Spouses of heads of states and governments
Afghanistan
Wives of the presidents:

*Anahita Ratebzad, wife of Babrak Karmal (1979-86)
*Zinat Karzai, wife of Hamid Karzai (since 2001)

Albania
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Geraldine (née Countess Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi), consort of King Zog I (1925-28 president, 1928-39 king)
*Semiram Alia, wife of Ramiz Alia (1991-92)
*Liri Berisha, wife of Sali Berisha (1992-97)
*Lidra Mejdani, wife of Rexhep Meidani (1997-2002)
*Mirela Moisiu, wife of Alfred Moisiu (2002-2007)

Wives of the heads of government:
*Nexhmije Hoxha, wife of Enver Hoxha (1944-54)
*Fiqrete Shehu (née Sandshaktari), wife of Mehmet Shehu (1954-81)
*Dhurata Meksi, wife of Aleksandër Meksi (1992-97)
*Monika Meta (née Kryemadhi), wife of Ilir Meta (1999-2002)
*Enkeleida Majko, wife of Pandeli Majko (1998-99, 2002)
*Xhoana Nano, wife of Fatos Nano (1991, 1997-98, 2002-05)
*Liri Berisha, wife of Sali Berisha (since 2005)

Algeria
Wife of the president:

*Amal Bouteflika (née Triki), wife of Abdelaziz Bouteflika (since 1999)

Andorra
Wife of the head of government:

*Maria Lluisa Gispert Forné Molné, wife of Marc Forné Molné (1994-2005)

Angola
Wives of the presidents:
*Maria Eugénia Neto (née da Silva), wife of Agostinho Neto (1975-79)
*Ana Paula dos Santos, wife of José Eduardo dos Santos (since 1979)

Antigua and Barbuda
Wife of the prime-minister:

*Jacklyn Spencer, wife of Baldwin Spencer (since 2004)

Argentina
Spouse of the presidents:

* Eva Perón (Evita), second wife of Juan Perón during his first incumbency
* Isabel Martínez de Perón third wife of Juan Perón during his second incumbency, from July 1974 (her husband’s death) to March 1976 she was president by herself.
*Zulema Yoma, wife of Carlos Menem (1989-99)
*Inés Pertiné, wife of Fernando de la Rúa (1999-2001)
*Ramón Puerta (2001) was unmarried
*Chiche González, wife of Eduardo Camaño (2001-02)
*Hilda de Duhalde, wife of Eduardo Duhalde (2002-03)
*Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, wife of Néstor Kirchner (2003-07)
*Néstor Kirchner, husband of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (since 2007)

Armenia
Wife of the president:

*Bella Kocharyan, wife of Robert Kocharyan (since 1998)

Azerbaijan
Wives of the presidents:

*, wife of (1993-2003)
*, wife of (since 2003)

Australia
Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Margaret Whitlam, wife of Gough Whitlam (1972-75)
*Tamara Fraser, wife of Malcolm Fraser (1975-83)
*Hazel Hawke, wife of Bob Hawke (1983-91)
*Annita Keating, wife of Paul Keating (1991-96)
*Janette Howard, wife of John Howard (1996 -2007)
*Therese Rein, Partner/wife of Kevin Rudd (since 2007)

Austria
Wives of the heads of state:

* Empress Elisabeth (née Princess in Bavaria), consort of Emperor Franz Joseph I (1854 until her assassination in 1898)
* Empress Zita (née Princess of Bourbon-Parma), consort of Emperor Karl I (1916-18)
* Emma Seitz (née Seidl), wife of Karl Seitz (1919-20)
* Leopoldine Miklas (née Heidinger), wife of Wilhelm Miklas (1928-38)
* Luise Renner (née Stoisits), wife of Karl Renner (1945-50)
* Theodor Körner (1950-56) was not married
* Adolf Schärf was a widower during his incumbency (1956-65), his daughter Martha Kyrle was acting as the country’s first lady
* Margarete Jonas (née Towarek), wife of Franz Jonas (1965-74)
* Herma Kirchschläger (née Sorger), wife of Rudolf Kirchschläger (1974-86)
* Elisabeth Waldheim (née Ritschel), wife of Kurt Waldheim (1986-92)
* Edith Klestil (née Wielander), first wife of Thomas Klestil (1992-98)
* Ursula Paierhofer-Klestil, daughter of Thomas Klestil, acting as the country’s first lady during divorce and re-marriage of her father
* Margot Klestil-Löffler, second wife of Thomas Klestil (1998-2004)
* Margit Fischer (née Binder), wife of Heinz Fischer (since 2004)

Wives of the heads of government:

