List of female interior ministers

An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, civil defence, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or a minister of home affairs.

In some countries, police and security are controlled by a separate ministry. For example, Greece's Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and Minister of Public Security of Israel. Other countries have also different tasks being entitled to the namely Ministry of the Interior. Not always reflects the naming of the ministry the portfolio behind. For example, Ethiopia's Ministry of Peace has the classical portfolio of an interior ministry but is not named so.

This list contains female ministers that had served or currently serving as Minister of Interior, which in charge, mainly of local governments, elections, and public administrations (justice, security, and policing also included if still managed under same ministry).

Sovereign states

  Denotes incumbent interior minister

• Italics denotes an acting interior minister

Name	Image	Country	Continent	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Qian Ying		China	Asia	1959	1960	1 year, 0 days
Mabel Moir James		Dominica	North America	1966	1970	4 years, 0 days
Clara Boscaglia		San Marino	Europe	1976	1978	2 years, 0 days
Inger Louise Valle		Norway	Europe	8 October 1979	3 October 1980	361 days
Kebatshabile Disele		Botswana	Africa	1979	1984	4 years, 0 days
Harriet Andreassen		Norway	Europe	3 October 1980	14 October 1981	1 year, 11 days
Britta Schall Holberg		Denmark	Europe	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days
Kaisa Raatikainen		Finland	Europe	1 December 1984	30 April 1987	2 years, 150 days
Rita Sinon		Seychelles	Africa	1986	1989	3 years, 0 days
Margaret Austin		New Zealand	Oceania	8 August 1989	4 September 1990	1 year, 27 days
Ien Dales		Netherlands	Europe	7 November 1989	10 January 1994	4 years, 64 days
Lagle Parek		Estonia	Europe	21 October 1992	27 November 1993	1 year, 37 days
Birte Weiss		Denmark	Europe	25 January 1993	20 October 1997	4 years, 268 days
Ruth Dreifuss		Switzerland	Europe	10 March 1993	31 December 2002	9 years, 296 days
Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta		Netherlands	Europe	27 May 1994	22 August 1994	87 days
Meral Akşener		Turkey	Asia	8 November 1996	30 June 1997	234 days
Laura Chinchilla		Costa Rica	North America	12 November 1996	8 May 1998	1 year, 177 days
				30 March 2008	14 April 2008	15 days
Yeh Chin-fong		Taiwan	Asia	15 May 1997	5 February 1998	266 days
Francisca Pereira		Guinea Bissau	Africa	6 June 1997	3 December 1998	1 year, 180 days
Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad		Norway	Europe	17 October 1997	16 March 1999	1 year, 150 days
Ana Lucía Armijos		Ecuador	South America	10 August 1998	15 February 1999	189 days
Rosa Russo Iervolino		Italy	Europe	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days
Vasso Papandreou		Greece	Europe	19 February 1999	20 March 2000	1 year, 30 days
				13 April 2000	24 October 2001	1 year, 194 days
Dosta Dimovska		Macedonia	Europe	22 December 1999	13 May 2001	1 year, 142 days
Francesca Michelotti		San Marino	Europe	2000	25 June 2002	2 years, 175 days
Karen Jespersen		Denmark	Europe	23 February 2000	27 November 2001	1 year, 277 days
Sylvia Brustad		Norway	Europe	21 March 2000	19 October 2001	1 year, 212 days
Chang Po-ya		Taiwan	Asia	20 May 2000	1 February 2001	257 days
Urmila Joella-Sewnundun		Suriname	North America	12 August 2000	12 August 2005	5 years, 0 days
Vera Sofia Rubi		Honduras	North America	2001	27 January 2002	1 year, 26 days
Mia Mottley		Barbados	North America	28 August 2001	18 February 2006	4 years, 174 days
Erna Solberg		Norway	Europe	19 October 2001	17 October 2005	3 years, 363 days
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun		Saint Lucia	North America	11 December 2001	12 January 2004	2 years, 32 days
Mónika Lamperth		Hungary	Europe	27 May 2002	30 June 2007	5 years, 34 days
Emma Rossi		San Marino	Europe	25 June 2002	17 December 2002	175 days
Cristina Fontes Lima		Cape Verde	Africa	19 October 2002	3 April 2004	1 year, 167 days
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula		South Africa	Africa	29 April 2004	21 April 2009	4 years, 357 days
Liese Prokop		Austria	Europe	22 December 2004	31 December 2006	2 years, 9 days
Rosalia Nghidinwa		Namibia	Africa	21 March 2005	4 December 2012	7 years, 258 days
Anne McLellan		Canada	Africa	4 April 2005	6 February 2006	308 days
Adriana Delpiano		Chile	South America	9 May 2005	24 May 2005	15 days
Gail Teixeira		Guyana	South America	31 May 2005	8 September 2006	1 year, 100 days
Anna Kachikho		Malawi	Africa	31 July 2005	1 June 2006	305 days
Åslaug Haga		Norway	Europe	17 October 2005	21 September 2007	1 year, 339 days
Alicia Muñoz		Bolivia	South America	22 January 2006	23 January 2007	1 year, 1 day
Olga Gólcher		Panama	North America	28 January 2006	1 September 2007	1 year, 216 days
Valeria Ciavatta		San Marino	Europe	27 July 2006	9 July 2008	1 year, 348 days
Pilar Mazzetti		Peru	South America	28 July 2006	23 February 2007	210 days
Gordana Jankuloska		Macedonia	Europe	26 August 2006	12 May 2015	8 years, 259 days
Ana Isabel Morales		Nicaragua	North America	10 January 2007	16 January 2017	10 years, 6 days
