21st-century women presidents

24th president of Liberia

president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015

president of Chile from (2006–2010; 2014–2018)

Croatian politician and diplomat

Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician

President of Moldova since 2020

Estonian politician and president of Estonia (born 1969)

5th President of Indonesia (2001—2004) and 8th Vice President of Indonesia (1999—2001)

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012 (born 1943)

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has been serving as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the first woman and the first Jewish person to hold the office. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023. In 2025, Forbes ranked Sheinbaum as the fifth most powerful woman in the world.

President of India from 2007 to 2012

President of Georgia and former diplomat

Filipino politician, president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010

President of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956)

president of Nepal

Greek judge, former president of the Hellenic Republic

President of Kyrgyzstan

4th President of Malawi

46th President of Costa Rica

President of Hungary from 2022 to 2024

8th President of Ireland

Peruvian lawyer and politician, former president of Peru (2022–2025)

President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005

President of Kosovo from 2011 to 2016

President of the Republic of Kosovo since 2021

Maltese politician

6th President of Latvia

politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

President of Slovenia since 2022

President of Honduras from 2022 to 2026

lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)

member of the Swiss Federal Council

Marshallese politician

Swiss politician

President of North Macedonia (2024-)

Namibian politician

Georgian politician and lawyer

President of Bulgaria, vice-president of Bulgaria from 2017 to 2026, politician and journalist

Bosnian Serb politician

Catherine Martina Ann Connolly is an Irish politician serving as the president of Ireland since 11 November 2025. She had been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2016 until her election as president in 2025.

11th president of the Republic of Malta

President of Iceland

Swiss lawyer and politician

Swiss politician

Panama's first female president

Dominican politician

co-president of Nicaragua since 2025