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 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 he or she 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 government

Former prime minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (second from right) and her wife Jónína (far left) with Slovenian President Danilo Türk and his wife Barbara. Official visit to Slovenia.

#	Name	Years	Nation	Office	Note
1	Per-Kristian Foss[1]	2002	Norway	Prime Minister	acting Prime Minister for a brief period
2	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir[2]	2009–2013	Iceland	Prime Minister	first permanent LGBT head of government
3	Elio Di Rupo[3]	2011–2014	Belgium	Prime Minister	first elected LGBT head of government
4	Xavier Bettel[4]	2013–present	Luxembourg	Prime Minister
5	Leo Varadkar[5]	2017–2020	Ireland	Taoiseach
6	Ana Brnabić[6]	2017–present	Serbia	Prime Minister

International bodies

European Commission

• European Commissioner for Trade – Peter Mandelson – 2004[7] (British)

European Parliament

Arranged by country

• Austria – Ulrike Lunacek – 2009[8]
• Denmark – Torben Lund – 1999[9][10]
• Belgium - Petra De Sutter - 2019
• Finland – Silvia Modig – 2019[11]
• France – Roger Karoutchi – 1997[12] [Came out as gay in 2009]
• Germany – Lissy Gröner – 1989[13]
• Ireland – Maria Walsh – 2019
• Italy – Gianni Vattimo – 1999[14]
• Netherlands – Herman Verbeek (PPR) – 1984[15]
• Poland – Robert Biedroń (Spring) – 2019
• Spain – José María Mendiluce Pereiro (PSOE; later joining the Greens) – 1999–2004[16] [Came out: 2003]
• Sweden – Fredrick Federley and Malin Björk – 2014[17]
• United Kingdom – Tom Spencer – 1999[18] [Came out: 1999]
• United Kingdom – Nikki Sinclaire – 2009[19] [Came out as lesbian in 2004; Came out as transgender in 2013]

Americas

Argentina

• Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011[20] [First openly gay male]
• Chamber of Deputies – Analuz Carol – 2015[21] [First openly lesbian female]
• Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011[22] [First openly gay male; Came out: 2018]
• Government Member (Undersecretary of Diversity Policies) – Alba Rueda – 2019[23] [First openly transgender person]
• Provincial governor (Tierra del Fuego) – Gustavo Melella – 2019[24] [First openly gay male]
• Buenos Aires City Legislature – María Rachid – 2011[25] [First openly lesbian female]
• Buenos Aires City Legislature – Maximiliano Ferraro – 2011[26] [First openly gay male]

Bolivia

• Congressperson – Manuel Canelas – 2014[27] [First openly gay male]

Brazil

• Alderperson (Colônia do Piauí) - Kátia Tapety – 1992[28] [First transgender woman elected]
• Vice-mayor - Kátia Tapety – 2004[28] [First transgender woman]
• Congressperson (Federal Deputy) - Clodovil Hernandes – 2006[29] [First openly gay male]
• Alderperson (Salvador) - Leo Kret – 2008[30] [First transgender woman elected]
• Congressperson (Federal Deputy) - Jean Wyllys – 2010[31] [First openly LGBT activist congressperson]
• First mayor elected (Lins, São Paulo) - Edgar de Souza – 2012[32]
• Mayor (Itapecerica, Minas Gerais) - Wirley Rodrigues Reis - 2016[33]
• Alderperson (Rio de Janeiro) - Marielle Franco (2017) and David Miranda (2019)[34] [First openly bisexual female and first openly gay male respectively]
• Alderperson (São Paulo) - Fernando Holiday - 2016[35]
• Senator (Espírito Santo) - Fabiano Contarato – 2018[36]
• Congressperson (State Deputy of São Paulo) - Erica Malunguinho - 2018[37] [First transgender woman congressperson]
• Congressperson (Federal Deputy) - David Miranda – 2019[38]

