Who has become the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet?
"Guardian"" stated that ""The treasury minister is highly regarded on the right and would be the Tories' first Muslim leader."" Salma Yaqoob is the former leader of the left-wing Respect Party. Sayeeda Warsi, who was the first Muslim to serve in a British cabinet, was appointed by David Cameron in 2010 as a minister without portfolio. She was made a senior minister of state in 2012. In August 2014 she resigned over the government's approach to the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. Muslim political parties in Britain have included the People's Justice Party (UK), a Pakistani and Kashmiri party that won city"
"as embarrassing and showing herself to be on the ""wrong side of history"" on LGBT rights. After being raised to the peerage in 2007, Warsi served as Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action. The first female Muslim to attend Cabinet, Lady Warsi came to further prominence when, at her first meeting in Downing Street, she wore a traditional South Asian shalwar kameez. Warsi was the second of five daughters born at Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1971 to Pakistani immigrants from Bewal, Gujar Khan; her ancestors are from southern Pakistan. Her father, Safdar Hussain, is owner of"
"will never allow the publishing of my photo in newspapers and I will not accept that it be put up anywhere."" Al Faiz is married and has three sons and two daughters. In April 2012, Utah State University granted her an honorary degree. In 2009, she was regarded as one of the 500 influential Muslims by Georgetown University's center for Muslim-Christian understanding. Norah Al Faiz Norah bint Abdallah Al Faiz (), also spelled Noura Al Fayez, (born 1956) is the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in Saudi Arabia. Norah Al Faiz was born in Shaqraa in 1956. Al"
"Hamid Ansari. Zafar Saifullah is first and only Muslim IAS officer who served as Cabinet Secretary of India. Zafar Saifullah Zafar Saifullah (c. 1936 – 25 July 2014) was the only Muslim to be appointed Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India from 1993 to 1994. He belonged to the Karnataka cadre of Indian Administrative Service officers. Prior to his role as Cabinet Secretary, he held a variety of positions including that of Member Secretary of the Minorities Commission of India, Advisor to the Governor of Haryana, Secretary of Rural Development, Government of Karnataka, among others. In 2008, Saifullah edited"
"Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi HE Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (born 4 February 1962) is an Emirati politician and member of the ruling family of Sharjah and the niece to His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi. She was previously the Minister of State for Tolerance, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Minister of Economic and Planning of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sheikha Lubna holds the distinction of being the first woman to hold a ministerial post in the United Arab Emirates. Lubna graduated from the California State University, Chico with a bachelor's degree"
"Hadia Tajik Hadia Tajik (born 18 July 1983) is a Pakistani-Norwegian jurist, journalist and politician. On 21 September 2012, she was appointed Minister of Culture and, at 29 years of age, became the youngest minister ever to serve in the Norwegian government, as well as the first Muslim and Asian. She is a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party representing Oslo. Unlike some of her older predecessors and colleagues, Tajik is an enthusiastic user of social media, and an avid supporter of E-books, and as a result she is often called Norway's ""first digital Minister of Culture"". Hadia Tajik"
"Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, PC (; Romanized: ""Manzila Pôla Uddin""; born 17 July 1959) is a British life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent, being the first Muslim and second Asian woman to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 2009 she was included on ""The Guardian""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Muslim Women Power List for Britain. Uddin was born in the Rajshahi City Corporation, Rajshahi District, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). She moved with her parents to the United Kingdom in 1973, when she was 13 years of age, and she grew up in the East"
"Muna Duzdar Muna Duzdar (born 22 August 1978) is an Austrian politician. She was a State secretary in the Austrian Federal Chancellery from 2016 to 2017. When she was appointed on 17 May 2016 she became the first Muslim person to hold a post in the Austrian Federal government. Duzdar was raised in Donaustadt, a district of Vienna, as the daughter of Palestinian immigrants. She studied law at the University of Vienna followed by postgraduate Master studies in International law at the Sorbonne University. On 9 November 2011 she passed her bar exam and has been working as a lawyer"
