List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed deputy head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include female deputy heads of government who are not concurrently deputy head of state, such as deputy prime ministers.

See also: List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of government

List of female deputy heads of state
  Denotes incumbent deputy head of state
  • Italics denotes an acting head of state and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.
Name Image Country Continent Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Soong Ching-ling  People's Republic of China Asia Deputy Chairperson 1 October 1949 27 September 1954 4 years, 361 days
Soong Ching-ling  People's Republic of China Asia Deputy Chairperson 27 April 1959 24 February 1972 12 years, 303 days
Maria Paretti  Romania Europe Vice President 1961 1966 5 years, 0 days
Constanţa Crăciun  Romania Europe Vice President 1965 1969 4 years, 0 days
Maria Ciocan[1][2]  Romania Europe Vice President 1980 1985 5 years, 0 days
Anahita Ratebzad  Afghanistan Asia Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council 27 December 1980 24 November 1985 4 years, 332 days
Emine Guri  Albania Europe Vice President 22 November 1982 22 November 1989 7 years, 0 days
Viola Burnham  Guyana America Co-Vice President 6 August 1985 9 October 1991 6 years, 64 days
Maria Ghiţulică  Romania Europe Vice President 1985 1989 4 years, 0 days
Victoria Garrón Orozco  Costa Rica America Second Vice President 8 May 1986 8 May 1990 4 years, 0 days
Nguyễn Thị Bình  Vietnam Asia Vice President 15 February 1987 12 August 2002 15 years, 178 days
Blaga Dimitrova  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 1992 6 July 1993 1 year, 165 days
Specioza Kazibwe  Uganda Africa Vice President 1994 2003 9 years, 0 days
Guadalupe Jerezano Mejía  Honduras America Third Vice President 27 January 1994 27 January 1998 4 years, 0 days
Rebeca Grynspan  Costa Rica America Second Vice President 8 May 1994 8 May 1998 4 years, 0 days
Julia Mena  Nicaragua America Vice President 2 January 1995 2 January 1997 2 years, 0 days
Rosalía Arteaga  Ecuador America Vice President 10 August 1996 9 February 1997 183 days
11 February 1997 30 March 1998 1 year, 47 days
Janet Jagan  Guyana America Prime Minister and First Vice President 6 March 1997 19 December 1997 288 days
Isatou Njie-Saidy  The Gambia Africa Vice President 20 March 1997 18 January 2017 19 years, 304 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar  Iran Asia Vice President 2 August 1997 3 August 2005 8 years, 1 day
Gladys Caballero de Arevalo  Honduras America Second Vice President 27 January 1998 27 January 2002 4 years, 0 days
Astrid Fischel Volio  Costa Rica America First Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito  Costa Rica America Second Vice President 8 May 1998 8 May 2002 4 years, 0 days
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo  Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 1998 20 January 2001 2 years, 204 days
Megawati Sukarnoputri  Indonesia Asia Vice President 26 October 1999 23 July 2001 1 year, 289 days
Annette Lu  Taiwan (Republic of China) Asia Vice President 20 May 2000 20 May 2008 8 years, 0 days
Milagros Ortiz Bosch  Dominican Republic America Vice President 16 August 2000 16 August 2004 4 years, 0 days
Adina Bastidas  Venezuela America Vice President 24 December 2000 13 January 2002 1 year, 20 days
Sandra Pierantozzi  Palau Oceania Vice President 19 January 2001 1 January 2005 3 years, 348 days
Armida Villela de López Contreras  Honduras America Second Vice President 27 January 2002 27 January 2006 4 years, 0 days
Lineth Saborío Chaverri  Costa Rica America First Vice President 8 May 2002 8 May 2006 4 years, 0 days
Trương Mỹ Hoa  Vietnam Asia Vice President 12 August 2002 25 July 2007 4 years, 347 days
Teima Onorio  Kiribati Oceania Vice President 10 July 2003 12 March 2016 12 years, 246 days
Ana Vilma de Escobar  El Salvador America Vice President 1 June 2004 1 June 2009 5 years, 0 days
Joice Mujuru  Zimbabwe Africa Vice President 6 December 2004 8 December 2014 10 years, 2 days
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka  South Africa Africa Deputy President 22 June 2005 24 September 2008 3 years, 94 days
Fatemeh Javadi  Iran Asia Vice President 3 August 2005 5 August 2009 4 years, 2 days
Alice Nzomukunda  Burundi Africa Vice President 29 August 2005 5 September 2006 1 year, 7 days
