South Korea Elects New President

[The Brain]

We've had female heads of state. Worked kinda meh.

[Barrister]

I don't think Kim Campbell really counts.

If they're counting Heads of State they might also be counting Adrienne Clarkson and Jean Sauve (though they technically aren't our Head of State).

[Tonitrus]

Powerless parliamentary presidents shouldn't count either.

[Phillip V]

Granted that more than a few of those are through family connections, but plenty were elected on their own merits.

Ok what I was specifically talking about is countries where women are doing pretty badly as a group, like in Pakistan, but have had a female head of state.  I just want to clarify before everybody brings up Sweden or something.

Actually Sweden has never had a female head of state or government yet. :p



Each of the coloured countries has had some sort of female leadership.

Post-modern Queens don't count.

That map doesn't include Monarchs.

The map colors in a country if it has had an "acting" female leader for as little as 2 days, such as Ecuador and Madagascar.