"Najla Mohammad Al Awar Najla Mohammad Al Awar is the Minister of Community Development in the United Arab Emirates. She is one of eight women in the cabinet of United Arab Emirates, the highest number of women cabinet members in the Arab world. She is also the Secretary General of the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and The Future. Najla completed her bachelor degree in Information Technology at the United Arab Emirates University. She studied Management Administration at the London Business School. She helped develop the Legal Affairs Office at the General-Secretariat of the Cabinet. She helped found the Executive Office"
"105. She is also a member of the Azerbaijan-India, Azerbaijan-Turkey and Azerbaijan-Japan working groups on interparliamentary relations. First female elected to the Council of Representatives of Bahrain in 2006 and is the only female to ever have been a council member. First ever female cabinet minister when she was appointed as the Minister of Health in 2004. She also served within the upper house of parliament in the Consultative Council in 2007. As the third most populous Muslim-majority country, Bangladesh has been ruled, as of 2016, for the last 25 years by female Prime Ministers by electing Khaleda Zia and"
"Fatimé Kimto Fatimé Kimto (died May 21, 2015) was a Chadian politician. She was the first woman to serve in a cabinet position in the country's history. Kimto was a Muslim from the southern part of the country. She was first named to the cabinet in 1982, becoming the Minister of Social Affairs and Women; she remained in the post until 1984. She served twice more in the cabinet during her career; she was Minister of Social Action and Family from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2004 to 2005, and she was Minister of Civil Service, Labour, and Employment"
"she took the oath and became the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. On 25 June 2016 she won an Assembly seat in a by-election in Anantnag with the highest margin in any recent elections there. Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba Mufti (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, from 4th April 2016 to 19th June 2018. She resigned on June 19 2018 after BJP withdrew support from the coalition government. She was the first woman to hold the office. Mehbooba Mufti is India's second Muslim woman chief minister"
"Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba Mufti (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, from 4th April 2016 to 19th June 2018. She resigned on June 19 2018 after BJP withdrew support from the coalition government. She was the first woman to hold the office. Mehbooba Mufti is India's second Muslim woman chief minister after Syeda Anwara Taimur of Assam. She is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was a member of the Indian parliament, representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha; before she was sworn"
"Of the cabinet members excluding Ensour, four retained their previous posts in the first cabinet. Nine of the cabinet members are newcomers, while five served in other cabinets. There is only one woman in the cabinet, Reem Abu Hassan who was appointed minister of social development. None of the cabinet members are member of the parliament. On 21 August, the cabinet was reshuffled and five ministers left office: Mohammad Wahsh (Education), Mohammad Qudah (Awqaf and Islamic affairs), Mujalli Mhailanm (Health), Malek Kabariti (Energy and mineral resources) and Barakat Awajan (Culture). In addition, the number of cabinet members was increased to"
"the austrian federal government, that belongs to the Muslim faith. Duzdar was also the president of the Palestinian-Austrian Association. Muna Duzdar Muna Duzdar (born 22 August 1978) is an Austrian politician. She was a State secretary in the Austrian Federal Chancellery from 2016 to 2017. When she was appointed on 17 May 2016 she became the first Muslim person to hold a post in the Austrian Federal government. Duzdar was raised in Donaustadt, a district of Vienna, as the daughter of Palestinian immigrants. She studied law at the University of Vienna followed by postgraduate Master studies in International law at"
"Chantal. Her passing was barely noted by the sitting government. Fatimé Kimto Fatimé Kimto (died May 21, 2015) was a Chadian politician. She was the first woman to serve in a cabinet position in the country's history. Kimto was a Muslim from the southern part of the country. She was first named to the cabinet in 1982, becoming the Minister of Social Affairs and Women; she remained in the post until 1984. She served twice more in the cabinet during her career; she was Minister of Social Action and Family from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2004 to 2005,"
"replaced, the cabinet may not meet or act before the Majlis approves the revised membership. The vice chairman of the Majlis announced that no cabinet meetings or decisions would be legal, pending such a re-approval. The main list of 21 cabinet appointments was announced on 19 August 2009. On 4 September, the Majlis approved 18 of the 21 candidates, and rejected three, including two women. Sousan Keshavarz, Mohammad Aliabadi, and Fatemeh Ajorlou were not approved by Majlis for the Ministries of Education, Energy, and Welfare and Social Security, respectively. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi was the first woman approved by the Majlis"
