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List of first women mayors (21st century)

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The following is a list of the first woman to serve as mayor of their respective municipalities.

2000s

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2000
Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon, United States United States[1]
Alison Grosse first woman elected mayor of the Shire of Maroochy, Queensland, Australia Australia[2][3]
2001
Izalene Tiene, first woman elected mayor of Campinas, Brazil Brazil[4]
Yvonne Brown, first black woman elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi, United States United States
first black Republican woman elected mayor in the state of Mississippi
Martine Aubry, first woman elected mayor of Lille, France France
Berta Cabral, first woman elected mayor of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal[5] PortugalAzores
Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York, United States United States
also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor
Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio, United States United States
Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, United States United States
Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio, United States United States[6]
Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, United States United States
Dubravka Šuica, first woman elected mayor of Dubrovnik, Croatia Croatia
Rosa Russo Iervolino, first woman elected mayor of Naples, Italy Italy
Ophelia Hoff Saytumah, first woman elected mayor of Monrovia, Liberia Liberia
Sandra Strader, first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York, United States United States[7]
2002
Dora Bakoyannis, first woman elected mayor of Athens, Greece Greece
Annika Billström, first woman elected mayor of Stockholm, Sweden Sweden
Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States United States
Brigitte Fouré, first woman elected mayor of Amiens, France France
Sekesai Makwavarara, first woman deputy mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe[8]
Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey, United States United States[9]
Danica Simšič, first woman elected mayor of Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia
Hilde Zach, first woman elected mayor of Innsbruck, Austria Austria[10]
Lou Ann Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Brigham City, Utah, United States United States[11]
Milada Halíková, first woman elected mayor of Havířov, Czech Republic Czech Republic
2003
Catalina Cirer, first woman mayor of Palma de Mallorca, Spain Spain
Asma Chaabi, first female mayor of Essaouira, and the first woman elected mayor in Morocco Morocco
Rosina Hoebes, first woman elected mayor of Swakopmund, Namibia Namibia[12]
Laine Jänes, first woman mayor of Tartu, Estonia Estonia[13]
Josefa Luzardo, first woman mayor of Las Palmas, Spain Spain
Valentina Matviyenko, first woman mayor of Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia
Aneesa Mirza, the first woman elected mayor of Ahmedabad, India India
also the first woman of Muslim faith elected mayor in India[14]
Manorama Dobriyal Sharma, first woman mayor of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India India[15]
Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho, United States United States[16]
Rose Garland Thornton, first woman mayor pro tem of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan United States[17]
Lucy Turnbull, first woman Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia Australia
Joan Vinton, first woman mayor of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia Australia
Vinton served as interim mayor and was defeated in an election in December 2003 by deputy mayor David Hamilton.[18]
Angelika Volquartz, first woman mayor of Kiel, Germany Germany
2004
Deborah Cantwell, first woman elected mayor of Lawrence, Indiana, United States United States
also the first Democrat to be elected mayor in Lawrence[19]
Maja Gojković, first woman mayor of Novi Sad, Serbia Serbia
Aminata Thiam, probably the first woman mayor of Dakkar, Senegal Senegal[20]
Oumou Sall Seck, first woman mayor of Goundam, Mali Mali[21]
Dianna Freelon-Foster, the first woman and first African-American mayor of Grenada, Mississippi, United States United States[22][23]
2005
Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, United States United States[24]
Semiha Borovac, first woman mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marija-Maja Ćatović, first woman mayor of Kotor and first female mayor in Montenegro Montenegro
Andrée Boucher, first woman elected mayor of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Canada[25]
Dianne Watts, first woman elected mayor of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Canada[26]
Janet Mikhail, first woman mayor of Ramallah, Palestine State of Palestine
also the first woman mayor of a West Bank town[27]
Violeta Menjívar, first woman mayor of San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador
Mercy Williams, first woman mayor of Kochi, India India[28]
Prof. R Bindhu, first woman mayor of Thrissur, India India[28]
Sheriel F. Perkins, first woman and African American elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi, United States United States
Theresa Murray, first woman mayor of Poplar, Montana, United States United States[29]
2006
Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States United States[30]
Eleni Mavrou, first woman elected mayor of Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus[31]
Ritt Bjerregaard, first woman mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark
Letizia Moratti, first woman elected mayor of Milan, Italy Italy
Zenaida Moya, first woman elected mayor of Belize City, Belize Belize
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, first woman elected mayor of Warsaw, Poland Poland
Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana, United States United States
Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska, United States United States
Aissa Kirabo Kakira, first woman elected mayor of Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda[32]
Irena Ondrová, first woman elected mayor of Zlín, Czech Republic Czech Republic[33]
2007
Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida, United States United States[34]
Chen Wei, first woman elected mayor of Pingliang, China China
Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire, United States United States[35]
April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut, United States United States
Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, United States United States[36]
Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, United States United States
Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana, United States United States[37]
Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States United States[38]
Shawna M. Gurgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[39]
Lisa Scaffidi, first woman elected mayor of Perth, Australia Australia
Katrina Shimbulu, first woman mayor of Oshakati, Namibia Namibia[40]
Marta Vincenzi, first woman elected mayor of Genoa, Italy Italy
Mónica Fein, first woman elected mayor of Rosario, Argentina Argentina
Aurora Villamayor, first woman elected mayor of Angono, Philippines Philippines
2008
Sylviana Murni, first woman appointed mayor of Central Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia[41]
Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina, United States United States
Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina, United States United States[42]
Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina, United States United States[43]
Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia, United States United States[44]
Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York, United States United States
Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, United States United States[45]
Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota, United States United States[46]
Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming, United States United States[47]
Wilda Diaz, first woman elected mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States United States[48]
Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia, United States United States
Jetta Klijnsma, first woman mayor of The Hague, Netherlands Netherlands
Helma Orosz, first woman elected mayor of Dresden, Germany Germany
Blanca Alcalá, first woman elected mayor of Puebla, Mexico Mexico
Sonia Castedo, first woman mayor of Alicante, Spain Spain
Azra Jafari, first woman appointed mayor of Nili and first woman mayor in Afghanistan Afghanistan[49]
Eva Habil, first woman elected mayor of Komboha and first woman mayor in Egypt Egypt[50]
2009
Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, United States United States[51]
Maria Teresa Beccari, first woman elected mayor of City of San Marino San Marino
Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States United States[52]
Yordanka Fandakova, first woman elected mayor of Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria
Fumiko Hayashi, first woman elected mayor of Yokohama, Japan Japan
Melissa Johnson, first woman elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah, United States United States
Jyoti Khandelwal, first woman mayor of Jaipur, India India[53]
Mia Love, first woman elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black woman mayor in Utah
Corine Mauch, first woman elected mayor of Zürich, Switzerland Switzerland[54]
Stephanie Miner, first woman elected mayor of Syracuse, New York, United States United States
Natasha Navas, first woman elected mayor of Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Banda Karthika Reddy, first woman elected mayor of Hyderabad, India India
Linda Thompson, first woman elected mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States United States
also the first African American mayor of Harrisburg
Kimiko Kubota, first woman mayor of Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan Japan[55]