Canada

Chile

• Councilmember – Alejandra González – 2004[39] [First elected transgender woman]
• Councilmember – Jaime Parada – 2012[40] [First openly gay male]
• Councilmember – Zuliana Araya – 2012[41] [First elected transgender woman in Valparaiso]
• Chamber of Deputies – Claudio Arriagada – 2013[42] [First openly gay male]
• Chamber of Deputies – Guillermo Ceroni – 2013[43] [Came out: 2015]

Colombia

• Minister of Transport – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen −2012–2014[44] [Came out: 2014]
• Minister of Education – Gina Parody – 2014–2018[45]
• Minister of Trade and Industry – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen – 2014–2018[44]
• Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development – Ricardo Lozano Picón – 2018[46]
• Senate – Claudia López – 2015[47]
• House of Representatives – Angélica Lozano Correa – 2014[48]
• National Agency (Director of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Biodiversity) – Brigitte Baptiste[49] [First transgender woman]
• Mayor of Bogota – Claudia López – 2019[47]

Costa Rica

• Legislative Assembly – Carmen Muñoz – elected 2010[50] and minister appointed in 2014 [first openly lesbian person]
• Cabinet Minister - Wilhelm von Breymann Barquero - appointed in 2014.[51][52] [first openly gay man]
• Legislative Assembly - Enrique Sánchez - 2018[53] [first openly gay male]

Cuba

• Municipal council – Adela Hernandez– 2012[54] [First transgender person elected to office]

Ecuador

• Minister of Health: Carina Vance Mafla – 2012[55]
• National Assembly – Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano – 2017 [First transgender woman lawmaker]

El Salvador

• Mayor (Intipucá) – Hugo Salinas – 2009[56]

Guatemala

• Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016[57] [First lesbian female congressperson]
• Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020[58][59][First gay male congressperson]
• Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano –2020[60][61][First Guatemalan gay male parliamentarian]

Mexico

• Federal Deputy – Patria Jiménez – 1997[62] [First openly lesbian female]
• Federal Deputy – David Sánchez Camacho – 2006[63] [First openly gay male]
• Local Deputy (Federal District) – Enoé Uranga – 2000[64] [First openly lesbian female]
• Local Deputy (Federal District) - David Sánchez Camacho – 1997[63] [First openly gay male]
• Municipal president (Fresnillo, Zacatecas) -Benjamín Medrano Quezada – 2013[65] [First openly gay male]
• City Council (Guanajuato, Guanajuato) - Rubí Suárez Araujo - 2016 [first transgender city councillor]
• City Council (Durango City, Durango) - Ezequiel García Torres - 2017 [First openly gay male]

Peru

• Councilmember – Luisa Revilla – 2014[66] [First transgender woman]
• Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021[67] [First openly gay male congressman; Came out: 2014]
• Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde (Ungrouped) – 2016[68]
• Minister of Transport and Communications – Carlos Bruce – September 2017[69]

Puerto Rico

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico – Maite Oronoz Rodríguez – 15 July 2014[70]

United States

Uruguay

• Director of Macro Counseling in Social Policies – Andrés Scagliola – 2010[71] [First openly gay member of the government; Came out: 2011]
• House of Representatives (Substitute Deputy) – Martín Couto – 2014[72] [First openly gay congressperson; Came out: 2017]
• Member of Parliament – Michelle Suárez Bértora – 2014[73] [First transgender legislator]

Venezuela

• National Assembly (Deputy) – Tamara Adrián – elected 2015[74] [First transgender woman]
• National Assembly (Deputy)- Rosmit Mantilla – elected 2015[75] [First openly gay male]

Europe

Austria

• Member of Parliament - Ulrike Lunacek – 1999 [First openly lesbian Member of Parliament][76]
• Member of Parliament - Mario Lindner – 2017 [First openly gay Member of Parliament][77]
• Minister – Iris Eliisa Rauskala – 2019 [First openly LGBT minister, openly lesbian, Minister of Education][78][79]
• Mayor – Georg Djundja – 2019 [First openly LGBT mayor, openly gay, mayor of Oberndorf bei Salzburg][80]

