Who was the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly?

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician. Hailing from a prominent political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India and her grand-nephew Rajiv Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India. Mrs. Pandit was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as Nehru's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Nations. Her time in London offers insights into the wider context of changes in Indo–British relations. Her High-Commissionership was a microcosm of inter-governmental relations.

Following India's freedom from British occupation in 1947, she entered the diplomatic service and became India's ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1949, the United States and Mexico from 1949 to 1951, Ireland from 1955 to 1961 (during which time she was also the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom), and Spain from 1958 to 1961. Between 1946 and 1968, she headed the Indian delegation to the United Nations. In 1953, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.