List of the first openly LGBTQ holders of political offices

European Union

Argentina

• Senate – Osvaldo López – 2011^[28] [First openly gay man]
• Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Virginia Rodríguez – 2001^[29] [First openly lesbian woman]
• Chamber of Deputies – Leonardo Grosso – 2011^[30] [First openly gay man; Came out: 2018]
• Government Minister (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship) – Jorge Faurie – 2017^[31] [First openly gay man]
• Government Minister (Ministry of Culture) – Teresa Parodi – 2014 [First openly lesbian woman; Came out: 2025]^[32]
• Government Minister (Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity) – Ayelén Mazzina – 2022 [First openly lesbian woman]^[33]
• Government Secretary (Undersecretary of Diversity Policies) – Alba Rueda – 2019^[34][35] [First openly transgender person]
• Government Member (Office for the Coordination of Diversity and Non-Discrimination of the Ministry of Security) – Mara Pérez Reynoso – 2015^[36] [First openly transgender person]
• Provincial governor (Tierra del Fuego) – Gustavo Melella – 2019^[37] [First openly gay man]
• Buenos Aires City Legislature – María Rachid – 2011^[38] [First openly lesbian woman]
• Buenos Aires City Legislature – Maximiliano Ferraro – 2011^[39] [First openly gay man]
• Mayor (General Pinto, Buenos Aires) – Alexis Guerrera – 2003^[40] [First openly gay man]
• Mayor (Loncopué, Neuquén) – María Fernanda Villone – 2011 [First openly lesbian woman]^[41]
• Municipal councillor (Escobar, Buenos Aires Province) – Sandra Edith "Tía Gaucha" Tancredi – 2022 [First openly transgender person]^[42]
• Municipal councillor (General La Madrid, Buenos Aires Province) – Ariel Lucho López – 2023 [First openly non-binary person]^[43]

Aruba

• Parliament of Aruba (Senator) – Miguel Mansur – 2021^[44] [First openly gay party leader]

Bolivia

• Congressperson (Deputy) – Manuel Canelas – 2015^[45] [First openly gay male]
• Assemblyperson (La Paz) – París Galán – 2015 [First openly transgender male]

Brazil

Canada

Chile

• Councilmember – Alejandra González Pino – 2004^[46] [First elected transgender woman]
• Councilmember – Jaime Parada – 2012^[47] [First openly gay male]
• Chamber of Deputies – Claudio Arriagada – 2013^[48] [First openly gay male]
• Chamber of Deputies – Guillermo Ceroni – 2013^[49]
• Chamber of Deputies – Emilia Schneider – 2021^[50] [First openly transgender person]
• Chamber of Deputies – Marcela Riquelme – 2021^[51] [First openly lesbian female]
• Chamber of Deputies – Francisca Bello, Camila Musante – 2021^[51] [First openly bisexual female]

Colombia

• Congressperson – Tamara Argote – 2022 ^[52] [first openly non-binary member of Congress]
• Mayor of Bogota – Claudia López – 2019^[53][54] [first openly LGBTQ (lesbian)]
• Mayor of Chapinero – Blanca Inés Durán Hernández – 2008–2012 [openly lesbian]
• Minister of Transport – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen − 2012–2014^[55] [Came out: 2014]
• Minister of Education – Gina Parody – 2014–2018^[56]
• Minister of Commerce – Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen – 2014–2018^[55] [Came out: 2014]
• Minister of Environment – Ricardo Lozano Picón – 2018^[57]
• Minister of Justice – Néstor Osuna – 2022–2024^[58] [openly homosexual]
• Minister of Equality and Equity – Juan Carlos Florián – 2025–present^[59] [openly LGBTQ]
• National Agency Director (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Biodiversity) – Brigitte Baptiste^[60] [first openly transgender woman]
• Representative – Angélica Lozano – 2014^[61] [first openly bisexual legislator]
• Representative– Mauricio Toro – 2018^[62] [first openly gay man elected to Congress]
• Senator – Angélica Lozano – 2018^[63] [first openly LGBTQ (bisexual) senator]
• Senator – Claudia López – 2015^[53]