2010s

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Ana Botella was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Madrid, Spain, serving from 2011 to 2015.
Since 2014, Anne Hidalgo has been serving as the Mayor of Paris, France—the first woman to do so.
In 2015, Ada Colau became the first woman to assume the office of Mayor of Barcelona, Spain.
Valérie Plante assumed office as Mayor of Montreal in 2017, making her the first woman to serve as the city's mayor.

2010

Debbie Amaroso, first woman elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Canada
Patricia Ayala, first woman elected mayor of Artigas, Uruguay Uruguay
Sara Duterte, first woman elected Mayor of Davao City, Philippines Philippines[56]
Shari Decter Hirst, first woman elected mayor of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Canada
Kazumi Inamura, first woman mayor of Amagasaki, Japan Japan
Patahiyah Ismail, first woman municipal council president of Penang Island, Malaysia Malaysia[57]
Katarína Macháčková, first woman mayor of Prievidza, Slovakia Slovakia
Selma Nelumbu, first woman mayor of Omaruru, Namibia Namibia[58]
Ana Olivera, first woman elected mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay
Adriana Peña, first woman elected mayor of Lavalleja, Uruguay Uruguay
Elaine Trepper, first black woman mayor of Windhoek, Namibia Namibia
Hanna Zdanowska, first woman elected mayor of Łódź, Poland Poland
Tri Rismaharini, first woman elected mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia Indonesia

