List of the first LGBT holders of political offices

Heads of government

International bodies

[European Union]

[European Commission]

• European Commissioner for Trade – Peter Mandelson – 2004

  European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament">European Parliament

• Austria – Ulrike Lunacek – 2009
• Denmark – Torben Lund – 1999
• Belgium - Petra De Sutter - 2019
• Finland – Silvia Modig – 2019
• France – Roger Karoutchi – 1997
• Germany – Lissy Gröner – 1989
• Ireland – Maria Walsh – 2019
• Italy – Gianni Vattimo – 1999
• Netherlands – Herman Verbeek – 1984
• Poland – Robert Biedroń – 2019
• Spain – José María Mendiluce Pereiro – 1999–2004
• Sweden – Fredrick Federley and Malin Björk – 2014
• United Kingdom – Tom Spencer – 1999
• United Kingdom – Nikki Sinclaire – 2009

  Americas

[Argentina]

• Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011
• Chamber of Deputies – Analuz Carol – 2015
• Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011
• Provincial governor – Gustavo Melella – 2019
• Buenos Aires City Legislature – María Rachid – 2011
• Buenos Aires City Legislature – Maximiliano Ferraro – 2011

  [Bolivia]

• Congressperson – Manuel Canelas – 2014

  [Brazil]

• Alderperson - Kátia Tapety – 1992
• Vice-mayor - Kátia Tapety – 2004
• Congressperson - Clodovil Hernandes – 2006
• Alderperson - Leo Kret – 2008
• Congressperson - Jean Wyllys – 2010
• First mayor elected - Edgar de Souza – 2012
• Mayor - Wirley Rodrigues Reis - 2016
• Alderperson - Marielle Franco and David Miranda
• Alderperson - Fernando Holiday - 2016
• Senator - Fabiano Contarato – 2018
• Congressperson - Erica Malunguinho - 2018
• First black congressperson - David Miranda – 2019

  [Canada]

[Chile]

• Councilmember – Alejandra González – 2004
• Councilmember – Jaime Parada – 2012
• Councilmember – Zuliana Araya – 2012
• Chamber of Deputies – Claudio Arriagada – 2013
• Chamber of Deputies – Guillermo Ceroni – 2013

  [Colombia]

• Minister of Transport – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen −2012–2014
• Minister of Education – Gina Parody – 2014–2018
• Minister of Trade and Industry – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen – 2014–2018
• Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development – Ricardo Lozano Picón – 2018
• Senate – Claudia López – 2015
• House of Representatives – Angélica Lozano Correa – 2014
• National Agency – Brigitte Baptiste
• Mayor of Bogota – Claudia López – 2019

  [Costa Rica]

• Legislative Assembly – Carmen Muñoz – elected 2010 and minister appointed in 2014
• Cabinet Minister - Wilhelm von Breymann Barquero - appointed in 2014.
• Legislative Assembly - Enrique Sánchez - 2018

  [Cuba]

• Municipal council – Adela Hernandez– 2012

  [Ecuador]

• Minister of Health: Carina Vance Mafla – 2012
• National Assembly – Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano – 2017

  [El Salvador]

• Mayor – Hugo Salinas – 2009

  [Guatemala]

• Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016
• Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020
• Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano –2020

  [Mexico]

• Federal Deputy – Patria Jiménez – 1997
• Federal Deputy – David Sánchez Camacho – 2006
• Local Deputy – Enoé Uranga – 2000
• Local Deputy - David Sánchez Camacho – 1997
• Municipal president -Benjamín Medrano Quezada – 2013
• City Council - Rubí Suárez Araujo - 2016
• City Council - Ezequiel García Torres - 2017

  [Peru]

• Councilmember – Luisa Revilla – 2014
• Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021
• Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde – 2016
• Minister of Transport and Communications – Carlos Bruce – September 2017

  [Puerto Rico]

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico – Maite Oronoz Rodríguez – 15 July 2014

  United States

[Uruguay]

• Director of Macro Counseling in Social Policies – Andrés Scagliola – 2010
• House of Representatives – Martín Couto – 2014
• Member of Parliament – Michelle Suárez Bértora – 2014

  [Venezuela]

• National Assembly – Tamara Adrián – elected 2015
• National Assembly - Rosmit Mantilla – elected 2015

  Europe

[Austria]

• Member of Parliament - Ulrike Lunacek – 1999
• Member of Parliament - Mario Lindner – 2017
• Minister – Iris Eliisa Rauskala – 2019
• Mayor – Georg Djundja – 2019

  [Belgium]

• Prime Minister – Elio Di Rupo – 2011
• Member of the Flemish Government - Pascal Smet – 2009-2014
• Member of the Brussels Government - Pascal Smet - 2004-2009
• Member of the Brussels Government - - 2012

