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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not sure why that's relevant, but:

The first democratically elected female prime minister of a Muslim majority country was Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan, who led her party to victory in the 1988 general election and later in 1993

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_first_women_heads_of_state_and_government_in_Muslim-majority_countries