List of first ladies of Colombia

First Lady of Colombia
Currently in role
Verónica Alcocer
since August 7, 2022
StyleMadam First Lady
ResidenceCasa de Nariño
Inaugural holderSoledad Román de Núñez
WebsiteFirst Lady

The first lady of Colombia is the hostess of the Casa de Nariño. The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of Colombia, but there is a possibility that the title may be applied to women who are not the president's wife, such as when the president is single or widowed, or when the president's wife cannot fulfill the duties of first lady. The first lady is not an elected position; He does not perform official duties nor receive a salary. However, he attends many official ceremonies and state functions alongside or instead of the president. Traditionally, the first lady does not hold outside employment while in office, during her time in the role.The First Lady of the Nation also usually carries with honors the board of trustees of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, a child protection institute, founded in 1968 by the 22nd president Carlos Lleras Restrepo, the main promoter being his wife, the first lady Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras.[1][2] that is, there has never been a female president in this country.[3]

There have been a total of 35 first ladies, including 34 official and 1 acting, within 34 first ladies. Following Gustavo Petro's inauguration on August 7, 2022, his wife, Verónica Alcocer, became the 35th official first lady.[4][5]

There are six living former First Ladies: Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria, married to César Gaviria; Jacquin Strouss de Samper, married to Ernesto Samper; Nohra Puyana de Pastrana, married to Andrés Pastrana; Lina Moreno de Uribe married to Álvaro Uribe; María Clemencia de Santos, married to Juan Manuel Santos and María Juliana Ruiz, married to Iván Duque. The First Lady who died most recently was Nydia Quintero Turbay, former wife of Julio César Turbay Ayala. The first First Lady was Soledad Román de Núñez, married to Rafael Núñez. President Miguel Abadía Méndez is the only one who married while being elected president. The wife of only one president died before her husband took office, María Antonia Suárez being the daughter of President Marco Fidel Suárez, the only first lady not to be a wife.

List

Listed below are all the First ladies of Colombia since its creation in 1886, 34 of them were married to the current president, one of them acting, and only one has died in office.

PTCOL
No.
 Portrait Name Tenure Age at tenure start President
(Husband, unless noted)
1 Portrait de Soledad Román de Núñez, seconde femme de Rafael Núñez, président de Colombie. Soledad Román de Núñez

October 6, 1835 – June 19, 1924
(aged 89)
[6][7] 		April 1, 1886
−
September 18, 1894 		50 years, 177 days Rafael Núñez
m. July 14, 1877
2 Ana de Narváez Guerra September 18, 1894
−
August 7, 1898 		Miguel Antonio Caro
m. February 15, 1873[8]
3 Nazaria Domínguez

April 12, 1823 – November 12, 1882
(aged 59)
 August 7, 1898
−
July 31, 1900 		75 years, 117 days Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
4 Matilde Osorio Ricaurte

April 10, 1831 – March 20, 1884
(aged 52)
 July 31, 1900
−
August 7, 1904 		69 years, 103 days José Manuel Marroquín
5 Sofía Angulo de Reyes

June 2, 1823 – October 11, 1898
(aged 75)
[9] 		August 7, 1904
−
July 27, 1909 		81 years, 66 days Rafael Reyes
6 Antonia Ferrero Atalaya

November 1, 1865 – March 2, 1944
(aged 78)
[10] 		August 7, 1909
−
August 7, 1910 		43 years, 279 days Ramón González Valencia
m. May 10, 1880
7 Isabel Gaviria de Restrepo August 7, 1910
−
August 7, 1914 		Carlos Eugenio Restrepo
m. April 16, 1890[11]
8 Elvira Cárdenas

April 12, 1870 – June 22, 1935
(aged 65) 		August 7, 1914
−
August 7, 1918 		44 years, 117 days José Vicente Concha
9 María Antonia Suárez

June 5, 1897 – August 5, 1950
(aged 55)
 August 7, 1918
−
March 3, 1919 		21 years, 63 days Marco Fidel Suárez
Father
[A]
Vacant March 3, 1919
–
November 11, 1921 		Vacant
10 Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín

January 21, 1859 – February 3, 1924
(aged 65)
 November 11, 1921
−
August 7, 1922 		62 years, 263 days Jorge Holguín
m. August 9, 1877
11 Carolina Vásquez Uribe

December 4, 1896 – May 12, 1955
(aged 85)
[12][13] 		August 7, 1922
−
August 7, 1926 		25 years, 246 days Pedro Nel Ospina
12 Leonor de Velasco Álvarez

July 30, 1907 – January 14, 1975
(aged 67)
 August 7, 1926
−
August 7, 1930 		19 years, 8 days Miguel Abadía Méndez
m. June 5, 1926[14]
13 María Teresa Londoño