Costa Rica

• Legislative Assembly – Carmen Muñoz – elected 2010^[64] and minister appointed in 2014 [first openly lesbian person]^[65]
• Cabinet Minister – Wilhelm von Breymann Barquero – appointed in 2014.^[66][67] [first openly gay man]
• Legislative Assembly – Enrique Sánchez – 2018^[68] [first openly gay male]
• Second Vice Mayor – Municipality of the Canton of Moravia – Gerhard Phillip Hernández Padilla – elected in 2024^[69] [first openly trans man].^[70][71]

Cuba

• Municipal council – Adela Hernández – 2012^[72] [First transgender person elected to office]

Curaçao

• Governor of Curaçao - Mauritsz de Kort - November 4, 2025 – present).^[73][74]

Ecuador

• National Assembly – Sandra Alvarez – 2009 [first openly LGBT substitute lawmaker.]
• Minister of Health: Carina Vance Mafla – 2012^[75]
• National Assembly – Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano – 2017^[76][77] [First transgender woman substitute lawmaker]
• Mayor of Pujilí – José Arroyo Cabrera – 2023^[78] [first openly LGBTQ mayor in Ecuador]

El Salvador

• Mayor (Intipucá) – Hugo Salinas – 2009^[79]

Guatemala

• Member of Congress – Sandra Morán – 2016^[80] [First lesbian female congressperson]
• Member of Congress – Aldo Dávila – 2020^[81][82][First gay male congressperson]
• Member of Central American Parliament – José Carlos Hernández Ruano − 2020^[83][84][First Guatemalan gay male parliamentarian]

Mexico

• Federal Deputy – Patria Jiménez – 1997^[85] [First openly lesbian female]
• Federal Deputy – David Sánchez Camacho – 2006^[86] [First openly gay male]
• Federal Deputy – María Clemente García – 2021 [One of the first two transgender women]^[87]
• Federal Deputy – Salma Luévano – 2021 [One of the first two transgender women]^[87]
• Local Deputy (Federal District) – Enoé Uranga – 2000^[88] [First openly lesbian female]
• Local Deputy (Federal District) – David Sánchez Camacho – 1997^[86] [First openly gay male]
• Municipal president (Fresnillo, Zacatecas) – Benjamín Medrano Quezada – 2013^[89] [First openly gay male]
• City Council (Guanajuato, Guanajuato) – Rubí Suárez Araujo – 2016 [first transgender city councillor and first openly transgender woman in political office]^[90][91][92]
• City Council (Durango, Durango) – Ezequiel García Torres – 2017 [First openly gay male]

Peru

• Councilmember – Luisa Revilla – 2014^[93] [First transgender woman]
• Member of Congress – Carlos Bruce – 2006; 2016–2021^[94] [First openly gay male congressman; Came out: 2014]
• Member of Congress – Alberto de Belaunde (Ungrouped) – 2016^[95]
• Minister of Transport and Communications – Carlos Bruce – September 2017^[96]

Puerto Rico

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico – Maite Oronoz Rodríguez – 15 July 2014^[97]

Trinidad and Tobago

• Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (Senator) – Jowelle de Souza – 2022^{[98][99][100][101]} [First transgender person]

United States

Uruguay

• Director of Macro Counseling in Social Policies – Andrés Scagliola – 2010^[102] [First openly gay member of the government; Came out: 2011]
• House of Representatives (Substitute Deputy) – Martín Couto – 2014^[103] [First openly gay congressperson; Came out: 2017]
• Member of Parliament – Michelle Suárez Bértora – 2014^[104] [First transgender legislator]

Venezuela

• National Assembly (Deputy) – Tamara Adrián – elected 2015^[105] [First transgender woman]
• National Assembly (Deputy) – Rosmit Mantilla – elected 2015^[106] [First openly gay male]

Armenia

• Member of Parliament – Lilit Martirosyan – transgender

Andorra

• Prime Minister – Xavier Espot Zamora – 2019 [First openly gay male to head an Andorran national government in modern times]

