Khertek Amyrbitovna Anchimaa-Toka was a Soviet Tuvan politician who was the Chairwoman of Little Khural of the Tuvan People's Republic from 1940 to 1944, and was the first non-royal female head of sta
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa was a Mongolian politician. As Chairwoman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural, she became the second non-hereditary woman head of state after Khertek Anchimaa-Toka of Tannu
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
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Yanjmaa in 1950
Yanjmaa (left) with her husband Damdin Sükhbaatar who died in 1923