Najah al-Attar  Syria Asia Vice President 23 March 2006 Incumbent 14 years, 322 days
Dalia Itzik  Israel Asia Designated Acting President[3] 4 May 2006 30 March 2009 2 years, 330 days
Laura Chinchilla  Costa Rica America First Vice President 8 May 2006 8 October 2008 2 years, 153 days
Lourdes Mendoza  Peru America Second Vice President 28 July 2006 28 July 2011 5 years, 0 days
Marina Barampama  Burundi Africa Vice President 8 September 2006 8 February 2007 153 days
Dalia Itzik  Israel Asia Interim President[4] 1 July 2007 15 July 2007 14 days
Nguyễn Thị Doan  Vietnam Asia Vice President 25 July 2007 8 April 2016 8 years, 258 days
Baleka Mbete  South Africa Africa Deputy President 25 September 2008 9 May 2009 1 year, 107 days
Joyce Banda  Malawi Africa Vice President 29 May 2009 7 April 2012 2 years, 312 days
Fatemeh Bodaghi  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
Farahnaz Torkestani  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
Maryam Mojtahedzadeh  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 8 October 2013 4 years, 17 days
Nasrin Soltankhah  Iran Asia Vice President 21 September 2009 10 September 2013 3 years, 354 days
María Antonieta de Bográn  Honduras America First Vice President 27 January 2010 27 January 2014 4 years, 0 days
Hannelore Kraft  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[5] 1 November 2010 31 October 2011 1 year, 293 days
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau  Mauritius Africa Vice President 12 November 2010 4 April 2016 5 years, 144 days
Susan Denham  Ireland Europe Chief Justice[6] 25 July 2011 28 July 2017 6 years, 3 days
Marisol Espinoza  Peru America First Vice President 28 July 2011 28 July 2016 5 years, 0 days
Meherzia Labidi Maïza  Tunisia Africa First Vice-president of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia 22 November 2011 2 December 2014 3 years, 10 days
Roxana Baldetti  Guatemala America Vice President 14 January 2012 8 May 2015 3 years, 114 days
Margarita Popova  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2012 22 January 2017 5 years, 0 days
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández  Dominican Republic America Vice President 16 August 2012 16 August 2020 8 years, 0 days
Suheir Atassi Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 12 November 2012 4 January 2015 2 years, 53 days
Gladys María Bejerano Portela  Cuba America Vice President 24 February 2013 Incumbent 7 years, 350 days
Mercedes López Acea  Cuba America Vice President 24 February 2013 19 April 2018 5 years, 54 days
Elham Aminzadeh  Iran Asia Vice President 11 August 2013 12 July 2016 2 years, 336 days
Masoumeh Ebtekar  Iran Asia Vice President 10 September 2013 Incumbent 7 years, 151 days
Shahindokht Molaverdi  Iran Asia Vice President 8 October 2013 9 August 2017 3 years, 305 days
Ana Rossana Guevara Pinto  Honduras America Second Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Lorena Enriqueta Herrera Estevez  Honduras America Third Vice President 27 January 2014 27 January 2018 4 years, 0 days
Ana Helena Chacón  Costa Rica America Second Vice President 8 May 2014 8 May 2018 4 years, 0 days
Isabel Saint Malo  Panama America Vice President 1 July 2014 1 July 2019 5 years, 0 days
Noura al-Ameer Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 4 January 2015 5 March 2016 1 year, 61 days
Inonge Wina  Zambia Africa Vice President 26 January 2015 Incumbent 6 years, 13 days
Samia Suluhu  Tanzania Africa Vice President 5 November 2015 Incumbent 5 years, 95 days
Gabriela Michetti  Argentina America Vice President 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 4 years, 0 days
Samira al-Masalma Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 5 March 2016 6 May 2017 1 year, 62 days
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh  Vietnam Asia Vice President 8 April 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 306 days
Leni Robredo  Philippines Asia Vice President 30 June 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 223 days
Mercedes Aráoz  Peru America Second Vice President 28 July 2016 23 March 2018 1 year, 238 days
Malu Dreyer  Germany Europe President of the Bundesrat[7] 1 November 2016 31 October 2017 364 days
Zahra Ahmadipour  Iran Asia Vice President 6 November 2016 13 August 2017 280 days
Rosario Murillo  Nicaragua America Vice President 10 January 2017 Incumbent[8] 4 years, 29 days
Iliana Iotova  Bulgaria Europe Vice President 22 January 2017 Incumbent 4 years, 17 days
