List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government

The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939).

[6] Bhutto was also the first of only two non-hereditary female world leaders who gave birth to a child while serving in office, the other being Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand.

Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Peru, Tanzania are republics where the female President is the combined head of state and government.

This list includes women elected or appointed in an acting capacity, wherein they assumed a vacated office on a temporary basis.

This list includes women appointed as viceregal representatives in an acting capacity, wherein they assumed a vacated office on a temporary basis.