Guusje ter Horst		Netherlands	Europe	22 February 2007	23 February 2010	3 years, 1 day
Daisy Tourné		Uruguay	South America	8 March 2007	5 June 2009	2 years, 89 days
Adela de Torrebiarte		Guatemala	North America	27 March 2007	1 July 2008	1 year, 96 days
Anne Holmlund		Finland	Europe	19 April 2007	22 June 2011	4 years, 64 days
Michèle Alliot-Marie		France	Europe	18 May 2007	23 June 2009	2 years, 36 days
Jacqui Smith		United Kingdom	Europe	28 June 2007	5 June 2009	1 year, 342 days
Ma Wen		China	Asia	30 August 2007	16 March 2013	5 years, 198 days
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa		Norway	Europe	21 September 2007	20 October 2009	2 years, 29 days
Mirjana Orašanin		Serbia	Europe	26 January 2008	7 July 2008	163 days
Janina del Vecchio Ugalde		Costa Rica	North America	14 April 2008	8 May 2010	2 years, 24 days
Maria Fekter		Austria	Europe	1 July 2008	21 April 2011	2 years, 294 days
Katarina Kresal		Slovenia	Europe	24 November 2008	19 August 2011	2 years, 268 days
Sahara Khatun		Bangladesh	Asia	6 January 2009	15 September 2012	3 years, 253 days
Janet Napolitano		United States	North America	21 January 2009	6 September 2013	4 years, 228 days
Sandra Pierantozzi		Palau	Oceania	21 January 2009	19 April 2010	1 year, 88 days
Mercedes Cabanillas		Peru	South America	19 February 2009	11 July 2009	142 days
Linda Abu Meri		Latvia	Europe	12 March 2009	17 February 2011	1 year, 342 days
Karen Ellemann		Denmark	Europe	7 April 2009	23 February 2010	322 days
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma		South Africa	Africa	22 April 2009	3 October 2012	3 years, 164 days
Annemie Turtelboom		Belgium	Europe	17 July 2009	6 December 2011	2 years, 142 days
Cécile Manorohanta		Madagascar	Africa	7 September 2009	26 March 2011	1 year, 200 days
Liv Signe Navarsete		Norway	Europe	20 October 2009	16 October 2013	3 years, 361 days
Adja Satú Camará		Guinea-Bissau	Africa	28 October 2009	27 August 2011	1 year, 303 days
Roxana Méndez		Panama	North America	15 April 2010	20 August 2012	2 years, 127 days
Theresa May		United Kingdom	Europe	12 May 2010	13 July 2016	6 years, 62 days
Theresa Makoni		Zimbabwe	Africa	24 June 2010	11 September 2013	3 years, 79 days
Marisa Morais		Cape Verde	Africa	18 March 2011	22 April 2016	5 years, 35 days
Johanna Mikl-Leitner		Austria	Europe	21 April 2011	21 April 2016	5 years, 0 days
Päivi Räsänen		Finland	Europe	22 June 2011	29 May 2015	3 years, 341 days
Pelenike Isaia		Tuvalu	Oceania	23 September 2011	2 August 2013	1 year, 313 days
Margrethe Vestager		Denmark	Europe	3 October 2011	2 September 2014	2 years, 334 days
Annamaria Cancellieri		Italy	Europe	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days
Joëlle Milquet		Belgium	Europe	6 December 2011	22 July 2014	2 years, 228 days
Amy Adams		New Zealand	Oceania	14 December 2011	3 April 2012	111 days
Liesbeth Spies		Netherlands	Europe	16 December 2011	5 November 2012	325 days
Eleni Mavrou		Cyprus	Europe	20 March 2012	28 February 2013	345 days
Eka Zguladze		Georgia	Europe	20 September 2012	25 October 2012	35 days
Naledi Pandor		South Africa	Africa	4 October 2012	6 May 2014	1 year, 214 days
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana		Namibia	Africa	4 December 2012	1 February 2018	5 years, 59 days
Gülsün Yücel		Northern Cyprus	Europe	13 June 2013	2 September 2013	81 days
Petya Parvanova		Bulgaria	Europe	13 March 2013	29 May 2013	77 days
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir		Iceland	Europe	23 May 2013	4 December 2014	1 year, 195 days
Charmaine Scotty		Nauru	Oceania	13 June 2013	28 August 2019	6 years, 76 days
Tsandzile Dlamini		Eswatini	Africa	4 November 2013	5 September 2018	4 years, 305 days
Sheikh Hasina		Bangladesh	Asia	21 November 2013	Incumbent	10 years, 344 days
Sanae Takaichi		Japan	Asia	3 September 2014	3 August 2017	2 years, 334 days
				3 August 2017	2 October 2018	1 year, 60 days
Vesna Györkös Žnidar		Slovenia	Europe	18 September 2014	13 September 2018	3 years, 360 days
Teresa Piotrowska		Poland	Europe	22 September 2014	16 November 2015	1 year, 55 days
Anabela Rodrigues		Portugal	Europe	19 November 2014	30 October 2015	345 days
Ólöf Nordal		Iceland	Europe	4 December 2014	11 January 2017	2 years, 38 days
Rumyana Bachvarova		Bulgaria	Europe	11 March 2015	27 January 2017	1 year, 322 days
Karen Ellemann		Denmark	Europe	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days
Rose Akol		Uganda	Africa	16 November 2015	Incumbent	8 years, 349 days
Constança Urbano de Sousa		Portugal	Europe	26 November 2015	18 October 2017	1 year, 326 days
Daisy Alik-Momotaro		Marshall Islands	Oceania	11 January 2016	28 January 2016	17 days
Amenta Matthew		Marshall Islands	Oceania	28 January 2016	13 January 2020	3 years, 350 days
Paula Risikko		Finland	Europe	22 June 2016	5 February 2018	1 year, 228 days
Amber Rudd		United Kingdom	Europe	13 July 2016	29 April 2018	1 year, 290 days
Grace Chiumia		Malawi	Africa	6 September 2016	24 October 2017	1 year, 48 days
Mitcy Larue		Seychelles	Africa	29 October 2016	Incumbent	8 years, 1 day
Carmen Daniela Dan		Romania	Europe	4 January 2017	15 July 2019	2 years, 192 days
María Amelia Coronel		Nicaragua	North America	16 January 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 288 days
