First Ladies and Gentlemen of Peru

First Gentleman of Peru

Primer caballero de Perú

Incumbent
David Gómez Villasante[citation needed]

since 7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

Style| His Excellency
(Diplomatic, outside Peru)
Residence| Palacio de Gobierno

The First lady or Gentleman of Peru (Spanish: Primera Dama o Primer caballero del Perú) is the title held by the spouse or designated female family member of the president of Peru. The role usually fulfills functions of social work and accompanying the president. There have been a number of first ladies that have been foreign to Peru.

## History

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The first pioneer of political leadership in Peru was María Delgado de Odría, wife of President Manuel A. Odría, who developed extensive social work throughout the country aimed at those who needed it most.

In September 1919, Julia Josefa Swayne y Mariátegui, wife of Augusto B. Leguía (who had assumed the presidency in July of that year), died in London, unable to accompany her husband during the eleven years that he ruled.

In 1956, President Manuel Prado Ugarteche asked the Roman Rota to annul his marriage to Enriqueta Garland Higginson, who had already been first lady, which led a group of Catholic society ladies to go out dressed in mourning through the streets of Lima. The president remarried the socialite Clorinda Málaga Bravo in 1958, and until then the position was assumed by his daughter, Rosa Prado Garland de Parks.

In 1963, Fernando Belaúnde Terry assumed the presidency of the Republic, but the position of first lady was assumed by his sister Lucila Belaúnde de Cruchaga and by her daughter Carolina Belaúnde on some occasions, since the president was divorced from Carola Aubry. However, in 1966, on the occasion of the visit of Charles de Gaulle, the position was assumed by Carmen Jaime Torres, wife of the president of the Senate, Ramiro Prialé, interpreting the Congress that since the president of the Executive lacked a wife, the position should be assumed. by the wife of the President of the Legislative Assembly.

One First Lady who dedicated a lot of effort to welfare work was Violeta Correa, the second wife of Belaúnde Terry, who developed a series of actions with well-known Peruvian women, being also the creator of the so-called "family kitchens."

Pilar Nores, Alan García's wife, created in the eighties the Foundation for the Children of Peru, an institution dedicated to children in need and that would later be presided over by future first ladies. Susana Higuchi, Alberto Fujimori's wife, took over this foundation until her separation from her husband. After that, her daughter Keiko Fujimori took office at the age of 19, becoming the youngest first lady in the Americas and in the world.

Eliane Karp, wife of President Alejandro Toledo, served as First Lady and president of the previously mentioned Foundation for the Children of Peru. In 2002 the Office of the First Lady was created, from which she would support charitable causes. This office was dissolved by the government of Alan García in August 2006. After Nores and García's divorce was made public, his daughters, Carla and Josefina, became the ones who accompanied him to official events.

### Corruption scandals

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Much like their husbands, a number of first ladies of Peru have been implicated with charges of corruption under their spouse's administration.

#### Eliane Karp Toledo

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Karp has been accused of money laundering. She testified under Congress in 2013.

#### Nadine Heredia Humala

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The wife of president Ollanta Humala was accused of multiple crimes, and was arrested one year following Humala's administration and sent to testify under oath.[1]

## List

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Tenure  | President
(Husband, unless noted)

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1  | N/A  | María Ana Micaela de Echevarría y Santiago de Ulloa
?–? | 17 July 1823

17 February 1824  | José Bernardo de Tagle
2  |  | Francisca Zubiaga y Bernales
September 11, 1803–May 8, 1835 | September 1, 1829

December 20, 1833  | Agustín Gamarra
3  | N/A  | María Josefa Martínez de Pinillos y Cacho
?–? | April 24, 1834

February 23, 1835  | Luis José de Orbegoso
4  | N/A  | Juana Pérez Palza de Infantas
May 27, 1808–March 18, 1888 | 25 February 1835

