South Korean President-elect Park Geun-Hye, of the ruling Saenuri Party, waves to supporters after she is declared the winner of the presidential elections on Dec. 19, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Park, daughter of former president Park Chung-Hee, becomes the first female president of South Korea. - [Lee Young-Ho-pool/AFP/Getty Images]
Indira Gandhi served as India's first female prime minister from 1966 to 1977, and then again from 1980 until 1984. The world's longest serving female prime minister to date, Gandhi became famous for her slogan, "garibi hatao," or "eradicate poverty." But she is also known for the Emergency which she declared in 1975, one of the most controversial periods in Indian history. Gandhi was assassinated in 1984. - [AFP/Getty Images]
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