Countries of elected and appointed female heads of state

Name the countries of elected and appointed female heads of state. A free tip: the presumably most difficult to guess country begins Tannu...
- Some countries no longer exist.
- Some countries are/were only partially recognized and are/were disputed.
- What glass ceiling?
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Adiato Djaló Nandigna
Guinea-Bissau
Adrienne Clarkson
Canada
Agatha Barbara
Malta
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Rwanda
Alenka Bratušek
Slovenia
Ameenah Gurib
Mauritius
Aminata Touré
Senegal
Ana Brnabić
Serbia
Ana Jara
Peru
Angela Merkel
Germany
Anna Maria Muccioli
San Marino
Anne Enger Lahnstein
Norway
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Finland
Antonella Mularoni
San Marino
Assunta Meloni
San Marino
Atifete Jahjaga
Kosovo
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar
Barbara Prammer
Austria
Beata Szydło
Poland
Beatriz Merino
Peru
Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Nepal
Biljana Plavšić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Carmen Pereira
Guinea-Bissau
Catherine Samba-Panza
Central African Republic
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Sri Lanka
Chang Sang
South Korea
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
Mali
Claudette Werleigh
Haiti
Corazon Aquino
Philippines
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Argentina
Cynthia Pratt
Bahamas
Cécile Manorohanta
Madagascar
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Lithuania
Dalia Itzik
Israel
Dame Catherine Tizard
New Zealand
Dame Cécile La Grenade
Grenada
Dame Elmira Minita Gordon
Belize
Dame Eugenia Charles
Dominica
Dame Ivy Dumont
Bahamas
Dame Louise Lake-Tack
Antigua and Barbuda
Dame Marguerite Pindling
Bahamas
Dame Nita Barrow
Barbados
Dame Patsy Reddy
New Zealand
Dame Pearlette Louisy
Saint Lucia
Dame Quentin Bryce
Australia
Dame Sandra Mason
Barbados
Dame Sian Elias
New Zealand
Dame Silvia Cartwright
New Zealand
Denise Bronzetti
San Marino
Dilma Rousseff
Brazil
Doris Bures
Austria
Doris Leuthard
Switzerland
Edda Ceccoli
San Marino
Édith Cresson
France
Elisabeth Domitien
Central African Republic
Elisabeth Kopp
Switzerland
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia
Emmanuelle Mignon
Andorra
Erna Solberg
Norway
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot
Haiti
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Switzerland
Ewa Kopacz
Poland
Fausta Morganti
San Marino
Florence Duperval Guillaume
Haiti
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Philippines
Gloriana Ranocchini
San Marino
Golda Meir
Israel
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
Halimah Yacob
Singapore
Han Myeong-sook
South Korea
Hanna Suchocka
Poland
Helen Clark
New Zealand
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Denmark
Hilda Heine
Marshall Islands
Indira Gandhi
India
Irena Degutienė
Lithuania
Isabel Martínez de Perón
Argentina
Iveta Radičová
Slovakia
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
South Africa
Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand
Jadranka Kosor
Croatia
Janet Jagan
Guyana
Jeanne Sauvé
Canada
Jenny Shipley
New Zealand
Joyce Banda
Malawi
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Julia Gillard
Australia
Julie Payette
Canada
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Iceland
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Trinidad and Tobago
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Iceland
Kazimira Prunskienė
Lithuania
Kersti Kaljulaid
Estonia
Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
Tannu Tuva
Kim Campbell
Canada
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Croatia
Laimdota Straujuma
Latvia
Laura Chinchilla
Costa Rica
Lidia Gueiler Tejada
Bolivia
Lorella Stefanelli
San Marino
Luísa Diogo
Mozambique
Mame Madior Boye
Senegal
Margaret Thatcher
United Kingdom
Mari Kiviniemi
Finland
Maria das Neves
São Tomé and Príncipe
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Portugal
Maria do Carmo Silveira
São Tomé and Príncipe
Maria Domenica Michelotti
San Marino
Maria Lea Pedini-Angelini
San Marino
Maria Luisa Berti
San Marino
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
Malta
Mary McAleese
Ireland
Mary Robinson
Ireland
Maya Parnas
Transnistria
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Indonesia
Mercedes Aráoz
Peru
Michaëlle Jean
Canada
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Switzerland
Michelle Bachelet
Chile
Michèle Pierre-Louis
Haiti
Milka Planinc
Yugoslavia
Mimma Zavoli
San Marino
Mireya Moscoso
Panama
Monica Dacon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Monique Ohsan Bellepeau
Mauritius
Natalia Gherman
Moldova
Nino Burjanadze
Georgia
Nyam-Osoryn Tuyaa
Mongolia
Park Geun-hye
South Korea
Patrizia Busignani
San Marino
Paula-Mae Weekes
Trinidad and Tobago
Portia Simpson-Miller
Jamaica
Pratibha Patil
India
Radmila Šekerinska
Macedonia
Reneta Indzhova
Bulgaria
Rosa Zafferani
San Marino
Rosalía Arteaga Serrano
Ecuador
Rosario Fernández
Peru
Rose Francine Rogombé
Gabon
Roza Otunbayeva
Kyrgyzstan
Ruth Dreifuss
Switzerland
Ruth Metzler
Switzerland
Ruth Perry
Liberia
Saara Kuugongelwa
Namibia
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
East Germany
Sandra Mason
Barbados
Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh
Sibel Siber
Northern Cyprus
Simonetta Sommaruga
Switzerland
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ceylon and Sri Lanka
Slavica Đukić Dejanović
Serbia
Soong Ching-ling
China
Sylvie Hubac
Andorra
Sylvie Kinigi
Burundi
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa
Mongolia
Tansu Çiller
Turkey
Tarja Halonen
Finland
Tatiana Turanskaya
Transnistria
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Theresa May
United Kingdom
Tsai Ing-wen
Taiwan
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Latvia
Valeria Ciavatta
San Marino
Vanessa D'Ambrosio
San Marino
Vassiliki Thanou
Greece
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Iceland
Violeta Chamorro
Nicaragua
Viorica Dăncilă
Romania
Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukraine
Zinaida Greceanîi
Moldova
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Level 61
Jan 27, 2018
Adrienne Clarkson, Michaëlle Jean and Julie Payette were not elected. They were appointed to be the Canadian Governor General. Same for Kim Campbell, who was not elected, but became Prime Minister of Canada after the elected PM retired.
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Level 76
Jan 28, 2018
You are right. I made an editing mistake. It's supposed to read "...elected and appointed..." Going to fix it. Thanks for the notice.
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Level 55
Oct 8, 2018
Prime Ministers are usually heads of government, not state. Governor Generals such as Quentin Bryce are viceroys, not heads of state
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Level 76
Oct 12, 2018
Blame Wikipedia day?