  [Croatia]

• Member of Parliament – Domagoj Hajduković – 2011

  [Czech Republic]

• Member of the Senate – Václav Fischer – 1999–2002
• Minister of Transport – Gustáv Slamečka – 2009–2010
• Minister for Regional Development – Karla Šlechtová – 2014
• Regional council member – Matěj Stropnický – 2014
• Party leader – Matěj Stropnický – 2016–2017

  [Denmark]

• Member of Parliament – Yvonne Herløv Andersen – 1998
• Member of Parliament – Torben Lund – 1998
• Minister of Culture – Uffe Elbæk – 2011–2012
• Member of Parliament – Rasmus Nordqvist – 2015
• Minister of Justice – Søren Pape Poulsen – 2016
• Minister for Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education – Tommy Ahlers – 2018

  [Faroe Islands]

• Member of Parliament - Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir – 2015

  [Finland]

• Member of Parliament - Pekka Haavisto – 1987
• Leader of a major political party - Pekka Haavisto - 1992
• Minister of the Environment - Pekka Haavisto – 1995
• Member of Parliament - Merikukka Forsius – 1999
• Member of Parliament - Reijo Paananen – 2002
• Secretary of a major political party - Reijo Paananen - 2012
• Member of Parliament - Oras Tynkkynen – 2004
• Member of Parliament - Jani Toivola – 2011
• Member of Parliament - Silvia Modig – 2011
• Minister for International Development - Pekka Haavisto – 2013
• Minister for Foreign Affairs - Pekka Haavisto – 2019

  [France]

• Member of Parliament - André Labarrère^{:w:fr:André Labarrère|} – 1981-1986
• Mayor of Paris: - Bertrand Delanoë – 2001
• Government Member - Roger Karoutchi – 2007-2009
• Member of Parliament - Franck Riester – 2007 , puis Ministre de la Culture - 2018 -...
• Member of Parliament - Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon – 2017
• Government Member - Gabriel Attal - 2018 -....

  [Germany]

• Member of Parliament - Helga Schuchardt - 1972–1983
• Mayor - Klaus Wowereit – 2001–2014
• Vice Chancellor - Guido Westerwelle, leader of - 2009-2011
• Foreign Minister - Guido Westerwelle, leader of - 2009-2013
• Mayor - Michael Ebling – 2012
• Mayor - Sven Gerich – 2013
• Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety - Barbara Hendricks – 2013–2018
• Mayor - Thomas Kufen – 2015
• Health Minister - Jens Spahn – 2018

  [Hungary]

• Member of Parliament - Klára Ungár^{:w:hu:Ungár Klára|} – 1990
• Member of Parliament - Péter Ungár^{:w:hu:Ungár Péter|} – 2018
• Member of Government - Gábor Szetey - 2006–2009

  [Iceland]

• Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 2009-2013
• Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 1987-1994, 2007-2009
• Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources – Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson – 2017

  Ireland">Republic of Ireland">Ireland

• Senator - David Norris – 1987
• Senator - Katherine Zappone – 2011
• Member of the Oireachtas - TD - Dominic Hannigan – openly gay when elected in 2011
• Member of the Oireachtas - TD - John Lyons – openly gay when elected in 2011
• Member of the Oireachtas - TD - Jerry Buttimer – Elected as TD in 2011; came out in 2012
• Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport - Leo Varadkar - 2011
• Mayor - Cian O'Callaghan - 2012
• Leader of the Seanad Éireann - Jerry Buttimer – 2016
• Minister for Children and Youth Affairs - Katherine Zappone - 2016
• Member of the Oireachtas - TD - Katherine Zappone – 2016
• Taoiseach – Leo Varadkar – 2017
• Leader of largest party in Dáil Éireann - Leo Varadkar, Fine Gael - 2017
• Member of the European Parliament - Maria Walsh, 2019

  [Isle of Man]

• Chief Minister – Allan Bell – 2011

  [Italy]

• Member of Parliament - Angelo Pezzana^{:w:it:Angelo Pezzana|} – 1979
• Minister for Agriculture - Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2000
• Member of Parliament - Titti De Simone^{:w:it:Titti De Simone|} – 2001
• Mayor - Rosario Crocetta - 2003–2009
• President of Apulia - Nichi Vendola – 2005–2015
• Member of Parliament - Vladimir Luxuria – 2006
• Minister of Environment - Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2006
• Member of Parliament - Sergio Lo Giudice - 2013
• Member of Parliament - Ivan Scalfarotto - 2009
• President of Sicily - Rosario Crocetta – 2012–2017
• First transgender mayor – Gianmarco Negri – 2019

