List Of The First LGBT Holders Of Political Offices

This is a list of political offices which have been held by a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person, with details of the first such holder of each office. It should only list people who came out as LGBT before or during their terms in office; it should not list people who came out only after retiring from politics, or people who were outed by reference sources only after their death.

The year in brackets refers to the year which the officeholder was elected as an openly LGBT person. If they came out during term of office it is referred to after the year in brackets.

It is ordered by country, by dates of appointment. Former countries are also to be listed.

Heads of state

Heads of government

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 ame out as gay in 2009*Germany – Lissy Gröner – 1989
*Ireland – Maria Walsh – 2019
*Italy – Gianni Vattimo – 1999
*Netherlands – Herman Verbeek ( PPR) – 1984
*Poland – Robert Biedroń (Spring) – 2019
*Spain – José María Mendiluce Pereiro (PSOE; later joining the Greens) – 1999–2004 ame out: 2003*Spain – Antoni Comín ( Junts) – 2019
*Sweden – Fredrick Federley and Malin Björk – 2014
*United Kingdom – Tom Spencer – 1999 ame out: 1999*United Kingdom – Nikki Sinclaire – 2009 ame out as lesbian in 2004; Came out as transgender in 2013

Americas

Aruba

* Parliament of Aruba (Senator) – Miguel Mansur – 2021 irst openly gay party leader

Argentina

* Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011 irst openly gay man*Chamber of Deputies – Analuz Carol – 2015 irst openly lesbian woman*Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011 irst openly gay man; Came out: 2018*Government Minister (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship) – Jorge Faurie – 2017 irst openly gay man*Government Minister (Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity – Ayelén Mazzina – 2022 irst openly lesbian woman* Government Secretary ( Undersecretary of Diversity Policies) – Alba Rueda – 2019 irst openly transgender person* Government Member (Office for the Coordination of Diversity and Non-Discrimination of the Ministry of Security) – Mara Pérez Reynoso – 2015 irst openly transgender person*Provincial governor (Tierra del Fuego) – Gustavo Melella – 2019 irst openly gay man* Buenos Aires City Legislature – María Rachid – 2011 irst openly lesbian woman* Buenos Aires City Legislature – Maximiliano Ferraro – 2011 irst openly gay man

Bolivia

* Congressperson (Deputy) – Manuel Canelas – 2015 irst openly gay male* Assemblyperson (La Paz) – París Galán – 2015 irst openly transgender male

Brazil

*Alderperson ( Colônia do Piauí) – Kátia Tapety – 1992 irst transgender woman elected*Vice-mayor – Kátia Tapety – 2004 irst transgender woman*Congressperson (Federal Deputy) – Clodovil Hernandes – 2006 irst openly gay male*Alderperson ( Salvador) – Leo Kret – 2008 irst transgender woman elected*First mayor elected (Lins, São Paulo) – Edgar de Souza – 2012
*Mayor (Itapecerica, Minas Gerais) – Wirley Rodrigues Reis – 2016
*Alderperson (Rio de Janeiro) – Marielle Franco (2017) and David Miranda (2019) irst openly bisexual female and first openly gay male respectively*Alderperson (São Paulo) – Fernando Holiday – 2016
*Senator (Espírito Santo) – Fabiano Contarato – 2018
*Assemblyperson ( State Deputy of São Paulo) – Erica Malunguinho – 2018 irst transgender woman congressperson* Congressperson (Federal Deputy) – David Miranda – 2019
* Governor (Rio Grande do Sul) – Eduardo Leite – 2021
* Governor (Rio Grande do Norte) – Fátima Bezerra - 2021

Canada

Chile

* Councilmember – Alejandra González Pino – 2004 irst elected transgender woman* Councilmember – Jaime Parada – 2012 irst openly gay male* Chamber of Deputies – Claudio Arriagada – 2013 irst openly gay male*Chamber of Deputies – Guillermo Ceroni – 2013
*Chamber of Deputies – Emilia Schneider – 2021 irst openly transgender person*Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Riquelme – 2021 irst openly lesbian female (2021)*Chamber of Deputies – Francisca Bello, Camila Musante – 2021 irst openly bisexual female (2021)

