First ladies and gentlemen of Argentina

Honorary title

First Lady of the Argentine Nation

Primera dama de la Nación Argentina

Coat of arms of Argentina

Incumbent
Vacant

since 10 December 2023

Style| Madam First Lady (female) or Mister First Gentleman (male)
Residence| Quinta de Olivos
Term length| Coterminous to presidential term (4 years)
Inaugural holder| Juana del Pino
Formation| February 8, 1826 (1826-02-08)
Final holder| Fabiola Yáñez

First Lady or First Gentleman of Argentina (Spanish: Primera dama o Primer caballero de Argentina), also known as First Lady or First Gentleman of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Primera dama o Primer caballero de la Nación Argentina), is a title typically held by the spouse of the president of Argentina, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never been codified or officially defined, she figures prominently in the political and social life of Argentina. The First Lady of Argentina is the hostess of the Quinta de Olivos, and on special occasions of the Casa Rosada.[citation needed]

## Role

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The first lady or first gentleman is not an elected position, carries no official duties and brings no salary. Nonetheless, he or she participates in humanitarian and charitable work. Furthermore, many have taken an active role in campaigning for the president with whom they are associated.

Some facts about the first ladies and gentlemen of Argentina:

* Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica, whom born in Uruguay and Regina Pacini, whom born in Portugal are the only two First Ladies of Argentina who were born in a foreign country.
* Eva Perón (1919-1952), First Lady from 1946 until her death, was the most important and influential First Lady, known for her work in many charitable and feminist causes. Before her death, the Argentine Congress named her the "Spiritual Leader of the Nation".
* Isabel Perón was the first First Lady to become the President of Argentina in 1974 after the death of her husband, Juan Domingo Perón.
* Zulema Yoma, is the first First Lady of Argentina in the history of her country of Arab descent.
* Zulema María Eva Menem, nicknamed Zulemita, was the first and only presidential daughter, officially known to act as a first lady.
* Cristina Fernández, former First Lady from 2003 to 2007 was the first woman democratically elected President of Argentina.
* Néstor Kirchner (1950-2010), former Argentine president, was the only First Gentleman of Argentina.

## List

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This list included all persons who served as first ladies or first gentlemen, regardless of whether they were married to the incumbent president or not, as well as persons who are considered to have acted as first lady by the official Casa Rosada website.

President
No.
| Portrait  | First Lady or Gentleman
(Maiden name) | Tenure  | Age at tenure start  | President
(Spouse, partner or family member)

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1  |  | Juana Josefa Joaquina
del Pino y Vera Mujica de Rivadavia
Birth country:  Uruguay
December 28, 1786 – December 14, 1841
(aged 54)
| February 8, 1826

June 27, 1827  | 39 years, 42 days  | Bernardino Rivadavia
m. December 14, 1809
2  |  | Lucía Petrona Riera Merlo de López y Planes
July 3, 1794 – January 30, 1887
(aged 92)
| July 7, 1827

August 18, 1827  | 33 years, 46 days  | Vicente López y Planes
m. March 1, 1813
3  |  | Facunda Dolores Costa
Brizuela de Urquiza
November 27, 1831 – November 8, 1896
(aged 64)
| March 5, 1854

March 5, 1860  | 22 years, 98 days  | Justo José de Urquiza
m. October 12, 1855
4  |  | Modesta García de Cossio Vedoya de Derqui
January 28, 1825– November 12, 1885
(aged 60)
| March 5, 1860

November 5, 1861  | 35 years, 37 days  | Santiago Derqui
m. May 14, 1845
5  |  | Juana Rosa
Heredia Cañas de Pedernera
January 3, 1805– August 26, 1886
(aged 81) | November 5, 1861

December 12, 1861  | 56 years, 306 days  | Juan Esteban Pedernera
m. May 23, 1823
6  |  | Delfina María Luisa
de Vedia Pérez de Mitre
December 12, 1819 – September 6, 1882
(aged 62)
| December 12, 1861

October 12, 1868  | 42 years, 0 days  | Bartolomé Mitre
m. January 8, 1841
7  |  | Benita Agustina
Martínez Pastoriza de Sarmiento
August 26, 1819 – October 6, 1890
(aged 71)
| October 12, 1868

October 12, 1874  | 49 years, 78 days  | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
m. May 19, 1848
8  |  | Carmen
Nóbrega Miguens de Avellaneda
July 16, 1836 – February 18, 1899
(aged 62)
| October 12, 1874