Mehriban Aliyeva  Azerbaijan Asia Vice President 21 February 2017 Incumbent[9] 3 years, 353 days
Fatoumata Tambajang  The Gambia Africa Vice President 22 February 2017[10] 29 June 2018 1 year, 127 days
Salwa Aksoy Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2017 6 May 2018 1 year, 0 days
Laya Jonaidi  Iran Asia Vice President 9 August 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 183 days
Lucía Topolansky  Uruguay America Vice President 13 September 2017 1 March 2020[11] 2 years, 170 days
María Vicuña  Ecuador America Vice President 4 October 2017 4 December 2018 1 year, 61 days
Jewel Taylor  Liberia Africa Vice President 22 January 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 17 days
Olga Margarita Alvarado Rodríguez  Honduras America Second Vice President 27 January 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 12 days
María Antonia Rivera Rosales  Honduras America Third Vice President 27 January 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 12 days
Mercedes Aráoz  Peru America First Vice President 23 March 2018 7 May 2020 2 years, 45 days
Elisabetta Casellati  Italy Europe President of the Senate[12] 24 March 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 321 days
Inés María Chapman Waugh  Cuba America Vice President 19 April 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 295 days
Beatriz Johnson Urrutia  Cuba America Vice President 19 April 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 295 days
Dima Moussa Syrian Arab Republic (opposition) Asia Vice President of the National Coalition 6 May 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 278 days
Epsy Campbell Barr  Costa Rica America First Vice President 8 May 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 276 days
Alicia Pucheta  Paraguay America Vice President 9 May 2018 15 August 2018 98 days
Delcy Rodríguez  Venezuela America Vice President 14 June 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 239 days
Marta Lucía Ramírez  Colombia America Vice President 7 August 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 185 days
Isatou Touray  The Gambia Africa Vice President 15 March 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 330 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  Argentina America Vice President 10 December 2019 Incumbent[13] 1 year, 60 days
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior  South Sudan Africa Fourth Vice President 21 February 2020 Incumbent 353 days
Beatriz Argimón  Uruguay America Vice President 1 March 2020 Incumbent 344 days
María Alejandra Muñoz  Ecuador America Vice President 22 July 2020 Incumbent 201 days
Raquel Peña de Antuña  Dominican Republic America Vice President 16 August 2020 Incumbent 176 days
Kamala Harris  United States America Vice President 20 January 2021 Incumbent 19 days
Uduch Sengebau Senior  Palau Oceania Vice President 21 January 2021 Incumbent 18 days

References
  1. The International year book and statesmen's who's who (33rd ed.). Burke's Peerage. 1985. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-611-00680-6.
  2. McDonagh, Eileen (2009). The motherless state: women's political leadership and American democracy. University of Chicago Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-226-51455-0.
  3. An ex officio position held by the Speaker of the Knesset to act for the President of Israel
  4. An ex officio position held by the Speaker of the Knesset when there is no serving President of Israel
  5. According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  6. According to 1937 Constitution of Ireland, Chief Justice included in the Presidential Commission which is the collective vice presidency of the Republic of Ireland
  7. According to Article 57 of the German Basic Law, the President of the Bundesrat acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  8. Currently serving as First Lady of Nicaragua since 2007
  9. Currently serving as First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003
  10. Acting until 8 September 2017
  11. Previously served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015
  12. According to Article 86 of the Italian Constitution, the President of the Senate acts for the President when the latter is unavailable.
  13. Previously served as First Lady of Argentina from 2003-2007 and President of Argentina from 2007-2015.

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