PREGNANT POLITICIANS

JANUARY 1990 –

Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto becomes the first elected world leader to give birth while in office.

DECEMBER 2014 –

Aileen Campbell becomes the first Scottish Government minister to take maternity leave.

JUNE 2018 –

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern becomes the first elected world leader to take maternity leave.

FEBRUARY 2022 –

Kate Forbes announces she will become the first Scottish cabinet member to take maternity leave.