First Lady of Venezuela

First Lady of Venezuela
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Incumbent Cilia Flores since April 2013
Residence	La Casona
Term length	6 years
Inaugural holder	Dominga Ortiz
Formation	1830

First Lady of Venezuela (Spanish: Primera Dama de Venezuela) is the unofficial title traditionally held by the wife or husband of the President of Venezuela.

First Ladies

Portrait	Name (lifespan)	President	Years as First Lady
	Dominga Ortiz Orzúa (November 1, 1792 - December 31, 1875)	José Antonio Páez	1830–1835 (1st term)
	Encarnación Maitín	José María Vargas	1835–1836 (only term)
	Olalla Buroz y Tovar	Carlos Soublette	1837–1839 (1st term)
	Dominga Ortiz Orzúa (November 1, 1792 - December 31, 1875)	José Antonio Páez	1839–1843 (2nd term)
	Olalla Buroz y Tovar	Carlos Soublette	1843–1847 (2nd term)
	Luisa Oriach Ladrón de Guevara	José Tadeo Monagas	1847–1851 (1st term)
	Clara Marrero	José Gregorio Monagas	1851–1855 (only term)
	Luisa Oriach Ladrón de Guevara	José Tadeo Monagas	1855–1858 (2nd term)
	María Nieves Briceño	Julián Castro	1858–1859 (only term)
	Encarnación Rivas Pacheco	Manuel Felipe de Tovar	1859–1861 (only term)
	Dominga Ortiz Orzúa (November 1, 1792 - December 31, 1875)	José Antonio Páez	1861–1863 (3rd term)
	Luisa Isabel Pachano Muñoz	Juan Crisóstomo Falcón	1863–1868 (only term)
	Esperanza Hernández	José Ruperto Monagas	1869–1870 (only term)
	Ana Teresa Ibarra Urbaneja	Antonio Guzmán Blanco	1870–1877 (1st term)
	Belén Esteves Yánes	Francisco Linares Alcántara	1877–1878 (only term)
	Ana Teresa Ibarra Urbaneja	Antonio Guzmán Blanco	1879–1884 (2nd term)
	Jacinta Parejo (August 16, 1845 – April 16, 1914)	Joaquín Crespo	1884–1886 (1st term)
	Ana Teresa Ibarra Urbaneja	Antonio Guzmán Blanco	1887–1888 (3rd term)
	María Josefa de la Concepción Báez	Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl	1888–1890 (only term)
	Isabel González Esteves	Raimundo Andueza Palacio	1890–1892 (only term)
	Jacinta Parejo (August 16, 1845 – April 16, 1914)	Joaquín Crespo	1892–1898 (2nd term)
	María Isabel Sosa Saa	Ignacio Andrade	1898–1899 (only term)
	Zoila Rosa Martínez	Cipriano Castro	1899–1908 (only term)
	María Teresa Núñez Tovar	Eleazar López Contreras	1936–1941 (only term)
	Irma Felizola	Isaías Medina Angarita	1941–1945 (only term)
	Carmen Valverde	Rómulo Betancourt	1945–1948 (1st term)
	Teotiste Arocha Egui	Rómulo Gallegos	1948 (only term)
	Lucía Devine	Carlos Delgado Chalbaud	1948–1950 (only term)
	Rosario Pérez Carreño	Germán Suárez Flamerich	1950–1952 (only term)
	Flor María Chalbaud Cardona	Marcos Pérez Jiménez	1952–1958 (only term)
	Carmen Valverde	Rómulo Betancourt	1959–1964 (2nd term)
	Carmen América Fernández	Raúl Leoni	1964–1969 (only term)
	Alicia Pietri Montemayor (14 October 1923 – 9 February 2011)	Rafael Caldera	1969–1974 (1st term)
	Blanca Rodríguez (January 1, 1926-present)	Carlos Andrés Pérez	1974–1979 (1st term)
	Betty Urdaneta	Luis Herrera Campins	1979–1984 (only term)
	Gladys Castillo	Jaime Lusinchi	1984–1989 (only term)
	Blanca Rodríguez (January 1, 1926-present)	Carlos Andrés Pérez	1989–1993 (2nd term)
	Ligia Betancourt Mariño (1920 – 14 July 2008)	Ramón José Velásquez	1993–1994 (only term)
	Alicia Pietri Montemayor (14 October 1923 – 9 February 2011)	Rafael Caldera	1994–1999 (2nd term)
	Marisabel Rodríguez (23 November 1964-present)	Hugo Chávez	1999–2003 (only term)
	Cilia Flores (15 October 1956-present)	Nicolas Maduro	2013– (1st term)

Non-spouse "First Lady"

Name	Relation to President
Barbarita Nieves	Lover of José Antonio Páez
Dionisia Bello	Sentimental partner of Juan Vicente Gómez
Amelia Núñez	Sentimental partner of Juan Vicente Gómez
Cecilia Matos	Lover of Carlos Andrés Pérez
Blanca Ibáñez	Lover and wife of Jaime Lusinchi from 1991 until his death
María Gabriela Chávez Colmenares	Daughter of Hugo Chávez

See also

• First Lady
• Venezuela
• List of Presidents of Venezuela

References

• Template:Es icon List of First Ladies of Venezuela - Venciclopedia
• “Las Presidentas de Venezuela, Primeras Damas de la República en el siglo XIX”, Antonio Reyes, 1955