Theresa May on Wednesday

became the 28th European

female head of government

Gro Harlem Brundtland

(Norway)

Angela Merkel

(Germany)

Theresa May

Margaret Thatcher

2010

2000

1990

1980

Source: Guardian research. 45 modern European

countries represented plus Yugoslavia

Theresa May on Wednesday

became the 28th European

female head of government

Gro Harlem

Brundtland (Norway)

Angela Merkel

(Germany)

Theresa May

Margaret Thatcher

2010

2000

1990

1980

Source: Guardian research. 45 modern European countries represented plus Yugoslavia

Guardian graphic