7. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1994-2000 (Sri Lanka)
First female prime
minister to directly
succeed another female
prime minister
8. Chandrika Kumaratunga
1994-2000 (Sri Lanka)
First time the nation
possessed a female president
and female prime minister
(Sirimavo Bandaranaike –
previous slide)
simultaneously
9. Julia Gillard
2010-present
First prime minister of
Australia
11. Benazir Bhutto
1988-1990 (Pakistan)
The first female prime
minister of any Muslim
majority countries.
Re-elected again in
1993.
12. Michelle Obama
2008-present
Wife of the first African-
American President of the
United States of America
Barack Obama, and first
African-American First
Lady of the United States.