Austria

• Member of Parliament – Ulrike Lunacek – 1999 [First openly lesbian Member of Parliament]^[107]
• Member of Parliament – Mario Lindner – 2017 [First openly gay Member of Parliament]^[108]
• Minister – Iris Eliisa Rauskala – 2019 [First openly LGBT minister, openly lesbian, Minister of Education]^[109][110]
• Mayor – Georg Djundja – 2019 [First openly LGBT mayor, openly gay, mayor of Oberndorf bei Salzburg]^[111]

Belgium

• Prime Minister – Elio Di Rupo (PS) – 2011^[112] [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^[113] [First openly trans national minister in Europe]
• Member of the Flemish Government (Flemish Minister of Education) – Pascal Smet (SP.A) – 2009–2014^[114] [Came out; 2009]
• Member of the Brussels Government (Minister of Mobility and Public Works) – Pascal Smet (SP.A) – 2004–2009^[114]
• Member of the Brussels Government – Bruno De Lille [nl] (Groen) – 2012^[115][116]
• Member of the Flemish Parliament – Conner Rousseau – 2019 [Came out; 2023] ^[117]

Croatia

• Member of Parliament – Domagoj Hajduković – 2011^[118][119] [First openly gay male]

Czech Republic

• Member of the Senate – Václav Fischer – 1999–2002^[120][121]
• Minister of Transport – Gustáv Slamečka – 2009–2010^[122]
• Minister for Regional Development – Karla Šlechtová – 2014^[123] [First openly lesbian female]
• Regional council member (Prague) – Matěj Stropnický – 2014^[124]
• Party leader (Green Party) – Matěj Stropnický – 2016–2017^[124]

Denmark

• Member of Parliament – Yvonne Herløv Andersen – 1998^[125] [She was an MP for a few terms during the 1970s and 1980s, but not while openly lesbian.]
• Member of Parliament – Torben Lund – 1998^[13][14] [First openly gay male; Came out: February 1998]
• Minister of Culture – Uffe Elbæk – 2011–2012^[126]
• Member of Parliament (Alternative in Sjællands Storkreds) – Rasmus Nordqvist – 2015^[127]
• Minister of Justice – Søren Pape Poulsen – 2016^[128]
• Minister for Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education – Tommy Ahlers – 2018^[129] [Came out (bisexual): July 2018]

Estonia

• Member of Parliament – Eduard Odinets – 2000^[130]

Faroe Islands

• Member of Parliament – Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir – 2015^[131]

Finland

• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Oras Tynkkynen – 2004^[132]
• Leader of a major political party (Green League) – Pekka Haavisto – 1992^[133]
• Minister of the Environment – Pekka Haavisto – 1995^[133]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Merikukka Forsius – 1999^[134] [First bisexual female]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Reijo Paananen – 2002^[135]
• Secretary of a major political party (Social Democratic Party of Finland) – Reijo Paananen – 2012
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Pirkanmaa) – Oras Tynkkynen – 2004^[136]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament for Uusimaa) – Jani Toivola – 2011^[137]
• Member of Parliament (Finnish Parliament) – Silvia Modig – 2011^[138] [First lesbian female]
• Minister for International Development – Pekka Haavisto – 2013^[133]
• Minister for Foreign Affairs – Pekka Haavisto – 2019

France

• Member of Parliament (Minister in charge of relations) – André Labarrère [fr] – 1981^[139] [Came out: 1998]
• Mayor of Paris – Bertrand Delanoë – 2001 ^[140] [Came out: 1998]
• Government Member (Ministry of Culture) – Jean-Jacques Aillagon – 2002 (came out in 2002).^[141]
• Government Member (Secretary of State for relations with parliament) – Roger Karoutchi – 2007^[142] [Came out: 2009]
• Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France) – Franck Riester – 2007^[143] [Came out: 2011]
• Member of Parliament (National Assembly of France, Allier) – Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon – 2017^[144]
• Government Member (Secretary of State for the Digital Sector) – Mounir Mahjoubi – 2017 (came out in 2018).
• Government Member (Ministry of Labour - Olivier Dussopt (2017–2024)
• Government Member (Secretary of State for Youth and Education) – Gabriel Attal – 2018 (came out in 2018).
• Mayor of Nancy – Mathieu Klein – 2020
• Mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes – Marie Cau – 2020 (first transgender mayor in France)
• Government Member (Secretary of State for Youth) – Sarah El Haïry – 2022
• Government Member (Ministry of National Education) – Gabriel Attal – 2023
• Prime Minister – Gabriel Attal – 2024
• Government Member (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs) – Stéphane Séjourné – 2024

