Khertek Anchimaa-Toka

Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
Хертек Анчимаа-Тока
Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Little Khural of the Tuvan People's Republic
In office
6 April 1940  11 October 1944
Preceded byOyun Polat
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1912-01-01)1 January 1912
Bay-Tayginsky, Uryankhay Republic, Republic of China
Died4 November 2008(2008-11-04) (aged 96)
Kyzyl, Tuva, Russia
Political partyTuvan People's Revolutionary Party
Spouse
(m. 1940; died 1973)
Alma materCommunist University of the Toilers of the East

Khertek Amyrbitovna Anchimaa-Toka (1 January 1912 – 4 November 2008) was a Tuvan and Soviet 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 state in history. She was the wife of Salchak Toka, who was the republic's general secretary from 1932 to 1973.