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What can we learn from 80 female prime ministers and presidents?

A lone female leader’s dilemma is whether she manages to change the system before it changes her. You need a critical mass of 30 to 35 percent female parliamentary representation before you get lasting cultural, political and practical change, writes Torild Skard in her book on female presidents and prime ministers between 1960 and 2000.
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Angela Merkel

is Chancellor of Germany and has been named the most powerful woman in the world for a record number of times by Forbes.

Nordic prime ministers and presidents

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

President, Iceland 1 Aug 1980 - 1 Aug 1996

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Prime Minister, Norway 4 Feb 1981 - 14 Oct 1981; 9 May 1986 - 16 Oct 1989; 3 Nov 1990 - 25 Oct 1996.

Tarja Halonen

President, Finland 1 Mar 2000 - 1 Mar 2012

Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Prime Minister, Finland 17 April 2003 - 18 Jun 2003

Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir 

Prime Minister, Iceland 1 Feb 2009 -

Mari Kiviniemi

Prime Minister, Finland 22 Jun 2010 - 22 Jun 2011 

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Prime Minister, Denmark 3 Oct 2011 - 

Torild Skard’s book:

Maktens kvinner 

is published by Universitetsforlaget in Norway. 

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