Search

List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses

This list presents female speakers of national and territorial upper houses of their respective countries or territories. The upper house, often called the Senate, is the one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The upper house usually has less power than the lower house. In some countries, its members are appointed rather than elected by popular votes. Speaker of the upper house is the one who takes office as acting head of state in presidential republic.

National

  Denotes incumbent speaker
  • Italics denotes acting speaker and states that are either de facto (with limited to no international recognition) or defunct.
NameImageCountryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Olga Rudel-Zeynek  AustriaFederal Council1 December 192731 May 1928182 days
1 June 193230 November 1932182 days
Ingeborg Hansen  DenmarkLandstinget16 March 195224 April 19533 years, 39 days
7 October 195221 September 1953349 days
Johanna Bayer  AustriaFederal Council1 July 195331 December 1953183 days
Helene Tschitschko  AustriaFederal Council1 January 196530 June 1965180 days
1 July 196931 December 1969183 days
1 January 197430 June 1974180 days
María Lavalle Urbina  MexicoSenate of the Republic1 December 196531 August 1966273 days
Muriel Fergusson  CanadaSenate14 December 197211 September 19741 year, 271 days
Doris Louise Johnson  BahamasSenate197319829 years, 0 days
Guadalupe López Bretón  MexicoSenate of the Republic197319741 year, 0 days
Tras Honan  IrelandSeanad Éireann13 May 198223 February 1983286 days
25 April 19871 November 19892 years, 190 days
Isabel Perón  ArgentinaSenate12 October 19731 July 1974262 days
Martha Chávez Padrón  MexicoSenate of the Republic19801980365 days
Jeanette Rose Grant-Woodham  JamaicaSenate21 August 198419894 years, 133 days
Doris June Garcia  BelizeSenate21 December 198431 July 19894 years, 222 days
Helga Hieden-Sommer  AustriaFederal Council1 July 198731 December 1987183 days
Jane Usher  BelizeSenate15 September 19891 June 19933 years, 259 days
Margaret Neckles  GrenadaSenate199019955 years, 0 days
Anna Elisabeth Haselbach  AustriaFederal Council1 January 199130 June 1991180 days
1 July 199531 December 1995183 days
1 January 200030 June 2000181 days
1 July 200431 December 2004183 days
Josi Meier   SwitzerlandCouncil of States25 November 199130 November 19921 year, 5 days
Millicent Percival  Antigua and BarbudaSenate1994200410 years, 0 days
Katica Ivanišević  CroatiaChamber of Counties23 May 199428 March 20016 years, 309 days
Margaret Reid  AustraliaSenate20 August 199619 August 20025 years, 364 days
Alicja Grześkowiak  PolandSenate21 October 199718 October 20013 years, 362 days
Elizabeth Zabaneh  BelizeSenate12 September 1998July 20012 years, 292 days
Libuše Benešová  Czech RepublicSenate16 December 199823 November 20001 year, 343 days
Esperanza Aguirre  SpainSenate9 February 199916 October 20023 years, 249 days
Naledi Pandor  South AfricaNational Council of Provinces21 June 19994 May 20044 years, 318 days
María de los Ángeles Moreno  MexicoSenate of the Republic20002000365 days
Françoise Saudan   SwitzerlandCouncil of States27 November 200025 November 2001363 days
Johanna Auer  AustriaFederal Council28 December 200031 December 20003 days
Sylvia Flores  BelizeSenate14 August 20014 February 20031 year, 174 days
Yolanda Eugenia González  MexicoSenate of the Republic1 September 200131 August 2002364 days
Uta Barbara Pühringer  AustriaFederal Council1 January 200230 June 2002180 days
Linda Baboolal  Trinidad and TobagoSenate5 April 200217 December 20075 years, 256 days
Sharon R. Wilson  BahamasSenate23 May 200223 May 20075 years, 0 days
23 May 201224 May 20175 years, 1 day
Mirtha Quevedo Acalinovic  BoliviaChamber of SenatorsAugust 20022003153 days
Grace Minor[a 1]  LiberiaSenateSeptember 20022003?
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck  NetherlandsEerste Kamer17 June 20036 October 20096 years, 111 days
Leslie-Ann Seon  GrenadaSenate9 January 200420061 year, 357 days
Joyce Kgoali  South AfricaNational Council of Provinces4 May 200421 November 2004201 days
Anne-Marie Lizin  BelgiumSenate20 July 200412 July 20072 years, 357 days
Chikage Oogi  JapanHouse of Councillors30 July 200428 July 20072 years, 363 days
