List of female speakers of national and territorial lower houses


This list presents female speakers of national and territorial lower houses of their respective countries or territories. The lower house is one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The lower house has more power than the upper house. It usually has the power to impeach the executive in presidential republics or remove the Prime Minister in semi-presidential republics. Its members are elected by popular votes, compared to the upper house members who are usually appointed.

National


NameImageCountryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
Ragnhildur HelgadóttirLower House of the Althing
Annemarie RengerBundestag
Ragnhildur HelgadóttirLower House of the Althing
Elisabeth BlunschyNational Council?
Nilde IottiChamber of Deputies
Lidia Gueiler TejadaChamber of Deputies
Jeanne SauvéHouse of Commons
Hedi LangNational Council
Lindsay BoldenHouse of Assembly
Joan ChildHouse of Representatives
Rita SüssmuthBundestag
Betty BoothroydHouse of Commons
Gret HallerNational Council
Takako DoiHouse of Representatives
Bridgett HarrisHouse of Representatives
Irene PivettiChamber of Deputies
Frene GinwalaNational Assembly
Judith StammNational Council
Violet NielsonHouse of Representatives
Rome Italia JohnsonHouse of Assembly
Sylvia FloresHouse of Representatives
Trix HeberleinNational Council
Jeltje van NieuwenhovenTweede Kamer
Ntlhoi MotsamaiNational Assembly
Rafaela AlburquerqueChamber of Deputies
Nancy Patricia GutiérrezChamber of Representatives
Luisa Fernanda Rudi UbedaCongress of Deputies
Elizabeth ZabanehHouse of Representatives
Liliane Maury PasquierNational Council
Adriana Muñoz D'AlboraChamber of Deputies
Isabel AllendeChamber of Deputies
Giselle Isaac-ArindellHouse of Representatives
Baleka MbeteNational Assembly
Zulema Jattin CorralesChamber of Representatives
Nora CastroChamber of Deputies
Thérèse MeyerNational Council
Barbara PrammerNational Council
Christine EgerszegiNational Council
Gerdi VerbeetTweede Kamer
Nancy PelosiHouse of Representatives
Sarah Flood-BeaubrunHouse of Assembly
Patricia EttehHouse of Representatives
Diloram TashmukhamedovaLegislative Chamber
Fahmida MirzaNational Assembly
Rosemary Husbands-MathurinHouse of Assembly
Gwen Mahlangu-NkabindeNational Assembly
Rose MukantabanaChamber of Deputies
Chiara Simoneschi-CortesiNational Council
Roberta AnastaseChamber of Deputies
Meira KumarLok Sabha
Ivonne PassadaChamber of Deputies
Alejandra Sepúlveda OrbenesChamber of Deputies
Miroslava NěmcováChamber of Deputies
Marisa Dalrymple-PhilibertHouse of Representatives
Ewa KopaczSejm
Betty Asunta Tejada SorucoChamber of Deputies
Anouchka van MiltenburgTweede Kamer
Anna BurkeHouse of Representatives
Maya GrafNational Council
Laura BoldriniChamber of Deputies
Donatille MukabalisaChamber of DeputiesIncumbent
Bronwyn BishopHouse of Representatives
Baleka MbeteNational Assembly
Sumitra MahajanLok Sabha
Doris BuresNational Council
Gabriela ViañaChamber of Deputies
Ntlhoi MotsamaiNational Assembly
Małgorzata Kidawa-BłońskaSejm
Borjana KrištoHouse of Representatives
Bridgid Annisette-GeorgeHouse of RepresentativesIncumbent
Christa MarkwalderNational Council
Khadija AribTweede KamerIncumbent
Leonne Theodore-JohnHouse of Assembly
Ana Pastor JuliánCongress of Deputies
Lucía MedinaChamber of Deputies
Laura Tucker LongsworthHouse of RepresentativesIncumbent
Guadeloupe Murguía GutiérrezChamber of Deputies
Borjana KrištoHouse of Representatives
Elisabeth KöstingerNational Council
Maya Fernández AllendeChamber of Deputies
Gloria Macapagal ArroyoHouse of Representatives
Marina Carobbio GuscettiNational Council
Borjana KrištoHouse of Representatives
Fawzia ZainalHouse of RepresentativesIncumbent
Nancy PelosiHouse of RepresentativesIncumbent
Cecilia BottinoChamber of Representatives
Jeannine MabundaNational AssemblyIncumbent
Meritxell BatetCongress of DeputiesIncumbent
Thandi ModiseNational AssemblyIncumbent
Elżbieta WitekSejmIncumbent
Puan MaharaniPeople's Representative CouncilIncumbent
Isabelle MoretNational CouncilIncumbent
Anu VehviläinenParliamentIncumbent

Territorial


NameImageTerritoryLegislative BodyMandate startMandate endTerm length
María L. Gómez GarrigaHouse of Representatives?
Zaida Cucusa HernándezHouse of Representatives
Jenniffer GonzálezHouse of Representatives