Female leaders of the South Asia Sub-Continent

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Period: Jul 21, 1960 to Mar 25, 1965

Prime Minister Sri Lanka (H)

Indira Gandhi

Period: Mar 24, 1966 to Jan 24, 1977

Prime Minister of India (H)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Period: May 29, 1970 to Jul 23, 1977

Prime Minister Sri Lanka

Indira Gandhi

Period: Jan 14, 1980 to Oct 31, 1984

Prime Minister of India (H)

Benazir Bhutto

Period: Dec 2, 1988 to Aug 6, 1990

Prime Minister of Pakistan (H)

Khaleda Zia

Period: Mar 20, 1991 to Mar 30, 1996

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (H)

Benazir Bhutto

Period: Oct 19, 1993 to Nov 5, 1996

Prime Minister of Pakistan (H)

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Period: Aug 19, 1994 to Nov 12, 1994

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Chandrika Kumaratunga

Period: Nov 12, 1994 to Nov 19, 2005

President of Sri Lanka (H)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Period: Nov 12, 1994 to Aug 9, 2000

Prime Minister Sri Lanka

Sheikh Hasina

Period: Jun 23, 1996 to Jul 21, 2001

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (H)

Khaleda Zia

Period: Oct 10, 2001 to Oct 29, 2006

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (H)

Pratibha Patil

Period: Jul 25, 2007 to Jul 25, 2012

President of India

Sheikh Hasina

Period: Jan 6, 2009 to Aug 5, 2024

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (H)

Bidya Devi Bhandari

Period: Oct 29, 2015 to Mar 13, 2023

President of Nepal

Droupadi Murmu

Period: Jul 25, 2022 to Jul 25, 2027

President of India

Harini Amarasuriya

Period: Sep 24, 2024 to Sep 24, 2029

Prime Minster Sri Lankan

Sushila karki

Period: Sep 12, 2025 to Apr 1, 2026

Interim Prime Minister of Nepal (H)