List of female interior ministers
An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, civil defence, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or a minister of home affairs.
In some countries, police and security are controlled by a separated ministry. For example, Greece's Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and Minister of Public Security of Israel. Other countries have also different tasks being entitled to the namely Ministry of the Interior. Not always reflects the naming of the ministry the portfolio behind. For example, Ethiopia's Ministry of Peace has the classical portfolio of an interior ministry but is not named so.
This list boasts only female ministers that had served or currently serving as Minister of Interior, which in charge, mainly of local governments, elections, and public administrations. Female ministers of separate ministries, such as of Justice, National Security, and Immigration wouldn't be placed on this list. And, this list only includes that of either sovereign or non-sovereign states.
Sovereign states
- Italics denotes an acting interior minister
| Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
| Qian Ying | Asia | |||||
| Mabel Moir James | America | |||||
| Clara Boscagli | Europe | |||||
| Inger Louise Valle | Europe | |||||
| Kebatshabile Disele | Africa | |||||
| Harriet Andreassen | Europe | |||||
| Britta Schall Holberg | Europe | |||||
| Kaisa Raatikainen | Europe | |||||
| Rita Sinon | Africa | |||||
| Margaret Austin | Oceania | |||||
| Ien Dales | Europe | |||||
| Lagle Parek | Europe | |||||
| Birte Weiss | Europe | |||||
| Ruth Dreifuss | Europe | |||||
| Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta | Europe | |||||
| Meral Akşener | Asia | |||||
| Francisca Lucas Pereira Gomes | Africa | |||||
| Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad | Europe | |||||
| Ana Lucía Armijos | America | |||||
| Rosa Russo Iervolino | Europe | |||||
| Vasso Papandreou | Europe | |||||
| Dosta Dimovska | Europe | |||||
| Francesca Michelotti | Europe | |||||
| Karen Jespersen | Europe | |||||
| Sylvia Brustad | Europe | |||||
| Vasso Papandreou | Europe | |||||
| Urmila Joella-Sewnundun | America | |||||
| Vera Sofia Rubi | America | |||||
| Mia Mottley | America | |||||
| Erna Solberg | Europe | |||||
| Sarah Flood-Beaubrun | America | |||||
| Mónika Lamperth | Europe | |||||
| Emma Rossi | Europe | |||||
| Cristina Fontes Lima | Africa | |||||
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | Africa | |||||
| Liese Prokop | Europe | |||||
| Rosalia Nghidinwa | Africa | |||||
| Adriana Delpiano | America | |||||
| Gail Teixeira | America | |||||
| Anna Kachikho | Africa | |||||
| Åslaug Haga | Europe | |||||
| Alicia Muñoz | America | |||||
| Olga Gólcher | America | |||||
| Valeria Ciavatta | Europe | |||||
| Pilar Mazzetti | America | |||||
| Gordana Jankuloska | Europe | |||||
| Ana Isabel Morales | America | |||||
| Guusje ter Horst | Europe | |||||
| Daisy Tourné | America | |||||
| Adela de Torrebiarte | America | |||||
| Anne Holmlund | Europe | |||||
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | Europe | |||||
| Jacqui Smith | Europe | |||||
| Ma Wen | Asia | |||||
| Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa | Europe | |||||
| Janina del Vecchio Ugalde | America | |||||
| Mirjana Orašanin | Europe | |||||
| Maria Fekter | Europe | |||||
| Katarina Kresal | Europe | |||||
| Sahara Khatun | Asia | |||||
| Janet Napolitano | America | |||||
| Sandra Pierantozzi | Oceania | |||||
| Mercedes Cabanillas | America | |||||
| Linda Abu Meri | Europe | |||||
| Karen Ellemann | Europe | |||||
| Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | Africa | |||||
| Annemie Turtelboom | Europe | |||||
| Cécile Manorohanta | Africa | |||||
| Liv Signe Navarsete | Europe | |||||
| Adja Satú Camará | Africa | |||||
| Roxana Méndez | America | |||||
| Theresa May | Europe | |||||
| Theresa Makoni | Africa | |||||
| Marisa Morais | Africa | |||||
| Johanna Mikl-Leitner | Europe | |||||
| Päivi Räsänen | Europe | |||||
| Pelenike Isaia | Oceania | |||||
| Margrethe Vestager | Europe | |||||
| Annamaria Cancellieri | Europe | |||||
| Joëlle Milquet | Europe | |||||
| Amy Adams | Oceania | |||||
| Nicola Roxon | Oceania | |||||
| Liesbeth Spies | Europe | |||||
| Eleni Mavrou | Europe | |||||
| Eka Zguladze | Europe | |||||
| Naledi Pandor | Africa | |||||
| Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana | Africa | |||||
| Petya Parvanova | Europe | |||||
| Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir | Europe | |||||
| Charmaine Scotty | Oceania | Incumbent | ||||
| Princess Tsandzile Dlamini | Africa | |||||
| Sheikh Hasina | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Sanae Takaichi | Asia | |||||
| Vesna Györkös Žnidar | Europe | |||||
| Teresa Piotrowska | Europe | |||||
| Anabela Rodrigues | Europe | |||||
| Ólöf Nordal | Europe | |||||
| Rumyana Bachvarova | Europe | |||||
| Karen Ellemann | Europe | |||||
| Rose Akol | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Constança Urbano de Sousa | Europe | |||||
| Daisy Alik-Momotaro | Oceania | |||||
| Amenta Matthew | Oceania | |||||
| Paula Risikko | Europe | |||||
| Amber Rudd | Europe | |||||
| Grace Chiumia | Africa | |||||
| Mitzy Larue | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Carmen Daniela Dan | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| María Amelia Coronel | America | Incumbent | ||||
| Dominique Hasler | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Hlengiwe Mkhize | Africa | |||||
| Elaine Duke | America | |||||
| Seiko Noda | Asia | |||||
| Ayanda Dlodlo | Africa | |||||
| Cecilia Chazama | Africa | |||||
| Kajsa Ollongren | Europe | |||||
| Tracey Martin | Oceania | Incumbent | ||||
| Kirstjen Nielsen | America | |||||
| 'Akosita Lavulavu | Oceania | |||||
| Denisa Saková | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Losaline Ma'asi | Oceania | |||||
| Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez | America | Incumbent | ||||
| Muferiat Kamil | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Princess Lindiwe Dlamini | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Katri Raik | Europe | |||||
| Olga Sánchez Cordero | America | Incumbent | ||||
| Taina Bofferding | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde | Europe | |||||
| Raya Haffar Al Hassan | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Elżbieta Witek | Europe | |||||
| Maria Ohisalo | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Astrid Krag | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Priti Patel | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Luciana Lamorgese | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Sanae Takaichi | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Janaina Tewaney | America | Incumbent |
Unrecognized states, dependent territories
| Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
| Yeh Chin-fong | Asia | |||||
| Paula Cox | America | |||||
| Lilian Boyce | America | |||||
| Karen Delancy | America | |||||
| Porsha Stubbs-Smith | America | |||||
| Gülsün Yücel | Europe | |||||
| Amanda Missick | America | |||||
| Tara Rivers | America | Incumbent |