* Helene Gautsch von Frankenthurn, wife of Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn (1905-06, 1911)
* Franziska von Hohenlohe (née Schönborn-Buchheim), wife of Konrad von Hohenlohe (1906)
* Antonie von Beck, wife of Max Wladimir von Beck (1906-08)
* Anna Clam-Martinic (née Countess Abensperg-Traun), wife of Heinrich von Clam-Martinic (1916-17)
* Thea Seidler von Feuchtenegg, wife of Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1917-18)
* Frieda Hussarek von Heinlein (née von Kuhn), wife of Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1918)
* Leonore Lammasch (née Gemeiner), wife of Heinrich Lammasch (1918)
* Sophie Mayr (née Gsteu), wife of Michael Mayr (1920-21)
* Rosa Breisky, wife of Walter Breisky (1922)
* Helene Schober (née Zieglmayr-Hamman von Hollenfeld), wife of Johannes Schober (1922, 1929-30)
* Ignaz Seipel (1922-24, 1926-29) was priest and not married
* Adele Ramek, wife of Rudolf Ramek (1924-26)
* Eugénie Vaugoin, wife of Carl Vaugoin (1930)
* Maria Ender (née Rusch), wife of Otto Ender (1930-31)
* Irma Buresch (née Burian), wife of Karl Buresch (1931-32)
* Alwine Dollfuss (née Glienke), wife of Engelbert Dollfuß (1932-34)
* Nora Princess Starhemberg (née Gregor), wife of Prince Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (acting in 1934)
* Vera Schuschnigg (née Countess Czernin-Chudenitz), wife of Kurt Schuschnigg (1934-38)
* Gertrud Seyß-Inquart (née Maschka), wife of Arthur Seyß-Inquart (1938)
* Hilde Figl (née Hemala), wife of Leopold Figl (1945-53)
* Hermine Raab (née Haumer), wife of Julius Raab (1953-61)
* Maria Gorbach (née Dolnicar), wife of Alfons Gorbach (1961-64)
* Erna Klaus (née Seywald), wife of Josef Klaus (1964-70)
* Vera Kreisky (née Fürth), wife of Bruno Kreisky (1970-83)
* Hermine Sinowatz (née Semmler), wife of Fred Sinowatz (1983-86)
* Christine Vranitzky (née Kristen), wife of Franz Vranitzky (1986-97)
* Sonja Klima (née Holzinger), wife of Viktor Klima (1997-2000)
* Krista Schüssel, wife of Wolfgang Schüssel (2000-07)
* Alfred Gusenbauer (since 2007) is not married; he cohabits with Eva Steiner

The Bahamas
Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Marguerite Pindling (née McKenzie), wife of Sir Lynden Pindling (1973-92)
*Bernadette Christie (née Hanna), wife of Perry Christie (2002-2007)
*Delores Ingraham (née Miller), wife of Hubert Ingraham (1992-2002, since 2007)

Bahrain
Queen:

*Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of king Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (since 1999)

Bangladesh
Wives of the presidents:
*Khaleda Zia, wife of Ziaur Rahman (1977-81)
*Anwara Begum, wife of Iajuddin Ahmed (since 2002)

Barbados
Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Angelita Sandiford, wife of Erskine Sandiford (1987-94)
*Julie Ann Arthur (née Price), wife of Owen Arthur (since 1994)

Belarus
Wife of the president:

*Galina Lukashenka, wife of Alyaksandr Lukashenka (since 1994)

Wife of the prime-minister:

*Yulia Chigir, wife of Mikhail Chigir (1994-96)

Belgium
Queens:

* Queen Louise-Marie (Louise-Marie of Orléans) consort of King Leopold I
*Queen Marie Henriette (née Archduchess of Austria), consort of King Leopold II (1865-1909)
*Queen Elisabeth (née Princess in Bavaria), consort of King Albert I (1909-34)
*Queen Astrid (née Princess of Sweden), first consort of King Leopold III (1934 until her death in 1935)
*Princess Lilian (née Baels), second consort of King Leopold III (1941-51)
*Queen Fabiola (née de Mora y Aragón), consort of King Baudouin I (1951-93)
*Queen Paola (née Princess Donna Ruffo di Calabria), consort of King Albert II (since 1993)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Gilberte Eyskens (née de Petter), wife of Gaston Eyskens (1949-50, 1958-61, 1968-73)
*Charlotte Leburton (née Joniaux), wife of Edmond Leburton (1973-74)
*Rosa Tindemans (née Naesers), wife of Leo Tindemans (1974-78)
*Ann Eyskens (née Rutsaert), wife of Mark Eyskens (1981)
*Lieve Martens (née Verschroeven), wife of Wilfried Martens (1979-81, 1981-92)
*Celia Dehaene (née Verbeke), wife of Jean-Luc Dehaene (1992-99)
*Dominique Verhofstadt (née Verkinderen), wife of Guy Verhofstadt (1999-present)