7 February 1836  | Felipe Santiago Salaverry
5  | N/A  | Andrea Grados Donayre
1807–October 16, 1851 | October 20, 1842

March 15, 1843  | Juan Francisco de Vidal
6  |  | Francisca Diez-Canseco y Corbacho
January 13, 1823–May 31, 1864 | April 20, 1845

April 20, 1851  | Ramón Castilla
7  | N/A  | Victoria Tristán de Echenique
January 13, 1823–May 31, 1864 | April 20, 1851

January 5, 1855  | José Rufino Echenique
8  | N/A  | Josefa Oviedo y Mollinedo
?–? | October 24, 1862

April 3, 1863  | Miguel de San Román
9  |  | Francisca Diez-Canseco y Corbacho
January 13, 1823–May 31, 1864 | April 3, 1863

April 9, 1863  | Ramón Castilla
10  | N/A  | Juana de Tirado y Coronel-Zegarra
June 20, 1807–November 20, 1882 | August 5, 1863

November 8, 1865  | Juan Antonio Pezet
11  | N/A  | María Magdalena Ugarteche Gutiérrez de Cossío
May 20, 1842–July 9, 1917 | November 28, 1865

January 7, 1868  | Mariano Ignacio Prado
12  | N/A  | Francisca Javiera Vargas Maldonado
December 1, 1818–April 16, 1879 | January 7, 1868

August 2, 1868  | Pedro Diez Canseco
13  | N/A  | María Paz y Graj
?–? | 2 August 1868

22 July 1872  | José Balta
14  | N/A  | Manuela Sanz de Santo Domingo
August 31, 1838–? | July 27, 1872

August 2, 1872  | Mariano Herencia Zevallos
15  | N/A  | Mariana Barreda y Osma
August 31, 1838–? | August 2, 1872

August 2, 1876  | Manuel Pardo y Lavalle
16  | N/A  | María Magdalena Ugarteche Gutiérrez de Cossío
May 20, 1842–July 9, 1917 | August 2, 1876

December 23, 1879  | Mariano Ignacio Prado
17  | N/A  | Manuela Molina
1820–March 10, 1890 | December 18, 1879

December 23, 1879  | Luis La Puerta
18  | N/A  | Jesusa de Itúrbide Y Villena
c. 1842–February 17, 1914 | December 23, 1879

November 28, 1881  | Nicolás de Piérola
19  |  | Carmen Rey y Basadre
May 9, 1850–? | March 12, 1881

September 28, 1881  | Francisco García Calderón
20  | N/A  | Rosa Elías de la Quintana
October 8, 1829–February 7, 1888 | September 28, 1881

November 6, 1881  | Lizardo Montero Flores
21  |  | Antonia Moreno Leyva
June 13, 1848–February 26, 1916 | June 3, 1886

August 10, 1890  | Andrés Avelino Cáceres
22  |  | Justa Masías y Llosa
1849–1925 | August 10, 1890

April 1, 1894  | Remigio Morales Bermúdez
23  | N/A  | Jesús Salas de la Torre Urraca
?–? | 1 April 1894

10 August 1894  | Justiniano Borgoño
24  |  | Antonia Moreno Leyva
June 13, 1848–February 26, 1916 | August 10, 1894

March 20, 1895  | Andrés Avelino Cáceres
25  | N/A  | Teresa Álvarez-Calderón Roldán de Candamo
1851–? | March 20, 1895

September 8, 1895  | Manuel Candamo
26  | N/A  | Carmen Heeren Barreda
1879–1949 | August 18, 1915

July 4, 1919  | José Pardo y Barreda
27  | N/A  | María Isabel Olivera Mayo de Leguía
1867–? | July 4, 1919

December 8, 1930  | Augusto B. Leguía
28  | N/A  | Francisca Benavides Diez Canseco de Benavides
1886–? | April 30, 1933

December 8, 1939  | Óscar R. Benavides
29  |  | Enriqueta Garland de Prado
May 11, 1883 – April 30, 1968
(aged 84) | December 8, 1939

July 28, 1945  | Manuel Prado Ugarteche
30  | N/A  | María Jesús Rivera y Rivera de Bustamante
?–? | July 28, 1945

