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First countries with female leaders

Name the first commonly recognized souvereign countries with female prime ministers and presidents. When a right country is guessed, their first female prime minister or president will appear.
Not included acting or interim prime minsters or presidents.
Included countries that has changd name, or doesn't excist anymore.
Source: Wikipedia.
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Last updated: September 23, 2022
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First female prime ministers
Year
Country
Prime minister
1960
Ceylon
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1966
India
Indira Gandhi
1969
Israel
Golda Meir
1975
Central African Republic
Elisabeth Domitien
1979
United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher
1979
Portugal
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
1980
Dominica
Eugenia Charles
1981
Norway
Gro Harlem Brundtland
1982
Yugoslavia
Milka Planinc
1988
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
First female presidents
Year
Country
President
1974
Argentina
Isabel Perón
1980
Iceland
Vigdis Finnbogadóttir
1982
Malta
Agatha Barbara
1986
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
1990
Nicaragua
Violeta Chamorro
1990
Ireland
Mary Robinson
1994
Sri Lanka
Chandrika Kumaratunga
1997
Guyana
Janet Jagan
1999
Switzerland
Ruth Dreifuss
1999
Latvia
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
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Sep 24, 2022
good idea for a quiz - thanks, nominated