Belize
Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Kathy Esquivel, wife of Manuel Esquivel (1984-89, 1993-98)
*Joan Musa, wife of Said Musa (since 1998)

Benin
Wives of the presidents:

*Marguerite Kérékou, wife of Mathieu Kérékou (1972-91, 1996-2006)
*Chantal Boni, wife of Yayi Boni (since 2006)

Bhutan

*King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (since 2006) is unmarried. First lady is his mother Queen Tshering Yangdon

Bolivia
Wives of the presidents:

*Yolanda Prada de Banzer, wife of Hugo Banzer (1971-78, 1997-2001)
*Ximena Iturralde de Sánchez de Lozada, wife of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1993-97, 2002-03)
*Elvira Salinas de Mesa, wife of Carlos Mesa (2003-05)
*Fanny Elena Arguedas, wife of Eduardo Rodríguez (2005-06)
*Evo Morales (since 2006) is not married

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* (née Repovac), wife of (1996-2000)
*, wife of

Botswana
Wives of the presidents:

*Ruth Williams Khama, wife of Sir Seretse Khama (1966-80)
*Olebile Masire, wife of Sir Ketumile Masire (1980-98)
*Barbara Mogae, wife of Festus Mogae (since 1998)

Brazil
Wives of the presidents:

* Mariana Cecília de Sousa Meireles, wife of Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (1889-1891)
* Josina Vieira Peixoto, wife of Floriano Peixoto (1891-1894)
* Adelaide Benvinda Silva Gordo, wife of Prudente José de Morais Barros (1894-1898)
* Ana Gabriela de Campos Sales, wife of Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1898-1902)
* Ana Guilhermina de Oliveira Braga, wife of Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1902-1906)
* Maria Guilhermina de Oliveira, wife of Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1906-1909)
* Anita de Castro Belisário de Sousa, wife of Nilo Peçanha (1909-1910)
* Orsina Francisca da Fonseca, wife of Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1910)
* Nair de Tefé, wife of Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
* Maria Carneiro, wife of Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (1914-1918)
* Francisca Ribeiro de Abreu, wife of Delfim Moreira (1918-1919)
* Maria da Conceição de Manso Sayão, wife of Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (1919-1922)
* Clélia Vaz de Melo, wife of Artur da Silva Bernardes (1922-1926)
* Sofia Pais de Barros, wife of Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (1926-1930)
* Josefa Graça Aranha, wife of Augusto Tasso Fragoso (1930)
* Darcy Sarmanho Vargas, wife of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945, 1951-1954)
* Luísa Cavalcanti Linhares, wife of José Linhares (1945-1946)
* Carmela Teles Leite, wife of Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946-1951)
* Jandira Carvalho de Oliveira, wife of João Café Filho (1954-1956)
* Graciema Junqueira, wife of Carlos Coimbra da Luz (1955)
* Beatriz Pederneiras, wife of Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (1955-1956)
* Sarah Gomes de Sousa Lemos, wife of Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (1956-1961)
* Eloá Vale, wife of Jânio da Silva Quadros (1961)
* Sílvia Pitaguary Serra, wife of Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1961, 1964)
* Maria Tereza Goulart, wife of João Goulart (1961-1964)
* Iolanda Barbosa, wife of Artur da Costa e Silva (1967-1969)
* Scyla Gaffré Nogueira, wife of Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1969-1974)
* Lucy Mankus, wife of Ernesto Geisel (1974-1979)
* Dulce Maria de Guimarães Castro, wife of João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (1979-1985)
* Marly de Pádua Macieira, wife of José Sarney (1985-1990)
*Rosane Collor, wife of Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992)
*Ruth Valença Correia Leite Cardoso, wife of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2003)
*Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, wife of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (since 2003)

Wives of the prime ministers
* Risoleta Neves, wife of Tancredo Neves (1961-1962)

Brunei

*Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Damit, consort of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III (1950-67)
*Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha, consort of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (since 1967)

