chairs or speakers of parliament

Another important feature that makes the Baltic countries stand out in terms of women’s political leadership is that the three states have had women chairs or speakers of parliament — not just once, but multiple times. Latvia was the first to elect a woman speaker in 1995 (Ilga Kreituse), followed by four more women, including the current incumbent (Daiga Mieriņa). The Estonian parliament elected its first woman speaker in 2003 (Ene Ergma); Ergma was reelected to the same position between 2007-2014. Lithuania’s first woman speaker was elected in 2009 (Irena Degutienė) สล็อต