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If Hillary Clinton succeeds in the forthcoming elections in the United States, records will be broken and history would be made. It would be the first time a female would be at the topmost helms of the world’s most powerful country’s affairs. Also, it would be the first time two countries occupying the United Nations permanent security seats would be ruled by females.  

Some African females have also become leaders while others are still trying. In the last presidential election held in Nigeria, Professor of French language, Remi Sonaya actively vied for the presidency seat in Nigeria on the platform of KOWA party. She was popular mainly among the educated youths of the south-western parts of Nigeria. Unfortunately, she lost the seat to President Muhammadu Buhari, the current president.

Here are 5  women who are currently leading in their countries.

1. Theresa May Britain

 Theresa May

Theresa may is the current prime minister of Britain. She has been involved in politics at all levels for many years. She was elected Member of Parliament for Maidenhead in May 1997. She lives in the constituency and is an active local campaigner. Her local activity has included campaigns to improve the local train service, bring a minor injuries unit to St Marks Hospital, and improve Maidenhead town centre.

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She has held several positions within Parliament since 1997. She was a member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1999 to 2010, and from 2002 to 2003 was the first female Chairman of the Conservative Party. Theresa was appointed Home Secretary in May 2010 and became the longest-serving Conservative Home Secretary for over a century. During this time she oversaw reductions in crime, reform of the police, and the introduction of the landmark Modern Slavery Act.

2. Angela Merkel, Gremany

Angela Merke

Born Angela Dorothea Kasner, Angela Merkel is a German politician who became the first female chancellor in Germany.

Merkel was born in Hamburg, West Germany, on July 17, 1954. She trained as a physicist, and worked as a researcher until she entered politics after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.

She rose to the position of chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union party in year 2000 and became Germany’s first female chancellor, and one of the leading figures of the European Union, following her election into office in 2005. She defeated the incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. She was elected to a second term in 2009, and a third term in December 2013.

3. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

On at least two fronts, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a history maker. She is the first black female ever to become a president and she is the first female president of Liberia.

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Sirleaf was born in Liberia in 1938. She schooled in the United States, but returned after her education to serve in her country’s government. She was exiled after a military coup in 1980, but she returned in 1985 to speak out against the military regime. She was forced to briefly leave the country again. When she won the 2005 election, Johnson Sirleaf became the first female elected head of state in Africa. In 2011, she was one of a trio of women to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.

4. Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina Wazed

Sheikh Hasina Wazed is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was born on September 28, 1947, at Tungipara a remote village under Gopalganj district; she was exposed to the political chaos and violence in her home country from a very tender age. She is the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. While simultaneously studying at the University of Dhaka in the 1960s, she worked as her father’s political liaison while he was imprisoned. Her family played a nominal role in the politics of Bangladesh. However, on August 15, 1975, her father, mother, and three brothers were all murdered in their home by military officers. As a result, she went into lonely exile for the next six years.

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On June 23rd, 1996, she was elected and sworn in as the second female Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Throughout her term, the country continued to be in political, often violent, chaos.

In 2001, she lost the election and political turmoil only got worse. There were violent protests and strikes, grenade attacks, and extreme political unrest. She led the party opposing the government for the next seven years. In 2009, she was elected as Prime Minister once again. Like her first term, she was forced to confront major revolts and civil unrest.

She continues to serve as Prime Minister today after winning again in 2014. She remains dedicated to creating a government in which democracy and civil liberties can flourish.

5. Catherine Samba-Panza, Central African Republic

Catherine Samba-Panza

Catherine Samba-Panza is the interim president of Central African Republic. She came into office in 2014, after beating seven other candidates. The 59-year-old interim president was born in Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa, to a mother from the Central African Republic and a Cameroonian father. She studied law in France where two of her three children currently reside. She practised as a corporate lawyer and businesswoman before entering politics.

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