Bulgaria
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Eleonore (née Princess Reuss-Köstritz), second consort of King Ferdinand I (1887-1918)
*Queen Ioanna (née Giovanna Princess of Savoy), consort of King Boris III (1918-43)
*Queen Margarita (née Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela), consort of King Simeon II (1943-46)
*Mara Zhivkova, wife of Todor Zhivkov (1954-89)
*Galia Mladenova, wife of Petar Mladenov (1990)
*Maria Zheleva, wife of Zhelyu Zhelev (1990-97)
*Antonina Stoyanova, wife of Petar Stoyanov (1997-2002)
*Zorka Parvanova, wife of Georgi Parvanov (since 2002)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Sonya Todorova, wife of Stanko Todorov (1971-81)
*Helena Dimitrova, wife of Filip Dimitrov (1991-92)
*Katerina Videnova, wife of Zhan Videnov (1995-97)
*Elena Kostova, wife of Ivan Kostov (1997-2001)
*Margarita Sakskoburggotska (née Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela), wife of Simeon Sakskoburggotski (2001-05)
*Sergei Stanishev (since 2005) is not married

Burkina Faso
Wives of the presidents:

*Mariam Sankara (née Sermé), wife of Thomas Sankara (1983-1987)
*Chantal Compaoré (née Terrasson), wife of Blaise Compaoré (since 1987)

Burundi
Wife of the presidents:
*Sophie Buyoya, wife of Pierre Buyoya (1987-1993, 1996-2003)
*Laurence Ndadaye, wife of Melchior Ndadaye (1993)
*Pascasie Ntibantunganya, wife of Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (1994-1996)
*Aude Ndayizeye, wife of Domitien Ndayizeye (2003-2005)
*Denise Nkurunziza, wife of Pierre Nkurunziza (since 2005)

Cambodia
Queens:

*Neak Moneang Phat Kanhol, first consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1942-2004)
*Sisowath Pongsanmoni, second consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1942-51, divorced)
*Anak Munang Thach, third consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1943-2004)
*Sisowath Monikessan, fourth consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1944-2004)
*Samdech Preah Reach Kanitha Norodom Norleak, fifth consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1946-2004)
*Mam Manivan Phanivong, sixth consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1949-2004)
*Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, seventh consort of King Norodom Sihanouk (1952-2004)
*King Norodom Sihamoni (since 2004) is not married

Cameroon
Wife of the president:

*Jeanne-Irène Biya, wife of Paul Biya (1982-1992)
*Chantal Biya, wife of Paul Biya (since 1994)

Canada
* Governors General: See Viceregal consort of Canada. Current: Jean-Daniel Lafond, husband of Michaëlle Jean.
* Prime Ministers: See Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada. Current: Laureen Harper, wife of Stephen Harper.

Cape Verde
Wife of the president:

*Adélcia Barreto Pires, wife of Pedro Pires (since 2001)

Central African Republic
Wife of the president:

*Mireille Kolingba, wife of André Kolingba (1981-93)
*Monique Bozizé, wife of François Bozizé (since 2003)

Chad
Wife of the president:

* Hinda Déby Itno, wife of Idriss Déby (since 1990)

Chile
Wives of the presidents:

*Gertrudis Echenique Mujica, wife of Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1896-1901)
*María Errázuriz Echaurren, wife of Germán Riesco and daughter of Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1901-06)
*Sara del Campo Yávar, wife of Pedro Montt (1906-10)
*Mercedes Valdés Cuevas, wife of Ramón Barros Luco (1910-15)
*Ana Echazarreta Pérez Cotapos, wife of Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (1915-20)
*Leonor Sánchez Vicuña, wife of Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1910, 1925-27)
*Graciela Fehrman Martínez, wife of Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez (1931-32)
*Rosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco, wife of Arturo Alessandri Palma (1920-24, 1932-38))
*Juana Rosa Aguirre Luco, wife of Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1938-41)
*Marta Ide Pereira, wife of Juan Antonio Ríos Morales (1942-46)
*Rosa Markmann Reijer, wife of Gabriel González Videla (1946-52)
*Graciela Letelier Velasco, wife of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1927-31, 1952-58)
*Jorge Alessandri (1958-64) was not married
*María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez, wife of Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964-70)
*Hortensia Bussi Soto, wife of Salvador Allende Gossens (1970-73)
*María Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez, wife of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (1974-90)
*Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic, wife of Patricio Aylwin (1990-94)
*Marta Larraechea Bolívar, wife of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1994-2000)
*Luisa Durán de la Fuente, wife of Ricardo Lagos Escobar (2000-06)
*Michelle Bachelet (since 2006) is divorced

China
Wives of the heads of state:

*Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong (1945-76)
*Lin Jiamei, wife of Li Xiannian (1983-88)
*Li Bozhao, wife of Yang Shangkun (1988-1993)
*Wang Yeping, wife of Jiang Zemin (1993-2002)
*Liu Yongqing, wife of Hu Jintao (since 2002)

Colombia
Wife of the president:

*Lina Moreno de Uribe, wife of Álvaro Uribe Vélez (since 2002)