October 11, 1880  | 38 years, 88 days  | Nicolás Avellaneda
m. October 23, 1861
9  |  | Clara Dolores del Corazón de Jesús
Funes Díaz de Roca
March 29, 1849 – May 2, 1890
(aged 41)
| October 12, 1880

October 11, 1886  | 31 years, 197 days  | Julio Argentino Roca
m. August 21, 1872
10  |  | Benedicta Elisa
Funes Díaz de Juárez Celman
January 12, 1853 – November 21, 1933
(aged 80) | October 12, 1886

August 6, 1890  | 33 years, 273 days  | Miguel Juárez Celman
m. April 20, 1872
11  |  | Carolina Ignacia
Lagos García de Pellegrini
February 1, 1852 – September 28, 1925
(aged 73)
| August 7, 1890

October 11, 1892  | 38 years, 187 days  | Carlos Pellegrini
m. December 25, 1843
12  |  | Cipriana
Lahitte Bonavía de Sáenz Peña
Birth country:  Uruguay
December 6, 1829 – October 23, 1916
(aged 86)
| October 12, 1892

January 23, 1895  | 62 years, 311 days  | Luis Sáenz Peña
m. November 18, 1848
13  |  | Leonor Hermenegilda del Carmen
Tezanos Pinto Segovia de Uriburu
August 26, 1850 – October 13, 1916
(aged 66)
| January 24, 1895

October 11, 1898  | 44 years, 151 days  | José E. de Uriburu
m. March 19, 1841
Vacant | October 12, 1898

October 12, 1904  |  | Julio Argentino Roca
14  |  | Susana
Rodríguez Viana de Quintana
July 9, 1843 – May 5, 1930
(aged 86)
| October 12, 1904

March 12, 1906  | 61 years, 95 days  | Manuel Quintana
m. December 14, 1861
15  |  | Josefa Julia María
Bouquet Roldán de Figueroa Alcorta
September 19, 1863 – March 20, 1941
(aged 77)
| March 13, 1906

October 11, 1910  | 42 years, 175 days  | José Figueroa Alcorta
m. April 16, 1888
16  |  | Rosa Isidora
González Delgado de Sáenz Peña
September 1, 1858 – January 17, 1948
(aged 89)

October 11, 1910–
August 10, 1914  | 52 years, 40 days  | Roque Sáenz Peña
m. February 4, 1887
17  |  | Emily Henry
Birth country:  Scotland | August 10, 1914

October 12, 1916  |  | Victorino de la Plaza
1884[N 1]
Vacant | October 12, 1916

October 12, 1922  |  | Hipólito Yrigoyen
18  |  | Regina Isabel Luisa
Pacini Quintero de Alvear
Birth country:  Portugal
January 6, 1871 – September 18, 1965
(aged 94)
| October 12, 1922

October 11, 1928  | 51 years, 279 days  | Torcuato de Alvear
m. April 29, 1907
Vacant | October 12, 1928

September 6, 1930  |  | Hipólito Yrigoyen
19  |  | Aurelia
Madero Buján de Uriburu
de facto
February 22, 1873 – November 14, 1959
(aged 86)
| September 6, 1930

February 19, 1932  | 57 years, 196 days  | José Félix Uriburu
de facto
m. November 19, 1894
20  |  | Ana Encarnación
Bernal Harris de Justo
June 9, 1878 – December 26, 1942
(aged 64)
| February 20, 1932

February 19, 1938  | 53 years, 256 days  | Agustín Pedro Justo
m. December 1, 1900
21  |  | María Luisa
Iribarne Daubert de Ortíz
May 11, 1887– April 3, 1940
(aged 52)
| February 20, 1938

April 3, 1940
died in office | 50 years, 285 days  | Roberto M. Ortiz
m. May 11, 1912
Vacant | April 3, 1940

June 27, 1942  |
22  |  | María Delia
Luzuriaga Chaves de Castillo
October 10, 1881– October 11, 1955
(aged 74)
| June 27, 1942

June 4, 1943  | 60 years, 260 days  | Ramón S. Castillo
m. September 10, 1903
23  |  | María Inés
Lobato Mulle de Ramírez
de facto
May 17, 1892 – January 26, 1947
(aged 54)
| June 7, 1943

February 23, 1944  | 51 years, 21 days  | Pedro Pablo Ramírez
de facto
m. May 7, 1917
24  |  | Conrada Victoria
Torni Carpani de Farrell
de facto
January 1, 1893 – August 16, 1977
(aged 84)
| February 24, 1944