Belgium

• Prime Minister – Elio Di Rupo (PS) – 2011[1] [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[81] [First openly trans national minister in Europe]
• Member of the Flemish Government (Flemish Minister of Education) – Pascal Smet (SP.A) – 2009-2014[82] [Came out; 2009]
• Member of the Brussels Government (Minister of Mobility and Public Works) – Pascal Smet (SP.A) – 2004-2009[82]
• Member of the Brussels Government – Bruno De Lille (Groen) – 2012[83][84]

Croatia

• Member of Parliament – Domagoj Hajduković – 2011[85][86] [Publicly outed in 2020 after being physically assaulted by his partner]

Czech Republic

• Member of the Senate – Václav Fischer – 1999–2002[87] [First openly gay male]
• Minister of Transport – Gustáv Slamečka – 2009–2010[88]
• Minister for Regional Development – Karla Šlechtová – 2014[89] [First openly lesbian female]
• Regional council member (Prague) – Matěj Stropnický – 2014[90]
• Party leader (Green Party) – Matěj Stropnický – 2016–2017[90]

Denmark

• Member of Parliament – Yvonne Herløv Andersen – 1998[91] [She was an MP for a few terms during the 1970s and 1980s, but not while openly lesbian.]
• Member of Parliament – Torben Lund – 1998[9][10] [First openly gay male; Came out: February 1998]
• Minister of Culture – Uffe Elbæk – 2011–2012[92]
• Member of Parliament (Alternative in Sjællands Storkreds) – Rasmus Nordqvist – 2015[93]
• Minister of Justice – Søren Pape Poulsen – 2016[94]
• Minister for Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education – Tommy Ahlers – 2018[95] [Came out (bisexual): July 2018]

Faroe Islands

• Member of Parliament - Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir – 2015[96]

Finland

• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) - Pekka Haavisto – 1987[97]
• Leader of a major political party (Green League) - Pekka Haavisto - 1992[97]
• Minister of the Environment - Pekka Haavisto – 1995[97]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) - Merikukka Forsius – 1999[98] [First bisexual female]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) - Reijo Paananen – 2002[99]
• Secretary of a major political party (Social Democratic Party of Finland) - Reijo Paananen - 2012
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Pirkanmaa) - Oras Tynkkynen – 2004[100]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Uusimaa) - Jani Toivola – 2011[101]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) - Silvia Modig – 2011[102] [First lesbian female]
• Minister for International Development - Pekka Haavisto – 2013[97]
• Minister for Foreign Affairs - Pekka Haavisto – 2019

France

• Member of Parliament (Minister in charge of relations) - André Labarrère^(fr) – 1981-1986[103] [Came out: 1998]
• Mayor of Paris: - Bertrand Delanoë – 2001[104] [Came out: 1998]
• Government Member (Ministry of Culture) - Jean-Jacques Aillagon - 2002-2004 (came out in 2002).[105]
• Government Member (Secretary of State for relations with parliament ) - Roger Karoutchi – 2007-2009[106] [Came out: 2009]
• Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France) - Franck Riester – 2007[107] [Came out: 2011]
• Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France, Allier) - Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon – 2017[108]
• Government Member (Secretary of State for the Digital Sector) - Mounir Mahjoubi - 2017 -... (came out in 2018).
• Government Member (Secretary of State for Youth and Education) - Gabriel Attal - 2018 -... (came out in 2018).