Colombia

* Minister of Transport – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen −2012–2014 ame out: 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 (Director of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Biodiversity) – Brigitte Baptiste irst transgender woman* Mayor of Bogota – Claudia López – 2019

Costa Rica

* Legislative Assembly – Carmen Muñoz – elected 2010 and minister appointed in 2014 irst openly lesbian person* Cabinet Minister – Wilhelm von Breymann Barquero – appointed in 2014. irst openly gay man* Legislative Assembly – Enrique Sánchez – 2018 irst openly gay male

Cuba

*Municipal council – Adela Hernandez– 2012"Transgender Woman 1st to Win Office in Cuba"
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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 irst transgender woman substitute lawmaker

El Salvador

* Mayor (Intipucá) – Hugo Salinas – 2009

Guatemala

* Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016 irst lesbian female congressperson* Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020 irst gay male congressperson* Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano –2020irst Guatemalan gay male parliamentarian

Mexico

*Federal Deputy – Patria Jiménez – 1997 irst openly lesbian female*Federal Deputy – David Sánchez Camacho – 2006 irst openly gay male*Federal Deputy – María Clemente García – 2021 ne of the first two transgender womenref name="1sttransmexico">
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*Local Deputy (Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, Federal District) – Enoé Uranga – 2000 irst openly lesbian female*Local Deputy (Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, Federal District) – David Sánchez Camacho – 1997 irst openly gay male*Municipal president (Fresnillo, Fresnillo, Zacatecas) – Benjamín Medrano Quezada – 2013 irst openly gay male*ayuntamiento, City Council (Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, Guanajuato) – Rubí Suárez Araujo – 2016 [first transgender city councillor]
*City Council (Durango City, Durango) – Ezequiel García Torres – 2017 irst openly gay male

Peru

* Councilmember – Luisa Revilla – 2014 irst transgender woman* Congress of Peru, Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021 [First openly gay male congressman; Came out: 2014]
*Congress of Peru, Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde (Ungrouped) – 2016
*Ministry of Transport and Communications (Peru), 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 (Senate (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 of Venezuela, National Assembly (Deputy) – Tamara Adrián – elected 2015 irst transgender woman*National Assembly of Venezuela, National Assembly (Deputy)- Rosmit Mantilla – elected 2015 irst openly gay male

Europe

Austria

*Parliament of Austria, Member of Parliament – Ulrike Lunacek – 1999 [First openly lesbian Member of Parliament]
*Parliament of Austria, Member of Parliament – Mario Lindner – 2017 [First openly gay Member of Parliament]
*Government of Austria, Minister – Iris Eliisa Rauskala – 2019 [First openly LGBT minister, openly lesbian, Ministry of Education (Austria), Minister of Education]
* Mayor – Georg Djundja – 2019 [First openly LGBT mayor, openly gay, mayor of Oberndorf bei Salzburg]

Belgium

*Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister – Elio Di Rupo (Parti Socialiste (Belgium), PS) – 2011 [First openly gay male to head a Belgian national government in modern times]
*Federal Government of Belgium, Member of the Federal Government (Federal Minister of Civil Service) – Petra De Sutter (Groen (political party), Groen) – 2020 [First openly trans national minister in Europe]
*Flemish government, Member of the Flemish Government (Flemish Minister of Education) – Pascal Smet (Socialistische Partij Anders, SP.A) – 2009–2014 [Came out; 2009]
*Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Member of the Brussels Government (Brussels Government, Minister of Mobility and Public Works) – Pascal Smet (Socialistische Partij Anders, SP.A) – 2004–2009
*Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Member of the Brussels Government – (Groen (political party), Groen) – 2012

Croatia

*Croatian Parliament, Member of Parliament – Domagoj Hajduković – 2011 irst openly gay male

Czech Republic

*Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Member of the Senate – Václav Fischer – 1999–2002 irst openly gay male*Minister of Transport – Gustáv Slamečka – 2009–2010
*Minister for Regional Development – Karla Šlechtová – 2014 irst openly lesbian female*Regional council member (Prague) – Matěj Stropnický – 2014
*Party leader (Green Party (Czech Republic), Green Party) – Matěj Stropnický – 2016–2017

