Women leaders around the globe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Markus Schreiber / AP)
According to United Nations data, there are 18 female world leaders, including 12 heads of government and 11 elected heads of state.
President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
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Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and German President Joachim Gauck.
(ODD ANDERSEN / AFP/Getty Images)Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, left, with Director General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi Sahle-Work Zewde. (SIMON MAINA / AFP / Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, of Bangladesh. (Richard Drew / AP)
Brazilís President Dilma Rousseff. (Eraldo Peres / AP)
South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (Chung Sung-Jun / AP)
Interim Central African President Catherine Samba-Panza. (Jerome Delay / AP)
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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - AUGUST 20: President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner along with presidential candidate and Governor of Buenos Aires Daniel Scioli.
(Charly Diaz Azcue / LatinContent / Getty Images)Swiss Federal Councillor and Minister of Justice Simonetta Sommaruga. (PETER KLAUNZER / EPA)
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP/Getty Images)
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. (Moises Castillo / AP)
Politician and Former Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz. (RADEK PIETRUSZKA / EPA)
Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, right, and Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, president of Malta. (ARMEND NIMANI / AFP/Getty Images)
Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma. (Virginia Mayo / AP)
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President of Chile Michelle Bachalet with counterpart of Paraguay Fernando Lugo. (Jorge Villegas / LatinContent / Getty Images)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MARCH 02: President of the European Commission Jean-Cloude Juncker (not seen) and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg (C) hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Brussels, Belgium on March 02, 2016. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)