List of Muslim women heads of state and government

This is a list of female Muslim heads of state and heads of government. Some countries do not have a Muslim-majority. The list is chronological.

List

In office

Head of government or state	Country	Status	In office (first time)
Benazir Bhutto	Pakistan	Prime Minister of Pakistan	2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 18 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Khaleda Zia	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh	20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Tansu Çiller	Turkey	Prime Minister of Turkey	25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996
Sheikh Hasina	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh	23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 6 January 2009 – Incumbent
Mame Madior Boye	Senegal	Prime Minister of Senegal	3 March 2001 – 4 November 2002
Megawati Sukarnoputri	Indonesia	President of Indonesia	23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004
Roza Otunbayeva	Kyrgyzstan	President of Kyrgyzstan	7 April 2010 – 1 December 2011
Atifete Jahjaga	Kosovo	President of Kosovo	7 April 2011 – 7 April 2016
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé	Mali	Prime Minister of Mali	3 April 2011 – 22 March 2012
Sibel Siber	Northern Cyprus	Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus	13 June 2013 – 2 September 2013
Aminata Touré	Senegal	Prime Minister of Senegal	3 September 2013 – 8 July 2014
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim	Mauritius	President of Mauritius	5 June 2015 – 23 March 2018
Halimah Yacob	Singapore	President of Singapore	14 September 2017 – 13 September 2023
Samia Suluhu	Tanzania	President of Tanzania	19 March 2021 – Incumbent
Vjosa Osmani	Kosovo	President of Kosovo	4 April 2021 – Incumbent
Najla Bouden^[1]	Tunisia	Prime Minister of Tunisia	29 September 2021 – 1 August 2023

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