As a fervent follower of our blog, you must have realized parity and gender equality are very important matters to us. Once in a while, we make an update on how many women are head of State or Government in the 27 member States of the European Union. As of the end of April 2022, you can below the current situation.

It is important to highlight that we took into account the political figure who has effective power and leads everyday business.

Only 4 out of the 27 countries are lead by a woman. To say it is very little is an understatement. As usual, Scandinavian countries are those lead by a woman. Other States are governed by a man, and some of them have been for more than 10 years.

Although parity is absolutely not an obligation between the 27 member States, it is interesting to see where the neighbours stand and how they function nationally as well as culturally. Some countries are still not ready to be lead by a female figure.

Below, the names of the EU heads of State and Government :

Country	Head of State or Government	Take of Office
Germany	Olaf Scholz (Federal Chancellor)	2021
Austria	Karl Nehammer (Federal Chancellor)	2021
Belgium	Alexander De Croo (Prime Minister)	2020
Bulgaria	Kiril Petkov (Prime Minister)	2021
Cyprus	Nikos Anastasiadis (President of the Republic)	2013
Croatia	Andrej Plenkovic (Prime Minister)	2016
Denmark	Mette Frederiksen (Prime Minister)	2019
Spain	Pedro Sanchez (President of the Government)	2018
Estonia	Kaja Kallas (Prime Minister)	2021
Finland	Sanna Marin (Prime Minister)	2019
France	Emmanuel Macron (President of the Republic)	2017
Greece	Kyrios Mitsotakis (Prime Minister)	2019
Hungary	Viktor Orban (Prime Minister)	2010
Irland	Micheal Martin (Prime minister)	2020
Italia	Mario Draghi (President of the Council of Ministers)	2021
Latvia	Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (Prime minister)	2019
Lithuania	Gitanas Nauseda (President of the Republic)	2019
Luxembourg	Xavier Bettel (Prime Minister)	2013
Malta	Robert Abela (Prime Minister)	2020
Netherlands	Marke Rutte (Prime Minister)	2010
Poland	Mateusz Morawiecki (President of the Council of Ministers)	2017
Portugal	Antonia Costa	2015
Czech Republic	Petr Fiala (President of the Governement)	2021
Romania	Klaus Iohannis (President)	2014
Slovakia	Eduard Heger (President of the Government)	2021
Slovenia	Janez Jansa (President of the Government)	2020
Sweden	Magdalena Andersson (Prime Minister)	2021

The EU works for gender equality, but the work starts within its own leadership. Let’s meet at the end of the year to see if the numbers have evolved!

Wassila ZOUAG