List of female speakers of national and territorial upper houses

Upper house or usually called the Senate is the one of two chambers in the bicameral legislature. Upper house usually has less power than the lower house. In some countries, its members are appointed rather than elected by popular votes. Speaker of the upper house is the one who takes office as acting head of state in presidential republic. This list presents female speakers of upper house of their respective countries or territories.

National

  Denotes incumbent speaker
Name Image Country Legislative Body Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Olga Rudel-Zeynek  Austria Federal Council 1 December 1927 31 May 1928 182 days
Olga Rudel-Zeynek  Austria Federal Council 1 June 1932 30 November 1932 182 days
Johanna Bayer  Austria Federal Council 1 July 1953 31 December 1953 183 days
Helene Tschitschko  Austria Federal Council 1 January 1965 30 June 1965 180 days
Helene Tschitschko  Austria Federal Council 1 July 1969 31 December 1969 183 days
Muriel Fergusson  Canada Senate 14 December 1972 11 September 1974 1 year, 271 days
Dame Doris Louis Johnson  Bahamas Senate 1973 1982 9 years, 0 days
Isabel Perón  Argentina Senate 12 October 1973 1 July 1974 262 days
Helene Tschitschko  Austria Federal Council 1 January 1974 30 June 1974 180 days
Jeanette Rose Grant-Woodham  Jamaica Senate 21 August 1984 1989 4 years, 133 days
Doris June Garcia  Belize Senate 21 December 1984 31 July 1989 4 years, 222 days
Helga Hieden-Sommer  Austria Federal Council 1 July 1987 31 December 1987 183 days
Jane Usher  Belize Senate 15 September 1989 1 June 1993 3 years, 259 days
Margaret Neckles  Grenada Senate 1990 1995 5 years, 0 days
Anna Elisabeth Haselbach  Austria Federal Council 1 January 1991 30 June 1991 180 days
Millicent Perceval  Trinidad and Tobago Senate 1994 2004 10 years, 0 days
Katica Ivanišević  Croatia Chamber of Counties 23 May 1994 28 March 2001 6 years, 309 days
Anna Elisabeth Haselbach  Austria Federal Council 1 July 1995 31 December 1995 183 days
Margaret Reid  Australia Senate 20 August 1996 19 August 2002 5 years, 364 days
Alicja Grześkowiak  Poland Senate 21 October 1997 18 October 2001 3 years, 362 days
Elizabeth Zabaneh  Belize Senate 12 September 1998 July 2001 2 years, 292 days
Libuše Benešová  Czech Republic Senate 16 December 1998 23 November 2000 1 year, 343 days
Esperanza Aguirre  Spain Senate 9 February 1999 16 October 2002 3 years, 249 days
Naledi Pandor  South Africa National Council of Provinces 21 June 1999 4 May 2004 4 years, 318 days
Anna Elisabeth Haselbach  Austria Federal Council 1 January 2000 30 June 2000 181 days
Johanna Auer  Austria Federal Council 28 December 2000 31 December 2000 3 days
Sylvia Flores  Belize Senate 14 August 2001 4 February 2003 1 year, 174 days
Uta Barbara Pühringer  Austria Federal Council 1 January 2002 30 June 2002 180 days
Linda Baboolal  Trinidad and Tobago Senate 5 April 2002 17 December 2007 5 years, 256 days
Sharon R. Wilson  Bahamas Senate 23 May 2002 23 May 2007 5 years, 0 days
Mirtha Quevedo Acalinovic  Bolivia Chamber of Senators August 2002 2003 153 days
Yvonne Timmerman-Buck  Netherlands Eerste Kamer 17 June 2003 6 October 2009 6 years, 111 days
Leslie-Ann Seon  Grenada Senate 9 January 2004 2006 1 year, 357 days
Joyce Kgoali  South Africa National Council of Provinces 4 May 2004 21 November 2004 201 days
Anna Elisabeth Haselbach  Austria Federal Council 1 July 2004 31 December 2004 183 days
Anne-Marie Lizin  Belgium Senate 20 July 2004 12 July 2007 2 years, 357 days
Chikage Oogi  Japan House of Councillors 30 July 2004 28 July 2007 2 years, 363 days
