List of female speakers of national and territorial lower houses
Lower house is the one of two chambers in the bicameral legislature. Lower house has more power than the upper house. One of its powers include impeach the executive in presidential republics or remove the Prime Minister in semi-presidential republics. Its members are elected by popular votes, compared to the upper house members who are usually appointed. This list presents female speakers of upper house of their respective countries or territories.
National
Name | Image | Country | Legislative Body | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Elisabeth Blunschy | Switzerland | National Council | 1977 | 1977 | ? | |
Nilde Iotti | Italy | Chamber of Deputies | 20 June 1979 | 22 April 1992 | 12 years, 307 days | |
Lidia Gueiler Tejada | Bolivia | Chamber of Deputies | August 1979 | November 1979 | 92 days | |
Jeanne Sauvé | Canada | House of Commons | 14 April 1980 | 15 January 1984 | 3 years, 276 days | |
Hedi Lang | Switzerland | National Council | 1981 | 1982 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Lindsay Bolden | Barbados | House of Assembly | 1984 | 1986 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Joan Child | Australia | House of Representatives | 11 February 1986 | 28 August 1989 | 3 years, 198 days | |
Betty Boothroyd | United Kingdom | House of Commons | 27 April 1992 | 23 October 2000 | 8 years, 179 days | |
Gret Haller | Switzerland | National Council | 1993 | 1994 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Takako Doi | Japan | House of Representatives | 6 August 1993 | 27 September 1996 | 3 years, 52 days | |
Bridgett Harris | Antigua and Barbuda | House of Representatives | 1994 | 29 March 2004 | 10 years, 88 days | |
Irene Pivetti | Italy | Chamber of Deputies | 16 April 1994 | 8 May 1996 | 2 years, 22 days | |
Frene Ginwala | South Africa | National Assembly | 9 May 1994 | 23 April 2004 | 9 years, 350 days | |
Judith Stamm | Switzerland | National Council | 1996 | 1997 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Violet Nielson | Jamaica | House of Representatives | 1997 | 2003 | 6 years, 0 days | |
Rome Italia Johnson | Bahamas | House of Assembly | 9 April 1997 | 22 May 2002 | 5 years, 43 days | |
Sylvia Flores | Belize | House of Representatives | 1998 | 2001 | 3 years, 0 days | |
Trix Heberlein | Switzerland | National Council | 1998 | 1999 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven | Netherlands | Tweede Kamer | 20 May 1998 | 16 May 2002 | 3 years, 361 days | |
Ntlhoi Motsamai | Lesotho | National Assembly | 1999 | 2012 | 13 years, 0 days | |
Rafaela de González | Dominican Republic | Chamber of Deputies | 1999 | 2003 | 4 years, 0 days | |
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez | Colombia | Chamber of Representatives | 20 July 1999 | 20 July 2000 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda | Spain | Congress of Deputies | 5 April 2000 | 8 April 2004 | 4 years, 3 days | |
Elizabeth Zabaneh | Belize | House of Representatives | 2001 | 2008 | 7 years, 0 days | |
Liliane Maury Pasquier | Switzerland | National Council | 2001 | 2002 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Adriana Muñoz D'Albora | Chile | Chamber of Deputies | 14 March 2002 | 18 March 2003 | 1 year, 4 days | |
Isabel Allende | Chile | Chamber of Deputies | 18 March 2003 | 16 March 2004 | 364 days | |
Giselle Isaac-Arindell | Antigua and Barbuda | House of Representatives | 29 March 2004 | June 2014 | 10 years, 64 days | |
Baleka Mbete | South Africa | National Assembly | 23 April 2004 | 25 September 2008 | 4 years, 155 days | |
Zulema Jattin Corrales | Colombia | Chamber of Representatives | 20 July 2004 | 20 July 2005 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Nora Castro | Uruguay | Chamber of Deputies | 1 March 2005 | 1 March 2006 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Thérèse Meyer | Switzerland | National Council | 8 March 2005 | 28 November 2005 | 265 days | |
Christine Egerszegi | Switzerland | National Council | 2006 | 2007 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Barbara Prammer | Austria | National Council | 30 October 2006 | 2 August 2014 | 7 years, 276 days | |
Gerdi Verbeet | Netherlands | Tweede Kamer | 6 December 2006 | 20 September 2012 | 5 years, 289 days | |
Nancy Pelosi | United States | House of Representatives | 4 January 2007 | 3 January 2011 | 3 years, 364 days | |
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun | Saint Lucia | House of Assembly | 9 January 2007 | September 2008 | 1 year, 236 days | |