Dominique Hasler		Liechtenstein	Europe	30 March 2017	25 March 2021	3 years, 360 days
Hlengiwe Mkhize		South Africa	Africa	31 March 2017	17 October 2017	200 days
Elaine Duke		United States	North America	31 July 2017	6 December 2017	128 days
Ayanda Dlodlo		South Africa	Africa	17 October 2017	27 February 2018	134 days
Cecilia Chazama		Malawi	Africa	24 October 2017	7 November 2018	1 year, 14 days
Kajsa Ollongren		Netherlands	Europe	26 October 2017	1 November 2019	2 years, 6 days
				14 April 2020	10 January 2022	1 year, 271 days
Tracey Martin		New Zealand	Oceania	26 October 2017	6 November 2020	7 years, 4 days
Kirstjen Nielsen		United States	North America	6 December 2017	7 April 2019	1 year, 122 days
ʻAkosita Lavulavu		Tonga	Oceania	18 January 2018	11 April 2018	83 days
Denisa Saková		Slovakia	Europe	26 April 2018	20 March 2020	1 year, 329 days
Losaline Ma'asi		Tonga	Oceania	26 June 2018	21 January 2019	209 days
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez		Colombia	South America	7 August 2018	13 February 2020	1 year, 190 days
María Paula Romo		Ecuador	South America	31 August 2018	24 November 2020	2 years, 85 days
Muferiat Kamil		Ethiopia	Africa	16 October 2018	6 October 2021	2 years, 355 days
Lindiwe Dlamini		Eswatini	Africa	2 November 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 363 days
Katri Raik		Estonia	Europe	26 November 2018	29 April 2019	154 days
Olga Sánchez Cordero		Mexico	North America	1 December 2018	26 August 2021	2 years, 268 days
Taina Bofferding		Luxembourg	Europe	5 December 2018	17 November 2023	4 years, 347 days
Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde		Norway	Europe	22 January 2019	24 January 2020	1 year, 2 days
Raya Haffar El Hassan		Lebanon	Asia	31 January 2019	21 January 2020	355 days
Elżbieta Witek		Poland	Europe	4 June 2019	9 August 2019	66 days
Maria Ohisalo		Finland	Europe	6 June 2019	19 November 2021	2 years, 166 days
Astrid Krag		Denmark	Europe	27 June 2019	21 January 2021	1 year, 208 days
Priti Patel		United Kingdom	Europe	24 July 2019	6 September 2022	3 years, 44 days
Rita Tamašunienė		Lithuania	Europe	7 August 2019	7 December 2020	1 year, 122 days
Luciana Lamorgese		Italy	Europe	5 September 2019	22 October 2022	3 years, 47 days
Sanae Takaichi		Japan	Asia	11 September 2019	16 September 2020	1 year, 5 days
Alicia Arango		Colombia	South America	13 February 2020	22 December 2020	313 days
Janaina Tewaney		Panama	North America	6 March 2020	10 October 2022	2 years, 218 days
Annelies Verlinden		Belgium	Europe	1 October 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 29 days
Jan Tinetti		New Zealand	Oceania	20 November 2020	1 February 2023	2 years, 73 days
Agnė Bilotaitė		Lithuania	Europe	7 December 2020	Incumbent	3 years, 328 days
Sabine Monauni		Liechtenstein	Europe	25 March 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 219 days
Karen Andrews		Australia	Oceania	29 March 2021	23 May 2022	1 year, 55 days
Ayelet Shaked		Israel	Asia	13 June 2021	29 December 2022	1 year, 199 days
Alexandra Vela		Ecuador	South America	14 July 2021	29 March 2022	258 days
Ana Revenco		Moldova	Europe	6 August 2021	14 July 2023	1 year, 342 days
Arsénia Massingue		Mozambique	Africa	11 November 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 354 days
Krista Mikkonen		Finland	Europe	19 November 2021	20 June 2023	1 year, 213 days
Nancy Faeser		Germany	Europe	8 December 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 327 days
Hanke Bruins Slot		Netherlands	Europe	10 January 2022	5 September 2023	1 year, 258 days
Izkia Siches		Chile	America	11 March 2022	6 September 2022	179 days
Tatjana Bobnar		Slovenia	Europe	1 June 2022	14 December 2022	196 days
Clare O'Neil		Australia	Oceania	1 June 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 151 days
Suella Braverman		United Kingdom	Europe	6 September 2022	19 October 2022	43 days
				25 October 2022	13 November 2023	1 year, 19 days
Carolina Tohá		Chile	America	6 September 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 54 days
Sanja Ajanovič Hovnik Minister pro tempore		Slovenia	Europe	14 December 2022	21 February 2023	69 days
Barbara Edmonds		New Zealand	Oceania	1 February 2023	27 November 2023	299 days
Calliope Spanou		Greece	Europe	23 April 2023	27 June 2023	65 days
Ester Molné Soldevila		Andorra	Europe	17 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 166 days
Luisa María Alcalde Luján		Mexico	North America	20 June 2023	30 September 2024	1 year, 102 days
Mari Rantanen		Finland	Europe	20 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 132 days
Niki Kerameus		Greece	Europe	27 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 125 days
Brooke van Velden		New Zealand	Oceania	27 November 2023	Incumbent	338 days
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider		Switzerland	Europe	1 January 2024	Incumbent	303 days
Margarida Blasco		Portugal	Europe	2 April 2024	Incumbent	211 days
Liu Shyh-fang		Taiwan	Asia	20 May 2024	Incumbent	163 days
Judith Uitermark		Netherlands	Europe	2 July 2024	Incumbent	120 days
Yvette Cooper		United Kingdom	Europe	5 July 2024	Incumbent	117 days
Rosa Icela Rodríguez		Mexico	North America	1 October 2024	Incumbent	29 days