Hazelyn Francis  Antigua and Barbuda Senate 7 January 2005 17 July 2014 9 years, 191 days
Edna Madzongwe  Zimbabwe Senate 30 November 2005 Incumbent 11 years, 7 days
Gelani Zwane  Swaziland Senate 2006 Incumbent 10 years, 341 days
Sissy Roth-Halvax  Austria Federal Council 1 January 2006 30 June 2006 180 days
Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman  United Kingdom House of Lords 4 July 2006 31 August 2011 5 years, 58 days
Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin  Saint Lucia Senate 2007 2008 1 year, 0 days
Lynn Holowesko  Bahamas Senate 23 May 2007 23 May 2012 5 years, 0 days
Andrea Gill  Belize Senate 14 March 2008 3 February 2012 3 years, 326 days
Joan Purcell  Grenada Senate 20 August 2008 20 February 2013 3 years, 291 days
Erika Forster-Vannini   Switzerland Council of States 2009 2010 1 year, 0 days
Rose Francine Rogombé  Gabon Senate 16 February 2009 9 June 2009 113 days
Dušanka Majkić  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dom Naroda 26 February 2009 14 March 2009 16 days
Rose Francine Rogombé  Gabon Senate 9 June 2009 27 February 2015 5 years, 263 days
Ana María Romero de Campero  Bolivia Chamber of Senators 19 January 2010 26 October 2010 298 days
Dušanka Majkić  Bosnia and Herzegovina Dom Naroda 14 July 2010 20 May 2011 310 days
Hannelore Kraft  Germany Bundesrat 1 November 2010 31 October 2011 364 days
Susanne Neuwirth  Austria Federal Council 1 July 2011 31 December 2011 183 days
Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza  United Kingdom House of Lords 1 September 2011 31 August 2016 4 years, 365 days
Valentina Matviyenko  Russia Federation Council 21 September 2011 Incumbent 5 years, 77 days
Sabine de Bethune  Belgium Senate 11 October 2011 14 October 2014 3 years, 3 days
Kerryann Ifill  Barbados Senate 19 March 2012 Incumbent 4 years, 263 days
Sharon R. Wilson  Bahamas Senate 23 May 2012 Incumbent 4 years, 198 days
Gabriela Montaño Viaña  Bolivia Chamber of Senators 24 July 2012 25 January 2015 2 years, 185 days
Ankie Broekers-Knol  Netherlands Eerste Kamer 2 July 2013 Incumbent 3 years, 158 days
María Teresa Efua Asangono  Equatorial Guinea Senate 12 July 2013 Incumbent 3 years, 148 days
Isabel Allende  Chile Senate of the Republic 11 March 2014 11 March 2015 1 year, 0 days
Thandi Modise  South Africa National Council of Provinces 21 May 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 200 days
Ana Blatnik  Austria Federal Council 1 July 2014 31 December 2014 183 days
Alincia Williams-Grant  Antigua and Barbuda Senate 17 July 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 143 days
Cristina Lizardo  Dominican Republic Senate 16 August 2014 16 August 2016 2 years, 0 days
Christine Defraigne  Belgium Senate 14 October 2014 Incumbent 2 years, 54 days
Sonja Zwazl  Austria Federal Council 1 January 2015 30 June 2015 180 days
Raziah Ahmed  Trinidad and Tobago Senate 3 February 2015 23 September 2015 232 days
Lucie Mboussou  Gabon Senate 27 February 2015 Incumbent 1 year, 284 days
Christine Kangaloo  Trinidad and Tobago Senate 23 September 2015 Incumbent 1 year, 75 days
Margaret Mensah-Williams  Namibia National Council 8 December 2015 Incumbent 365 days
Gabriela Michetti  Argentina Senate 10 December 2015 Incumbent 363 days
Malu Dreyer  Germany Bundesrat 1 November 2016 Incumbent 36 days

Territorial

  Denotes incumbent speaker of parliament
Name Image Territory Legislative Body Mandate start Mandate end Term length
Carol Bassett  Bermuda Senate 2008 Incumbent 8 years, 341 days

See also

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