Congo (Democratic Republic)
Wife of the president:

*Olive Lembe Di Sita Kabila, wife of Joseph Kabila (since 2001)

Wife of the prime minister:
*Pauline Lumumba (née Opangu), wife of Patrice Lumumba (1960)

Congo (Republic)
Wife of the president:

*Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso, wife of Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1979-1992, since 1997)

Costa Rica
Wives of the presidents:

*Manuela Rodríguez Alvarado, wife of Rafael Yglesias Castro (1894-1902)
*Adela Salazar Guardia, second wife of Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (1902-06)
*Adela Herrán Bonilla, wife of Cleto González Víquez (1906-10)
*Alfredo González Flores(1914-17) was not married
*María Le Fernández Le Cappellain, wife of Federico Tinoco Granados (1917-19)
*Clementina Quirós Quirós, second wife of Juan Bautista Quirós Segura (1919)
*Natalia Morúa Ortiz, wife of Francisco Aguilar Barquero (1919-20)
*Elena Gallegos Rosales, wife of Julio Acosta García (1920-24)
*Adela Herrán Bonilla, wife of Cleto González Víquez (1928-32)
*Beatriz Zamora López first wife of Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno(1910-14, 1924-28)
*María Eugenia Calvo Badia second wife of Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (1932-36)
*Julia Fernández Rodríguez, wife of León Cortés Castro (1936-40)
*Yvonne Clays Spoelders, first wife of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1940-44)
*Etelvina Ramírez Montiel, wife of Teodoro Picado Michalski (1944-48)
*Henrietta Boggs Long, first wife of José Figueres Ferrer (1948-49)
*Otilio Ulate Blanco (1949-53) was not married
*Olga De Benedictis Antonelli, wife of Mario Echandi Jiménez (1958-62)
*Marita Camacho Quirós, wife of Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1962-66)
*Clara Fonseca Guardia, wife of José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1966-70)
*Karen Olsen Beck, second wife of José Figueres Ferrer (1953-58, 1970-74)
*Marjorie Elliott Sypher, wife of Daniel Oduber Quirós (1974-78)
*Estrella Zeledón Lizano, wife of Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1978-82)
*Doris Yankelewitz Berger, second wife of Luis Alberto Monge (1982-86)
*Gloria Bejarano Almada, wife of Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (1990-94)
*Josette Altmann Borbón, wife of José María Figueres Olsen (1994-98)
*Lorena Clare Facio, wife of Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría (1998-2002)
*Leila Rodríguez Stahl, second wife of Abel Pacheco de la Espriella (2002-06)
*Margarita Peñón Góngora, wife of Óscar Arias Sánchez (since 2006)

Côte d'Ivoire
Wives of the presidents:

*Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, wife of Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1960-93)
*Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, wife of Laurent Gbagbo (since 2000)

Croatia
Wives of the heads of states:

*Queen Irene (née Princess of Greece), wife of King Tomislav II (1941-43)
*Ankica Tudjman, wife of Franjo Tudjman (1990-99)
*, wife of (since 2000)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

* (née Lovrencević), wife of (1941-45)
*, wife of (1992-93)
*, wife of (1993-95)
*Sanja Mateša, wife of Zlatko Mateša (1995-2000)
*, wife of (2000-03)
*Mirjana Sanader, wife of Ivo Sanader (since 2003)

Cuba
Wife of the presidents:

*Marta Fernández Miranda de Batista, wife of Fulgencio Batista (1940-44, 1952-59))
*Mirta Núñez Díaz-Balart, wife of Fidel Castro (1976-2006)
*Vilma Espín, wife of Raúl Castro (2006-2007)

Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia
Wives of the presidents:

*Charlotte Masaryková (née Garrigue), wife of Tomáš Masaryk (1918-35)
*Viera Husáková, wife of Gustáv Husák (1975-89)
*Olga Havlová, first wife of Václav Havel (1989-96)
*Dagmar Havlová, second wife of Václav Havel (1997-2003)
*Livia Klausová (née Mištinová), wife of Václav Klaus (since 2003)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*, wife of (1989-92)
*Ivana Zemanová (née BednarÄ?íková), wife of Miloš Zeman (1998-2002)
*Viktorie Špidlová, wife of Vladimír Špidla (2002-04)
*Šárka Grossová, wife of Stanislav Gross (2004-05)
*Zuzana Paroubková, wife of (2005-06)
*Pavla Topolánková, wife of Mirek Topolánek (since 2006)

Cyprus
Wives of the presidents:

