Elizabeth Alexandra Mary has been the Queen the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (and nominal head of State for 15 Commonwealth countries) since 6 Feb 1952, in the death of her father, King George VI. Shw was crowned as 4th sovereign of the Windsor dinasty on 2 Jun 1953. She is currently the longest-serving woman ruler in the world and the second oldest among all worldwide rulers, only preceded by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (1946).
Margrethe II (1940-)
Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid Slesvig-Holsten-Sřnderborg-Glücksborg and Bernadotte is the Queen of Denmark since 14 Jan 1972, when she succeeded her just deceased father, King Frederik IX. She is the first Danish queen in more than five centuries, as Margaret I reigned over Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1353 to 1412.
Beatrix (1938-) Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Orange-Nassau and Lippe-Biesterfeld has been the Queen of the Netherlands since 30 Apr 1980, when Queen Juliana abdicated. She belongs to a unique dinasty as its three monarchs since 1890 have been women.
Dame Calliopa Pearlette Louisy (1946-)
Governor-general of Saint Lucia since 17 Sep 1997.
Tarja Kaarina Halonen (1943-)
Finland's first woman president, since 1 Mar 2000. Her two six-year terms in office expire in 2012.
Angela Merkel (1954-)
Federal Chancellor of Germany from 22 Nov 2005.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (1939-)
President of Liberia since 16 Jan 2006. She is Africa's first elected woman head of State.
Louise Lake-Tack (1944-)
Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda since 17 jul 2007.
Pratibha Patil (1934-)
President of India since 25 jul 2007.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953-)
President of Argentina since 10 Dec 2007.
Quentin Bryce (1942-)
Governor-General of Australia since 5 Sep 2008.
Sheikh Hasina Wajed (1947-)
Prime minister of Bangladesh twice, from 23 Jun 1996 to 15 Jul 2001 and again since 6 Jan 2009.
Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir (1942-)
Prime minister of Iceland since 1 Feb 2009.
Dalia Grybauskaite (1956-)
President of Lithuania since 12 Jul 2009.
Laura Chinchilla Miranda (1959-)
President of Costa Rica since 8 May 2010.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952-)
Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago since 26 May 2010.
Julia Gillard (1961-)
Prime minister of Australia since 24 Jun 2010.
Iveta Radicová (1956-)
Prime minister of Slovakia since 8 Jul 2010.
Dilma Rousseff (1947-)
President of Brazil since 1 Jan 2011.
Cissé Mariam Kaďdama Sidibé (1948-)
Prime minister of Mali from 3 Apr 2011.
Atifete Jahjaga (1975-)
President of a Kosovo from 7 Apr 2011.
Yingluck Shinawatra (1967-)
Prime minister of Thailand from 8 Aug 2011.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966-)
Prime minister of Denmark from 3 Oct 2011.
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956-)
President of the Swiss Confederation for the annual period 1 Jan 2012-1 Jan 2013.
Portia Simpson-Miller (1945-)
Prime Minister of Jamaica twice, from 30 Mar 2006 to 11 Sep 2007, and again since 5 Jan 2012.
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