First women governors

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

American politician and diplomat (born 1972)

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530)

16th United States Secretary of Energy

United States Senator from New Hampshire

40th United States Secretary of Commerce

Governor of Arkansas since 2023

First woman state governor in the U.S.

Governor of Iowa since 2017

American attorney and politician

American politician; governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010

27th Governor of Oklahoma

American politician and 75th governor of Maine (born 1947)

American politician (1942–2019)

American politician (1875-1961)

Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill is an American politician, former naval officer, and former federal prosecutor serving since 2026 as the 57th governor of New Jersey. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

American politician and 73rd Governor of North Carolina

Pakistani diplomat (1905-1990)

American politician and author (born 1946)

American businesswoman and politician (1936–2025)

American politician (1926–1968)

American politician; 83rd governor of Connecticut (1975-80)

Hazara politician from Afghanistan

73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971)

first woman Governor and the first woman Secretary of State

American politician and businesswoman (1935–2021)

American marine biologist, politician and seventeenth governor of Washington (1914-1994)

Utah politician (1930-2015)

American speed skater and politician (1943–2017)

American politician

American politician

1936- American politician (1985-1991 Oregon Secretary of State, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 1991-1995 Governor of Oregon)

American politician

American politician (1925-2001)

Japanese politician

Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985

American politician (1925-2002)

Colombian politician (1913-1991)

Zimbabwean politician

former governor of Banten, Indonesia

Spanish noble