List of the first openly LGBTQ holders of political offices

, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (second from right), and her wife Jónína (far left) with Slovenian President Danilo Türk and his wife Barbara. Official visit to Slovenia. ==International bodies==

===European Union=== ====European Commission==== • European Commissioner for Trade – Peter Mandelson – 2004 (British) ==== European Parliament ==== Arranged by country • Austria – Ulrike Lunacek – 2009 • Denmark – Torben Lund – 1999 • Belgium – Petra de Sutter – 2019 • Finland – Silvia Modig – 2019 • France – Roger Karoutchi – 1997 [Came out as gay in 2009] • Germany – Lissy Gröner – 1989 • Ireland – Maria Walsh – 2019 • Italy – Gianni Vattimo – 1999 • Luxembourg - Tilly Metz - 2018 • Netherlands – Herman Verbeek (PPR) – 1984 • Poland – Robert Biedroń (NL) – 2019 • Portugal – Paulo Rangel (PSD) – 2009 [Came out: 2021] • Spain – José María Mendiluce Pereiro (PSOE; later joining the Greens) – 1999–2004 [Came out: 2003] • Spain – Antoni Comín (Junts) – 2019 • Sweden – Fredrick Federley and Malin Björk – 2014 • United Kingdom – Tom Spencer – 1999 [Came out: 1999] • United Kingdom – Nikki Sinclaire – 2009 [Came out as lesbian in 2004; Came out as transgender in 2013] ==Head of subnational governments==

The following is a list of LGBT persons who headed the governments of a first-tier administrative division within a sovereign state (such as provinces, lands, states, regions or oblasts). Currently in office ==Americas==

===Argentina=== • Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011 [First openly gay man] • Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Virginia Rodríguez – 2001 [First openly lesbian woman] • Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011 [First openly gay man; Came out: 2018] • Government Minister (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship) – Jorge Faurie – 2017 [First openly gay man] • Government Minister (Ministry of Culture) – Teresa Parodi – 2014 [First openly lesbian woman; Came out: 2025] • Government Minister (Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity) – Ayelén Mazzina – 2022 [First openly lesbian woman] • Government Secretary (Undersecretary of Diversity Policies) – Alba Rueda – 2019 [First openly transgender person] • Government Member (Office for the Coordination of Diversity and Non-Discrimination of the Ministry of Security) – Mara Pérez Reynoso – 2015 [First openly transgender person] • Provincial governor (Tierra del Fuego) – Gustavo Melella – 2019 [First openly gay man] • Buenos Aires City Legislature – María Rachid – 2011 [First openly lesbian woman] • Buenos Aires City Legislature – Maximiliano Ferraro – 2011 [First openly gay man] • Mayor (General Pinto, Buenos Aires) – Alexis Guerrera – 2003 [First openly gay man] • Mayor (Loncopué, Neuquén) – María Fernanda Villone – 2011 [First openly lesbian woman] • Municipal councillor (Escobar, Buenos Aires Province) – Sandra Edith "Tía Gaucha" Tancredi – 2022 [First openly transgender person] • Municipal councillor (General La Madrid, Buenos Aires Province) – Ariel Lucho López – 2023 [First openly non-binary person] ===Aruba=== • Parliament of Aruba (Senator) – Miguel Mansur – 2021 [First openly gay party leader] ===Bolivia=== • Congressperson (Deputy) – Manuel Canelas – 2015 [First openly gay male] • Assemblyperson (La Paz) – París Galán – 2015 [First openly transgender male] ===Brazil=== Canada ===Chile=== • Councilmember – Alejandra González Pino – 2004 [First elected transgender woman] • Councilmember – Jaime Parada – 2012 [First openly gay male] • Chamber of Deputies – Claudio Arriagada – 2013 [First openly gay male] • Chamber of Deputies – Guillermo Ceroni – 2013 • Chamber of Deputies – Emilia Schneider – 2021 [First openly transgender person] • Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Riquelme – 2021 [First openly lesbian female] • Chamber of Deputies – Francisca Bello, Camila Musante – 2021 [first openly non-binary member of Congress] • Mayor of Bogota – Claudia López – 2019 [first openly LGBTQ (lesbian)] • Mayor of Chapinero – Blanca Inés Durán Hernández – 2008–2012 [openly lesbian] • Minister of Transport – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen − 2012–2014 [Came out: 2014] • Minister of Education – Gina Parody – 2014–2018 • Minister of Commerce – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen – 2014–2018 • Minister of Justice – Néstor Osuna – 2022–2024 [openly homosexual] • Minister of Equality and Equity – Juan Carlos Florián – 2025–present [openly LGBTQ] • National Agency Director (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Biodiversity) – Brigitte Baptiste [first openly transgender woman] • Representative – Angélica Lozano – 2014 [first openly bisexual legislator] • Representative– Mauricio Toro – 2018 [first openly gay man elected to Congress] • Senator – Angélica Lozano – 2018 [first openly LGBTQ (bisexual) senator] • Senator – Claudia López – 2015 ===Costa Rica=== • Legislative Assembly – Carmen Muñoz – elected 2010 and minister appointed in 2014 [first openly lesbian person] • Cabinet Minister – Wilhelm von Breymann Barquero – appointed in 2014. [first openly gay man] • Legislative Assembly – Enrique Sánchez – 2018 [first openly gay male] • Second Vice Mayor – Municipality of the Canton of Moravia – Gerhard Phillip Hernández Padilla – elected in 2024 [first openly trans man]. ===Cuba=== • Municipal council – Adela Hernández – 2012 [First transgender person elected to office] === Curaçao === • Governor of Curaçao - Mauritsz de Kort - November 4, 2025 – present). ===Ecuador=== • National Assembly – Sandra Alvarez – 2009 [first openly LGBT substitute lawmaker.] • Minister of Health: Carina Vance Mafla – 2012 • National Assembly – Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano – 2017 [First transgender woman substitute lawmaker] • Mayor of Pujilí – José Arroyo Cabrera – 2023 [first openly LGBTQ mayor in Ecuador] ===El Salvador=== • Mayor (Intipucá) – Hugo Salinas – 2009 ===Guatemala=== • Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016 [First lesbian female congressperson] • Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020[First gay male congressperson] • Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano − 2020[First Guatemalan gay male parliamentarian] ===Mexico=== • Federal Deputy – Patria Jiménez – 1997 [First openly lesbian female] • Federal Deputy – David Sánchez Camacho – 2006 [First openly gay male] • Federal Deputy – María Clemente García – 2021 [One of the first two transgender women] • Federal Deputy – Salma Luévano – 2021 [One of the first two transgender women] [First openly lesbian female] • Local Deputy (Federal District) – David Sánchez Camacho – 1997 [First openly gay male] • City Council (Guanajuato, Guanajuato) – Rubí Suárez Araujo – 2016 [first transgender city councillor and first openly transgender woman in political office] • City Council (Durango City, Durango) – Ezequiel García Torres – 2017 [First openly gay male] ===Peru=== • Councilmember – Luisa Revilla – 2014 [First transgender woman] • Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021 [First openly gay male congressman; Came out: 2014] • Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde (Ungrouped) – 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 === Trinidad and Tobago === • Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (Senator) – Jowelle de Souza – 2022 [First transgender person] United States ===Uruguay=== • Director of Macro Counseling in Social Policies – Andrés Scagliola – 2010 [First openly gay member of the government; Came out: 2011] • House of Representatives (Substitute Deputy) – Martín Couto – 2014 [First openly gay congressperson; Came out: 2017] • Member of Parliament – Michelle Suárez Bértora – 2014 [First transgender legislator] ===Venezuela=== • National Assembly (Deputy) – Tamara Adrián – elected 2015 [First transgender woman] • National Assembly (Deputy) – Rosmit Mantilla – elected 2015 [First openly gay male] ==Europe==

