List of elected together with appointed female heads of state & government
The following is a list of women who realize been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period 1918–1939. The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state as well as may also be heads of government, as alive as female heads of government who are non concurrently head of state, such(a) as prime ministers. The list does not include female monarchs who are heads of state but not of government.
Tuvan People's Republic, is regarded as "first ever elected woman head of state in the world". She became the chair of the country's presidium in 1940.
The number one woman to be democratically elected as prime minister of a country was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon present-day Sri Lanka, when she led her party to victory at the 1960 general election. The first woman to serve as president of a country was Isabel Perón of Argentina, who as vice-president succeeded to the presidency in 1974 after the death of her husband. The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three later elections, to become the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history 16 years in addition to 0 days in office.
Prime ministers of Namibia, Peru, and Uganda are refers in the list of elected or appointed female deputy heads of government as they are neither heads of government, nor deputy heads of state due to the existence of the corporation of vice president in these countries; whereas prime ministers of South Korea are subject in the lists of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state and government.