I find that Tsai Ing-wen seems to be the only female top national leader in the world who was directly elected by the citizens, enjoys the highest power of the State, and was not born into a political family.
well, Italian PM Meloni is similar, and completely different too.
Not directly elected (since PMs r not elected, but appointed) but her party got the most votes, she doesnât come from a political family, she was born in a very grassroots community in Rome. She is holding the most powerful office of the country, first female to do so, and first right-wing (not centre-right) leader to do so since MussoliniâŠ
Meloni also came from more humble beginnings, not LSE educated, etc. etc.
The President of the Italian Council of Ministers is not directly elected by the citizens and is therefore excluded.
duh, I literally wrote it.
But she campaigned and was the leader of the party and coalition and secured the confidence vote.
Thence, no one else, since most countries have either a parliamentarian system with no directly officials or the presidential ones donât have any woman at the helm.
We know what the official name of our prime minister is.
This is how parliamentary systems work. It is still a direct election and parlimentary systems have a strong prime minister.
Iceland, Latvia, Slovenia, Peru, Slovakia, etc etc. All female.
Ahem. Margaret Thatcher, et alâŠ
While I didnât check the list for democratic qualifications, a quick purview suggests that she is/was NOT âŠ
Neither the German Chancellor nor the British Prime Minister are directly elected by the citizens, but the President of the Republic of China is directly elected by the citizens.
still not seeing ur point mate, so then what?
Correct, however not that big difference in reality. When people vote for a party they know who will be the partyâs candidate for âPrime Ministerâ. To limit it the way you do is more a marketing way, factual true but in reality not
Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Mireya Moscoso of Panama, Michelle Bachelet of Chile, Cristina FernĂĄndez de Kirchner of Argentina, VigdĂs FinnbogadĂłttir of Ice Land, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese of Ireland, Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga of Latvia, Tarja Halonen of Finland, there are probably more.
There have been many. Margaret Thatcher UK.
Julia Gillard Australia,
Factually incorrect, the Prime Minister in the UK IS most certainly elected by citizens, otherwise she/he would not be able to be PM.
In the case of Rishi Sunak, elected as an MP. No one knew they would be getting him as PM when they voted in 2019.
An electorate votes for a president who has a Party, or a Party that has a leader who becomes Prime Minister. I suppose itâs kind of different.
There is that little âkinkâ in the UK system. Generally, party leaders are decided before elections, though. Still, the PM has to be voted for at some point and has to be a member of the Commons, ie. theyâre still a sitting MP. They cannot just be appointed PM because they have lots of money, look good on TV or whatever (though that might help).
technically incorrect, the PM is an appointed position by the sovereign. The people do not vote for the PM, they vote for MPs in their constituencies. Then the monarch technically appoints anyone of his liking who is most likely to survive the parliament and command a majority, but tbh, like in Italy, the head of state can appoint anyone to PM.
Even the US system is flawed in that respect, otherwise weâd never have had to face a Trump presidency. You donât just get the most votes to be president⊠itâs somewhat âindirectâ.
I think the OP has a different point, though. Theyâre trying to claim Tsai is unique because of the way she was elected. She isnât. There are quite a few examples of female national leaders who were elected, but who from non-political âfamiliesâ.
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Yeah same in Ireland, you know who the party leaders are, but not necessarily who will be PM as that person is elected by the parliament to that role.