Armenia • Member of Parliament – Lilit Martirosyan – transgender === Andorra=== • Prime Minister – Xavier Espot Zamora – 2019 [First openly gay male to head an Andorran national government in modern times] ===Austria=== • Member of Parliament – Ulrike Lunacek – 1999 [First openly lesbian Member of Parliament] • Member of Parliament – Mario Lindner – 2017 [First openly gay Member of Parliament] • Minister – Iris Eliisa Rauskala – 2019 [First openly LGBT minister, openly lesbian, Minister of Education] • Mayor – Georg Djundja – 2019 [First openly LGBT mayor, openly gay, mayor of Oberndorf bei Salzburg] ===Belgium=== • Prime Minister – Elio Di Rupo (PS) – 2011 [First openly gay male to head a Belgian national government in modern times] • Member of the Federal Government (Federal Minister of Civil Service) – Petra De Sutter (Groen) – 2020 [First openly trans national minister in Europe] • Member of the Flemish Government (Flemish Minister of Education) – Pascal Smet (SP.A) – 2009–2014 [Came out; 2009] • Member of the Brussels Government (Minister of Mobility and Public Works) – Pascal Smet (SP.A) – 2004–2009 • Member of the Flemish Parliament – Conner Rousseau – 2019 [Came out; 2023] ===Croatia=== • Member of Parliament – Domagoj Hajduković – 2011 [First openly gay male] ===Czech Republic=== • Member of the Senate – Václav Fischer – 1999–2002 • Minister of Transport – Gustáv Slamečka – 2009–2010 • Minister for Regional Development – Karla Šlechtová – 2014 [First openly lesbian female] • Regional council member (Prague) – Matěj Stropnický – 2014 • Party leader (Green Party) – Matěj Stropnický – 2016–2017 [She was an MP for a few terms during the 1970s and 1980s, but not while openly lesbian.] • Member of Parliament – Torben Lund – 1998 • Member of Parliament (Alternative in Sjællands Storkreds) – Rasmus Nordqvist – 2015 • Minister of Justice – Søren Pape Poulsen – 2016 • Minister for Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education – Tommy Ahlers – 2018 [Came out (bisexual): July 2018] ===Faroe Islands=== • Member of Parliament – Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir – 2015 ===Finland=== • Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Oras Tynkkynen – 2004 • Leader of a major political party (Green League) – Pekka Haavisto – 1992 • Minister of the Environment – Pekka Haavisto – 1995 [First bisexual female] • Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Reijo Paananen – 2002 • Secretary of a major political party (Social Democratic Party of Finland) – Reijo Paananen – 2012 • Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Pirkanmaa) – Oras Tynkkynen – 2004 • Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Uusimaa) – Jani Toivola – 2011 • Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Silvia Modig – 2011 [First lesbian female] • Minister for International Development – Pekka Haavisto – 2013 [Came out: 1998] • Mayor of Paris – Bertrand Delanoë – 2001 [Came out: 1998] • Government Member (Ministry of Culture) – Jean-Jacques Aillagon – 2002 (came out in 2002). • Government Member (Secretary of State for relations with parliament) – Roger Karoutchi – 2007 [Came out: 2009] • Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France) – Franck Riester – 2007 [Came out: 2011] • Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France, Allier) – Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon – 2017 • Government Member (Secretary of State for the Digital Sector) – Mounir Mahjoubi – 2017 (came out in 2018). • Government Member (Ministry of Labour - Olivier Dussopt (2017–2024) • Government Member (Secretary of State for Youth and Education) – Gabriel Attal – 2018 (came out in 2018). • Mayor of Nancy – Mathieu Klein – 2020 • Mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes – Marie Cau – 2020 (first transgender mayor in France) • Government Member (Secretary of State for Youth) – Sarah El Haïry – 2022 • Government Member (Ministry of National Education) – Gabriel Attal – 2023 • Prime Minister – Gabriel Attal – 2024 • Government Member (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs) – Stéphane Séjourné – 2024 ===Germany=== • Reich Minister without portfolio, Reichsleiter: Ernst Röhm (NSDAP) — 1933–1934 (outed in 1931). Historian Laurie Marhoefer writes that Röhm became the world's "first openly gay politician" after letters in which he called himself "same-sex orientated [gleichgeschlechtlich]" were published by Social Democratic newspapers. He was murdered by the NSDAP in the "Night of the Long Knives" (German: Nacht der langen Messer (also called the Röhm purge or Operation Hummingbird (German: Aktion Kolibri) • Member of Parliament – Helga Schuchardt (FDP) – 1972–1983 [Outed: 1992 (while serving as Minister of Science and Culture in Lower Saxony at that time] • Member of Parliament – Herbert Rusche (Greens) – 1985–1987 • Member of Parliament (Speaker for Legal Affairs) – Volker Beck (Greens) – 1994 • Member of Parliament (Bundestag) for North Rhine-Westphalia) – Barbara Hendricks (SPD) – 1994 • Member of Parliament (Bundestag) – Tessa Ganserer (Greens) & Nyke Slawik (Greens) – 2021 [First openly transgender persons] • Mayor (Hamburg) – Ole von Beust – 2001–2010 [He also served as president of Bundesrat in 2007–2008] • Mayor (Berlin) – Klaus Wowereit – 2001–2014 [He also served as president of Bundesrat in 2001–2002] • Vice Chancellor – Guido Westerwelle, leader of (FDP) – 2009–2011 • Foreign Minister – Guido Westerwelle, leader of (FDP) – 2009–2013 • Mayor (Wiesbaden) – Sven Gerich – 2013 • Mayor (Essen) – Thomas Kufen – 2015 • Health Minister – Jens Spahn (CDU) – 2018 ===Greece=== • Cabinet minister – Nicholas Yatromanolakis (2021) ===Hungary=== • Member of Parliament – Klára Ungár(hu) – 1990–1994, 1994–1998 [First openly lesbian female] • Member of Parliament – László Sebián-Petrovszki(hu) – 2019–2022, 2022– • Member of Parliament – Péter Ungár(hu) – 2018–2022, 2022– [First openly gay male, came out: 2019] • Member of Government (Secretary of State for Human Resources) – Gábor Szetey – 2006–2009 [came out: 2007] ===Iceland=== • Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 2009–2013 [First openly gay male to serve as a minister] ===Ireland=== • Senator – David Norris (Dublin University) – 1987 • Senator – Katherine Zappone (Taoiseach's nominee) – 2011 • Teachta Dála (member of parliament) – Dominic Hannigan (Meath East) – openly gay when elected in 2011 • Teachta Dála (member of parliament) – John Lyons (Dublin North-West) – openly gay when elected in 2011 • Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport – Leo Varadkar – 2011, came out 2015 • Mayor (Fingal County Council) – Cian O'Callaghan – 2012 • Leader of the Seanad Éireann – Jerry Buttimer – 2016 • Minister for Children and Youth Affairs – Katherine Zappone – 2016 • Minister of State at the Department of Transport, and at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications – Jack Chambers – 2022 • Minister for Finance - Jack Chambers, 2024 ===Isle of Man=== • Chief Minister – Allan Bell – 2011 [Came out: 2015] ===Italy=== • Member of Parliament – Angelo Pezzana(it) – 1979 [First openly gay male] • Minister for Agriculture – Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2000 [Came out (bisexual): 2000] • Member of Parliament – Titti De Simone(it) – 2001 [First lesbian] • Mayor (Gela) – Rosario Crocetta – 2003–2009 [First openly gay male mayor] • President of Apulia – Nichi Vendola – 2005–2015 • Member of Parliament – Vladimir Luxuria – 2006 [First transgender woman] • Member of Parliament – Sergio Lo Giudice – 2013 [Former Arcigay president] • Member of Parliament (Vice president of the Democratic Party) – Ivan Scalfarotto – 2009 • President of Sicily – Rosario Crocetta – 2012–2017 • Acting President of Calabria – Antonino Spirlì – 2020–2021 • Minister for Youth Policies and Sport – Vincenzo Spadafora – 2019 [Came out (gay): 2021] === Latvia === • Member of Parliament (Minister of Foreign Affairs) – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2014 [First openly gay male; Came out: 2014] • Member of Parliament – Marija Golubeva – 2018 [First openly lesbian female] • Chairman of a political party (The Progressives) – – 2018 [First openly gay male] • President – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2023 === Lithuania === • Member of Parliament: Rokas Žilinskas – 2008 • Member of Parliament: Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius – 2020 ===Luxembourg=== • Mayor of Luxembourg City – Xavier Bettel – 2011 • Minister of the Economy - Etienne Schneider - 2012 • Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel – 2013 • Deputy Prime Minister – Etienne Schneider – 2013 ===Netherlands=== • Member of Parliament – Coos Huijsen (CHU) – 1972 (Came out: 1977; World's first openly gay MP) • Member of Parliament – Evelien Eshuis (CPN) – 1982 • King's Commissioner – Jan Franssen (VVD) – 2000–2013 • Mayor – Arno Brok (VVD) – 2003–2010 • Minister of Economic Affairs – Joop Wijn (CDA) – 2006 • Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food – Gerda Verburg (CDA) – 2007 • Minister of Finance – Jan Kees de Jager (CDA) – 2010 • Minister of Climate and Energy – Rob Jetten (D66) – 2022 • Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations – Kajsa Ollongren (D66) – 2017 • Member of Parliament – Vera Bergkamp (D66) – 2017 • Member of Parliament – Henk Krol (50PLUS) – 2017 • Member of Parliament – Henk Nijboer (PvdA) – 2017 • Member of Parliament – Sjoerd Potters (VVD) – 2017 • Member of Parliament – Lisa van Ginneken (D66) – 2021 (first transgender MP) • City councillor municipality Apeldoorn – Lilian Haak (VVD) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors) • City councillor municipality Nijmegen – Michelle van Doorn (PvdD) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors) • City councillor municipality Utrecht – Sophie Schers (GroenLinks) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors) • City councillor municipality Utrecht – Corine van Dun (D66) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors) • Speaker of the House of Representatives – Vera Bergkamp (D66) – 2021 • Prime Minister – Rob Jetten (D66) – 2026 ===Norway=== • Prime Minister (acting) – Per-Kristian Foss – 2002 • Member of Parliament – Wenche Lowzow – 1977–1985, reelected 1981 [Came out 1979; First openly lesbian female] • Member of Parliament – Anders Hornslien – 1993–2001 [Came out: 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 [Came out late 1960s] • Minister of Finance – Per-Kristian Foss – 2001–2005 • Minister of Health and Care Services – Bent Høie – 2013–2021 ===Poland=== • Members of the Sejm – Jerzy Andrzejewski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz – 1952 [first either gay or bisexual members of Sejm; outed posthumously] • Member of the State Council – Jerzy Zawieyski – 1956 [first either gay or bisexual member of the State Council; outed posthumously] • City councilor (Warsaw) – Krystian Legierski – 2010 [first gay city councilor; first openly gay elected politician] • Member of the Sejm – Anna Grodzka – 2011 [first transgender member of the Sejm; first transgender elected politician] • Member of Sejm – Robert Biedroń – 2011 [first openly gay member of the Sejm] • Mayor (Słupsk) – Robert Biedroń – 2014 [first gay city mayor] • Sołtys (Bobrowniki) – Łukasz Włodarczyk – 2017 [first gay sołtys (village mayor)] • Deputy mayor (Warsaw) – Paweł Rabiej – 2018 [first gay deputy mayor of a city] • Member of the European Parliament – Robert Biedroń – 2019 [first gay member of European Parliament representing Poland] • Leader of a political party (New Left) – Robert Biedroń – 2019 [first gay leader of a major political party] • Member of the Sejm – Anna Maria Żukowska and Hanna Gill-Piątek – 2019 [first bisexual women members of the Sejm, and first openly bisexual elected officials] • Presidential candidate – Robert Biedroń – 2020 [first gay presidential candidate] • Member of a regional assembly (Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik) – Hanna Gill-Piątek – 2024 [first bisexual member of a regional assembly (sejmik)] • City councillors – Zuzanna Bartel (Poznań) and Marta Magott (Gdańsk) – 2024 [first lesbian elected officials; first lesbian city councillors] • City councillor (Kraków) – Aleksandra Owca – 2024 [first bisexual city councillor] ===Portugal=== • Member of Parliament – Miguel Vale de Almeida – 2009–2010 • Member of the government (Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation) – Graça Fonseca – 2015–2018 [Came out: 2017] • Member of the government (Minister of Culture) – Graça Fonseca – 2018 • Member of the government (Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers) – André Caldas – 2020 • Member of the government (Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs) - Paulo Rangel - 2024 ===Serbia=== • Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić – 2017 • Government minister (Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government) – Ana Brnabić – 2016–2017 ===Slovakia=== • Member of Parliament – Edita Angyalová – 2002 [First openly lesbian female] • Member of Parliament – Stanislav Fořt – 2011 [First openly gay male; Came out: 2011] • Member of Bratislava city council – Lucia Plaváková – 2022 [First openly member of Bratislava city council] • Mayor of the town Mýto pod Ďumbierom - Roman Švantner- 2006 [First openly mayor of town] ===Spain=== • Member of the Cortes (Senate) – Jerónimo Saavedra (PSOE) – 1977–2004 [Came out: 2000] • Regional President (President of the Canary Islands) Jerónimo Saavedra – 1983–1987, 1991–1993 [First transgender woman] • Mayor of a Provincial Capital (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) – Jerónimo Saavedra – 2007–2011 • Mayor of an Autonomic Capital (Vitoria-Gasteiz) – Javier Maroto (PP) – 2011–2015 [Member of Basque Parliament since 2012, Sectorial Under-secretary of the Spanish People's Party since 2015. Member of the Member of the Cortes since 2016] • Minister of the Interior – Fernando Grande-Marlaska – 2018–present • Minister of Culture and Sport – Màxim Huerta – 2018 • Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service – Miquel Iceta – 2021–2023 Autonomous regional parliament members • Minister of Health of Catalonia – Antoni Comín i Oliveres (Together for Yes) – 2016 • Minister of Culture of Catalonia – Santi Vila (Together For Yes – CDC) – c. 2017 • Minister of Culture and Education of Galicia – Jesús Vázquez Abad (People's Party of Galicia) – 2007–2015 • Member of the Parliament of Catalonia – Miquel Iceta PSC – 1999 [First openly gay male] • Member of the Basque Parliament – Iñaki Oyarzábal – 1996 [Secretary General of the Spanish People's Party of the Basque Country, 2008–2014. He is member of the Senate of Spain since 2016.] • Member of the Assembly of Extremadura – Víctor Casco – 2014 • Member of the Assembly of Madrid – Carla Antonelli – 2011 [First transgender woman and LGBT rights activist who was instrumental in the approval of the Spanish Gender Identity Law.] • Member of the Corts Valencianes – Fran Ferri (spokesman of Coalició Compromís) – 2011 ===Sweden=== • Member of Parliament – Kent Carlsson (s) – 1991 [Came out: 1991] • Member of Parliament – Elisebeht Markström (s) – 1995 [Came out publicly: 2006] • Minister of the Environment – Andreas Carlgren – 2006 • Minister of Migration Affairs – Tobias Billström – 2006 [First bisexual male] • Minister for Schooling – Lina Axelsson Kihlblom – 2021 [First transgender person in a cabinet] ===Switzerland=== • Member of Parliament – Claude Janiak – 1999 [First openly gay male] • Member of Parliament – Marianne Huguenin – 2003 [Came out: 2004] • President of the National Council – Claude Janiak – 2005–2006 • Mayor (Zurich) – Corine Mauch – 2009 [First openly gay mayor of a large Swiss city] • Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of St. Gallen) – Martin Klöti – 2012 ===United Kingdom=== ==Africa==

===Mauritius=== • Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius – Gaëtan Duval – 1976 & 1983 ===South Africa=== • High Court Judge – Edwin Cameron – 1995 • Member of Parliament – Mike Waters – 1999 • Constitutional Court Justice – Edwin Cameron – 2008 • Cabinet minister – Lynne Brown – 2014 • Municipal Councillor – Dimakatso Moloisane – 2015 • Mayor – Chris Pappas – 2021 ===Tunisia=== • Leader of a political party (Tunisian Liberal Party) – Mounir Baatour – 2011 ==Asia==

===Hong Kong=== • Legislative Council Member – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen – 2012 [First openly gay man] • District Council Member — Jimmy Sham, Kenneth Cheung, and Alice Wei — 2019 [First openly gay and lesbian councillors] ===India=== • Member of the Legislative Assembly (Madhya Pradesh) – Shabnam Mausi – 2000–2003 [First transgender person to be elected to public office] • Hereditary Prince (Rajpipla, Gujarat) – Manvendra Singh Gohil – [First openly gay prince in the world] • Mayor (Raigarh, Chhattisgarh) – Madhu Bai Kinnar – 4 January 2015 [First transgender mayor of a city] • Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Menaka Guruswamy – 2026–present ===Israel=== • Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Uzi Even – 2003 [First openly gay male] • Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) – 2008 • Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Itzik Shmuli (Israeli Labor