Welcome to the Women’s Institute of Management Women’s Tan Sri Dato Napsiah Omar Women’s Hall of Fame. Do visit our building at Wisma WIM and view our collection which comprises:
OUR COLLECTION COMPRISES :
A. Photographs of all the Queens of Malaysia B. Photographs and Biodatas of all the Wives of Prime Ministers of Malaysia C. Photographs and Biodatas of Women Prime Ministers and Presidents D. Photographs and Biodatas of Global Women Leaders E. Photographs and Biodatas of Malaysian Women Leaders F. Photographs and Biodatas of International Women
A. QUEENS OF MALAYSIA
DYMM Tuanku Ampuan Kurshiah bte Tunku Besar Burhanuddin – Negeri Sembilan
DYMM Tengku Ampuan Jema’ah bte Almarhum Raja Ahmad – Selangor
DYMM Raja Perempuan Tengku Budriah bte Almarhum Tengku Ismail – Perlis
DYMM Tengku Intan Zaharah bte Almarhum Tengku Seri Setia Raja – Terengganu
DYMM Tengku Zainab bte Tengku Mohamed Petra – Kelantan
DYMM Tengku Hajjah Afzan bte Tengku Muhammad – Pahang
DYMM Sultanah Zanariah bte Almarhum Tunku Ahmad – Johor
DYMM Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun bte Mohd. Ali – Perak
DYMM Tuanku Najihah bte Tunku Besar Burhanuddin – Negeri Sembilan
DYMM Tuanku Siti Aishah – Selangor
DYMM Tuanku Fauziah bte Almarhum Tengku Abdul Rashid – Perlis
DYMM Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah – Terengganu
DYMM Tuanku Sultanah Hajah Haminah binti Hamidun
DYMM Tunku Hajah Azizah Maimunah Iskandariah binti Almarhum Al-Mutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj – Pahang
B. WIVES OF PRIME MINISTERS OF MALAYSIA
Tun Dr Siti Hasmah
YABhg. Tun Sharifah Rodziah 1957-1970
YABhg. Tun Rahah bte Tan Sri Hj. Noah 1970-1976
YABhg. Toh Puan Suhaila bte Tan Sri Hj. Noah 1976-1981
YABhg. Datin Seri Dr. Siti Hasmah bte Mohd. Ali 1981-2003
YABhg. Datin Paduka Seri Endon bte Mahmood 2003- 2005
YABhg. Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah 2005-2009
YABhg. Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah binti Mansor 2009-2018
YABhg. Datin Seri Dr. Siti Hasmah bte Mohd. Ali 2018-2021
C. WOMEN PRIME MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTS (In Alphabetical Order)
Benazir Bhutto
H.E. Corazon Aquino President of the Philippines, 1986-1992
H.E. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, 11.3.2006
H.E. Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988-1990, 1993-1996
H.E Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal, 29.10.2015
H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, 17.2.2004
H.E. Cristina Elizabet Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina, 10.12.2007
H.E. Julia Eileen Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, 24.6.2010
H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitaroviç, President of Croatia, 19.2.2015
H.E. Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Lithuania, 12.7.2009
H.E. Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland, 1.3.2000
H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1996 -2001, 2009
H.E. Atifete Jahjaga President of Kosovo, 7.4.2011
H.E. Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf, President of Liberia, 6.1.2006
H.E. Mari Johanna Kiviniemi, Prime Minister of Finland, 22.6.2010
H.E. Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister of Croatia, 6.7.2009
H.E. Doris Leuthard, President of Switzerland,1.1.2010
H.E. Maria Liberia-Peters, Prime Minister Netherlands-Antilles, 1984-86, 1988-1994
H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of Philippines, 20.1.2001
H.E. Sanna Mirella Marin, Prime Minister of Finland, 10.12.2019
H.E. Theresa Mary May, Prime Minister of the United Kingtom, 13.7.2016
H.E. Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, 1997
H.E. Angela Dorothea Merkel, President of Germany, 2005
Angela Merkel
H.E. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, President of Costa Rica, 7.2.2010
H.E. Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama, 1999 – 2004
H.E. Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyzstan, 7.4.2010
H.E. Park-Geun-hye, President of South Korea, 25.2.2013
H.E. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, 25.7.2007
H.E. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 26.5.2010
H.E. Kazimiera Prunskiene, Prime Minister of Lithuania, 1990-1991
H.E. Iveta Radicova, Prime Minister of Slovakia, 8.7.2010
H.E. Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, 1990-1997
H.E. Dilma Vana Rousseff, President of Brazil, 1.1.2011
H.E. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand, 5.8.2011
H.E. Jóhanna Sigurôardóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, 1.2.2009
Margaret Thatcher
H.E. Jennifer M. Smith, Prime Minister of Bermuda, 1998 – 2003
H.E. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, 2013
H.E. Hanna Suchoka, Prime Minister of Poland, 1992-1993
H.E. Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Britain, 1978-1990
H.E. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark, 3.10.2011
H.E. Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 20.5.2016
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D. GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS (country of origin)
Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, 2011 (France)
Khunying Supatra Masdit, Minister, Thai Prime Minister’s Office, Chairperson, NGO Forum, 4th UN Women’s Conference, Beijing, 1995 (Thailand)
Andrina Lever, Member, APEC Business Advisory Council (Canada)
Leticia Ramos-Shahani, First Woman President of the Philippines’ Senate Secretary General, UN Decade of Women’s Conference, Nairobi 1985 (Philippines)
Flutura Xhabija Laknori, President, Professional and Businesswomen’s Association of Albania (Albania)
Manorama Vaid, President, Indian Council of Women Entrepreneurs (India)
Martha Tilaar, Chairperson, Indonesia Businesswomen’s Association (Indonesia)
The Lady Howe, Chairman, The British Broadcasting, Standards’ Commission, (U.K.)