June 3, 1946  | 51 years, 54 days  | Edelmiro Farrell
de facto
m. June 10, 1919
25  |  | María Eva
Duarte de Perón
May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952
(aged 33)
| June 4, 1946

July 26, 1952
died in office | 27 years, 28 days  | Juan Perón
m. October 22, 1945
Vacant | July 26, 1952

September 19, 1955  |
26  |  | Mercedes
Villada Achával de Lonardi
de facto
September 1, 1903 – December 2, 1988
(aged 85)
| September 23, 1955

November 12, 1955  | 52 years, 22 days  | Eduardo Lonardi
de facto
m. December 12, 1924
27  |  | Sara Lucía
Herrera Contreras de Aramburu
de facto
December 13, 1910 – October 2, 1997
(aged 86)
| November 13, 1955

May 1, 1958  | 44 years, 335 days  | Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
de facto
m. February 18, 1933
28  |  | Elena Luisa María
Faggionatto Cavicchi de Frondizi
June 30, 1907 – April 24, 1991
(aged 83)
| May 1, 1958

March 29, 1962  | 50 years, 305 days  | Arturo Frondizi
m. January 2, 1933
29  |  | Purificación Areal de Guido
de facto
February 21, 1921 – November 23, 1998
(aged 77)
| March 29, 1962

October 12, 1963  | 41 years, 36 days  | José María Guido
de facto
m. April 20, 1946
30  |  | Silvia Elvira
Martorell Kaswalder de Illia
November 19, 1915 – September 6, 1966
(aged 50)
| October 12, 1963

June 28, 1966  | 47 years, 327 days  | Arturo Illia
m. April 15, 1939
31  |  | María Emilia
Green Urien de Onganía
de facto
July 31, 1915 – August 12, 1990
(aged 75)
| June 29, 1966

June 8, 1970  | 50 years, 333 days  | Juan Carlos Onganía
de facto
m. December 31, 1937
32  |  | Bety Nelly
Andrés Llana de Levingston
de facto
(1926-05-04) May 4, 1926 (age 99)
| June 18, 1970

March 21, 1971  | 44 years, 45 days  | Roberto M. Levingston
de facto
m. December 18, 1943
33  |  | Ileana María
Bell Bidart de Lanusse
de facto
May 19, 1919 – July 16, 2012
(aged 93)
| March 26, 1971

May 25, 1973  | 51 years, 311 days  | Alejandro Agustín Lanusse
de facto
m. November 15, 1949
34  |  | María Georgina Cecilia
Acevedo de Cámpora
December 12, 1917 – March 28, 1994
(aged 76)
| May 25, 1973

July 13, 1973  | 55 years, 164 days  | Héctor Cámpora
m. April 15, 1937
35  |  | Norma Beatriz
López Rega Maseda
(1945-02-17) February 17, 1945 (age 80)
| July 13, 1973

October 12, 1973  | 28 years, 146 days  | Raúl Lastiri
1973[N 2]
36  |  | Isabel Estela
Martínez de Perón
(1931-02-04) February 4, 1931 (age 94)
| October 12, 1973

July 1, 1974  | 42 years, 250 days  | Juan Perón
m. September 15, 1961
Vacant | July 1, 1974

March 24, 1976  |  | Isabel Perón
37  |  | Alicia Raquel
Hartridge Lacoste de Videla
de facto
September 28, 1927 - November 4, 2021
(aged 94)
| March 29, 1976

March 29, 1981  | 48 years, 183 days  | Jorge Rafael Videla
de facto
m. April 6, 1948
38  |  | Nélida
Giorgio Valente de Viola
de facto
August 8, 1926 - June 11, 2004
(aged 77)
| March 29, 1981

December 11, 1981  | 54 years, 233 days  | Roberto Viola
de facto
m. December 5, 1947
39  |  | Lucía Noemí
Gentili Cecchi de Galtieri
de facto
December 13, 1926 - January 29, 2019 (aged 92)
| December 22, 1981

June 18, 1982  | 55 years, 9 days  | Leopoldo Galtieri
de facto
m. December 15, 1949
40  |  | Nilda Raquel Belén
Etcheverry de Bignone
de facto
July 20, 1928 - March 13, 2013
(aged 84)
| July 1, 1982

December 10, 1983  | 53 years, 346 days  | Reynaldo Bignone
de facto
m. January 8, 1953
41  |  | María Lorenza
Barreneche de Alfonsín
July 3, 1929 – January 5, 2016
(aged 86)
| December 10, 1983