Germany

• Member of Parliament - Helga Schuchardt (FDP) - 1972–1983[109] [Outed: 1992 (while serving as Minister of Science and Culture in Lower Saxony at that time]
• Member of Parliament - Herbert Rusche (Alliance '90/The Greens) - 1985–1987[110]
• Member of Parliament (Speaker for Legal Affairs) - Volker Beck (Alliance '90/The Greens) - 1994[111]
• Member of Parliament (Bundestag) for North Rhine-Westphalia) - Barbara Hendricks (SPD) - 1994
• Mayor (Hamburg) - Ole von Beust – 2001–2010[112] [He also served as president of Bundesrat in 2007–2008]
• Mayor (Berlin) - Klaus Wowereit – 2001–2014[113] [He also served as president of Bundesrat in 2001–2002]
• Vice Chancellor - Guido Westerwelle, leader of (FDP) - 2009-2011[114]
• Foreign Minister - Guido Westerwelle, leader of (FDP) - 2009-2013[114]
• Mayor (Mainz) - Michael Ebling – 2012[115]
• Mayor (Wiesbaden) - Sven Gerich – 2013[115]
• Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety - Barbara Hendricks (SPD) – 2013–2018[116]
• Mayor (Essen) - Thomas Kufen – 2015[117]
• Health Minister - Jens Spahn (CDU) – 2018

Greece

• Cabinet minister – Nicholas Yatromanolakis (2021)[118]

Hungary

• Member of Parliament - Klára Ungár^(hu) – 1990[119] [First openly lesbian female]
• Member of Parliament - Péter Ungár^(hu) – 2018[120] [First openly gay male, came out: 2019]
• Member of Government (Secretary of State for Human Resources) - Gábor Szetey - 2006–2009[121] [Came out: 2007]

Iceland

• Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 2009-2013[2] [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[2]
• Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources – Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson – 2017[122] [First openly gay male to serve as a minister]

Ireland

• Senator - David Norris (University of Dublin) – 1987[123]
• Senator - Katherine Zappone (Taoiseach's nominee) – 2011[124]
• Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) - TD (Member of Dáil) - Dominic Hannigan (Meath East) – openly gay when elected in 2011[125]
• Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) - TD (Member of Dáil) - John Lyons (Dublin North-West) – openly gay when elected in 2011[125]
• Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) - TD (Member of Dáil) - Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central) – Elected as TD in 2011; came out in 2012[126]
• Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport - Leo Varadkar - 2011[127] [Came out: 2015]
• Mayor (Fingal County Council) - Cian O'Callaghan - 2012[128]
• Leader of the Seanad Éireann - Jerry Buttimer – 2016[129]
• Minister for Children and Youth Affairs - Katherine Zappone - 2016[124] [The first minister to have been openly gay at the time of first appointment to cabinet]
• Member of the Oireachtas (parliament) - TD (Member of Dáil) - Katherine Zappone (Dublin South-West) – 2016[124]
• Taoiseach (Prime Minister) – Leo Varadkar – 2017[5]
• Leader of largest party in Dáil Éireann - Leo Varadkar, Fine Gael - 2017[5]
• Member of the European Parliament - Maria Walsh, 2019

Isle of Man

• Chief Minister – Allan Bell – 2011[130] [Came out: 2015]

Italy

• Member of Parliament - Angelo Pezzana^(it) – 1979[131] [First openly gay male]
• Minister for Agriculture - Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2000[132] [Came out (bisexual): 2000]
• Member of Parliament - Titti De Simone^(it) – 2001[133] [First lesbian female]
• Mayor (Gela) - Rosario Crocetta - 2003–2009[134] [First openly gay male mayor]
• President of Apulia - Nichi Vendola – 2005–2015[135]
• Member of Parliament - Vladimir Luxuria – 2006[136] [First transgender woman]
• Minister of Environment – Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2006[132]
• 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[134]
• First transgender mayor (Tromello) – Gianmarco Negri – 2019[137][138]
• Acting President of Calabria – Antonino Spirlì – 2020-incumbent[139]

Latvia

• Member of Parliament (Minister of Foreign Affairs) – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2014[140] [First openly gay male; Came out: 2014]
• Member of Parliament – Marija Golubeva – 2018[141] [First openly lesbian female]
• Chairman of a political party (The Progressives) – Roberts Putnis ^(lv) – 2018[142] [First openly gay male]