Denmark

*Parliament of Denmark, Member of Parliament – Yvonne Herløv Andersen – 1998 [She was an MP for a few terms during the 1970s and 1980s, but not while openly lesbian.]
*Parliament of Denmark, Member of Parliament – Torben Lund – 1998 [First openly gay male; Came out: February 1998]
*Minister of Culture – Uffe Elbæk – 2011–2012
*Parliament of Denmark, 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

*Løgting, Member of Parliament - Sonja Jógvansdóttir, Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir – 2015

Finland

*Parliament of Finland, Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Oras Tynkkynen – 2004
*Leader of a List of political parties in Finland, major political party (Green League) – Pekka Haavisto – 1992
*Minister of the Environment – Pekka Haavisto – 1995
*Parliament of Finland, Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Merikukka Forsius – 1999 [First bisexual female]
*Parliament of Finland, Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Reijo Paananen – 2002
*Secretary of a List of political parties in Finland, major political party (Social Democratic Party of Finland) – Reijo Paananen – 2012
*Parliament of Finland, Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Pirkanmaa (constituency), Pirkanmaa) – Oras Tynkkynen – 2004
*Parliament of Finland, Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Uusimaa (electoral district), Uusimaa) – Jani Toivola – 2011
*Parliament of Finland, Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Silvia Modig – 2011 [First lesbian female]
*Minister for International Development – Pekka Haavisto – 2013
*Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland), Minister for Foreign Affairs – Pekka Haavisto – 2019

France

*Parliament of France, Member of Parliament (Minister in charge of relations) – André Labarrère^{:w:fr:André Labarrère, (fr)} – 1981 [Came out: 1998]
*Mayor of Paris: – Bertrand Delanoë – 2001 [Came out: 1998]
*Cabinet of France, Government Member (Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture) – Jean-Jacques Aillagon – 2002 (came out in 2002).
*Cabinet of France, Government Member (Secretary of State for relations with parliament ) – Roger Karoutchi – 2007 [Came out: 2009]
*Parliament of France, Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France) – Franck Riester – 2007 [Came out: 2011]
*Parliament of France, Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France, Allier) – Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon – 2017
*Cabinet of France, Government Member (Secretary of State for the Digital Sector) – Mounir Mahjoubi – 2017 (came out in 2018).
*Cabinet of France, Government Member (Secretary of State for Youth and Education) – Gabriel Attal – 2018 (came out in 2018).

Germany

*Reich Minister without portfolio, ''Reichsleiter'': Ernst Röhm (Nazi Party, NSDAP) — 1933–1934 (Röhm scandal, 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.
*Bundestag, Member of Parliament – Helga Schuchardt (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) – 1972–1983 [Outed: 1992 (while serving as Minister of Science and Culture in Lower Saxony at that time]
*Bundestag, Member of Parliament – Herbert Rusche (Alliance 90/The Greens, Greens) – 1985–1987
*Bundestag, Member of Parliament (Speaker for Legal Affairs) – Volker Beck (politician), Volker Beck (Alliance 90/The Greens, Greens) – 1994
*Bundestag, Member of Parliament (Bundestag) for North Rhine-Westphalia) – Barbara Hendricks (politician), Barbara Hendricks (Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD) – 1994
*Bundestag, Member of Parliament (Bundestag) – Tessa Ganserer (Alliance 90/The Greens, Greens) & Nyke Slawik (Greens) – 2021 [First openly transgender persons]
*Mayor (Hamburg) – Ole von Beust – 2001–2010 [He also served as president of Bundesrat of Germany, Bundesrat in 2007–2008]
*Mayor (Berlin) – Klaus Wowereit – 2001–2014 [He also served as president of Bundesrat of Germany, Bundesrat in 2001–2002]
*Vice Chancellor of Germany, Vice Chancellor – Guido Westerwelle, leader of (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) – 2009–2011
*Foreign Minister of Germany, Foreign Minister – Guido Westerwelle, leader of (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) – 2009–2013
*Mayor (Bielefeld) – Pit Clausen (Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD) – 2009
*Mayor (Mainz) – Michael Ebling – 2012
*Mayor (Wiesbaden) – Sven Gerich – 2013
*Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety – Barbara Hendricks (politician), Barbara Hendricks (Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD) – 2013–2018
*Mayor (Essen) – Thomas Kufen – 2015
*Federal Ministry of Health (Germany), Health Minister – Jens Spahn (Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU) – 2018