Hazelyn Francis  Antigua and BarbudaSenate7 January 200517 July 20149 years, 191 days
Claudia Blum  ColombiaSenate20 July 200520 July 20061 year, 0 days
Edna Madzongwe  ZimbabweSenate30 November 200511 September 201812 years, 285 days
Sissy Roth-Halvax  AustriaFederal Council1 January 200630 June 2006180 days
Gelani Zwane  SwazilandSenate23 February 200623 October 201812 years, 242 days
Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman  United KingdomHouse of Lords4 July 200631 August 20115 years, 58 days
Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin  Saint LuciaSenate200720081 year, 0 days
Lynn Holowesko  BahamasSenate23 May 200723 May 20125 years, 0 days
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez  ColombiaSenate20 July 200720 July 20081 year, 0 days
Andrea Gill  BelizeSenate14 March 20083 February 20123 years, 326 days
Joan Purcell  GrenadaSenate20 August 200820 February 201311 years, 102 days
Rose Francine Rogombé  GabonSenate16 February 20099 June 2009113 days
9 June 200927 February 20155 years, 263 days
Dušanka Majkić  Bosnia and HerzegovinaDom Naroda26 February 200914 March 200916 days
14 July 201020 May 2011310 days
Erika Forster-Vannini   SwitzerlandCouncil of States27 November 200926 November 2010364 days
Ana María Romero  BoliviaChamber of Senators19 January 201026 October 2010298 days
Hannelore Kraft  GermanyBundesrat1 November 201031 October 2011364 days
Susanne Neuwirth  AustriaFederal Council1 July 201131 December 2011183 days
Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza  United KingdomHouse of Lords1 September 201131 August 20164 years, 365 days
Valentina Matviyenko  RussiaFederation Council21 September 2011Incumbent12 years, 254 days
Sabine de Bethune  BelgiumSenate11 October 201114 October 20143 years, 3 days
Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich[a 2]  ArgentinaSenate30 November 201128 February 20142 years, 90 days
Kerryann Ifill  BarbadosSenate19 March 20125 June 20186 years, 78 days
Gabriela Montaño  BoliviaChamber of Senators24 July 201225 January 20152 years, 185 days
Ankie Broekers-Knol  NetherlandsEerste Kamer2 July 201311 June 20195 years, 344 days
Teresa Efua Asangono  Equatorial GuineaSenate12 July 2013Incumbent10 years, 325 days
Isabel Allende  ChileSenate11 March 201411 March 20151 year, 0 days
Thandi Modise  South AfricaNational Council of Provinces21 May 201422 May 20195 years, 1 day
Ana Blatnik  AustriaFederal Council1 July 201431 December 2014183 days
Alincia Williams-Grant  Antigua and BarbudaSenate17 July 2014Incumbent9 years, 320 days
Cristina Lizardo  Dominican RepublicSenate16 August 201416 August 20162 years, 0 days
Christine Defraigne  BelgiumSenate14 October 201414 December 20185 years, 170 days
Sonja Zwazl  AustriaFederal Council1 January 201530 June 2015180 days
Raziah Ahmed  Trinidad and TobagoSenate3 February 201523 September 2015232 days
Lucie Milebou Aubusson  GabonSenate27 February 201530 August 20238 years, 184 days
Christine Kangaloo  Trinidad and TobagoSenate23 September 201517 January 20237 years, 116 days
Margaret Mensah-Williams  NamibiaNational Council8 December 20159 December 20194 years, 1 day
Gabriela Michetti  ArgentinaSenate10 December 201510 December 20194 years, 0 days
Malu Dreyer  GermanyBundesrat1 November 201631 October 2017364 days
Sonja Ledl-Rossmann  AustriaFederal Council1 January 201730 June 2017180 days
Katherine Forbes-Smith  BahamasSenate24 May 20175 December 20192 years, 195 days
Mamonaheng Mokitimi  LesothoSenate11 July 2017Incumbent6 years, 326 days
Lucía Topolansky  UruguaySenate13 September 201714 February 20202 years, 154 days
Karin Keller-Sutter   SwitzerlandCouncil of States28 November 201727 November 2018364 days
Jeannine Giraudy-McIntyre  Saint LuciaSenate20 March 201817 August 20213 years, 150 days
Elisabetta Casellati  ItalySenate of the Republic24 March 201812 October 20224 years, 202 days
Keria Ibrahim  EthiopiaHouse of Federation6 May 2018Incumbent6 years, 26 days
Inge Posch-Gruska  AustriaFederal Council1 July 20181 January 2019184 days
Mabel Chinomona  ZimbabweSenate11 September 2018Incumbent5 years, 264 days
Princess Lindiwe Dlamini  EswatiniSenate23 October 2018Incumbent5 years, 222 days
Adriana Salvatierra  BoliviaSenate18 January 201914 November 2019300 days