May 20, 1882 – May 5, 1962
(aged 79)
[15][16] 		August 7, 1930
−
August 7, 1934 		48 years, 79 days Enrique Olaya Herrera
m. December 2, 1911
14 María Michelsen de López
February 17, 1890 – January 22, 1949
(aged 58)
[17][18] 		August 7, 1934
–
August 7, 1938 		44 years, 171 days Alfonso López Pumarejo
m. May 26, 1919
15 Lorenza Villegas Lorenza Villegas de Santos
October 5, 1899 – March 25, 1960
(aged 60)
[19][20] 		August 7, 1938
–
August 7, 1942 		38 years, 306 days Eduardo Santos Montejo
m. January 6, 1917
16 María Michelsen de López
February 17, 1890 – January 22, 1949
(aged 58)
[21][22] 		August 7, 1942
–
August 7, 1945 		52 years, 171 days Alfonso López Pumarejo
m. May 26, 1919
17 Bertha Puga de Lleras
Birth country:  Chile
March 13, 1909 – August 9, 2007
(aged 98)
[23][24] 		August 7, 1945
–
August 7, 1946 		36 years, 147 days Alberto Lleras Camargo
m. March 10, 1931
18 Bertha Hernández de Ospina
April 17, 1907 – September 11, 1993
(aged 86)
[25][26] 		August 7, 1946
–
August 7, 1950 		63 years, 94 days Mariano Ospina Pérez
m. January 10, 1920
19 María Hurtado de Gómez
June 18, 1886 – January 13, 1971
(aged 84)
[27] 		August 7, 1950
–
June 13, 1953 		64 years, 50 days Laureano Gómez
m. September 9, 1916
20 Carolina Correa Londoño
January 25, 1905 – July 15, 1986
(aged 81)
[28][29] 		June 13, 1953
–
May 10, 1957 		48 years, 108 days Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
m. May 10, 1930
21 Bertha Puga de Lleras
Birth country:  Chile
March 13, 1909 – August 9, 2007
(aged 98)
[30][31] 		August 7, 1958
–
August 7, 1962 		49 years, 147 days Alberto Lleras Camargo
m. March 10, 1931
22 Susana López de Valencia
September 17, 1910 – May 19, 1964
(aged 53)
[32][33] 		August 7, 1962
–
May 19, 1964 † 		51 years, 324 days Guillermo León Valencia
m. August 9, 1931
Vacant May 19, 1964
–
August 7, 1966 		Vacant
23 Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras
Birth country:  Spain
October 7, 1916 – March 2, 2004
(aged 87)
[34][35] 		August 7, 1966
–
August 7, 1970 		49 years, 304 days Carlos Lleras Restrepo
m. July 14, 1933
24 First Lady Arango María Cristina Arango
October 15, 1928 – September 15, 2017
(aged 88)
[36][37] 		August 7, 1970
–
August 7, 1974 		41 years, 296 days Misael Pastrana Borrero
m. February 20, 1951
25 Cecilia Caballero Blanco
September 30, 1913 – August 13, 2019
(aged 105)
[38][39] 		August 7, 1974
–
August 7, 1978 		60 years, 311 days Alfonso López Michelsen
m. April 14, 1938
26 Nydia Quintero Turbay
August 28, 1932 – June 30, 2025
(aged 92)
[40][41] 		August 7, 1978
–
August 7, 1982 		45 years, 344 days Julio César Turbay Ayala
m. September 10, 1948
27 Rosa Helena Álvarez
November 15, 1924 – June 4, 1998
(aged 73)
[42][43] 		August 7, 1982
–
August 7, 1986 		57 years, 265 days Belisario Betancur
m. January 21, 1946
28 Carolina Isakson de Barco
Birth country:  United States
January 6, 1930 – January 24, 2012
(aged 82)
[44][45] 		August 7, 1986
–
August 7, 1990 		56 years, 213 days Virgilio Barco
m. July 1, 1950
29 Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria
Born (1956-01-29) January 29, 1956
[46][47] 		August 7, 1990
–
August 7, 1994 		34 years, 192 days César Gaviria
m. June 20, 1978
30 Jacquin Strouss Lucena
Born (1952-02-22) February 22, 1952
[48][49] 		August 7, 1994
–
August 7, 1998 		42 years, 166 days Ernesto Samper
m. June 16, 1979
31 Nohra Puyana de Pastrana
Born (1955-05-26) May 26, 1955
[50][51] 		August 7, 1998
–
August 7, 2002 		43 years, 73 days Andrés Pastrana
m. March 20, 1981
32 Lina Moreno de Uribe
Born (1955-12-04) December 4, 1955
[52][53] 		August 7, 2002
–
August 7, 2010 		46 years, 246 days Álvaro Uribe
m. December 1, 1979
33 Rodríguez de Santos in 2014 María Clemencia de Santos
Born (1955-11-13) November 13, 1955
[54][55] 		August 7, 2010
–
August 7, 2018 		54 years, 267 days Juan Manuel Santos
m. September 10, 1987
34 Ruiz at the White House in 2019 María Juliana Ruiz
Born (1978-05-25) May 25, 1978
[56][57] 		August 7, 2018
–
August 7, 2022 		40 years, 74 days Iván Duque
m. February 15, 2003
35 Alcocer in 2024 Verónica Alcocer
Born (1976-05-26) May 26, 1976
[58][59] 		August 7, 2022
–
present
 46 years, 73 days Gustavo Petro
m. July 14, 2000

Other spouses of presidents of Colombia

Certain spouses of presidents of the Colombia are not considered first ladies of Colombia.

Only one president was widowed and remarried before his presidency:

  • Rafael Núñez was married to María de los Dolores Gallegos from 1851 until her death in 1782.

Two presidents were divorced and remarried prior to their presidencies:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Suárez's wife, Isabel Orrantia, died before he assumed the presidency. His daughter, María Antonia, served as first lady until her marriage in 1919.

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