2011

Ana Botella, first woman designated mayor of Madrid, Spain Spain[59]
Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States United States[60]
Joyce Chepkoech Korir, first woman elected mayor of Bomet, Kenya Kenya[61]
Adelina Farici, first woman elected mayor of Burrel, Albania Albania
Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana, United States United States
also first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana
Salina Hayat Ivy, first woman elected mayor of Narayanganj, Bangladesh Bangladesh[62]
Grace Mahosi, first woman elected mayor of Thulamela, Limpopo, South Africa South Africa[63]
Lilian Osundwa, first woman elected mayor of Mumias, Kenya Kenya[64]
Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States United States
Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California, United States United States
also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California[65]
Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia, United States United States[66]
Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California, United States United States
also the first Asian American mayor of Oakland[67]
Mercy Wanjiku Kimwe, first woman elected mayor of Muranga, Kenya Kenya[68]

2012

Joanna Gash, first woman elected mayor of Shoalhaven, Australia Australia[69]
Jodie Harrison, first woman elected mayor of Lake Macquarie, Australia Australia[70]
Halyna Hereha, first woman appointed mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine
Naomi Koshi, first woman elected mayor of Ōtsu, Japan Japan
Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California, United States United States
Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington, United States United States
Margarita Arellanes Cervantes, first woman elected mayor of Monterrey, Mexico Mexico
Vera Baboun, first woman elected mayor of Bethlehem, Palestine State of Palestine
Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia, United States United States[71]

2013

Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York, United States United States[72]
Alinah Ahmad, first woman mayor of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Malaysia[73]
Priscilla Arhin, probably the first woman elected mayor of Cape Coast, Ghana Ghana
Teuta Arifi, first woman elected mayor of Tetovo, Macedonia North Macedonia
Mary Ann Arnold, first woman elected mayor of Marked Tree, Arkansas, United States United States[74]
Karen Cadieux, first woman mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts United States[75]
Usha Chaudhary, first woman mayor of Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India India[76]
Dorine Chukowry, first woman elected mayor of Port Louis, Mauritius Mauritius[77]
Renu Dabla, first woman elected mayor of Rohtak, India India[78]
Agnes Delgado-Tolentino, first woman elected mayor of Tagaytay, Philippines Philippines[79]
Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut, United States United States[80]
Belen Fernandez, first woman elected mayor of Dagupan, Philippines Philippines[81]
Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, United States United States[82]
Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York, United States United States[83]
Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut, United States United States[84]
Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey, United States United States[85]
Soni Koli, first woman mayor of Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India India[86]
Cecilia Oba Tito, first woman elected mayor of Yei, South Sudan and also the first female mayor in South Sudan South Sudan[87]
Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York, United States United States[88]
Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, first woman elected mayor of Malmö, Sweden Sweden
Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, United States United States
Olga Rasamimanana, first woman elected mayor of Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar
Stephanie Uy-Tan, first woman elected mayor of Catbalogan, Philippines Philippines[89]
Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York, United States United States[90]
Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota, United States United States[91]
Diana Willits, first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa, United States United States
Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah, United States United States[92]

2014

Mayor of Gillette, Wyoming Louise Carter-King honoring a veteran Gillette Police Department officer at a City Council meeting in Gillette, Wyoming
Katari Anuradha, first woman mayor of Chittoor, India India[93]
Lourdes "Baby" S. Cataquiz, first woman elected mayor of San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines Philippines[94]
Maty Mint Hamady, first woman elected mayor of Nouakchott, Mauritania Mauritania[95]
Anne Hidalgo, first woman elected Mayor of Paris, France France[96]
Mimoza Kusari-Lila, first woman elected mayor of Gjakova, Kosovo Kosovo[97]
Johanna Rolland, first woman elected mayor of Nantes, France France
Lisa Helps, first woman elected mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Canada
Gültan Kışanak, first woman elected mayor of Diyarbakır, Turkey Turkey[98]
Joana Ntaja, first woman elected mayor of Zomba, Malawi Malawi[99]
Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas, United States United States[100]
Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey, United States United States[101]
Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida, United States United States[102]
Adriana Krnáčová, first woman elected mayor of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic[103]
Sylvia Muzila, first woman elected mayor of Francistown, Botswana Botswana[104]
Shaik Noorjahan, first woman elected mayor of Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India India[105]
Andrea Turčanová, first woman elected mayor of Prešov, Slovakia Slovakia
Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, United States United States[106]
Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands[107]
Liesbeth Spies, first woman mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Netherlands (since 15 December 2014)[108]