*Archbishop Makarios III was not married (1960-77)
*Mimi Kyprianou, wife of Spyros Kyprianou (1977-88)
*Androula Vasiliou, wife of Georgios Vasiliou (1988-93)
*Lila-Irene Klerides, wife of Glafkos Klerides (1993-2003)
*Photini Papadopoulos (née Michaelides), wife of Tassos Papadopoulos (since 2003)

Denmark
Wives/Husbands of the monarchs:

*Queen Louise (née Princess of Hesse-Kassel), consort of King Christian IX (1863-1906)
*Queen Lovisa (née Princess of Sweden and Norway), consort of King Frederick VIII (1906-12)
*Queen Alexandra (née Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin), consort of King Christian X (1912-47)
*Queen Ingrid (née Princess of Sweden), consort of King Frederick IX (1947-72)
*Prince Henrik (né Henri Laborde de Montpezat), consort of Queen Margrethe II (since 1972)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Egone Baunsgaard, wife of Hilmar Baunsgaard (1968-71)
*Helle Virkner, wife of Jens Otto Krag (1962-68, 1971-72)
*Elsebeth Hartling, wife of Poul Hartling (1973-75)
*Ingrid Jørgensen, wife of Anker Jørgensen (1972-73, 1975-82)
*Anne Marie Schlüter (née Vessel), wife of Poul Schlüter (1982-93)
*Lone T. Rasmussen (née Dybkjær), wife of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1993-2001)
*Anne-Mette Rasmussen, wife of Anders Fogh Rasmussen (since 2001)

Djibouti
Wife of the president:

*Kadra Mahamoud Haid, wife of Ismail Omar Guelleh (since 1999)

Dominican Republic
Wives of the presidents:

*Rosa Gómez, wife of Hipólito Mejía (2000-04)
*Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, wife of Leonel Fernández (1996-2000, since 2004)

East Timor
Wife of the president:

*Kirsty Sword Gusmão, wife of Xanana Gusmão (2002-2007)
*José Ramos-Horta is divorced

Ecuador
Wives of the presidents:

*María Paret de Palacio, wife of Alfredo Palacio (2005-07)
*Anne Malherbe, wife of Rafael Correa (since 2007)

Egypt
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Farida (née Safinaz Zulficar), first wife of King Farouk (1938-48, divorced)
*Queen Narriman (née Sadek), second wife of King Farouk (1951-54, divorced)
*Queen Fadila (née Dominique-France Picard), wife of King Fuad II (1952-53)
*Tahia Nasser (née Kazem), wife of Gamal Abdel Nasser (1956-70)
*Jihan Sadat, wife of Anwar as-Sadat (1970-81)
*Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Hosni Mubarak (since 1981)

El Salvador
Wife of the president:

*Ana Ligia de Saca, wife of Antonio Saca (since 2004)

Equatorial Guinea
Wife of the president:

*Constancia Mangue de Obiang, wife of Teodoro Obiang (since 1979)

Eritrea
Wife of the president:

*Saba Haile, wife of Isaias Afewerki (since 1993)

Estonia
Wives of the presidents:

*Helma Päts (née Päädi), wife of Konstantin Päts (1938-40)
*Helle Meri (née Pihlak), wife of Lennart Meri (1992-2001)
*Ingrid Rüütel, wife of Arnold Rüütel (2001-06)
*Evelin Ilves (née Int-Lambot), wife of Toomas Hendrik Ilves (since 2006)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Liis Savisaar, wife of Edgar Savisaar (1990-92)
*Raine Lea Vähi, wife of Tiit Vähi (1992, 1995-97)
*Marika Siimann, wife of Mart Siimann (1997-99)
*Katrin Laar, wife of Mart Laar (1992-94, 1999-2002)
*Kristi Kallas, wife of Siim Kallas (2002-03)
*Merle Parts, wife of Juhan Parts (2003-05)
*Anu Ansip, wife of Andrus Ansip (since 2005)

Fiji
Wive of the president:

*Adi Salaseini Kavunono, wife of Ratu Josefa Iloilo (2000-06, since 2007)

Wife of the prime minister:
*Adi Kuini Speed, wife of Timoci Bavadra (1987)

Finland
Wives and husbands of the presidents:

