Margaret hatcher (1925.10~2013.4.8)
• The first female prime minister of UK
• Earned the title “Iron Lady”because of her bold and uncompromising brand of politics
• Helped to revive the depressed economy of UK
Angela Merkel (1954.7~)
• The first female prime minister of Germany
• Was named the “most influential woman” in the world by Forbes Magazine for four years
• Revived the economy of Germany
Christine Lagarde (1956.1.1~)
• The first female managing director of IMF
• The first female minister of commerce and industry in France
• Was named by Time and Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in the world for three years
Joyce Banda (1950.04.12~)
• The first female president of Malawi (elected April 2012)
• Before becoming president, she served as the first female vice president.
• Named by Forbes “the most powerful woman in Africa”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938.19.29~)
• The first elected female president of Liberia, Africa
• Awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
• Called “Iron Woman of Africa” because of her extraordinary fortitude
• Won re-election in 2011
Park Geun-hye (1952.02.02~)
• The first female president of South Korea
• Was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party (Saenuri Party)
• Her father was Park Chung-hee, former president of South Korea (1963-1979).
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945.6.19~)
• Chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD)
• Her father Aung San negotiated Burma’s independence from British in 1947.
• Was placed under house arrest for 21 years because of the independence movement that she led (1989-2010)
• Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991
Hillary Clinton (1947.10~)
• U.S. Secretary of State
• Has a high popularity rating
• Was named the second “most influential woman”in the world by Forbes Magazine for two years
Dilma Rousseff (1947.12~)
• The first female president of Brazil
• Enjoys the support of about 78% of the Brazilian population
• Was named one of the 100“most influential people in the world” by Time Magazine