  [Latvia]

• Member of Parliament – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2014
• Member of Parliament – Marija Golubeva – 2018
• Chairman of a political party – Roberts Putnis ^{:w:lv:Roberts Putnis|} – 2018

  [Lithuania]

• Member of Parliament: Rokas Žilinskas – 2008

  [Luxembourg]

• Mayor of Luxembourg City – Xavier Bettel – 2011
• Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel – 2013
• Deputy Prime Minister – Etienne Schneider – 2013

  [Netherlands]

• Member of Parliament - Coos Huijsen – 1972
• Member of Parliament - Evelien Eshuis^{:w:nl:Evelien Eshuis|} – 1982
• King's Commissioner – Jan Franssen - 2000–2013
• Mayor - Arno Brok – 2003–2010
• Minister of Economic Affairs - Joop Wijn – 2006
• Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food - Gerda Verburg – 2007
• Minister of Finance - Jan Kees de Jager – 2010
• Member of Parliament - Rob Jetten – 2017
• Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations - Kajsa Ollongren – 2017
• Member of Parliament - Vera Bergkamp – 2017
• Member of Parliament - Henk Krol – 2017
• Member of Parliament - Henk Nijboer – 2017
• Member of Parliament - Sjoerd Potters – 2017

  [Norway]

• Member of Parliament - Wenche Lowzow – 1977–1985, reelected 1981
• Member of Parliament - Anders Hornslien – 1993–2001
• City council chairman of Oslo - Erling Lae – 2000–2009
• Member of Bergen city council and chairman of the Red Electoral Alliance and Red Party - Torstein Dahle - 1987-2018, 2003-2007, and 2007-2010 respectively
• Minister of Finance - Per-Kristian Foss - 2001-2005
• Minister of Health and Care Services - Bent Høie - 2013-

  [Poland]

• City councillor – Krystian Legierski – 2010
• Member of Parliament – Robert Biedroń – 2011-2014
• Mayor – Robert Biedroń – 2014-2018
• Member of parliament – Anna Grodzka – 2011
• Sołtys – Łukasz Włodarczyk – 2017-
• Deputy mayor – Paweł Rabiej – 2018-
• Leader of a political party – Robert Biedroń – 2019-
• Member of the European Parliament for Poland – Robert Biedroń – 2019-

  [Portugal]

• Member of Parliament - Miguel Vale de Almeida – 2009–2010
• Member of the government - Graça Fonseca – 2015–2018
• Member of the government - Graça Fonseca – 2018
• Party deputy leader - Adolfo Mesquita Nunes - 2018

  [Serbia]

• Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić – 2017
• Government minister – Ana Brnabić – 2016–2017

  [Slovakia]

• Member of Parliament - Edita Angyalová - 2002
• Member of Parliament - Stanislav Fořt – 2011

  [Soviet Union]

• People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs - Georgy Chicherin - 1918–1930

  [Spain]

• Member of the Cortes - Jerónimo Saavedra – 1977-2004
• Regional President - Jerónimo Saavedra -1983–1987, 1991–1993
• Minister of Public Administrations and Minister of Education and Science- Jerónimo Saavedra
• Town councillor - Manuela Trasobares - 2007
• Mayor of a Provincial Capital - Jerónimo Saavedra - 2007–2011
• Member of the Cortes - Ángeles Álvarez – 2011
• Mayor of an Autonomic Capital - Javier Maroto - 2011–2015
• Minister of the Interior - Fernando Grande-Marlaska - 2018
• Minister of Culture and Sport - Màxim Huerta - 2018

  Autonomous regional parliament members

• Minister of Health of Catalonia - Antoni Comín i Oliveres - 2016
• Minister of Culture of Catalonia - Santi Vila - c. 2017
• Minister of Culture and Education of Galicia - Jesús Vázquez Abad - 2007-2015
• Member of the Parliament of Catalonia - Miquel Iceta PSC - 1999
• Member of the Basque Parliament- Iñaki Oyarzábal - 1996
• Member of the Assembly of Extremadura - Víctor Casco - 2014
• Member of the Assembly of Madrid - Carla Antonelli - 2011
• Member of the Corts Valencianes - Fran Ferri - 2011

  [Sweden]

• Member of Parliament - Kent Carlsson – 1991
• Member of Parliament - Elisebeht Markström – 1995
• Minister of the Environment - Andreas Carlgren – 2006
• Minister of Migration Affairs - Tobias Billström – 2006

  [Switzerland]