Germany

• Reich Minister without portfolio, Reichsleiter: Ernst Röhm (NSDAP) — 1933–1934 (outed in 1931). Historian Laurie Marhoefer writes that Röhm became the world's "first openly gay politician" after letters in which he called himself "same-sex orientated [gleichgeschlechtlich]" were published by Social Democratic newspapers.^[145][146] He was murdered by the NSDAP in the "Night of the Long Knives" (German: Nacht der langen Messer (also called the Röhm purge or Operation Hummingbird (German: Aktion Kolibri)^[147]
• Member of Parliament – Helga Schuchardt (FDP) – 1972–1983^[148] [Outed: 1992 (while serving as Minister of Science and Culture in Lower Saxony at that time]
• Member of Parliament – Herbert Rusche (Greens) – 1985–1987^[149]
• Member of Parliament (Speaker for Legal Affairs) – Volker Beck (Greens) – 1994^[150]
• Member of Parliament (Bundestag) for North Rhine-Westphalia) – Barbara Hendricks (SPD) – 1994
• Member of Parliament (Bundestag) – Tessa Ganserer (Greens) & Nyke Slawik (Greens) – 2021 [First openly transgender persons]
• Mayor (Hamburg) – Ole von Beust – 2001–2010^[151] [He also served as president of Bundesrat in 2007–2008]
• Mayor (Berlin) – Klaus Wowereit – 2001–2014^[152] [He also served as president of Bundesrat in 2001–2002]
• Vice Chancellor – Guido Westerwelle, leader of (FDP) – 2009–2011^[153]
• Foreign Minister – Guido Westerwelle, leader of (FDP) – 2009–2013^[153]
• Mayor (Bielefeld) – Pit Clausen (SPD) – 2009-2025
• Mayor (Mainz) – Michael Ebling – 2012^[154]-2023
• Mayor (Wiesbaden) – Sven Gerich – 2013^[154]-2019
• Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety – Barbara Hendricks (SPD) – 2013–2018^[155]
• Mayor (Essen) – Thomas Kufen – 2015^[156]
• Health Minister – Jens Spahn (CDU) – 2018-2021
• Mayor (Hamm) - Marc Herter (SPD)- 2020-
• Mayor (Munich) - Dominik Krause (The Greens) - 2026-

Greece

• Cabinet minister – Nicholas Yatromanolakis (2021)^[157]

Hungary

• Member of Parliament – Klára Ungár^(hu) – 1990–1994, 1994–1998^[158] [First openly lesbian female]
• Member of Parliament – László Sebián-Petrovszki^(hu) – 2019–2022, 2022–
• Member of Parliament – Péter Ungár^(hu) – 2018–2022, 2022–^[159] [First openly gay male, came out: 2019]
• Member of Government (Secretary of State for Human Resources) – Gábor Szetey – 2006–2009^[160] [came out: 2007]

Iceland

• Prime Minister – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir – 2009–2013^[4] [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^[4]
• Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources – Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson – 2017^[161] [First openly gay male to serve as a minister]

Ireland

• Senator – David Norris (Dublin University) – 1987^[162]
• Senator – Katherine Zappone (Taoiseach's nominee) – 2011^[163]
• Teachta Dála (member of parliament) – Dominic Hannigan (Meath East) – openly gay when elected in 2011^[164]
• Teachta Dála (member of parliament) – John Lyons (Dublin North-West) – openly gay when elected in 2011^[164]
• Teachta Dála (member of parliament) – Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central) – Elected as TD in 2011; came out in 2012^[165]
• Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport – Leo Varadkar – 2011, came out 2015^[166]
• Mayor (Fingal County Council) – Cian O'Callaghan – 2012^[167]
• Leader of the Seanad Éireann – Jerry Buttimer – 2016^[168]
• Minister for Children and Youth Affairs – Katherine Zappone – 2016^[163] [The first minister to have been openly gay at the time of first appointment to cabinet]
• Taoiseach (Prime Minister) – Leo Varadkar – 2017^[7]
• Leader of largest party in Dáil Éireann – Leo Varadkar, Fine Gael – 2017^[7]
• Member of the European Parliament – Maria Walsh, 2019
• Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth – Roderic O'Gorman – 2020
• Government Chief Whip – Jack Chambers, 2020, came out 2024^[169]
• Minister of State at the Department of Transport, and at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications – Jack Chambers – 2022
• Minister for Finance - Jack Chambers, 2024

