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1. Who is frequently cited as having been the first elected female head of government, having become prime minister of her country in 1960?
2. Who became the first female prime minister of Israel in 1969?
3. Less than three years after becoming her country's first elected female leader, which of these led her country in a war against Argentina?
4. Which of the following became the world's first democratically directly elected female president in 1980 and served for sixteen years?
5. Who was the first woman elected to the Swiss Federal Council, in 1984?
6. Who came to power in the Philippines as part of the People Power Revolution in 1986?
7. Which daughter of a former prime minister and president of Pakistan served two non-consecutive terms as that country's prime minister?
8. Who served as the first female president of Ireland between 1990 and 1997?
9. Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of New Zealand, from 1997 until 1999?
10. Who became the first female chancellor of Germany in 2005?
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