• Member of Parliament - Claude Janiak – 1999
• Member of Parliament - Marianne Huguenin – 2003
• President of the National Council - Claude Janiak – 2005-2006
• Speaker of House of Representatives - Claude Janiak – 2006
• Cantonal Governments - Bernhard Pulver – 2006
• Mayor - Corine Mauch – 2009
• Cantonal Governments - Martin Klöti – 2012

  [United Kingdom]

Africa

[South Africa]

• High Court Judge – Edwin Cameron – 1995
• Member of Parliament – Mike Waters – 1999
• Constitutional Court Justice – Edwin Cameron – 2008
• Provincial Premier – Lynne Brown – 2009
• Member of Parliament – Zakhele Mbhele – 2014
• Cabinet minister – Lynne Brown – 2014
• Municipal Councillor- Dimakatso Moloisane - 2015

  [Tunisia]

• Leader of a political party – Mounir Baatour – 2011

  Asia

[Hong Kong]

• Legislative Council Member – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen – 2012
• District Council Member — Jimmy Sham, Kenneth Cheung, and Alice Wei — 2019

  [India]

• State Legislative Assembly – Shabnam Mausi – 1998–2003
• Mayor – Madhu Bai Kinnar – 4 January 2015.

  [Israel]

• Member of Knesset – Uzi Even – 2003
• Member of Knesset – Nitzan Horowitz – 2008
• Member of Knesset – Itzik Shmuli – 2013
• Member of Knesset – Amir Ohana – 2015
• City councillor – Michal Eden – 1998
• City councillor – Itai Pinkas and Yaniv Weizman
• City councillor – Saar Netanel – 2003
• Minister – Amir Ohana – 2019.
• Leader of a political party – Nitzan Horowitz – 2019
• Deputy mayor of Tel Aviv – Chen Arieli – 2019

  [Japan]

• Ward councillor – Aya Kamikawa – 2003
• Prefectural assembly member – Kanako Otsuji – 2005
• Ward councillor – Taiga Ishikawa and Wataru Ishizaka – 2011
• Member of the House of Councillors – Kanako Otsuji – 2013
• City councillor – Tomoya Hosoda – 2017
• Member of the Diet – Kanako Otsuji – 2017
• City councillor – Maria Akasaka – 2019
• Prefectural assembly member – Ayako Fuchigami – 2019
• Member of the House of Councillors – Taiga Ishikawa – 2019

  [Macau]

• Chairperson of a political party – Jason Chao – 2010

  [Nepal]

• Constituent Assembly Member – Sunil Babu Pant – 2008

  [Philippines]

• Province Mayor – Arnold James Ysidoro – 1998–2004; 2010
• Province Mayor – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013
• Board Member of 2nd District of Northern Samar Province – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013–2016
• City Councilor – Wenceslao Gakit – 1998–2007
• Board Member of Sixth District of Cebu Province – Wenceslao Gakit – 2007–2010
• City Councilor – Justo Justo – c. 1980s
• Barangay Capitan of Angeles IV – Ruvic Rea – 2001
• House of Representatives – Geraldine Roman – 2016

  [Sri Lanka]

• Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament – Mangala Samaraweera – 1989
• Minister – Mangala Samaraweera – 2005
• Governor – Niluka Ekanayake – 2016

  [Taiwan]

• Minister without Portfolio – Audrey Tang – 2016

  [Thailand]

• representative of Mueang Nan District on the Provincial Administration Organization for Nan Province – Yollada Suanyot – 2012.
• first MP in the House of Representatives – Tanwarin Sukkhapisit – 2019.

  Oceania

[Australia]

[Guam]

• Lieutenant Governor - Josh Tenorio 2019
• Supreme Court Justice – Benjamin Cruz – 1997
• Chief Justice – Benjamin Cruz −1999–2001
• Member of Legislature – Benjamin Cruz – 2004

  [New Zealand]

• Member of Parliament – Marilyn Waring – 1975–1984
• Member of Parliament – Chris Carter – 1993–2011
• Mayor – Georgina Beyer – 1995–1999
• Member of Parliament – Georgina Beyer – 1999–2007
• Member of Parliament – Maryan Street – 2005–2014
• Minister of Conservation – Chris Carter – 2002–2007
• Minister of Ethnic Affairs – Chris Carter – 2002–2008
• Minister of Local Government – Chris Carter – 2002–2005
• Minister for Building Issues – Chris Carter – 2004–2005
• Minister of Education - Chris Carter – 2007–2008
• Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office – Chris Carter – 2007–2008
• Minister of Housing and Minister of ACC – Maryan Street – 2007–2008
• Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations - Chris Finlayson - 2008-2017
• High Court of New Zealand - Michael Muir 2014-
• Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson – 2017-
• Party leader – Damian Light – 2017