Isle of Man

• Chief Minister – Allan Bell – 2011^[170] [Came out: 2015]

Italy

• Member of Parliament – Angelo Pezzana^(it) – 1979^[171] [First openly gay male]
• Minister for Agriculture – Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio – 2000^[172] [Came out (bisexual): 2000]
• Member of Parliament – Titti De Simone^(it) – 2001^[173] [First lesbian]
• Mayor (Gela) – Rosario Crocetta – 2003–2009^[174] [First openly gay male mayor]
• President of Apulia – Nichi Vendola – 2005–2015^[175]
• Member of Parliament – Vladimir Luxuria – 2006^[176] [First transgender woman]
• 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^[174]
• First transgender mayor (Tromello) – Gianmarco Negri – 2019^[177][178]
• Acting President of Calabria – Antonino Spirlì – 2020–2021^[179]
• Minister for Youth Policies and Sport – Vincenzo Spadafora – 2019^[180] [Came out (gay): 2021]

Latvia

• Member of Parliament (Minister of Foreign Affairs) – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2014^[181] [First openly gay male; Came out: 2014]
• Member of Parliament – Marija Golubeva – 2018^[182] [First openly lesbian female]
• Chairman of a political party (The Progressives) – Roberts Putnis [lv] – 2018^[183] [First openly gay male]
• President – Edgars Rinkēvičs – 2023

Lithuania

• Member of Parliament: Rokas Žilinskas – 2008^[184]
• Member of Parliament: Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius – 2020

Luxembourg

• Mayor of Luxembourg City – Xavier Bettel – 2011^[185]
• Minister of the Economy - Etienne Schneider - 2012
• Prime Minister – Xavier Bettel – 2013^[6]
• Deputy Prime Minister – Etienne Schneider – 2013^[186]

Netherlands

• Member of Parliament – Coos Huijsen (CHU) – 1972^[187] (Came out: 1977; World's first openly gay MP)
• Member of Parliament – Evelien Eshuis (CPN) – 1982^[188]
• King's Commissioner – Jan Franssen (VVD) – 2000–2013^[189]
• Mayor – Arno Brok (VVD) – 2003–2010^[190]
• Minister of Economic Affairs – Joop Wijn (CDA) – 2006^[191]
• Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food – Gerda Verburg (CDA) – 2007^[192]
• Minister of Finance – Jan Kees de Jager (CDA) – 2010^[193]
• Minister of Climate and Energy – Rob Jetten (D66) – 2022
• Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations – Kajsa Ollongren (D66) – 2017^[194]
• 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
• Member of Parliament – Lisa van Ginneken (D66) – 2021 (first transgender MP)
• City councillor municipality Apeldoorn – Lilian Haak (VVD) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors)^[195]
• City councillor municipality Nijmegen – Michelle van Doorn (PvdD) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors)
• City councillor municipality Utrecht – Sophie Schers (GroenLinks) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors)
• City councillor municipality Utrecht – Corine van Dun (D66) – 2018 (one of the first four transgender councilors)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives – Vera Bergkamp (D66) – 2021
• Prime Minister – Rob Jetten (D66) – 2026

Norway

• Prime Minister (acting) – Per-Kristian Foss – 2002
• Member of Parliament – Wenche Lowzow – 1977–1985, reelected 1981^[196] [Came out 1979; First openly lesbian female]
• Member of Parliament – Anders Hornslien – 1993–2001^[197] [Came out: 2001]
• City council chairman of Oslo – Erling Lae – 2000–2009^[198]
• 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]^[199]
• Minister of Finance – Per-Kristian Foss – 2001–2005
• Minister of Health and Care Services – Bent Høie – 2013–2021