Lithuania

• Member of Parliament: Rokas Žilinskas – 2008[143]
• Member of Parliament: Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius – 2020

Luxembourg

• Mayor of Luxembourg City – Xavier Bettel – 2011[144]
• Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel – 2013[4]
• Deputy Prime Minister – Etienne Schneider – 2013[145]

Netherlands

• Member of Parliament - Coos Huijsen (CHU) – 1972[146] (Came out: 1977; World's first openly gay MP)
• Member of Parliament - Evelien Eshuis^(nl) (CPN) – 1982[147]
• King's Commissioner – Jan Franssen (VVD) - 2000–2013[148]
• Mayor - Arno Brok (VVD) – 2003–2010[149]
• Minister of Economic Affairs - Joop Wijn (CDA) – 2006[150]
• Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food - Gerda Verburg (CDA) – 2007[151]
• Minister of Finance - Jan Kees de Jager (CDA) – 2010[152]
• Member of Parliament - Rob Jetten (D66) – 2017
• Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations - Kajsa Ollongren (D66) – 2017[153]
• 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
• City councillor municipality Apeldoorn – Lilian Haak (VVD) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors) [154]
• 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)

Norway

• Member of Parliament - Wenche Lowzow – 1977–1985, reelected 1981[155] [Came out 1979; First openly lesbian female]
• Member of Parliament - Anders Hornslien – 1993–2001[156] [Came out: 2001]
• City council chairman of Oslo - Erling Lae – 2000–2009[157]
• 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][158]
• Minister of Finance - Per-Kristian Foss - 2001-2005
• Minister of Health and Care Services - Bent Høie - 2013-

Poland

• Member of Parliament – Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz – 1952-1980[159]
• City councillor – Krystian Legierski – 2010[160] [First openly LGBT holder of any office in Poland]
• Mayor (Słupsk) – Robert Biedroń – 2014-2018[161]
• Member of parliament – Anna Grodzka – 2011[162] [First openly transgender woman]
• Sołtys (Bobrowniki) – Łukasz Włodarczyk – 2017-[163]
• Deputy mayor (Warsaw) – Paweł Rabiej – 2018-
• Leader of a political party (Spring) – Robert Biedroń – 2019-[164]
• Member of the European Parliament for Poland – Robert Biedroń – 2019-

Portugal

• Member of Parliament - Miguel Vale de Almeida – 2009–2010[165]
• Member of the government (Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation) - Graça Fonseca – 2015–2018[166] [Came out: 2017]
• Member of the government (Minister of Culture) - Graça Fonseca – 2018[166]
• Party deputy leader - Adolfo Mesquita Nunes (CDS - People's Party) - 2018[167]

Serbia

• Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić – 2017[168]
• Government minister (Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government) – Ana Brnabić – 2016–2017[168]
• Assistant Minister for International Cooperation in the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue - Boris Milićević - 2020[169]

Slovakia

• Member of Parliament - Edita Angyalová - 2002[170] [First openly lesbian female]
• Member of Parliament - Stanislav Fořt – 2011[171] [First openly gay male; Came out: 2011]

Soviet Union

• People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs - Georgy Chicherin - 1918–1930[172]

Spain

• Member of the Cortes (Senate) - Jerónimo Saavedra (PSOE) – 1977-2004[173] [Came out: 2000]
• Regional President (President of the Canary Islands) - Jerónimo Saavedra -1983–1987, 1991–1993[173] [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)[173]
• Town councillor (Geldo, Castellon) - Manuela Trasobares (ARDE) - 2007[174] [First transgender woman]
• Mayor of a Provincial Capital (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) - Jerónimo Saavedra - 2007–2011[173]
• Member of the Cortes (Madrid) - Ángeles Álvarez (PSOE) – 2011[175][176]
• Mayor of an Autonomic Capital (Vitoria-Gasteiz) - Javier Maroto (PP) - 2011–2015[177] [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 (incumbent) - 2018[178]
• Minister of Culture and Sport - Màxim Huerta - 2018[179]
• Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service - Miquel Iceta - (incumbent) - 2021[180]

