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IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.
DEFINITION
Year first woman elected or appointed to parliament.
Democracy Statistics > First female parliamentarian (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Albania |
1945 (elected) |
| Algeria |
1962 (appointed) |
| Angola |
1980 (elected) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1984 (appointed) |
| Argentina |
1951 (elected) |
| Armenia |
1990 (elected) |
| Australia |
1943 (elected) |
| Austria |
1919 (elected) |
| Azerbaijan |
1990 (elected) |
| Bahamas, The |
1977 (appointed) |
| Bangladesh |
1973 (elected) |
| Barbados |
1966 (appointed) |
| Belarus |
1990 (elected) |
| Belgium |
1921 (appointed) |
| Belize |
1984 (elected and appointed) |
| Benin |
1979 (elected) |
| Bhutan |
1975 (elected) |
| Bolivia |
1966 (elected) |
| Botswana |
1979 (elected) |
| Brazil |
1933 (elected) |
| Bulgaria |
1945 (elected) |
| Burkina Faso |
1978 (elected) |
| Burma |
1947 (elected) |
| Burundi |
1982 (elected) |
| Cambodia |
1958 (elected) |
| Cameroon |
1960 (elected) |
| Canada |
1921 (elected) |
| Cape Verde |
1975 (elected) |
| Central African Republic |
1987 (elected) |
| Chad |
1962 (elected) |
| Chile |
1951 (elected) |
| China |
1954 (elected) |
| Colombia |
1954 (appointed) |
| Comoros |
1993 (elected) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
1963 (elected) |
| Costa Rica |
1953 (elected) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
1965 (elected) |
| Croatia |
1992 (elected) |
| Cuba |
1940 (elected) |
| Cyprus |
1963 (elected) |
| Czech Republic |
1992 (elected) |
| Denmark |
1918 (elected) |
| Dominica |
1980 (elected) |
| Dominican Republic |
1942 (elected) |
| Ecuador |
1956 (elected) |
| Egypt |
1957 (elected) |
| El Salvador |
1961 (elected) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1968 (elected) |
| Eritrea |
1994 (elected) |
| Estonia |
1919 (elected) |
| Ethiopia |
1957 (elected) |
| Fiji |
1970A |
| Finland |
1907 (elected) |
| France |
1945 (elected) |
| Gabon |
1961 (elected) |
| Gambia, The |
1982 (elected) |
| Georgia |
1992 (elected) |
| Germany |
1919 (elected) |
| Ghana |
1960 (appointed) |
| Greece |
1952 (elected) |
| Grenada |
1976 (elected and appointed) |
| Guatemala |
1956 (elected) |
| Guinea |
1963 (elected) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1972 (appointed) |
| Guyana |
1968 (elected) |
| Haiti |
1961 (elected) |
| Honduras |
1957 |
| Hungary |
1920 (elected) |
| Iceland |
1922 (elected) |
| India |
1952 (elected) |
| Indonesia |
1950 (appointed) |
| Iran |
1963 (elected and appointed) |
| Ireland |
1918 (elected) |
| Israel |
1949 (elected) |
| Italy |
1946 (elected) |
| Jamaica |
1944 (elected) |
| Japan |
1946 (elected) |
| Jordan |
1989 (appointed) |
| Kazakhstan |
1990 (elected) |
| Kenya |
1969 (elected and appointed) |
| Korea, South |
1948 (elected) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1990 (elected) |
| Laos |
1958 (elected) |
| Lebanon |
1991 (appointed) |
| Lesotho |
1965 (appointed) |
| Lithuania |
1920 (elected) |
| Luxembourg |
1919 (elected) |
| Madagascar |
1965 (elected) |
| Malawi |
1964 (elected) |
| Malaysia |
1959 (elected) |
| Maldives |
1979 (elected) |
| Mali |
1964 (elected) |
| Malta |
1966 (elected) |
| Mauritania |
1975 (elected) |
| Mauritius |
1976 (elected) |
| Mexico |
1952 (appointed) |
| Mongolia |
1951 (elected) |
| Morocco |
1993 (elected) |
| Mozambique |
1977 (elected) |
| Namibia |
1989 (elected) |
| Nepal |
1952 (appointed) |
| Netherlands |
1918 (elected) |
| New Zealand |
1933 (elected) |
| Nicaragua |
1972 (elected) |
| Niger |
1989 (elected) |
| Norway |
1911 (appointed) |
| Pakistan |
1973 (elected) |
| Panama |
1946 (elected) |
| Papua New Guinea |
1977 (elected) |
| Paraguay |
1963 (elected) |
| Peru |
1956 (elected) |
| Philippines |
1941 (elected) |
| Poland |
1919 (elected) |
| Portugal |
1934 (elected and appointed) |
| Romania |
1946 (elected) |
| Russia |
1993 (elected) |
| Rwanda |
1965 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1984 (elected) |
| Saint Lucia |
1979 (appointed) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1979 (elected) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
1975 (elected) |
| Senegal |
1963 (elected) |
| Seychelles |
1976 (elected and appointed) |
| Singapore |
1963 (elected) |
| Slovakia |
1992 (elected) |
| Slovenia |
1992 (elected) |
| Solomon Islands |
1993 (elected) |
| South Africa |
1933 (elected) |
| Spain |
1931 (elected) |
| Sri Lanka |
1947 (elected) |
| Sudan |
1964 (elected) |
| Suriname |
1975 (elected) |
| Swaziland |
1972 (elected and appointed) |
| Sweden |
1921 (elected) |
| Switzerland |
1971 (elected) |
| Syria |
1973 (elected) |
| Tajikistan |
1990 (elected) |
| Thailand |
1948 (appointed) |
| Togo |
1961 (elected) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1962 (elected and appointed) |
| Tunisia |
1959 (elected) |
| Turkey |
1935 (appointed) |
| Turkmenistan |
1990 (elected) |
| Uganda |
1962 (appointed) |
| Ukraine |
1990 (elected) |
| United Kingdom |
1918 (elected) |
| United States |
1917 (elected) |
| Uruguay |
1942 (elected) |
| Uzbekistan |
1990 (elected) |
| Vanuatu |
1987 (elected) |
| Venezuela |
1948 (elected) |
| Vietnam |
1976 (elected) |
| Yemen |
1990 (elected) |
| Zambia |
1964 (elected and appointed) |
| Zimbabwe |
1980 (elected and appointed) |
DEFINITION: Year first woman elected or appointed to parliament.
SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.
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"First female parliamentarian by country", IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/dem_fir_fem_par-democracy-first-female-parliamentarian
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