Poland

• Members of the Sejm – Jerzy Andrzejewski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz – 1952 [first either gay or bisexual members of Sejm; outed posthumously]
• Member of the State Council – Jerzy Zawieyski – 1956 [first either gay or bisexual member of the State Council; outed posthumously]
• City councilor (Warsaw) – Krystian Legierski – 2010 [first gay city councilor; first openly gay elected politician]^[200]
• Member of the Sejm – Anna Grodzka – 2011 [first transgender member of the Sejm; first transgender elected politician]^[q][201]
• Member of Sejm – Robert Biedroń – 2011 [first openly gay member of the Sejm]
• Mayor (Słupsk) – Robert Biedroń – 2014 [first gay city mayor]^[202]
• Sołtys (Bobrowniki) – Łukasz Włodarczyk – 2017 [first gay sołtys (village mayor)]
• Deputy mayor (Warsaw) – Paweł Rabiej – 2018 [first gay deputy mayor of a city]
• Member of the European Parliament – Robert Biedroń – 2019 [first gay member of European Parliament representing Poland]
• Leader of a political party (New Left) – Robert Biedroń – 2019 [first gay leader of a major political party]
• Member of the Sejm – Anna Maria Żukowska and Hanna Gill-Piątek – 2019 [first bisexual women members of the Sejm, and first openly bisexual elected officials]
• Presidential candidate – Robert Biedroń – 2020 [first gay presidential candidate]
• Member of a regional assembly (Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik) – Hanna Gill-Piątek – 2024 [first bisexual member of a regional assembly (sejmik)]
• City councillors – Zuzanna Bartel (Poznań) and Marta Magott (Gdańsk) – 2024 [first lesbian elected officials; first lesbian city councillors]
• City councillor (Kraków) – Aleksandra Owca – 2024 [first bisexual city councillor]

Portugal

• Member of Parliament – Miguel Vale de Almeida – 2009–2010^[203]
• Member of the government (Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation) – Graça Fonseca – 2015–2018^[204] [Came out: 2017]
• Member of the government (Minister of Culture) – Graça Fonseca – 2018^[204]
• Party deputy leader – Adolfo Mesquita Nunes (CDS – People's Party) – 2018^[205]
• Member of the government (Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers) – André Caldas – 2020^[206]
• Member of the government (Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs) - Paulo Rangel - 2024^[207]

Serbia

• Prime Minister – Ana Brnabić – 2017^[208]
• Government minister (Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government) – Ana Brnabić – 2016–2017^[208]
• Assistant Minister for International Cooperation in the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue – Boris Milićević – 2020^[209]

Slovakia

• Member of Parliament – Edita Angyalová – 2002^[210] [First openly lesbian female]
• Member of Parliament – Stanislav Fořt – 2011^[211] [First openly gay male; Came out: 2011]
• Member of Bratislava city council – Lucia Plaváková – 2022^[212] [First openly member of Bratislava city council]
• Mayor of the town Mýto pod Ďumbierom - Roman Švantner- 2006 ^[213] [First openly mayor of town]

Slovenia

• Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia – Simon Maljevac – 2023 to 2026 ^[214]

Spain

• Member of the Cortes (Senate) – Jerónimo Saavedra (PSOE) – 1977–2004^[215] [Came out: 2000]
• Regional President (President of the Canary Islands) Jerónimo Saavedra – 1983–1987, 1991–1993^[215] [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)^[215]
• Town councillor (Geldo, Castellon) Manuela Trasobares (ARDE) – 2007^[216] [First transgender woman]
• Mayor of a Provincial Capital (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) – Jerónimo Saavedra – 2007–2011^[215]
• Member of the Cortes (Madrid) – Ángeles Álvarez (PSOE) – 2011^[217][218]
• Mayor of an Autonomic Capital (Vitoria-Gasteiz) – Javier Maroto (PP) – 2011–2015^[219] [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 – 2018–present^[220]
• Minister of Culture and Sport – Màxim Huerta – 2018^[221]
• Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service – Miquel Iceta – 2021–2023^[222]