Autonomous regional parliament members

• Minister of Health of Catalonia - Antoni Comín i Oliveres (Together for Yes) - 2016[181]
• Minister of Culture of Catalonia - Santi Vila (Together For Yes – CDC) - c. 2017[182]
• Minister of Culture and Education of Galicia - Jesús Vázquez Abad (People's Party of Galicia) - 2007-2015[183]
• Member of the Parliament of Catalonia - Miquel Iceta PSC - 1999[184] [First openly gay male]
• Member of the Basque Parliament- Iñaki Oyarzábal - 1996[185] [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[186]
• Member of the Assembly of Madrid - Carla Antonelli - 2011[187] [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[188]

Sweden

• Member of Parliament - Kent Carlsson (s) – 1991[189] [Came out: 1991]
• Member of Parliament - Elisebeht Markström (s) – 1995[190] [Came out publicly: 2006]
• Minister of the Environment - Andreas Carlgren – 2006[191]
• Minister of Migration Affairs - Tobias Billström – 2006[192] [First bisexual male]

Switzerland

• Member of Parliament - Claude Janiak – 1999[193] [First openly gay male]
• Member of Parliament - Marianne Huguenin – 2003[194] [Came out: 2004]
• President of the National Council - Claude Janiak – 2005-2006[193]
• Speaker of House of Representatives - Claude Janiak – 2006[193]
• Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of Bern) - Bernhard Pulver – 2006[195]
• Mayor (Zurich) - Corine Mauch – 2009[196] [First openly gay mayor of a large Swiss city]
• Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of St. Gallen) - Martin Klöti – 2012[197]

United Kingdom

Africa

South Africa

• High Court Judge – Edwin Cameron – 1995[198][199]
• Member of Parliament – Mike Waters – 1999[200]
• Constitutional Court Justice – Edwin Cameron – 2008[198][199]
• Provincial Premier – Lynne Brown – 2009[201]
• Member of Parliament – Zakhele Mbhele – 2014[202]
• Cabinet minister – Lynne Brown – 2014[201]
• Municipal Councillor- Dimakatso Moloisane - 2015

Tunisia

• Leader of a political party (Tunisian Liberal Party) – Mounir Baatour – 2011[203]

Asia

Hong Kong

• Legislative Council Member – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen – 2012[204] [First openly gay man]
• District Council Member — Jimmy Sham, Kenneth Cheung, and Alice Wei — 2019[205] [First openly gay and lesbian councillors]

India

• State Legislative Assembly (Madhya Pradesh) – Shabnam Mausi – 1998–2003[206] [First transgender person to be elected to public office]
• Mayor (Raigarh, Chhattisgarh) – Madhu Bai Kinnar – 4 January 2015.[207][208][209][210] [First transgender mayor of a city]

Israel

• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Uzi Even – 2003[211] [First openly gay male]
• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) – 2008[212]
• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Itzik Shmuli (Israeli Labor Party) – 2013[213]
• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Amir Ohana (Likud) – 2015[214]
• City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Michal Eden – 1998[215] [First openly elected lesbian female]
• City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Itai Pinkas (2003) and Yaniv Weizman (2008)[216] [First openly elected gay males respectively]
• City councillor (Jerusalem) – Saar Netanel – 2003[217]
• Minister – Amir Ohana – 2019.[218]
• Leader of a political party (Meretz) – Nitzan Horowitz – 2019[219] [First openly gay male]
• Deputy mayor of Tel Aviv – Chen Arieli – 2019[220]