Patricia Etteh | Nigeria | House of Representatives | 6 June 2007 | 30 October 2007 | 146 days | |
Diloram Tashmukhamedova | Uzbekistan | Legislative Chamber | 23 January 2008 | 12 January 2015 | 6 years, 354 days | |
Fahmida Mirza | Pakistan | National Assembly | 19 March 2008 | 3 June 2013 | 5 years, 76 days | |
Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin | Saint Lucia | House of Assembly | September 2008 | 6 January 2012 | 3 years, 127 days | |
Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde | South Africa | National Assembly | 25 September 2008 | 6 May 2009 | 223 days | |
Rose Mukantabana | Rwanda | Chamber of Deputies | 6 October 2008 | 3 October 2013 | 4 years, 362 days | |
Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi | Switzerland | National Council | 28 November 2008 | 28 November 2009 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Roberta Anastase | Romania | Chamber of Deputies | 19 December 2008 | 3 July 2012 | 3 years, 197 days | |
Meira Kumar | India | Lok Sabha | 4 June 2009 | 4 June 2014 | 5 years, 0 days | |
Ivonne Passada | Uruguay | Chamber of Deputies | 1 March 2010 | 1 March 2011 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Alejandra Sepúlveda Orbenes | Chile | Chamber of Deputies | 11 March 2010 | 15 March 2011 | 1 year, 4 days | |
Miroslava Němcová | Czech Republic | Chamber of Deputies | 1 May 2010 | 28 August 2013 | 3 years, 119 days | |
Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert | Jamaica | House of Representatives | 13 July 2011 | 12 December 2011 | 152 days | |
Ewa Kopacz | Poland | Sejm | 8 November 2011 | 22 September 2014 | 2 years, 318 days | |
Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco | Bolivia | Chamber of Deputies | 24 July 2012 | 25 January 2015 | 2 years, 185 days | |
Anouchka van Miltenburg | Netherlands | Tweede Kamer | 25 September 2012 | 12 December 2015 | 3 years, 78 days | |
Anna Burke | Australia | House of Representatives | 9 October 2012 | 12 November 2013 | 1 year, 34 days | |
Maya Graf | Switzerland | National Council | 28 November 2012 | 28 November 2013 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Laura Boldrini | Italy | Chamber of Deputies | 16 March 2013 | Incumbent | 3 years, 266 days | |
Donatille Mukabalisa | Rwanda | Chamber of Deputies | 3 October 2013 | Incumbent | 3 years, 65 days | |
Bronwyn Bishop | Australia | House of Representatives | 12 November 2013 | 2 August 2015 | 1 year, 263 days | |
Baleka Mbete | South Africa | National Assembly | 21 May 2014 | Incumbent | 2 years, 200 days | |
Sumitra Mahajan | India | Lok Sabha | 5 June 2014 | Incumbent | 2 years, 185 days | |
Doris Bures | Austria | National Council | 2 September 2014 | Incumbent | 2 years, 96 days | |
Gabriela Montaño Viaña | Bolivia | Chamber of Deputies | 21 January 2015 | Incumbent | 1 year, 321 days | |
Ntlhoi Motsamai | Lesotho | National Assembly | 10 March 2015 | Incumbent | 1 year, 272 days | |
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska | Poland | Sejm | 25 June 2015 | 11 November 2015 | 139 days | |
Borjana Krišto | Bosnia and Herzegovina | House of Representatives | 7 August 2015 | 8 April 2016 | 245 days | |
Bridgit Annisette-George | Trinidad and Tobago | House of Representatives | 23 September 2015 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days | |
Christa Markwalder | Switzerland | National Council | 28 November 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Khadija Arib | Netherlands | Tweede Kamer | 13 December 2015 | Incumbent | 360 days | |
Leonne Theodore-John | Saint Lucia | House of Assembly | 12 July 2016 | Incumbent | 148 days | |
Ana Pastor Julián | Spain | Congress of Deputies | 19 July 2016 | Incumbent | 141 days | |
Lucía Medina | Dominican Republic | Chamber of Deputies | 16 August 2016 | Incumbent | 113 days | |
Territorial
Name | Image | Territory | Legislative Body | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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María L. Gómez Garriga | Puerto Rico | House of Representatives | 1945 | 1945 | ? | |
Jenniffer González | Puerto Rico | House of Representatives | 12 January 2009 | 1 January 2013 | 3 years, 355 days | |
See also
- Bicameralism
- List of female speakers of national and territorial unicameral parliaments
- List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses
- List of legislatures by country
- Lower House
- Parliament
- Speaker (politics)
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