'womanpresident' yielded 7 matches.
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- Women Presidents and Prime Ministers Who was the world's first woman president? Isabel Peron of Argentina earned that title more than three decades ago, but she can't claim the title of the world's first elected female head of state. That position was filled in 1960, and since then doze...
- Corazon Aquino Corazon Aquino was the first woman president of the Philippines and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. She served as the president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 after her bloodless "People Power" revolution led to the ouster of former rule...
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo In 2001, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became the second woman to be swept into the Philippine Presidency by a peaceful People Power revolution. She was re-elected in 2004, winning with one million votes over her closest opponent.
- Isabel Peron In 1974, Isabel Person of Argentina became not only the youngest Latin American head of state, but the first woman ever to be elected president anywhere in the world.
- Mary McAleese Former law professor Mary McAleese is the first woman to succeed another as president, and is Ireland's current head of state. She took over leadership of the country from Mary Robinson. In 2008, she was ranked #74 on the Forbes list of most powerful...
- Pratibha Devisingh Patil Pratibha Devisingh Patil stepped into the history books on July 25, 2007 when she was sworn in as the first woman president of India.
- Michelle Bachelet In 2006, Michelle Bachelet beat billionaire and former senator Sebastian Pinera in a runoff to become Chile's first female president.
