Photos and bios of the current Heads of State, Dictators and First Ladies
Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Acting President of Vietnam Born 25 December 1959, is a Vietnamese politician who is currently serving as Acting President of Vietnam after the death of President Trần Đại Quang on 21 September 2018. Thịnh is the first woman in Vietnamese history to become President or Acting President of Vietnam. She...Read More »
Paula-Mae Weekes, President of Trinidad and Tobago (since Mar 19, 2018) Paula-Mae Weekes (born December 23, 1958) is the 6th and current president of Trinidad and Tobago. She took office on 19 March 2018 and became the first woman to hold the office of President. Weekes attended the University of the West Indies, Cave...Read More »
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany (Re-elected for the 5th term on Mar 14, 2018) Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor on November 22, 2005. She is the first woman and the first East German to hold this office. Her CV traces her rise from an academic to a political career. Born on 17...Read More »
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand (since Oct 26, 2017) Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has been serving as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand since 26 October 2017. She is also Leader of the Labour Party, having taken office on 1 August...Read More »
Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (elected on Oct 3, 2016 with 81 out f 98 votes) Kersti Kaljulaid (born 30 December 1969) is an Estonian politician who is the fifth and current President of Estonia, in office since 10 October 2016. She is the first female head of state of Estonia since the country...Read More »
Theresa May, Prime Minister of the UK (since Jul 13, 2016) Theresa Mary May (née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Conservative Party. She has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 1997. May identifies as a one-nation conservative...Read More »
Dilma Vana Rousseff, President of Brazil (elected on Oct 31, 2010. Impeached on May 11, 2016 and replaced by Vice President Michel Temer) Dilma Vana Rousseff is 62 years old and an economist. She was born in Belo Horizonte, the state capital of Minas Gerais, to Bulgarian migrant Pedro Rousseff and teacher Dilma Jane...Read More »
Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Island (since Jan 28, 2016) Hilda Cathy Heine (born April 6, 1951) is a Marshallese educator and politician, currently serving as the eighth President of the Marshall Islands, the first woman to hold the office. Prior to assuming office, she served as the Minister of Education. She was the...Read More »
Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan (elected on Jan 16, 2016. Takes office on May 20, 2016) Tsai Ing-wen (born 31 August 1956) is the first woman elected to the office. She is also the first president to be of Hakka and Aboriginal descent (1/4 Paiwan from her grandmother), first unmarried president, and the first to...Read More »