Greece

* Cabinet of Greece, Cabinet minister – Nicholas Yatromanolakis (2021)

Hungary

*National Assembly (Hungary), Member of Parliament – Klára Ungár^{:w:hu:Ungár Klára, (hu)} – 1990 irst openly lesbian female*National Assembly (Hungary), Member of Parliament – Péter Ungár^{:w:hu:Ungár Péter, (hu)} – 2018 [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 person in the world to be elected head of government]
*Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 1987–1994, 2007–2009
*Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources – Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson – 2017 [First openly gay male to serve as a minister]

Republic of Ireland, Ireland

*Seanad Éireann, Senator – David Norris (politician), David Norris (Dublin University (constituency), Dublin University) – Members of the 18th Seanad, 1987
*Seanad Éireann, Senator – Katherine Zappone (Nominated members of Seanad Éireann, Taoiseach's nominee) – Members of the 24th Seanad, 2011
*Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) – Teachta Dála, TD (Member of Dáil Éireann, Dáil) – Dominic Hannigan (Meath East (Dáil constituency), Meath East) – openly gay when elected in 2011
*Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) – Teachta Dála, TD (Member of Dáil Éireann, Dáil) – John Lyons (Dublin politician), John Lyons (Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency), Dublin North-West) – openly gay when elected in 2011
*Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) – Teachta Dála, TD (Member of Dáil Éireann, Dáil) – Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency), Cork South-Central) – Elected as TD in 2011; came out in 2012
*Government of Ireland, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport – Leo Varadkar – Government of the 31st Dáil, 2011 [came out: 2015]
*Mayor (Fingal County Council) – Cian O'Callaghan – 2012
*Leader of the Seanad, Leader of the Seanad Éireann – Jerry Buttimer – 2016
*Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs – Katherine Zappone – Government of the 32nd Dáil, 2016 [The first minister to have been openly gay at the time of first appointment to cabinet]
*Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) – Teachta Dála, TD (Member of Dáil Éireann, Dáil) – Katherine Zappone (Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency), Dublin South-West) – 2016
*Taoiseach (Prime Minister) – 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 [Came out: 2015]

Italy

*Italian Chamber of Deputies, Member of Parliament – Angelo Pezzana^{:w:it:Angelo Pezzana, (it)} – 1979 irst openly gay male*Minister for Agriculture – Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2000 [Came out (bisexual): 2000]
*Italian Chamber of Deputies, Member of Parliament – Titti De Simone^{:w:it:Titti De Simone, (it)} – 2001 [First lesbian]
*Mayor (Gela) – Rosario Crocetta – 2003–2009 [First openly gay male mayor]
*List of Presidents of Apulia, President of Apulia – Nichi Vendola – 2005–2015
*Italian Chamber of Deputies, Member of Parliament – Vladimir Luxuria – 2006 irst transgender woman*Member of Parliament – Sergio Lo Giudice – 2013 [Former Arcigay president]
*Member of Parliament (Vice president of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party) – Ivan Scalfarotto – 2009
*President of Sicily – Rosario Crocetta – 2012–2017
*First transgender mayor (Tromello) – Gianmarco Negri – 2019
*President of Calabria, Acting President of Calabria – Antonino Spirlì – 2020–2021
*Minister for Youth Policies and Sport – Vincenzo Spadafora – 2019 [Came out (gay): 2021]

Latvia

*Saeima, Member of Parliament Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia), (Minister of Foreign Affairs) – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2014 [First openly gay male; Came out: 2014]
*Saeima, Member of Parliament – Marija Golubeva – 2018 irst openly lesbian female*Chairman of a political party (The Progressives (Latvia), The Progressives) – – 2018 irst openly gay male

Lithuania

*Seimas, Member of Parliament: Rokas Žilinskas – 2008
*Seimas, Member of Parliament: Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius – 2020

Luxembourg

*List of mayors of Luxembourg City, Mayor of Luxembourg City – Xavier Bettel – 2011
*List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg, Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel – 2013
* List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Luxembourg, Deputy Prime Minister – Etienne Schneider – 2013