"Norah Al Faiz Norah bint Abdallah Al Faiz (), also spelled Noura Al Fayez, (born 1956) is the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in Saudi Arabia. Norah Al Faiz was born in Shaqraa in 1956. Al Faiz received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from King Saud University in Riyadh in 1979. She also received a master's degree in Instructional Technologies from Utah State University in 1982. Upon returning to Saudi Arabia, Al Faiz worked as a teacher. She became head principal of the girls' section at Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Schools. Later, Al Faiz served"
"listed by ""The Guardian"" as one of the most powerful Muslim women in Britain. In April 2007, Ali was chosen as the Labour Party's prospective Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow. In May 2010, she was elected as a Member of Parliament with a majority of 11,574 votes. She is the first person of Bangladeshi origin to have been elected to the House of Commons, and along with Shabana Mahmood and Yasmin Qureshi, became one of the United Kingdom's first female Muslim MPs. In April 2013, Ali was appointed a Governor of the UK government funded Westminster Foundation for"
"Sabina Yeasmin Sabina Yeasmin is an Indian politician and a former Minister of State for Labour in the Government of West Bengal. She is an MLA, elected from the Mothabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. She was first Muslim woman minister in West Bengal of Mamata Banerjee's government. Sabina Yasmin's victory from Mothabari constituency was particularly creditable because Shehnaz Quadery, a niece of A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury contested the seat as an independent candidate.She was one of the seven Muslim woman MLAs in the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha. She resigned as a minister when"
"Mahmood became one of the UK's first female Muslim MPs. In October 2010 Mahmood was appointed a Shadow Home Affairs Minister, later becoming a Shadow Business Minister in 2011 before moving to the shadow treasury team in 2013. Following the 2015 general election, Mahmood was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a shadow cabinet level role. In September 2015, Mahmood stepped down from the role. In January 2016, Mahmood was elected to represent the Parliamentary Labour Party on Labour's National Executive Committee, and was re-elected in July 2016. In November 2016, Mahmood was elected one of the vice chairs"
"Hikmat Abu Zayd Hikmat Abu Zayd (; pronounced Hekmat Abu Zeid in Egyptian Arabic; 1922 or 1923 – 30 July 2011) was an Egyptian politician and academic. She became the first female cabinet minister in Egypt in 1962. Her tenure as minister of social affairs set a precedent. Afterwards, it became common for women to head that ministry. An avowed advocate of Nasserism, Abu Zayd has had a major impact on Egyptian law and policy in the areas of social affairs and insurance. Born in the village of Shaykh Daud, located near the city of al-Qusiyya in Asyut Governorate, Abu"
"to Moroccan sociologist ""Fatema Mernissi and scholars such as Amina Wadud and Leila Ahmed"". Advocates refer to the observation that Muslim majority countries produced several female heads of state, prime ministers, and state secretaries such as Lala Shovkat of Azerbaijan, Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan, Mame Madior Boye of Senegal, Tansu Çiller of Turkey, Kaqusha Jashari of Kosovo, and Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia. In Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia was elected the country's first female prime minister in 1991, and served as prime minister until 2009, when she was replaced by Sheikh Hasina, who maintains the prime minister's office at present making Bangladesh"
"Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia (IPA: kʰaled̪a dʒia; Majumder, born 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996, and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim majority countries (after Benazir Bhutto) to head a democratic government as prime minister. She was the First Lady of Bangladesh during the presidency of her husband Ziaur Rahman. She is the current chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which was founded by Rahman in the late 1970s. After a military"
"Ava Muhammad Ava Muhammad (born 1951) is an American Black Muslim. In 1998 she became the first female Minister to preside over a mosque and region in the history of the NOI. Her job as national spokesperson for Minister Farrakhan is among the most prominent in the nation — a post formerly held by Malcolm X under Nation of Islam patriarch Elijah Muhammad. Minister Ava Muhammad is also a member of the Muslim Girls Training (MGT). In addition to administering day-to-day affairs at the mosque Muhammad was named Southern Regional Minister, giving her jurisdiction over Nation of Islam mosque activity"
