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The first female president of the world

  1. Vigdis Finnbogadóttir

  2. Indira Gandhi

  3. Benazir Bhutto

  4. Chandrika Kumaratunga
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland became the world's first female president when she was elected in 1980, serving until 1996. She broke the gender barrier in national leadership globally. Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister (not president), Benazir Bhutto became Pakistan's first female prime minister much later (1988), and Chandrika Kumaratunga was Sri Lanka's first female president (1994) - all after Vigdís.

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