Mikaël Libert Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has become the head of the Moroccan government since Tuesday, appointed by King Mohammed VI following the victory of her party in the legislative elections. She marks the history of the kingdom by becoming the first woman to reach the top of the state, placing Morocco among the very limited number of countries led by women. According to a report by the United States Congress establishing statistics on women in national governments worldwide, as of May 1, 2026, there are 31 countries or states in which women are presidents or prime ministers. This list includes Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, prime minister of Morocco, as well as the territory of Anguilla, whose prime minister is Cora Richardson-Hodge since 2025. Other countries on the list include Barbados, with president Sandra Mason (2021) and prime minister Mia Mottley (2018), and Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose collegiate presidency is held by Željka Cvijanović (2022) with two men, and the president of the Council of Ministers is Borjana Krišto (2023). The list also includes Bulgaria, whose president is Iliana Iotova (2026), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose prime minister is Judith Suminwa Tuluka (2024), Denmark, whose prime minister is Mette Frederiksen (2019), Dominica, whose president is Sylvanie Burton (2023), Iceland, whose president is Halla Tómasdóttir (2024) and whose prime minister is Kristrún Frostadóttir (2024), India, whose president is Droupadi Murmu (2022), Ireland, whose president is Catherine Connolly (2025), Italy, whose prime minister is Giorgia Meloni (2022), Japan, whose prime minister is Sanae Takaichi (2025), Kosovo, whose interim president is Albulena Haxhiu (2026), Liechtenstein, whose prime minister is Brigitte Haas (2025), Malta, whose president is Myriam Spiteri Debono (2024), the Marshall Islands, whose president is Hilda Heine (2023), Mexico, whose president is Claudia Sheinbaum (2024), Moldova, whose president is Maia Sandu (2020), Mozambique, whose prime minister is Maria Benvinda Levi (2025), Namibia, whose president is Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2025), North Macedonia, whose president is Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova (2024), San Marino, whose captain-regent is Alice Mina (2026), Slovenia, whose president is Nataša Pirc Musar (2022), Sri Lanka, whose prime minister is Harini Amarasuriya (2024), Suriname, whose president is Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (2025), Tanzania, whose president is Samia Suluhu (2021), Trinidad and Tobago, whose president is Christine Kangaloo (2023) and whose prime minister is Kamla Persad-Bissessar (2025), Tunisia, whose prime minister is Sarra Zaafrani (2025), Uganda, whose prime minister is Jessica Alupo (2021), and Venezuela, whose interim president is Delcy Rodríguez (2026). For 22 of these countries, it is the first time that a woman has occupied such a position in the country's history. The oldest woman in office is the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, first elected in 2018 and then re-elected in 2022 and 2026. In addition to the prime minister of Morocco, it is the interim president of Kosovo who is the latest addition, appointed on April 4. The woman heading the most populous country is, unsurprisingly, Droupadi Murmu, the president of India, which has nearly 1.5 billion inhabitants. Conversely, Cora Richardson-Hodge is the prime minister of Anguilla, a territory with the smallest population on the list, with approximately 18,000 inhabitants.