Angeline Arefieva, Executive Director, Businesswomen’s Union of Russia (Russia)
Barbara Koz Paley, Chairperson, Women’s Leadership Board, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston U.S.A
Riita Uosukainen, Speaker, Parliament of Finland (Finland)
Victoria Licuanan, Director, Women Managers’ Program, Asia Institute of Management, Manila (Philippines)
Astrid N. Heiberg, World President, International Federation Of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva (Norway)
Nancy Spence, Director, Gender and Youth Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London (Canada)
Mavivi Y.L. Myakayaka, Head of International Affairs, ANC President’s Office (South Africa)
Tina Knight, Top Entrepreneur of the World (1998), World Leader in Computer Resource, Sharing Devices (U.K)
Barbro Dahlbom-Hall, Board Member of the Swedish Foundation, Women’s World Banking and Consultant To SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) (Sweden)
Antoinette Ruegg, President, Business and Professional, Women’s Association of Switzerland (Switzerland)
Surapee Rojanavongse, President, Women for Women, Thailand,Chairman, Sudhipongs Srivikorn Foundation (Thailand)
Hillary Clinton
Joyce H. Banda, Co-Winner, Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, Executive Director, National Association of Businesswomen, Malawi (Malawi)
Dr. Anamah Tan, President, Asean Confederation of Women’s Organisations (ACWO) (Singapore)
Semane B. Molotlegi, Queen’s Mother Semane B. Molotlegi, Royal Bafokeng Nation (Republic of South Africa)
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State (U.S.A.)
E. MALAYSIAN WOMEN LEADERS
Dato Siti Norma Yaacob
Justice Dato’ Siti Norma Yaakob, First Malaysian Woman High Court Judge and Judge, Court of Appeals
Dato’ P.G. Lim, First Malaysian Woman Ambassador to the UN
Mother Mangalam, Founder President, Pure Life Society
Tan Sri Dr. Devaki Krishnan, First Woman Municipality Councillor of Kuala Lumpur and first Malaysian Indian Woman Tan Sri
Dato’ Asiah bte Abu Samah, First Woman Director-General, Ministry of Education
Puan Rafiah Salim, First Malaysian Woman UN Assistant Secretary General
Tan Sri Datin Hajjah Kamsiah bte Abdul Majid, First NACIWID Chairperson and National President, Women’s Institute of Malaysia
Datin Paduka Rosemarie Chong, First Malaysian Chinese Woman Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister
Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Datuk Dayang Adeline Leong, First Woman President of the Kota Kinabalu Municipal Council
Puan Sri Datin Janaki Athi Nahappan, First Malaysian Indian Woman Senator and Leader in Girl Guides movement
Y. Bhg. Toh Puan Uma Sambanthan, Retired Chairman National Land Finance Co-operative Berhad
Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, First Woman Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
YABhg. Datuk Amar Puan Sri Dr. Laila Taib, President, SABATI, Sarawak
Y. Bhg. Datin Paduka Alinah binti Ahmad, First Female Mayor of Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Y.B. Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan, First Lady Speaker of the Selangor State Assembly of Malaysia
F. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
Princess Diana
Princess Diana (Humanitarian) U.K.
Jodie Foster (Actor/Director) U.S.A.
Aung San Suu Kyi (Social Activist) Myanmar
Vanessa-Mae (Musical Prodigy) Singapore
Marie Curie (Physicist) France
Dato’ Michelle Yeoh (Action Hero) Malaysia
Mother Teresa (Humanitarian) Republic of Macedonia
Steffi Graf (Professional Tennis Player) Germany
YBhg. Prof. Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman (Astrophysicist) Malaysia
The late Yasmin Ahmad (Film Director/Writer) Malaysia
YBhg. Dato Nicol David (World Squash Champion) Malaysia
