First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
| First Ladies and Gentlemen of Ecuador | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Carondelet Palace |
| Inaugural holder | Mercedes Jijón |
| Formation | September 22, 1830 |
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the Presidents of Ecuador.
List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
Type of government:
Constitutional
Interim
By Fact
| Nº | Picture | Name | President | Term in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of the title "Wife of the President" | ||||
| 1º | Mercedes Jijón | Juan José Flores | 1830–1834 | |
| 2º | Baltazara Calderón de Rocafuerte | Vicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano | 1835–1839 | |
| (1º) | Mercedes Jijón | Juan José Flores | 1839–1845 | |
| María Rosa Icaza | José Joaquín de Olmedo (Head of the Provisional Government) |
1845–1845 | ||
| 3º | Juana Andrade Fuente Fría | Vicente Ramón Roca | 1845–1849 | |
| Carmen Salinas de la Vega | Manuel de Ascazubi y Matheu (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1849–1850 | ||
| 4º | Tomasa Carbo y Noboa | Diego Noboa | 1850–1851 | |
| 5º | Teresa Jado | José María Urvina y Viteri | 1851–1856 | |
| 6º | Carmen de Santistevan y Avilés | Francisco Robles Garcia | 1856–1859 | |
| 7º | Rosa Ascázubi y Matheu | Gabriel García Moreno | 1859–1865 | |
| Widower | Rafael Carvajal (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1865–1865 | ||
| 8º | María Antonia Andrade | Jeronimo Carrion y Palacio | 1865–1867 | |
| Juana Arteta y Garzon | Pedro José de Arteta (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1867–1868 | ||
| Single | Javier Espinosa y Espinosa | 1868–1869 | ||
| Mariana del Alcázar y Ascasubi | Gabriel García Moreno (Interim President) |
1869–1869 | ||
| Carmen Salinas de la Vega | Manuel de Ascásubi y Matheu (Interim constitutional President) |
1869–1869 | ||
| 9º | Mariana del Alcazar y Ascasubi | Gabriel García Moreno | 1869–1875 | |
| Francisco Xavier León y Franco (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1875–1875 | |||
| Isabel Valdivieso y Carcelén de Guevara | José Javier Eguiguren (Min. of Finance, in charge of the Government) |
1875–1875 | ||
| 10º | Rosa Lucía Moscoso Cardenas | Antonio Borrero y Cortázar | 1875–1876 | |
| 11º | Marieta de Veintemilla | Ignacio de Veintemilla y Villacis | 1876–1883 | |
| Jesús Dávila Heredia | Luis Cordero Crespo (1st President of the Pentavirato) |
1883 | ||
| Antonia Chiriboga y Muñoz | Rafael Pérez Pareja (2nd President of the Pentavirato) |
1883 | ||
| 12º | Pastoriza Marquez de la Plata y Plaza | José María Plácido Caamaño | 1883–1888 | |
| Leticia Escobar y Salvador | Pedro José Cevallos (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1895–1895 | ||
| 13º | Leonor Ruiz de Apodaca | Antonio Flores Jijón | 1888–1892 | |
| Widower (Jesús Davila Heredia) |
Luis Cordero Crespo | 1892–1895 | ||
| Manuela Quiñones Perez | Vicente Lucio Salazar (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1895–1895 | ||
| 14º | Ana Paredes Arosemena | Eloy Alfaro Delgado | 1895–1901 | |
| 15º | Avelina Lasso | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez | 1901–1905 | |
| 16º | Carmen Coello Alvarez | Lizardo García Sorroza | 1905–1906 | |
| (14º) | Ana Paredes Arosemena | Eloy Alfaro Delgado | 1906–1911 | |
| Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1911–1911 | ||
| 17º | Lastenia Gamarra Menéndez | Emilio Estrada Carmona | 1911 | |
| Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1911–1912 | ||
| Victoria Malo German | Francisco Andrade Marín (President of the Congress, in charge of the Government) |
1912–1912 | ||
| Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1912–1912 | ||
| (15º) | Avelina Lasso | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez | 1912–1916 | |
| 18º | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno | 1916–1920 | |
| 19º | Esther Concha Torres | José Luis Tamayo | 1920–1924 | |
| 20º | Victoria Monsalve Cardenas | Gonzalo Córdova y Rivera | 1924–1925 | |
| Does not exist | Provisional Government | 1925–1926 | ||
| 21º | Laura Carbo Núñez | Isidro Ayora Cueva | 1926–1931 | |
| Lucy Lopez y Williams | Luis Larrea Alba (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) |