Sweden

• Member of Parliament – Kent Carlsson (s) – 1991^[231] [Came out: 1991]
• Member of Parliament – Elisebeht Markström (s) – 1995^[232] [Came out publicly: 2006]
• Minister of the Environment – Andreas Carlgren – 2006^[233]
• Minister of Migration Affairs – Tobias Billström – 2006^[234] [First bisexual male]
• Minister for Schooling – Lina Axelsson Kihlblom – 2021^[235] [First transgender person in a cabinet]

Switzerland

• Member of Parliament – Claude Janiak – 1999^[236] [First openly gay male]
• Member of Parliament – Marianne Huguenin – 2003^[237] [Came out: 2004]
• President of the National Council – Claude Janiak – 2005–2006^[236]
• Speaker of House of Representatives – Claude Janiak – 2006^[236]
• Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of Bern) – Bernhard Pulver – 2006^[238]
• Mayor (Zurich) – Corine Mauch – 2009^[239] [First openly gay mayor of a large Swiss city]
• Cantonal Governments (Member of the Executive Council of St. Gallen) – Martin Klöti – 2012^[240]

Ukraine

• Deputy minister of culture – Ivan Verbytskyi – 2025 ^[241]

United Kingdom

Mauritius

• Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius – Gaëtan Duval – 1976 & 1983^[242]

South Africa

• High Court Judge – Edwin Cameron – 1995^[243][244]
• Member of Parliament – Mike Waters – 1999^[245]
• Constitutional Court Justice – Edwin Cameron – 2008^[243][244]
• Provincial Premier – Lynne Brown – 2009^[246]
• Member of Parliament – Zakhele Mbhele – 2014^[247]
• Cabinet minister – Lynne Brown – 2014^[246]
• Municipal Councillor – Dimakatso Moloisane – 2015
• Mayor – Chris Pappas – 2021^[248]

Tunisia

• Leader of a political party (Tunisian Liberal Party) – Mounir Baatour – 2011^[249]

Hong Kong

• Legislative Council Member – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen – 2012^[250] [First openly gay man]
• District Council Member — Jimmy Sham, Kenneth Cheung, and Alice Wei — 2019^[251] [First openly gay and lesbian councillors]

India

• Member of the Legislative Assembly (Madhya Pradesh) – Shabnam Mausi – 2000–2003^[252] [First transgender person to be elected to public office]
• Mayor (Raigarh, Chhattisgarh) – Madhu Bai Kinnar – 4 January 2015^{[253][254][255][256]} [First transgender mayor of a city]
• Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Menaka Guruswamy – 2026–present

Israel

• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Uzi Even – 2003^[257] [First openly gay male]
• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) – 2008^[258]
• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Itzik Shmuli (Israeli Labor Party) – 2013^[259]
• Member of Knesset (Parliament) – Amir Ohana (Likud) – 2015^[260]
• City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Michal Eden – 1998^[261] [First openly elected lesbian female]
• City councillor (Tel-Aviv) – Itai Pinkas (2003) and Yaniv Weizman (2008)^[262] [First openly elected gay males respectively]
• City councillor (Jerusalem) – Saar Netanel – 2003^[263]
• City councillor (Yavne) – Ronit Ehrenfreund – 2003
• Minister – Amir Ohana – 2019.^[264]
• Leader of a political party (Meretz) – Nitzan Horowitz – 2019^[265] [First openly gay male]
• Deputy mayor of Tel Aviv – Chen Arieli – 2019^[266]
• Speaker of the Knesset – Amir Ohana – 2022

Japan

• Ward councillor (Setagaya, Tokyo) – Aya Kamikawa – 2003^[267] [First transgender woman]
• Prefectural assembly member (Osaka) – Kanako Otsuji – 2005^[268] [First openly lesbian woman]
• Ward councillor (Tokyo) – Taiga Ishikawa (Toshima) and Wataru Ishizaka (Nakano) – 2011^[269] [First elected gay men]
• Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2013^[270] [First openly lesbian woman]
• City councillor (Iruma, Saitama) – Tomoya Hosoda – 2017^[271] [First transgender man]
• Member of the Diet (Lower House) – Kanako Otsuji – 2017^[270] [First openly lesbian woman]
• City councillor (Kameoka, Kyoto) – Maria Akasaka – 2019^[272] [First transgender female]
• Prefectural assembly member (Hokkaido) – Ayako Fuchigami – 2019^[273] [First transgender woman]
• Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) – Taiga Ishikawa – 2019^[274] [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^[275] [First openly gay male]

