| Time in Office | Years | Country | Answer | % Correct |
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| 16y 16d | 2005-2021 | Germany | Angela Merkel | 96%
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| 16y 15d | 1966-'77, 1980-'84 | India | Indira Gandhi | 93%
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| 11y 208d | 1979-1990 | United Kingdom | Margaret Thatcher | 93%
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| 5y 78d | 1969-1974 | Israel | Golda Meir | 71%
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| 4y 233d | 1988-'90, 1993-'96 | Pakistan | Benazir Bhutto | 64%
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| 5y 243d | 2011-2016 | Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | 51%
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| 4y 301d | 2016-2021 | Myanmar | Aung San Suu Kyi | 44%
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| 6y 126d | 1986-1992 | Philippines | Corazon Aquino | 44%
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| 8y | 2007-2015 | Argentina | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | 42%
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| 18y 10d | 1996-'01, 2009- | Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | 40%
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| 5y 208d | 2016- | Taiwan | Tsai Ing-wen | 33%
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| 8y | 2006-'10, 2014-'18 | Chile | Michelle Bachelet | 29%
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| 12y 6d | 2006-2018 | Liberia | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | 27%
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| 7y 363d | 2013-2021 | Norway | Erna Solberg | 27%
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| 11y 304d | 1960-'65, 1970-'77 | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | 27%
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| 8y 350d | 1999-2008 | New Zealand | Helen Clark | 24%
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| 4y 168d | 2017- | Serbia | Ana Brnabić | 20%
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| 9y 152d | 1986-'89, 1990-'96 | Norway | Gro Harlem Brundtland | 20%
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| 10y 60d | 1991-'96, 2001-'06 | Bangladesh | Khaleda Zia | 20%
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| 9y 161d | 2001-2010 | Philippines | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | 16%
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| 5y 223d | 2006-'07, 2012-'16 | Jamaica | Portia Simpson-Miller | 16%
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| 14y 328d | 1980-1995 | Dominica | Dame Eugenia Charles | 11%
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| 6y 260d | 1990-1997 | Nicaragua | Violeta Chamorro | 11%
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| 11y 7d | 1994-2005 | Sri Lanka | Chandrika Kumaratunga | 9%
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| 5y 106d | 2010-2015 | Trinidad and Tobago | Kamla Persad-Bissessar | 7%
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| 5y | 1999-2004 | Panama | Mireya Moscoso | 7%
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