Netherlands

*States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Coos Huijsen (Christelijk Historische Unie, CHU) – 1972 (Came out: 1977; World's first openly gay MP)
*States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Evelien Eshuis (Communist Party of the Netherlands, CPN) – 1982
*King's Commissioner – Jan Franssen (VVD) – 2000–2013
*Mayor – Arno Brok (VVD) – 2003–2010
*Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands), Minister of Economic Affairs – Joop Wijn (Christian Democratic Appeal, CDA) – 2006
* Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (Netherlands), Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food – Gerda Verburg (CDA) – 2007
* Ministry of Finance (Netherlands), Minister of Finance – Jan Kees de Jager (Christian Democratic Appeal, CDA) – 2010
* States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Rob Jetten (D66) – 2017
* List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations – Kajsa Ollongren (D66) – 2017
* States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Vera Bergkamp (D66) – 2017
* States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Henk Krol (50PLUS) – 2017
* States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Henk Nijboer (PvdA) – 2017
* States-General of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament – Sjoerd Potters (VVD) – 2017
* 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 (Groen Links) – 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 (Netherlands), Speaker of the House of Representatives – Vera Bergkamp (D66) – 2021

Norway

* Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister (acting) – Per-Kristian Foss – 2002
*Parliament of Norway, Member of Parliament – Wenche Lowzow – 1977–1985, reelected 1981 [Came out 1979; First openly lesbian female]
*Parliament of Norway, 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 (Norway), Red Party – Torstein Dahle – 1987–2018, 2003–2007, and 2007–2010 respectively [Came out late 1960s]
*Minister of Finance (Norway), Minister of Finance – Per-Kristian Foss – 2001–2005
*Minister of Health and Care Services – Bent Høie – 2013–2021

Poland

*Member of Parliament – Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz – 1952–1980
*City councillor – Krystian Legierski – 2010 [First openly LGBT holder of any office in Poland]
*Mayor (Słupsk) – Robert Biedroń – 2014–20182014 local election results
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*Sołectwo, Sołtys (Bobrowniki, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bobrowniki) – Łukasz Włodarczyk – 2017–present
*Deputy mayor (Warsaw) – Paweł Rabiej – 2018–present
*Leader of a political party (Spring) – Robert Biedroń – 2019–present
*Member of the European Parliament for Poland – Robert Biedroń – 2019–present

Portugal

*Parliament of Portugal, Member of Parliament – Miguel Vale de Almeida – 2009–2010
*Government of Portugal, Member of the government (Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation) – Graça Fonseca – 2015–2018 [Came out: 2017]
*Government of Portugal, Member of the government (Minister of Culture) – Graça Fonseca – 2018
*Party deputy leader – Adolfo Mesquita Nunes (CDS – People's Party) – 2018
*Government of Portugal, Member of the government (Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers) – André Caldas – 2020

Serbia

*Prime Minister of Serbia, Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić – 2017
*Government minister (Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government) – Ana Brnabić – 2016–2017
*Assistant Minister for International Cooperation in the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue – Boris Milićević – 2020

Slovakia

*Member of Parliament – Edita Angyalová – 2002 irst 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]

Spain

*Parliament of 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 [Came out: 2000]
*Minister of Public Administrations and Minister of Education and Science- Jerónimo Saavedra (Public Administrations, 1993–1995 and of Education and Science 1995–1996)
*Town councillor (Geldo, Castellon (province), Castellon) Manuela Trasobares (ARDE) – 2007 irst transgender woman*Mayor of a Provincial Capital (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) – Jerónimo Saavedra – 2007–2011
*Parliament of Spain, Member of the Cortes (Madrid) – Ángeles Álvarez (PSOE) – 2011
*Mayor of an Autonomic Capital (Vitoria-Gasteiz) – Javier Maroto (People's Party (Spain), PP) – 2011–2015 [Member of Basque Parliament since 2012, Sectorial Under-secretary of the Spanish People's Party since 2015. Member of the Parliament of Spain, 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–present