Philippines

• Province Mayor (Municipality of Leyte, Leyte) – Arnold James Ysidoro – 1998–2004; 2010^[276]
• Province Mayor (Municipality of Palapag, Northern Samar) – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013^[277] [First transgender woman]
• Province Vice Mayor – Geefre "Kalay" Alonsabe – 2022–present " [First openly gay man]
• Board Member of 2nd District of Northern Samar Province – Florencio "Fawa" Abobo Batula – 2013–2016^[277]
• City Councilor (Mandaue City) – Wenceslao Gakit – 1998–2007^[278]
• Board Member of Sixth District of Cebu Province – Wenceslao Gakit – 2007–2010^[278]
• City Councilor (Pasay) – Justo Justo (Panfilo C Justo) – c. 1980s^[279]
• Barangay Capitan of Angeles IV (Tayabas, Quezon Province) – Ruvic Rea – 2001^[280] [First transgender woman]
• House of Representatives – Geraldine Roman – 2016^[281] [First transgender woman elected to Congress]

Sri Lanka

• Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament – Mangala Samaraweera – 1989 [First openly gay male]^[282]
• Minister – Mangala Samaraweera – 2005 [First openly gay male]
• Governor – Niluka Ekanayake – 2016 [World's first transgender female Governor]^[283]

Taiwan

• Minister without Portfolio – Audrey Tang – 2016^[284] [World's first transgender minister without portfolio]
• Member of the Legislative Yuan – Huang Jie – 2024^[285]

Thailand

• MP of House of Representatives of Mueang Nan District on the Provincial Administration Organization for Nan Province – Yollada Suanyot – 2012.^[286]
• MP of House Representatives – Tanwarin Sukkhapisit – 2019.^[287][288] [first openly transgender]

Australia

Guam

• Lieutenant Governor – Josh Tenorio – 2019
• Supreme Court Justice – Benjamin Cruz – 1997^[289] [Came out: 1995]
• Chief Justice – Benjamin Cruz −1999–2001^[289]
• Member of Legislature – Benjamin Cruz – 2004^[290]

New Zealand

• Member of Parliament (Parliament for Raglan / Parliament for Waipa) – Marilyn Waring (National) – 1975–1984^[291] [Outed: 1975; Officially came out: after 1984]
• Member of Parliament (Parliament for Te Atatū) – Chris Carter (Labour) – 1993–2011^[292] [First openly gay male]
• Mayor – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1995–1999^[293] [World's first openly transgender mayor]
• Member of Parliament – Georgina Beyer (Labour) – 1999–2007^[293] [World's first openly transgender member of parliament]
• Member of Parliament – Maryan Street (Labour) – 2005–2014^[294][295] [First openly lesbian female elected to parliament]
• Minister of Conservation – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2007^[292]
• Minister of Ethnic Affairs – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2008^[292]
• Minister of Local Government – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2002–2005^[292]
• Minister for Building Issues – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2004–2005^[292]
• Minister of Education - Chris Carter (Labour) – 2007–2008^[292]
• Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office – Chris Carter (Labour) – 2007–2008^[292]
• Minister of Housing and Minister of ACC – Maryan Street (Labour) – 2007–2008^[295]
• Attorney-General (New Zealand) and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations – Chris Finlayson (National) – 2008–2017^[296] (Male)
• District Court of New Zealand – Bill Hastings (judge) 2010 (Male)
• High Court of New Zealand – Michael Muir (High Court Judge) 2014^[297] (Male)
• Minister of Finance – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2017^[298] (Male)
• Party leader – Damian Light (United Future) – 2017^[299]
• Deputy Prime Minister – Grant Robertson (Labour) – 2020^[300] (Male)