July 8, 1989  | 54 years, 160 days  | Raúl Alfonsín
m. February 4, 1949
42  |  | Zulema Fátima
Yoma de Menem
(1942-12-18) December 18, 1942 (age 82)
| July 8, 1989

April 26, 1995
(divorce)[2] | 46 years, 172 days  | Carlos Menem
m. September 7, 1966[N 3]
43  |  | Zulema María Eva Menem
(1970-12-25) December 25, 1970 (age 54)
| April 26, 1995

December 10, 1999  | 24 years, 122 days  | Carlos Menem
(daughter)
44  |  | Inés
Pertiné Urien de de la Rúa
(1942-12-27) December 27, 1942 (age 82)
| December 10, 1999

December 21, 2001  | 56 years, 348 days  | Fernando de la Rúa
m. December 27, 1970
45  |  | María Alicia
Mazzarino de Rodríguez Saá
1948 – August 14, 2024
(aged 76)
| December 23, 2001

December 30, 2001  | 53 years  | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
m. 1973[N 4]
46  |  | Hilda
González de Duhalde
(1944-10-14) October 14, 1944 (age 80)
| January 2, 2002

May 25, 2003  | 57 years, 80 days  | Eduardo Duhalde
m. June 28, 1971
47  |  | Cristina Elisabet
Fernández de Kirchner
(1953-02-19) February 19, 1953 (age 72)
| May 25, 2003

December 10, 2007  | 50 years, 95 days  | Néstor Kirchner
m. May 8, 1975
48  |  | Néstor Carlos
Kirchner
February 25, 1950 – October 27, 2010
(aged 60)
| December 10, 2007

October 27, 2010
died in office | 57 years, 288 days  | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
m. May 8, 1975[N 5]
Vacant | October 27, 2010

December 10, 2015  |
49  |  | María Juliana
Awada
(1974-04-03) April 3, 1974 (age 51)
| December 10, 2015

December 10, 2019  | 41 years, 251 days  | Mauricio Macri
m. November 14, 2010
50  |  | Fabiola Andrea Yáñez
(1981-07-14) July 14, 1981 (age 44) | December 10, 2019

December 10, 2023  | 38 years, 149 days  | Alberto Fernández
2014[N 6]
Vacant | December 10, 2023

Present  |  | Javier Milei[3]

## Presidential couples gallery

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* President Roque Sáenz Peña and First Lady Isidora González.
First Lady, 1910–1914

* President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and First Lady Regina Pacini
First Lady, 1922–1928

* President Juan Perón and First Lady
Eva Duarte
First Lady, 1946–1952

* President Arturo Frondizi and First Lady Elena Faggionatto
First Lady, 1958–1962

* President Arturo Illia and First Lady
Silvia Martorell
First Lady, 1963–1966

* President Juan Perón and First Lady
Isabel Perón
Mrs. Perón was the first First Lady in history to later become President (1974).

* President Carlos Menem and his daughter Zulema
Ms. Menem was the only presidential daughter to act as First Lady (1995–99), following her parents' divorce.

* President Néstor Kirchner and future President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
First Gentleman, 2007–2010 and
First Lady, 2003–2007

* President Mauricio Macri and First Lady Juliana Awada
First Lady, 2015–2019

* President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez
First Lady, 2019–2023

## References

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1. ^ "Norma Beatriz López Rega Maseda". Genealogía Familiar. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
2. ^ "Legal divorcio de Menem". El Tiempo. 27 April 1995. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
3. ^ "Javier Milei decidió que Fátima Flórez no será Primera Dama". Caras (in Spanish). 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-04-24. [Javier Milei decided that Fátima Flórez won't be First Lady]

1. ^ Ms. Henry never married de la Plaza, whose first wife, Estefanía Éclida Belvis Castellanos, died in 1875. She was, however, the mother of his only child, born in 1885.
2. ^ Lastiri was technically still married to Amelia Concepción Martino Posterivo (January 25, 1920 - August 13, 2009). They married on August 5, 1943, and were separated no later than 1972.[1]
3. ^ They were separated in 1990, and divorced in 1995.
4. ^ They were separated in 2003, and divorced no later than 2006.
5. ^ Their marriage ended when he died during her first term. The post was vacant during her second term
6. ^ Yáñez and Fernández never married; they were a couple from 2014 to 2024.

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