Autonomous regional parliament members

*List of Ministers of Health of Catalonia, Minister of Health of Catalonia – Antoni Comín i Oliveres (Together for Yes) – 2016
*List of Ministers of Culture of Catalonia, Minister of Culture of Catalonia – Santi Vila (Together for Yes, Together For Yes – Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, CDC) – c. 2017
*Minister of Culture and Education of Galicia (Spain), Galicia – Jesús Vázquez Abad (People's Party of Galicia) – 2007–2015
*Member of the Parliament of Catalonia – Miquel Iceta Socialists' Party of Catalonia, PSC – 1999 irst 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

*Parliament of Sweden, Member of Parliament – Kent Carlsson (politician), Kent Carlsson (Swedish Social Democratic Party, s) – 1991 [Came out: 1991]
*Parliament of Sweden, Member of Parliament – Elisebeht Markström (Swedish Social Democratic Party, s) – 1995 [Came out publicly: 2006]
*Minister of the Environment – Andreas Carlgren – 2006
*Minister of Migration Affairs – Tobias Billström – 2006 [First bisexual male]

Switzerland

*Federal Assembly of Switzerland, Member of Parliament – Claude Janiak – 1999 irst openly gay male*Federal Assembly of Switzerland, Member of Parliament – Marianne Huguenin – 2003 [Came out: 2004]
*List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland, President of the National Council – Claude Janiak – 2005–2006
*Speaker of House of Representatives – Claude Janiak – 2006
*Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland), Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of Bern) – Bernhard Pulver – 2006
*Mayor (Zurich) – Corine Mauch – 2009 [First openly gay mayor of a large Swiss city]
*Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland), Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen) – Martin Klöti – 2012

United Kingdom

Africa

Mauritius

*Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius – Gaëtan Duval – 1976 & 1983

South Africa

*High Court of South Africa, High Court Judge – Edwin Cameron – 1995
*Parliament of South Africa, Member of Parliament – Mike Waters (politician), Mike Waters – 1999
*Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court Justice – Edwin Cameron – 2008
*Premier (South Africa), Provincial Premier – Lynne Brown – 2009
*Parliament of South Africa, Member of Parliament – Zakhele Mbhele – 2014
*Cabinet of South Africa, Cabinet minister – Lynne Brown – 2014
*Municipal Councillor – Dimakatso Moloisane – 2015
*Mayor – Christopher Pappas (South African politician), Christopher 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 irst 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 (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly (Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Madhya Pradesh) – Shabnam Mausi – 1998–2003 [First transgender person to be elected to public office]
*Princely states, Hereditary Prince (Rajpipla State, Rajpipla, Gujarat) – Manvendra Singh Gohil – [First openly gay prince in the world]
*Mayor (India), Mayor (Raigarh, Chhattisgarh) – Madhu Bai Kinnar – 4 January 2015 [First transgender mayor of a city]

Israel

* Knesset, Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Uzi Even – 2003 irst openly gay male*Knesset, Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) – 2008
*Knesset, Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Itzik Shmuli (Israeli Labor Party) – 2013
*Knesset, Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Amir Ohana (Likud) – 2015
*City council (Israel), City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Michal Eden – 1998 [First openly elected lesbian female]
*City council (Israel), City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Itai Pinkas (2003) and Yaniv Weizman (2008) [First openly elected gay males respectively]
*City council (Israel), City councillor (Jerusalem) – Saar Netanel – 2003
*Cabinet of Israel, Minister – Amir Ohana – 2019.
*Leader of a political party (Meretz) – Nitzan Horowitz – 2019 irst openly gay male* Deputy mayor of Tel Aviv – Chen Arieli – 2019

Japan

* Ward councillor (Setagaya, Tokyo) – Aya Kamikawa – 2003 irst transgender woman* Prefectural assembly member (Osaka) – Kanako Otsuji – 2005 irst openly lesbian woman* Ward councillor (Tokyo) – Taiga Ishikawa (Toshima) and Wataru Ishizaka (Nakano) – 2011 [First elected gay men]
*Member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors (Upper House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2013 irst openly lesbian woman*City councillor (Iruma, Saitama) – Tomoya Hosoda – 2017 [First transgender man]
*Member of the Diet of Japan, Diet (Lower House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2017 irst openly lesbian woman*City councillor (Kameoka, Kyoto) – Maria Akasaka – 2019 [First transgender female]
*Prefectural assembly member (Hokkaido) – Ayako Fuchigami – 2019 irst transgender woman*Member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors (Upper House) – Taiga Ishikawa – 2019 irst openly gay man