October 29, 1948  | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
31  |  | María Delgado de Odría
December 28, 1900 – March 19, 1990
(aged 89) | October 29, 1948

July 28, 1956  | Manuel Odría Amoretti
32  | N/A  | Rosa Prado Garland
1924-2007 | July 28, 1956

June 9, 1958  | Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Daughter
| Clorinda Málaga de Prado
July 3, 1905 – September 17, 1993
(aged 88) | June 9, 1958

July 18, 1962  | Manuel Prado Ugarteche
33  | N/A  | Eloisa Dolores Ferreyros Roldán de Godoy
Born N/A | July 18, 1962

March 3, 1963  | Ricardo Pérez Godoy
34  | N/A  | María Álvarez del Villar de Lindley
Born N/A | March 3, 1963

July 28, 1963  | Nicolás Lindley López
35  | N/A  | Carola Aubry Bravo de Belaúnde
1921–2003
(aged 81–82) | July 28, 1963

October 3, 1968  | Fernando Belaúnde Terry
36  |  | Consuelo Gonzales Posada de Velasco
June 18, 1920 – September 7, 2012
(aged 92) | October 3, 1968

August 29, 1975  | Juan Velasco Alvarado
37  | N/A  | Rosa Pedraglio de Morales Bermúdez
February 1, 1920 – June 7, 1998
(aged 78) | August 29, 1975

July 28, 1980  | Francisco Morales Bermúdez
38  | N/A  | Violeta Correa de Belaúnde
March 24, 1927 – June 1, 2001
(aged 74) | July 28, 1980

July 28, 1985  | Fernando Belaúnde Terry
39  |  | Pilar Nores de García
Born  (1949-03-11) 11 March 1949 (age 76)
Birth country:  Argentina | July 28, 1985

July 28, 1990  | Alan Garcia
40  |  | Susana Higuchi de Fujimori
April 26, 1950 – December 8, 2021
(aged 71) | July 28, 1990

August 23, 1994  | Alberto Fujimori
| Keiko Fujimori Higuchi
Born  (1975-05-25) May 25, 1975 (age 50) | August 23, 1994

November 22, 2000  | Alberto Fujimori
Daughter
41  | N/A  | Nilda Jara de Paniagua
Born  (1942-11-27) November 27, 1942 (age 82) | November 22, 2000

July 28, 2001  | Valentin Paniagua
42  |  | Eliane Karp de Toledo
Born  (1953-09-24) September 24, 1953 (age 71)
Birth country:  France | July 28, 2001

July 28, 2006  | Alejandro Toledo
43  |  | Pilar Nores de García[a]
Born  (1949-03-11) March 11, 1949 (age 76)
Birth country:  Argentina | July 28, 2006

July 28, 2011  | Alan Garcia
44  |  | Nadine Heredia de Humala
Born  (1976-05-25) May 25, 1976 (age 49) | July 28, 2011

July 28, 2016  | Ollanta Humala
45  |  | Nancy Lange Kuczynski
Born  (1954-01-20) January 20, 1954 (age 71)
Birth country:  United States | July 28, 2016

March 23, 2018  | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
46  |  | Maribel Diaz de Vizcarra
Born  (1970-03-27) March 27, 1970 (age 55) | March 23, 2018

November 10, 2020
| Martin Vizcarra
47  | N/A  | Mary Peña de Merino
Born  (1963-11-17) November 17, 1963 (age 61) | November 10, 2020

November 15, 2020  | Manuel Merino
48  |  | Lilia Paredes de Castillo
Born  (1973-04-23) April 23, 1973 (age 52) | July 28, 2021

December 7, 2022  | Pedro Castillo

## See also

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* Presidents of Peru

## Notes

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1. ^ After her separation with her husband was made public, their daughters Carla and Josefina became unofficial first ladies, accompanying their father to official events.

## References

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1. ^ "El escándalo de Odebrecht alcanzó a también a líderes políticos". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-12.

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