Council Members

Listed alphabetically

Corazon Aquino
President, The Philippines, 1986-92



Michelle Bachelet
President, Chile, 2006-present



Gro Harlem Brundtland
Prime Minister, Norway, 1981, 1986-89, and 1990-96



Micheline Calmy-Rey
President, Switzerland, 2006-2007



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



Kim Campbell
Prime Minister, Canada, 1993

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
President, Nicaragua, 1990-96



Tansu Çiller
Prime Minister, Turkey, 1993-96



Helen Clark
Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1999-present

Edith Cresson
Pime Minister, France, 1991-92



Luísa Dias Diogo
Prime Minister, Mozambique, 2004-present



Ruth Dreifuss
President, Switzerland, 1998-99



Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
President, Iceland, 1980-96

Pamela Gordon
Premier, Bermuda, 1997-98

Tarja Halonen
President, Finland, 2000-present

Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1996–2001

Janet Jagan
President, Guyana, 1997-1999



Emily Saїdy de Jongh-Elhage
Prime Minister, The Netherlands Antilles, 2006-present



Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President, Liberia, 2006-present



Chandrika Kumaratunga
President, Sri Lanka, 1994-2005



Maria Liberia-Peters
Prime Minister, The 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



Angela Merkel
Chancellor, Germany, 2005-present



Mireya Moscoso
President, Panama, 1999-2003

Maria Das Neves
Prime Minster, Sao Tome and Principe, 2002-2004

Kazimiera Prunskiene
Prime Minister, Lithuania, 1990-91

Mary Robinson
President, Ireland, 1990-97

Jenny Shipley
Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997-99



Portia Simpson Miller
Prime Minister, Jamaica 2006-2007

Jennifer Smith
Premier, Bermuda, 1998-2003

Hanna Suchocka
Prime Minister, Poland, 1992-93

Yulia Tymoshenko
Prime Minister, Ukraine 2005 and 2007-present

Vaira Vike-Freiberga
President, Latvia, 1999-2007

Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister, Bangladesh, 1991-96

In Memoriam:

Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister, Pakistan, 1988-90, 1993-97, d. 2007

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, Sri Lanka
      1960-65, 1970-77, 1994-2000, d.2000

Eugenia Charles Prime Minister, Dominica, 1980-95, d.2005

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Prime Minister, Portugal, 1979-80, d.2004