Jewel Taylor  LiberiaSenate22 January 201822 January 20246 years, 0 days
Dariga Nazarbayeva  KazakhstanSenate20 March 20192 May 20201 year, 43 days
Tanzila Norbaeva  UzbekistanSenate21 June 2019Incumbent4 years, 346 days
Sabine Laruelle  BelgiumSenate15 July 201913 October 20201 year, 90 days
Akiko Santō  JapanHouse of Councillors1 August 20193 August 20223 years, 2 days
Mónica Fernández Balboa  MexicoSenate of the Republic1 September 201931 August 2020365 days
Mónica Eva Copa  BoliviaSenate14 November 20193 November 2020355 days
Pilar Llop  SpainSenate3 December 20198 July 20211 year, 217 days
Mildred Hall-Watson  BahamasSenate5 December 20196 October 20211 year, 305 days
Natalya Kochanova  BelarusCouncil of the Republic9 December 2019Incumbent4 years, 174 days
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  ArgentinaSenate10 December 201910 December 20234 years, 0 days
Claudia Ledesma Abdala[a 3]  ArgentinaSenate10 December 201910 December 20234 years, 0 days
Beatriz Argimón  UruguaySenate1 March 2020Incumbent4 years, 92 days
Adriana Muñoz D'Albora  ChileSenate17 March 202017 March 20211 year, 0 days
Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler  AustriaFederal Council1 July 202031 December 2020183 days
Stephanie D'Hose  BelgiumSenate13 October 2020Incumbent3 years, 232 days
Carolyn Trench-Sandiford  BelizeSenate11 December 2020Incumbent3 years, 173 days
Anca Dragu  RomaniaSenate21 December 202023 November 2021337 days
Kamala Harris  United StatesSenate20 January 2021Incumbent3 years, 163 days
Yasna Provoste  ChileSenate17 March 202125 August 2021161 days
Ximena Rincón 25 August 202111 March 2022359 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero  MexicoSenate of the Republic1 September 202131 August 2022364 days
Lashell Adderley  BahamasSenate6 October 2021Incumbent2 years, 239 days
Christine Schwarz-Fuchs  AustriaFederal Council1 January 202230 June 2022180 days
Korinna Schumann  AustriaFederal Council1 July 202231 December 2022183 days
Sue Lines  AustraliaSenate26 July 2022Incumbent1 year, 311 days
Dessima Williams  GrenadaSenate31 August 2022Incumbent1 year, 275 days
Brigitte Häberli-Koller   SwitzerlandCouncil of States28 November 20224 December 20231 year, 6 days
Patty Murray[a 4]  United StatesSenate3 January 2023Incumbent1 year, 150 days
Raymonde Gagné  CanadaSenate12 May 2023Incumbent1 year, 20 days
Claudia Arpa  AustriaFederal Council1 July 202331 December 2023183 days
Ana Lilia Rivera  MexicoSenate of the Republic1 September 2023Incumbent274 days
Paulette Missambo  GabonSenate11 September 2023Incumbent264 days
Kandia Camara  Ivory CoastSenate12 October 2023Incumbent233 days
Manuela Schwesig  GermanyBundesrat1 November 2023Incumbent213 days
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska  PolandSenate13 November 2023Incumbent201 days
Eva Herzog   SwitzerlandCouncil of States4 December 2023Incumbent180 days
Victoria Villarruel  ArgentinaSenate10 December 2023Incumbent174 days
Margit Göll  AustriaFederal Council1 January 2024Incumbent152 days
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence[a 5]  LiberiaSenate15 January 2024Incumbent138 days

Territorial

  Denotes incumbent speaker of parliament
NameImageTerritoryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Carol Bassett  BermudaSenate200819 July 20179 years, 199 days
Clare Christian  Isle of ManLegislative Council and Tynwald12 July 201119 July 20165 years, 7 days
Joan Dillas-Wright  BermudaSenate19 July 2017Incumbent6 years, 318 days

See also

Retrieved from "https:https://www.search.com.vn/wiki/index.php?lang=en&q=List_of_female_speakers_of_national_and_territorial_upper_houses&oldid=1226401881"
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesYasukeHarrison ButkerRobert FicoBridgertonCleopatraDeaths in 2024Joyce VincentXXXTentacionHank AdamsIt Ends with UsYouTubeNew Caledonia2024 Indian general electionHeeramandiDarren DutchyshenSlovakiaKingdom of the Planet of the ApesAttempted assassination of Robert FicoLawrence WongBaby ReindeerXXX: Return of Xander CageThelma HoustonFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaMegalopolis (film)Richard GaddKepler's SupernovaWicked (musical)Sunil ChhetriXXX (2002 film)Ashley MadisonAnya Taylor-JoyPlanet of the ApesNava MauYoung SheldonPortal:Current eventsX-Men '97