"Economic Forum since 2014. In 2015 LinkedIn named Al Kaabi as a global influencer and she became the first woman from MENA to enter LinkedIn's Global Influencer Program. The same year, she was honoured by America Abroad Media. She was also named as one of the 25 most powerful women in global television by ""The Hollywood Reporter"".<ref name=""saudigazette/18dec2013""></ref> Noura Al Kaabi Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi () is an Emirati businesswomen who is the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development for the United Arab Emirates. She has held the position since October 2017. Previously she was the Minister of State"
"to enfranchise its population. Qatar appointed its first female cabinet minister in 2003, when Sheikha Ahmed al-Mahmoud was named as Minister of Education. In 2007, Ghalia bint Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani was made Minister of Public Health. The third woman government minister was Hessa Al Jaber, who was designated as head of the Ministry of Communication and Technology. Hanan Al Kuwari became the fourth female cabinet member in 2016 when she was made Minister of Public Health. Members of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar (""Majlis ash-Shura"") are designated by the Emir of Qatar. In November 2017, Emir Tamim bin"
"Farah Pandith Farah Pandith () (born January 13, 1968) is an American academician and the first ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the United States Department of State. She was appointed to this position on June 23, 2009 by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and sworn in by Secretary Clinton at a ceremony at the State Department on September 15, 2009. She joined the Harvard University Institute of Politics in 2014. Pandith was born in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and immigrated with her mother to Massachusetts on July 4, 1969. She was Senior Advisor to the"
"Anwara Taimur Syeda Anwara Taimur (born 24 November 1936) is an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981. She is a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Assam and a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). In the history of Assam, she is the only female and Muslim Chief Minister of the state. In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur is the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state. Her term as chief minister ended when the state was put under"
"pardon for Anwar and making way for him to take over. Others have speculated, however, that it would be Wan Azizah who would make way for her husband. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Dato' Seri Dr Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail (Jawi: وان عزيزه بنت وان اسماعيل; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician serving as the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development. She is the Member of Parliament for Pandan since 12 May 2018, after the Cabinet list has been announced by the newly appointed Prime Minister, Tun Dr"
"Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Dato' Seri Dr Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail (Jawi: وان عزيزه بنت وان اسماعيل; born 3 December 1952) is a Malaysian politician serving as the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development. She is the Member of Parliament for Pandan since 12 May 2018, after the Cabinet list has been announced by the newly appointed Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. She is the first woman to hold the position in Malaysia. Currently, she is the President of the Pakatan Harapan coalition and previously was President of"
"was re-elected to the National Assembly on a reserved seat for women from Sindh. Memon initially served as Prime minister’s youth wing coordinator before she was appointed Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme with status of Minister of State in February 2015.<ref name=""thenews/25feb2015""></ref> In April 2017, she was appointed as the member of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development at World Bank. She ceased to hold the status of Minister of State when the federal cabinet was disbanded after Nawaz Sharif resigned as Prime Minister. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new prime minister in August"
"and memberships: Ina'am Al-Mufti Ina'am Qaddoura Al-Mufti (; February 26, 1929 – 6 November 2018) was the first Jordanian woman to hold a governmental position. Qaddoura established the Ministry of Social Development, Noor Al-Hussein Foundation, Women Issues Organization, Jubilee School of Amman, Children's Trust, Union of Jordanian Women, and National Union for Jordanian Business Women. She was also a part of UNESCO, spoke on several radio shows spreading awareness, and was a part of writing a book used in all schools in the kingdom. Qaddoura was a member of the Senate, the Upper House of the National Assembly of Jordan."