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As of now (2011), only one portion of one branch of the U.S. government has had a female leader: the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007-2011 (110th and 111th Congressional sessions) was Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). There have been no female Presidents, Chief justices, or Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Answer 2She was Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916-2000) served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka three times: from 21 July 1960 to 27 March 1965, from 29 May 1970 to 23 July 1977 and from 14 November 1994 to 10 August 2000.

Currently, she is Alenka Bratušek (1970-), prime minister of Slovenia since March 2013.

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