1931–1931 | ||
| Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1931–1932 | ||
| Manuela Gomez de la Torre y Nájera | Carlos Freile Larrea (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) |
1932–1932 | ||
| Maria Elena Valenzuela y Plaza | Alberto Guerrero Martínez (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1932–1932 | ||
| 22º | Francisca Torres Lascano | Juan de Dios Martínez Mera | 1932–1933 | |
| Abelardo Montalvo (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1933–1934 | |||
| 23º | Esther Silva Burbano | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1934–1935 | |
| Single | Antonio Pons (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) |
1935–1935 | ||
| Adelina Espinosa García | Federico Páez (Interim President) |
1935–1937 | ||
| Mariana Calderón Alava | Alberto Enríquez Gallo (Supreme Chief) |
1937–1938 | ||
| Ana Maria Bustamante | Manuel María Borrero (Interim President) |
1938 | ||
| 24º | Judith Perez Davalos | Aurelio Mosquera Narváez | 1938–1939 | |
| Elena Yerovi Matheu | Carlos Arroyo del Río (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1939 | ||
| Rosario Galarza Arizaga | Andres Fernandez de Cordova (President of the Congress, in charge of the Government) |
1939–1940 | ||
| Julio Enrique Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) |
1940 | |||
| 25º | Elena Yerovi Matheu | Carlos Arroyo del Río | 1940–1944 | |
| Does not exist | Provisional Government | 1944 | ||
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
Type of Government:
Constitutional
Interim
By Fact
| Nº | Image | Name | President | Term in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of the title "First Lady of Ecuador" | ||||
| 26º | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1944–1947 | |
| Carlos Mancheno Cajas (Min. of Defense, Presidente by Fact) |
1947 | |||
| 27º | Blanca Pasquel Alarcón | Mariano Suárez Veintimilla | 1947 | |
| 28º | Laura Monroy Garaycoa | Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola | 1947–1948 | |
| 29º | Rosario Pallares Zaldumbide | Galo Plaza Lasso | 1948–1952 | |
| (26º) | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1952–1956 | |
| 30º | Dolores Gangotena | Camilo Ponce Enríquez | 1956–1960 | |
| (26º) | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1960–1961 | |
| 31º | Gladys Peet | Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy | 1961–1963 | |
| Piedad Gabela Reyes | Ramón Castro Jijón (President of the Military Government) |
1963–1966 | ||
| Victoria Mercedes Gomez Icaza | Clemente Yerovi Indaburu (Interim President) |
1966 | ||
| 32º | Lucila Santos Trujillo | Otto Arosemena Gomez | 1966–1968 | |
| (26º) | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1968–1972 | |
| Aida Judith Leon | Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (President by Fact) |
1972–1976 | ||
| Alicia Pizzimbono | Alfredo Poveda (President by Fact) |
1976–1979 | ||
| 33º | Martha Bucaram Ortiz | Jaime Roldós Aguilera | 1979–1981 | |
| 34º | Margarita Pérez Pallares | Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea | 1981–1984 | |
| 35º | María Eugenia Cordovez Pontón | León Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra | 1984–1988 | |
| 36º | Carmen Calisto | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | 1988–1992 | |
| 37º | Josefina Villalobos | Sixto Durán Ballén | 1992–1996 | |
| 38º | María Rosa Pulley Vergara | Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz | 1996–1997 | |
| Pedro Fernández de Cordova | Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) |
1997–1997 | ||
| Lucia Peña Ochoa | Fabián Alarcón Rivera (Interim President) |
1997–1998 | ||
| 39º | Paola Mahuad Calderón | Jamil Mahuad Witt | 1998–2000 | |
| 40º | Maria Isabel Baquerizo | Gustavo Noboa Bejarano | 2000–2003 | |
| 41º | Ximena Bohórquez | Lucio Gutiérrez Borbua | 2003–2005 | |
| 42º | María Beatriz Paret | Alfredo Palacio González | 2005–2007 | |
| 43º | Anne Malherbe Gosselin | Rafael Correa Delgado | 2007–2017 | |
| 44º | Rocío González Navas | Lenín Moreno Garcés | 2017–2021 | |
| 45º | María de Lourdes Alcívar | Guillermo Lasso Mendoza | 2021–2023 | |
| 46º | Lavinia Valbonesi | Daniel Noboa Azin | since 2023 | |