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Kim Campbell

 

Council Members

 

Corazon Aquino President, The Philippines, 1986-92

 

Michelle Bachelet President, Chile, 2005-present

Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister, Pakistan, 1988-90, 1993-97

Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime Minister, Norway, 1981, 1986-1989, and 1990-1996

Kim Campbell Prime Minister, Canada, 1993

Violeta B. de Chamorro President, Nicaragua, 1990-96

Dame Eugenia Charles Prime Minister, Dominica, 1980-95

Tansu Çiller Prime Minister, Turkey, 1993-96

Helen Clark Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1999 - present

Edith Cresson Prime Minister, France, 1991-92

Ruth Dreifuss President, Switzerland, 1998-99

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir President, Iceland, 1980-96

Pamela Gordon Premier, Bermuda, 1997-1998

Tarja Halonen President, Finland, 2000 - present

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1996 – 2001

Janet Jagan President, Guyana, 1997-1999

 

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia, 2005-present

Chandrika Kumaratunga President, Sri Lanka, 1994 - present

Maria Liberia-Peters Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1984-86, 1988-94

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President, The Philippines, 2001-present

Mary McAleese President, Ireland, 1997 – present

Beatriz Merino Prime Minister, Peru, 2003

Mireya Moscoso President, Panama, 1999-2003

Maria Das Neves Prime Minster, Sao Tome and Principe, 2002-present

Kazimiera Prunskiene Prime Minister, Lithuania, 1990-91

Mary Robinson President, Ireland, 1990-97

Suzanne Camelia-Romer Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles, 1993, 1998-1999

Jenny Shipley Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997-1999

Jennifer Smith Premier, Bermuda, 1998 - 2003

Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister, Poland, 1992-93

Vaira Vike-Freiberga President, Latvia, 1999 - present

Begum Khaleda Zia Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1991-96

 

   

Prime Minister, Canada

1993

Text Box: Kim Campbell, Chair Emerita of the Council of Women World Leaders. 
 
(b. 1947) The only woman to date having served as the Prime Minister of Canada, which she did between June and November, 1993.  Educated as a lawyer, Campbell practiced until running for a seat in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly.  She then transitioned to the federal government where she served as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Justice, Attorney General, and then Minister of National Defense between 1988 and 1993.  Following her term in office, Campbell became a lecturer in political science at Harvard, served as the Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders and is currently the Secretary General of the Club of Madrid, an international organization endeavoring to strengthen democracy in the world.

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