Party) – 2013 • Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Amir Ohana (Likud) – 2015 • City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Michal Eden – 1998 [First openly elected lesbian female] • City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Itai Pinkas (2003) and Yaniv Weizman (2008) [First openly elected gay males respectively] • City councillor (Jerusalem) – Saar Netanel – 2003 • City councillor (Yavne) – Ronit Ehrenfreund – 2003 • Minister – Amir Ohana – 2019. • Leader of a political party (Meretz) – Nitzan Horowitz – 2019 [First openly gay male] • Deputy mayor of Tel Aviv – Chen Arieli – 2019 • Speaker of the Knesset – Amir Ohana – 2022 ===Japan=== • Ward councillor (Setagaya, Tokyo) – Aya Kamikawa – 2003 [First transgender woman] • Prefectural assembly member (Osaka) – Kanako Otsuji – 2005 [First openly lesbian woman] • Ward councillor (Tokyo) – Taiga Ishikawa (Toshima) and Wataru Ishizaka (Nakano) – 2011 [First elected gay men] • Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2013 [First openly lesbian woman] • City councillor (Iruma, Saitama) – Tomoya Hosoda – 2017 [First transgender man] • Member of the Diet (Lower House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2017 [First transgender female] • Prefectural assembly member (Hokkaido) – Ayako Fuchigami – 2019 [First transgender woman] • Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) – Taiga Ishikawa – 2019 [First openly gay man] ===Macau=== • Chairperson of a political party (New Macau Association) – Jason Chao – 2010 [First openly gay male] ===Nepal=== • Constituent Assembly Member – Sunil Babu Pant – 2008 [First openly gay male] ===Philippines=== • Province Mayor (Municipality of Leyte, Leyte) – Arnold James Ysidoro – 1998–2004; 2010 • Province Mayor (Municipality of Palapag, Northern Samar) – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013 [First transgender woman] • Province Vice Mayor Geefre "Kalay" Alonsabe 2022present [First openly gay man • Board Member of 2nd District of Northern Samar Province – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013–2016 • Board Member of Sixth District of Cebu Province – Wenceslao Gakit – 2007–2010 • Barangay Capitan of Angeles IV (Tayabas, Quezon Province) – Ruvic Rea – 2001 [First transgender woman] • House of Representatives – Geraldine Roman – 2016 [First transgender woman elected to Congress] ===Sri Lanka=== • Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament – Mangala Samaraweera – 1989 [First openly gay male] • Minister – Mangala Samaraweera – 2005 [First openly gay male] • Governor – Niluka Ekanayake – 2016 [World's first transgender female Governor] ===Taiwan=== • Minister without Portfolio – Audrey Tang – 2016 [World's first transgender minister without portfolio] • Member of the Legislative Yuan – Huang Jie – 2024 ===Thailand=== • MP of House of Representatives of Mueang Nan District on the Provincial Administration Organization for Nan Province – Yollada Suanyot – 2012. • MP of House Representatives – Tanwarin Sukkhapisit – 2019. [first openly transgender] ==Oceania==

===Australia=== ===Guam=== • Lieutenant Governor – Josh Tenorio – 2019 • Supreme Court Justice – Benjamin Cruz – 1997 • Member of Legislature – Benjamin Cruz – 2004 ===New Zealand=== • Member of Parliament (Parliament for Raglan / Parliament for Waipa) – Marilyn Waring (National) – 1975–1984 [Outed: 1975; Officially came out: after 1984] • Member of Parliament (Parliament for Te Atatū) – Chris Carter (Labour) – 1993–2011 [First openly gay male] • Mayor – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1995–1999 [World's first openly transgender mayor] • Member of Parliament – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1999–2007 [First openly lesbian female elected to parliament] • Minister of Conservation – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2007 (Male) • District Court of New Zealand – Bill Hastings (judge) 2010 (Male) • High Court of New Zealand – Michael Muir (High Court Judge) 2014 (Male) • Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2017 (Male) • Party leader – Damian Light (United Future) – 2017 • Deputy Prime Minister – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2020 (Male) ==See also==