Japan

• Ward councillor (Setagaya, Tokyo) – Aya Kamikawa – 2003[221] [First transgender woman]
• Prefectural assembly member (Osaka) – Kanako Otsuji – 2005[222] [First openly lesbian woman]
• Ward councillor (Tokyo) – Taiga Ishikawa (Toshima) and Wataru Ishizaka (Nakano) – 2011[223] [First elected gay men]
• Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2013[224] [First openly lesbian woman]
• City councillor (Iruma, Saitama) – Tomoya Hosoda – 2017[225] [First transgender man]
• Member of the Diet (Lower House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2017[224] [First openly lesbian woman]
• City councillor (Kameoka, Kyoto) – Maria Akasaka – 2019[226] [First transgender female]
• Prefectural assembly member (Hokkaido) – Ayako Fuchigami – 2019[227] [First transgender woman]
• Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) – Taiga Ishikawa – 2019[228] [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[229] [First openly gay male]

Philippines

• Province Mayor (Municipality of Leyte, Leyte) – Arnold James Ysidoro – 1998–2004; 2010[230]
• Province Mayor (Municipality of Palapag, Northern Samar) – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013[231] [First transgender woman]
• Board Member of 2nd District of Northern Samar Province – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013–2016[231]
• City Councilor (Mandaue City) – Wenceslao Gakit – 1998–2007[232]
• Board Member of Sixth District of Cebu Province – Wenceslao Gakit – 2007–2010[232]
• City Councilor (Pasay City) – Justo Justo (Panfilo C Justo) – c. 1980s[233]
• Barangay Capitan of Angeles IV (Tayabas, Quezon Province) – Ruvic Rea – 2001[234] [First transgender woman]
• House of Representatives – Geraldine Roman – 2016[235] [First transgender woman elected to Congress]

Sri Lanka

• Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament – Mangala Samaraweera – 1989 [First openly gay male][236]
• Minister – Mangala Samaraweera – 2005 [First openly gay male]
• Governor – Niluka Ekanayake – 2016 [World's first transgender female Governor][237]

Taiwan

• Minister without Portfolio – Audrey Tang – 2016[238] [World's first transgender minister without portfolio]

Thailand

• representative of Mueang Nan District on the Provincial Administration Organization for Nan Province – Yollada Suanyot – 2012.[239]
• first MP in the House of Representatives – Tanwarin Sukkhapisit – 2019.[240][241] [first openly transgender]

Oceania

Australia

Guam

• Lieutenant Governor - Josh Tenorio 2019
• Supreme Court Justice – Benjamin Cruz – 1997[242] [Came out: 1995]
• Chief Justice – Benjamin Cruz −1999–2001[242]
• Member of Legislature – Benjamin Cruz – 2004[243]

New Zealand

• Member of Parliament (Parliament for Raglan / Parliament for Waipa) – Marilyn Waring (National) – 1975–1984[244] [Outed: 1975; Officially came out: post-1984]
• Member of Parliament (Parliament for Te Atatū) – Chris Carter (Labour) – 1993–2011[245] [First openly gay male]
• Mayor – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1995–1999[246] [World's first openly transgender mayor]
• Member of Parliament – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1999–2007[246] [World's first openly transgender member of parliament]
• Member of Parliament – Maryan Street (Labour) – 2005–2014[247][248] [First openly lesbian female elected to parliament]
• Minister of Conservation – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2007[245]
• Minister of Ethnic Affairs – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2008[245]
• Minister of Local Government – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2005[245]
• Minister for Building Issues – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2004–2005[245]
• Minister of Education - Chris Carter (Labour) – 2007–2008[245]
• Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2007–2008[245]
• Minister of Housing and Minister of ACC – Maryan Street (Labour) – 2007–2008[248]
• Attorney-General (New Zealand) and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations - Chris Finlayson (National) - 2008-2017[249] (Male)
• High Court of New Zealand - Michael Muir (High Court Judge) 2014-[250] (Male)
• Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2017-[251] (Male)
• Party leader – Damian Light (United Future) – 2017[252]
• Deputy Prime Minister – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2020-[253] (Male)

See also

• List of LGBT firsts by year

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