2015

Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida, United States United States[109]
Zekra Alwach, first woman mayor of Baghdad, Iraq Iraq[110][111]
Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, United States United States[112]
Manuela Carmena, first woman elected mayor of Madrid, Spain Spain[113]
Ada Colau, first woman elected mayor of Barcelona, Spain Spain[114]
Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey, United States United States[115][116]
Patahiyah Ismail, first woman mayor of Penang Island, Malaysia Malaysia[117]
Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas, United States United States[118]
Henriette Reker, first woman elected mayor of Cologne, Germany Germany[119]
Pravina Thakur, first woman elected mayor of Vasai-Virar, India India[120]
Karen Weaver, PhD, first woman elected mayor of Flint, Michigan, United States United States
Věra Nechybová, first woman mayor of Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic Czech Republic[121]

2016

Gabriela Firea, first woman elected mayor of Bucharest, Romania Romania
Lani Mercado, first woman elected Mayor of Bacoor, Philippines Philippines
Virginia Raggi, first woman elected mayor of Rome, Italy Italy
Yuriko Koike, first woman elected governor of Tokyo, Japan Japan[122]
Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida, United States United States[123]
Lily Mei, first woman elected mayor of Fremont, California, United States United States[124]
Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States United States[125]
Maimunah Mohd Sharif, first woman municipal council president of Seberang Perai, Malaysia Malaysia[126][127]
Rosalynn Bliss, first woman elected as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States United States
Michelle Roman, first woman elected as Mayor of Kingsburg, California, United States United States[128]
2017
Loretta Baker, first woman elected mayor of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia Australia[129]
Sanyukta Bhatia, first woman elected mayor of Lucknow, India India[130]
Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States United States
Tasha Cerda, first woman to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California, United States United States
Also the first person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected mayor of Gardena and the first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California.[131]
Tjhai Chui Mie, first woman elected mayor of Singkawang, Indonesia Indonesia[132]
Joyce Craig, first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, United States United States[133]
Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, United States United States[134]
Lyda Krewson, first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States United States
Diane Langman, first woman elected mayor of Warfield, British Columbia, Canada Canada[135]
Anne McEnerny-Ogle, first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington, United States United States[136]
Valérie Plante, first woman elected mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canada
Yvonne M. Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts, United States United States[137]
Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, Mississippi, United States United States.[138]
Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington, United States United States
Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States United States[139]
2018
Souad Abderrahim became the first elected female mayor of Tunisia on 3 July 2018.
Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana (since 7 May 2018) United States[140]
Souad Abderrahim, first woman mayor of Tunis, Tunisia in its first local election (since 3 July 2018) Tunisia[141]
Femke Halsema, first woman elected mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands (since 12 July 2018) Netherlands[142]
Einat Kalisch-Rotem, first woman elected mayor of Haifa, Israel (since 20 November 2018) Israel [143] see: 2018 Haifa mayoral election
Anita Mamgain, first woman mayor of Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India India[144]
Hemlata Negi, first woman mayor of Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, India India[145]
Lisa Pasin, first woman elected mayor of Trail, British Columbia, Canada Canada[146]
Anita Sharma, first woman mayor of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India India[147]
Claudia Sheinbaum, first woman elected mayor of Mexico City, Mexico (since 5 December 2018) Mexico [148]
2019
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, first woman mayor of Gdańsk, Poland (since 11 March 2019) Poland [149]
Claudia López, first woman elected mayor of Bogotá, Colombia (since 27 October 2019) Colombia [150]
Juliana Kaduya, first female mayor of Lilongwe, Malawi (2019–2021) Malawi[151]
Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale, Mayor of Beledweyne, first woman mayor in Somalia (since 2019)Somalia[152]

2020s

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2020
Ella Jones, first woman and elected mayor of Ferguson, Missouri United States
also the first African American woman elected mayor[153]
Michèle Rubirola, first woman mayor of Marseille, France France[154]
Saleema McCree Thomas, first woman elected mayor of Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago (since 26 August 2020).Trinidad and Tobago[155]
2021
Nyachek De-tuel, first woman mayor of Bentiu South Sudan[156]
Kim Janey, acting mayor of Boston United States[157]
First Black mayor of Boston
Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of BostonUnited States[158]
First Asian mayor of Boston
2022
Honey Lacuna, first woman mayor of Manila, Philippines Philippines[159]
Maila Ting-Que, first woman mayor of Tuguegarao, Philippines Philippines[160]
Dagmar Škodová Parmová, first woman mayor of České Budějovice, Czech Republic Czech Republic[161]
Pavlína Springerová, first woman mayor of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Czech Republic[162]
2023
Flora Gabriel Modi, first woman mayor of Juba South Sudan[163]

See also

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