Macau

* Chairperson of a political party (New Macau Association) – Jason Chao – 2010 irst openly gay male

Nepal

*Nepalese Constituent Assembly, Constituent Assembly Member – Sunil Babu Pant – 2008 irst 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 irst transgender woman*Province Vice Mayor Geefre "Kalay" Alonsabe 2022presen

irst openly gay man*Board Member of 2nd District of Northern Samar Province – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013–2016
*City Councilor (Mandaue City) – Wenceslao Gakit – 1998–2007
*Board Member of Sixth District of Cebu Province – Wenceslao Gakit – 2007–2010
*City Councilor (Pasay) – Justo Justo (Panfilo C Justo) – c. 1980s
*Barangay Capitan of Angeles IV (Tayabas, Quezon Province) – Ruvic Rea – 2001 irst transgender woman*House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives – Geraldine Roman – 2016 [First transgender woman elected to Congress]

Sri Lanka

*Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament – Mangala Samaraweera – 1989 irst openly gay male*List of ministries of Sri Lanka, Minister – Mangala Samaraweera – 2005 irst openly gay male*Provincial Governors of Sri Lanka, Governor – Niluka Ekanayake – 2016 [World's first transgender female Governor]

Taiwan

*Executive Yuan, Minister without Portfolio – Audrey Tang – 2016 [World's first transgender minister without portfolio]

Thailand

* Member of Parliament, MP of House of Representatives (Thailand), House of Representatives of Mueang Nan District on the Administrative divisions of Thailand, Provincial Administration Organization for Nan Province – Yollada Suanyot – 2012.
* MP of House Representatives – Tanwarin Sukkhapisit – 2019. [first openly transgender]

Oceania

Australia

Guam

*Lieutenant Governor of Guam, Lieutenant Governor – Josh Tenorio 2019
*Supreme Court of Guam, Supreme Court Justice – Benjamin Cruz – 1997 [Came out: 1995]
*Chief Justice – Benjamin Cruz −1999–2001
*Legislature of Guam, Member of Legislature – Benjamin Cruz – 2004

New Zealand

*New Zealand House of Representatives, Member of Parliament (New Zealand Parliament, Parliament for Raglan (New Zealand electorate), Raglan / New Zealand Parliament, Parliament for Waipa (New Zealand electorate), Waipa) – Marilyn Waring (New Zealand National Party, National) – 1975–1984 [Outed: 1975; Officially came out: after 1984]
*New Zealand House of Representatives, Member of Parliament (New Zealand Parliament, Parliament for Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate), Te Atatū) – Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (New Zealand Labour Party, Labour) – 1993–2011 irst openly gay male*Mayor – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1995–1999 [World's first openly transgender mayor]
*New Zealand House of Representatives, Member of Parliament – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1999–2007 [World's first openly transgender member of parliament]
*New Zealand House of Representatives, Member of Parliament – Maryan Street (Labour) – 2005–2014 [First openly lesbian female elected to parliament]
*Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Minister of Conservation – Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2007
*Minister of Ethnic Affairs – Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2008
*Minister of Local Government – Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2005
*Minister for Building Issues – Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (Labour) – 2004–2005
*Minister of Education (New Zealand), Minister of Education - Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (Labour) – 2007–2008
*New Zealand Education Review Office, Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office – Chris Carter (politician), Chris Carter (Labour) – 2007–2008
*Minister of Housing and Minister of Accident Compensation Corporation, ACC – Maryan Street (Labour) – 2007–2008
*Attorney-General (New Zealand) and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations – Chris Finlayson (National) – 2008–2017 (Male)
*High Court of New Zealand – Michael Muir (High Court Judge) 2014 (Male)
*Minister of Finance (New Zealand), Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2017 (Male)
*Party leader – Damian Light (United Future) – 2017
* Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Deputy Prime Minister – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2020 (Male)

See also

*List of LGBT firsts by year

References

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Lists of the first LGBT holders of political offices,