Constituent and dependent territories

Name	Image	Country	Continent	Mandate start	Mandate end	Term length
Yevgenia Bosch		Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets[lower-alpha 1]	Europe	30 December 1917	1 March 1918	61 days
Paula Cox		Bermuda	America	10 November 1998	29 July 2003	4 years, 261 days
Cathy Jamieson		Scotland	Europe	21 May 2003	17 May 2007	3 years, 361 days
Lilian Boyce		Turks and Caicos Islands	America	12 February 2009	27 March 2009	43 days
Karen Delancy		Turks and Caicos Islands	America	27 March 2009	14 November 2012	3 years, 232 days
Porsha Stubbs-Smith		Turks and Caicos Islands	America	14 November 2012	14 November 2015	3 years, 0 days
Amanda Missick		Turks and Caicos Islands	America	14 November 2015	20 December 2016	1 year, 36 days
Claire Sugden		Northern Ireland	Europe	25 May 2016	26 January 2017	246 days
Tara Rivers		Cayman Islands	America	6 June 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 146 days
Rose Toki-Brown Minister of Internal Affairs		Cook Islands	Oceania	2 June 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 150 days

See also

• Interior ministry
• List of current interior ministers

Notes

1. One of Soviet puppet states that existed on the territory of Ukraine during Ukrainian–Soviet War. Declared independence from the Russian Soviet Republic on 25 December 1917.

External links

• Female Interior Ministers
• Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places