
   - Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
  Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
  Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé is a Malian politician and the current incumbent prime minister of the country, the first woman to be appointed to the position in Mali's history. She was announced to the position by decree on 3 April 2011, replacing Modibo Sidibé.-Early career:Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé...
  
   - 2011

Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Naha Mint Mouknass - 2009

Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

• Prime Minister - Luisa Diogo
  Luisa Diogo
  Luísa Dias Diogo was Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continued to hold that post until February...
  
   - 2004
• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Alcinda Abreu
  Alcinda Abreu
  Alcinda António de Abreu is a political figure in Mozambique. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008 and is currently Minister of the Environment....
  
   - 2005

Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

• Interior minister
  Interior minister
  An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
  
   - Rosalia Nghidinwa
  Rosalia Nghidinwa
  Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa is a Namibian politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization, Nghidinwa has been a member of the cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Labour from 2000-2005 and Minister of Immigration and Home Affairs since 2005. She has also been a member of the...
  
   - 2005

Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Aïchatou Mindaoudou
  Aïchatou Mindaoudou
  Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane is a Nigerien politician. She served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger from 1999 to 2010, with an interruption from 2000 to 2001...
  
   - 1999

Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

• Finance Minister - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed in July 2011 as Nigeria's “de facto prime minister” and the new Minister of Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Prior to this appointment, she was the Managing Director of World Bank and has also held the position of a Finance Minister and Foreign...
  
   - 2003
• Foreign Minister - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed in July 2011 as Nigeria's “de facto prime minister” and the new Minister of Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Prior to this appointment, she was the Managing Director of World Bank and has also held the position of a Finance Minister and Foreign...
  
  - 2006

Anambra State

Anambra State

Anambra is a state in south-eastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The Capital and the Seat of Government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively. The state's theme is...

• Governor of Anambra State (South East Nigeria) - Virginia Etiaba
  Virginia Etiaba
  Dame Virginia Ngozi Etiaba was the Governor of Anambra State, a state in south-central Nigeria, from November 2006 to February 2007. She is the first female governor in Nigeria's history. Her instatement came as the previous governor, Peter Obi, was impeached by the state legislature for alleged...
  
   - 2006

Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Rwanda
  -List of Prime Ministers of Rwanda:-Affiliations:*Parmehutu - Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement*MRND - National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development...
  
   - Agathe Uwilingiyimana
  Agathe Uwilingiyimana
  Agathe Uwilingiyimana was a Rwandan political figure. She served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 18 July 1993 until her death on 7 April 1994. Her term was ended when she was assassinated during the opening stages of the Rwandan Genocide...
  
   - 1993
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Rosemary Museminali
  Rosemary Museminali
  Rosemary Museminali was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda from 2005 until 2009.- References :...
  
   - 2008
• President of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda - Rose Mukantabana - 2008

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

• Foreign minister - Maria do Nascimento da Graça Amorim - 1978
• Prime Minister - Maria das Neves
  Maria das Neves
  Maria das Neves Ceita Baptista de Sousa is a former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe.She is a member of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party ....
  
   - 2002

Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Senegal
  The Prime Minister of Senegal is the head of government of Senegal. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Senegal, who is directly elected for a five year term. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the Senegalese cabinet, after consultation with the President.This is a list of the...
  
   - Mame Madior Boye
  Mame Madior Boye
  Mame Madior Boye was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2001 to 2002. She was the first and so far only female holder of that position.Boye was born in Saint-Louis...
  
   - 2001 

Seychelles

Seychelles

Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

• Foreign minister
  Minister for Foreign Affairs (Seychelles)
  This page lists Foreign Ministers of Seychelles:* James Richard Mancham* Jacques Hodoul* Guy Sinon* Maxime Ferrari* France-Albert René* Danielle de St. Jorre* Jérémie Bonnelame* Patrick Pillay* James Michel* Jean-Paul Adam...
  
   - Danielle de St. Jorre
  Danielle de St. Jorre
  Danielle Marie-Madeleine Jorre de St Jorre is a former Seychellois politician. She was the foreign minister of Seychelles under President France-Albert René from 1989 until her death in 1997.-References:...
  
   - 1989 

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

• Foreign minister - Shirley Gbujama
  Shirley Gbujama
  Madam Shirley Yema Gbujama is a Sierra Leonean politician who served in a number of cabinet positions, including Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Social Welfare, Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs. She was one of the most respected and...
  
   - 1996

South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
  Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
  Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma is a South African politician and was an anti-apartheid activist. She was South Africa's Minister of Health from 1994 to 1999, under President Nelson Mandela, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 17 June 1999 to 10 May 2009, under Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema...
  
   - 1999
• Deputy President
  Deputy President of South Africa
  The Deputy President of South Africa is the acting President of South Africa when the President is outside the country's borders, unable to fulfill the duties of the office, or when the Presidency is vacant. The Deputy President is also a member of the National Assembly and the Cabinet...
  
   - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
  Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
  Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is a South African politician who was Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 to 2008. She was the first woman to hold the position and was the highest ranking woman in the history of South Africa...
  
   - 2005
• Mayor of Cape Town
  Mayor of Cape Town
  The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that...
  
   - Helen Zille
  Helen Zille
  Helen Zille is the Premier of the Western Cape, a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance political party, and a former Mayor of Cape Town.Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, and famously exposed the truth...
  
   - 2006
• Leader of a Major Party - Helen Zille
  Helen Zille
  Helen Zille is the Premier of the Western Cape, a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance political party, and a former Mayor of Cape Town.Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, and famously exposed the truth...
  
   - 2007
• Premier of Western Cape
  Premier of Western Cape
  The Premier of the Western Cape is the head of government of the Western Cape province of South Africa.For a discussion of the election, role and powers of the Premier, see the article "Premier ".-List of Premiers of the Western Cape:...
  
   - Lynne Brown
  Lynne Brown
  Lynne Brown is the former Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. She was born in Cape Town on 26 September 1961 and grew up in Mitchell's Plain. She was appointed to the post following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008. Previously, she was Minister for Economic...
  
   - 2008

Swaziland

Swaziland

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

• Monarch (regent) - Queen Dzeliwe
  Dzeliwe of Swaziland
  Inkhosikati LaShongwe, , was Queen Regent of Swaziland between 21 September 1982 and 9 August 1983.She was a wife of king Sobhuza II of Swaziland, and with him had one child, Prince Khuzulwandie Dlamini....
  
   - 1982

Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Asha-Rose Migiro
  Asha-Rose Migiro
  Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician. On January 5, 2007, she was named as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was formally appointed and assumed office on February 1. She is married to Cleophas Migiro, and the couple has two daughters...
  
   - 2006

Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

• Foreign minister
  Foreign minister
  A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
  
   - Elizabeth Bagaya
  Princess Elizabeth of Toro
  Princess Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya Akiiki of Toro is the Batebe of the Kingdom of Toro. She is a Ugandan lawyer, politician, diplomat, model and actress. She was the first female East African to be admitted to the English Bar. She is a paternal aunt of the current King of Toro, Oyo Nyimba...
  
   - 1974

See also

• List of women heads of state
• List of women heads of government
• List of the first LGBT holders of political offices