List of the first women holders of political offices in Africa

This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Africa and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.

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Algeria

Antiquity

Republic
  • Secretary of State of Social Affairs – Z'hour Ounissi – 1982[1]
  • Vice-Minister of Education – Leila Khira Taib – 1984[2]
  • Minister of Social Affairs – Z'hour Ounissi – 1984[3]
  • Minister of Education (And third in the Cabinet) – Z'hour Ounissi – 1986
  • Minister of Health – Nafissa Lallian – 1991
  • Minister of Youth and Sports – Leila Aslovi – 1991
  • Minister of State for National Solidarity – Saida Benhabyles – 1992
  • Minister-Councillor for Juridical and Administrative Questions – Meriem Belmilhoub Zerdani – 1993
  • Secretary of State for National Solidarity and the Family – Achïa Hénia Semichi – 1995
  • Minister of National Solidarity and Family – Rabéa Mechrane – 1997
  • Secretary of State of Culture – Zahia Benarous – 1997
  • Minister of Culture – Khalida Toumi - 2002; Nadia Labidi – 2014[4][5][6]
  • Minister of Education – Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun – 2014[6]
  • Minister of Land-Use Planning and Environment – Dalila Boudjemaa – 2014[7]
  • Minister of Family and Women – Mounia Meslem – 2014[8]
  • Minister of Post,Information Technology and Communication Women – Zahra Dardouri – 2014[9]
  • Minister of Tourism – Nouria Yamina Zerhouni – 2014[6]
  • Minister of Artisana & Handicrafts - Aish Tabagho – 2014[10]

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo-Brazzaville
  • Minister of Public Service – Charlotte Kisimba – 1970[44]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zaire

Republic

Djibouti

Egypt

Ancient

Mamluk Sultanate

Republic

Equatorial Guinea
  • Minister of Womens Participation – Christina Ndjombe Ndjangani – 1978[59]
  • Minister of Justice - Evangelina Filomena Oyo Ebule - 2014-2018[40]

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

The Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Anambra State

Rivers State

Rwanda

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Somaliland

South Africa

Union

Republic

South Sudan

Sudan
  • Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport – Nafisah Ahmad al-Amin – 1971[226]
  • Minister of State of Social Welfare – Nafisah Ahmad al-Amin – 1974[227]

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zanzibar
  • Minister of Culture – Manical Mastura Ali Salem – 1981[255]

Zimbabwe

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