List of First Spouses

This is a list of First Spouses, showing the spouses of incumbent heads of state. Where heads of government are different, the spouses are not listed as they are not the First Spouse since the head of state holds the constitutionally higher position.

States recognised by the United Nations [edit]

State	Head of state	Spouse
Afghanistan	President Hamid Karzai	Zeenat Karzai
Albania	President Bujar Nishani	Odeta Nishani
Algeria	President Abdelaziz Bouteflika	Amal Bouteflika
Andorra	Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives Sicília Co-Prince François Hollande	Valérie Trierweiler
Angola	President José Eduardo dos Santos	Ana Paula dos Santos
Antigua and Barbuda	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Argentina	President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner	Widow Formerly Nestor Kirchner
Armenia	President Serzh Sargsyan	Rita Sargsyan
Australia	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Austria	President Heinz Fischer	Margit Binder
Azerbaijan	President Ilham Aliyev	Aliyeva Mehriban Arif gyzy
Bahamas	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Bahrain	King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa	Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Bangladesh	President Zillur Rahman	Widow Formerly Ivey Rahman
Barbados	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Belarus	President Alexander Lukashenko	Galina Lukashenka
Belgium	King Albert II	Donna Paola Margherita Maria Antonia Consiglia
Belize	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Benin	President Yayi Boni	Chantal Boni Yayi
Bhutan	King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck	Queen Jetsun Pema
Bolivia	President Evo Morales	Bachelor
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Presidency: Željko Komšić (Chairman) Bakir Izetbegović (Member) Nebojša Radmanović (Member)	Sabina Komšić
Botswana	President Ian Khama
Brazil	President Dilma Rousseff	Divorced
Brunei	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah	Raja Isteri
Bulgaria	President Georgi Parvanov	Zorka Parvanova
Burkina Faso	President Blaise Compaoré	Chantal Compaoré
Burundi	President Pierre Nkurunziza	Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza
Cambodia	King Norodom Sihamoni	Bachelor
Cameroon	President Paul Biya	Chantal Biya
Canada	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Cape Verde	President Jorge Carlos Fonseca	Lígia Fonseca
Central African Republic	President François Bozizé	Monique Bozizé
Chad	President Idriss Déby	Hinda Déby Itno
Chile	President Sebastián Piñera	Cecilia Morel Montes
China, People's Republic of	President Hu Jintao	Liu Yongqing
Colombia	President Juan Manuel Santos	María Clemencia Rodríguez
Comoros	President Ikililou Dhoinine
Republic of the Congo	President Denis Sassou Nguesso	Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
Democratic Republic of the Congo	President Joseph Kabila	Olive Lembe Di Sita Kabila
Costa Rica	President Laura Chinchilla	José María Rico
Ivory Coast	President Alassane Ouattara	Dominique Nouvian
Croatia	President Ivo Josipović	Tatjana Josipović
Cuba	President Raúl Castro	Widower
Cyprus	President Dimitris Christofias	Elsie Chiratou
Czech Republic	President Václav Klaus	Livia Klausová
Denmark	Queen Margrethe II	Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
Djibouti	President Ismail Omar Guelleh	Kadra Mahamoud Haid
Dominica	President Nicholas Liverpool	Verna Liverpool
Dominican Republic	President Danilo Medina	Cándida Montilla
East Timor	President Taur Matan Ruak	Isabel da Costa Ferreira
Ecuador	President Rafael Correa	Anne Malherbe
Egypt	President Mohamed Morsi	Naglaa Mahmoud
El Salvador	President Mauricio Funes	Vanda Pignato
Equatorial Guinea	President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	Constancia Mangue de Obiang
Eritrea	President Isaias Afewerki	Saba Haile
Estonia	President Toomas Hendrik Ilves	Evelin Ilves
Ethiopia	President Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Fiji	President Epeli Nailatikau
Finland	President Sauli Niinistö	Jenni Haukio
France	President François Hollande	Valérie Trierweiler
Gabon	President Ali Bongo Ondimba	Édith Lucie Bongo Ondimba
Gambia	President Yahya Jammeh	Madam Zineb Jammeh
Georgia	President Mikheil Saakashvili	Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs
Germany	President Joachim Gauck	Gerhild Gauck
Ghana	President John Dramani Mahama	Lordina Mahama
Greece	President Karolos Papoulias	May Panou Papoulia
Grenada	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Guatemala	President Otto Pérez Molina	Rosa Leal de Pérez
Guinea	President Alpha Condé	Djene Kaba Condé
Guinea-Bissau	President Malam Bacai Sanhá
Guyana	President Donald Ramotar	Deolatchmee Ramotar
Haiti	President Michel Martelly	Sophia Martelly
Honduras	President Porfirio Lobo Sosa	Rosa Elena de Lobo
Hungary	President János Áder	Anita Herczegh
Iceland	President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	Dorrit Moussaieff
India	President Pranab Mukherjee	Suvra Mukherjee
Indonesia	President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Kristiani Herawati
Iran	Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei	Khojaste Khamenei^{[dubious – discuss]}
Iraq	President Jalal Talabani	Hero Ibrahim Ahmed
Ireland	President Michael D. Higgins	Sabina Coyne
Israel	President Shimon Peres	Widower Formerly Sonya Gelman Peres
Italy	President Giorgio Napolitano	Clio Maria Bittoni
Jamaica	Queen Elizabeth II	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Japan	Emperor Akihito	Empress Michiko
Jordan	King Abdullah II	Queen Rania
Kazakhstan	President Nursultan Nazarbayev	Sara Nazarbayeva
Kenya	President Mwai Kibaki	Lucy Kibaki
Kiribati	President Anote Tong	Meme Tong
Kuwait	Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Widower
Kyrgyzstan	President Almazbek Atambayev	Raisa Atambayeva
Laos	President Choummaly Sayasone	Keosaychay Sayasone
Latvia	President Andris Bērziņš	Dace Seisuma
Lebanon	President Michel Suleiman	Wafaa Suleiman
Lesotho	King Letsie III	Karabo Motšoeneng
Liberia	President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf	Divorced^[when?]
	Chairman of General National Congress Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf
Myanmar	President Thein Sein	Khin Khin Win