*Signe Relander, wife of Lauri Kristian Relander (1925-31)
*Ellen Svinhufvud, wife of Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1931-37)
*Kaisa Kallio, wife of Kyösti Kallio (1937-40)
*Gerda Paula Ryti (née Serlachius), wife of Risto Ryti (1940-44)
*Anastasia Mannerheim (née Arapova), wife of Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1944-46)
*Alli Paasikivi, wife of Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946-56)
*Sylvi Kekkonen, wife of Urho Kekkonen (1956-82)
*Tellervo Koivisto, wife of Mauno Koivisto (1982-94)
*Eeva Ahtisaari, wife of Martti Ahtisaari (1994-2000)
*Pentti Arajärvi, husband of Tarja Halonen (since 2000)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Päivi Helinä Karjalainen (née Koskinen), wife of Ahti Karjalainen (1962-63, 1970-71)
*Kirsti Paasio (née Johannsson), wife of Rafael Paasio (1966-68, 1972)
*Elli Irene Sorsa, wife of Kalevi Sorsa (1972-75, 1977-79, 1982-87)
*Marja-Liisa Holkeri, wife of Harri Holkeri (1987-91)
*Kirsti Aho, wife of Esko Aho (1991-95)
*Aila-Maria Lipponen, wife of Paavo Lipponen (1995-2003)
*Jorma Melleri, husband of Anneli Jäätteenmäki (2003)
*Merja Vanhanen, wife of Matti Vanhanen (since 2003)

France
Wives of the presidents:

*Elise Thiers (née Dosne), wife of Adolphe Thiers (1871-73)
*Elisabeth de Mac-Mahon (née de la Croix de Castries), wife of Patrice de Mac-Mahon (1873-79)
*Cécile Carnot (née Dupont-White), wife of Sadi Carnot (1887-94)
*Marie-Louise Loubet (née Picard), wife of Emile Loubet (1899-1906)
*Jeanne Fallières (née Bresson), wife of Armand Fallières (1906-13)
*Henriette Poincaré (née Benucci), wife of Raymond Poincaré (1913-20)
*Germaine Deschanel (née Brice de Viele), wife of Paul Deschanel (1920)
*Blanche Doumer (née Richel), as wife of Paul Doumer (1931-32)
*Marguerite Lebrun (née Nivoit), wife of Albert Lebrun (1932-40)
*Eugénie Pétain (née Hardon), wife of Philippe Pétain
*Michelle Auriol (née Aucouturier), wife of Vincent Auriol (1947-54)
*Germaine Coty (née Corblet), wife of René Coty (1954-59)
*Yvonne de Gaulle (née Vendroux), wife of Charles de Gaulle (1959-69)
*Henriette Poher (née Tugler), wife of Alain Poher (acting 1969)
*Claude Pompidou (née Cahour), wife of Georges Pompidou (1969-74)
*Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing (née Sauvage de Brantes), wife of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1974-81)
*Danielle Mitterrand (née Gouze), wife of François Mitterrand (1981-95)
*Bernadette Chirac (née Chodron de Courcel), wife of Jacques Chirac (1995-2007)
*Cécilia Sarkozy (née Ciganer-Albéniz), wife of Nicholas Sarkozy (divorced 2007)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Anne-Marie Debré, wife of Michel Debré (1959-62)
*Jaqueline Couve de Murville, wife of Maurice Couve de Murville (1968-69)
*Odette Chaban-Delmas, wife of Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1969-72)
*Gilberte Messmer, wife of Pierre Messmer (1972-74)
*Frau Eva Barre, wife of Raymond Barre (1976-81)
*Françoise Fabius, wife of Laurent Fabius (1984-86)
*Michèle Rocard, wife of Michel Rocard (1988-91)
*Jacques Cresson, husband of Édith Cresson (née Campion) (1991-82)
*Simone Bérégovoy, wife of Pierre Bérégovoy (1992-93)
*Marie-Josèphe Balladur (née Delacour), wife of Édouard Balladur (1993-95)
*Isabelle Juppé, wife of Alain Juppé (1995-97)
*Sylviane Jospin (née Agacinski), wife of Lionel Jospin (1997-2002)
*Anne-Marie Raffarin (née Perrier), wife of Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2002-05)
*Marie-Laure de Villepin (née Le Guay), wife of Dominique de Villepin (2005-07)
*Penelope Fillon (née Clarke), wife of François Fillon (since 2007)

Gabon
Wife of the president:
*Josephine Bongo, wife of Omar Bongo (1967-1986)
*Edith Bongo, wife of Omar Bongo

The Gambia
Wife of the president:

*Zineb Jammeh, wife of Yahya Jammeh (since 1994)

Georgia
Wives/husbands of the presidents:

*Nanuli Shevardnadze, wife of Eduard Shevardnadze (1995-2004)
*Badri Bitsadze, husband of Nino Burjanadze (2004)
*Sandra E. Roelofs, wife of Mikheil Saakashvili (since 2004)

Germany
Wives of the heads of state:

*Empress Augusta Victoria (née Princess of Schleswig-Holstein), consort of emperor Wilhelm II (1888-1918)
*Louise Ebert (née Rump), wife of Friedrich Ebert (1919-25)
*Paul von Hindenburg (1925-34) was a widower
*Eva Hitler (née Braun), wife of Adolf Hitler; Eva Braun was just for one day - the day of their suicide - Hitler's wife
*Elly Heuss (née Knapp), wife of Theodor Heuss (1949-59)
*Wilhelmine Lübke (née Keuthen), wife of Heinrich Lübke (1959-69)
*Hilda Heinemann (née Ordemann), wife of Gustav Heinemann (1968-74)
*Mildred Scheel (née Wirtz), wife of Walter Scheel (1974-79)
*Veronika Carstens (née Prior), wife of Karl Carstens (1979-84)
*Marianne von Weizsäcker (née von Kretschmann), wife of Richard von Weizsäcker (1984-94)
*Christiane Herzog (née Krauß), wife of Roman Herzog (1994-99)
*Christina Rau (née Delius), wife of Johannes Rau (1999-2004)
*Eva Köhler (née Bohnet), wife of Horst Köhler (since 2004)

Wives/husbands of the Reich chancellors and the federal chancellors:

*Marie zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (née Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg), wife of Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894-1900)
*Marie von Bülow (née Princess di Camporeale), wife of Bernhard von Bülow (1900-09)
*Margarete Michaelis (née Schmidt), wife of Georg Michaelis (1917)
*Anna von Hertling (née von Biegeleben), wife of Georg von Hertling (1917-18)
*Maria-Luise von Baden (née of Hanover-Cumberland, Princess of Great Britain), wife of Maximilian von Baden (1918)
*Johanna Scheidemann (née Dibbern), wife of Philipp Scheidemann (1918-19)
*Hedwig Bauer (née Moch), wife of Gustav Bauer (1919-20)
*Maria Fehrenbach (née Hossner), wife of Konstantin Fehrenbach (1920-21)
*Agathe Wirth (née Zeller), wife of Joseph Wirth (1920-21)
*Käte Stresemann (née Kleefeld), wife of Gustav Stresemann (1923)
*Johanna Marx (née Verkoyen), wife of Wilhelm Marx (1923-25, 1926-28)
*Frieda Müller (née Tockus), wife of Hermann Müller (1920, 1928-30)
*Martha von Papen (née von Boch-Galhau), wife of Franz von Papen (1932)
*Elisabeth von Schleicher (née von Henning), wife of Kurt von Schleicher (1932-33)
*Ehrengard Gräfin Schwerin von Krosigk (née Freiin von Plettenberg), wife of Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1945)
*Konrad Adenauer (1949-63) was a widower
*Luise Erhard (née Schuster), wife of Ludwig Erhard (1963-66)
*Marie-Luise Kiesinger (née Schneider), wife of Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1966-69)
*Rut Brandt (née Hansen), wife of Willy Brandt (1969-74)
*Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt (née Glaser), wife of Helmut Schmidt (1974-82)
*Hannelore Kohl (née Renner), wife of Helmut Kohl (1982-98)
*Doris Schröder-Köpf, wife of Gerhard Schröder (1998-2005)
*Joachim Sauer, husband of Angela Merkel (since 2005)

Ghana
;Wives of the presidents:
*Fathia Nkrumah (née Fathia Rizk), wife of Kwame Nkrumah, (1960-66)
*Nana Afua Ollennu (née Nana Afua Frema), wife of Nii Amaa Ollennu, (1970)
*Adeline Akufo-Addo, wife of Edward Akufo-Addo, (1970-1972)
*Fulera Limann, wife of Hilla Limann, (1979-1981)
*Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (née Nana Konadu Agyeman), wife of Jerry John Rawlings (1979, 1981-2001)
*Theresa Kufuor (née Theresa Mensah), wife of John Agyekum Kufuor, (since 2001)

;Wife of the prime minister:
*Naa Morkor Busia, wife of Kofi Abrefa Busia, (1969 - 1972)

;Wives of the Heads of state:
*Mildred Ankrah (née Mildred Christina Akosiwor Fugar), wife of Joseph Arthur Ankrah, (1966-1969)
*Christine Afrifa, wife of Akwasi Afrifa, (1969-1970)
*Faustina Acheampong, wife of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, (1972-1978)
*Emily Akuffo, wife of Fred Akuffo, (1978-1979)

Greece
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Olga (née Olga Konstantinova, Grand-Duchess of Russia), consort of King George I (1863-1913)
*Queen Sophia (née Princess of Prussia), consort of King Constantine I (1913-17)
*Aspasia Manos, consort of King Alexander I (1917-20)
*Queen Elizabeth (née Princess of Romania), consort of King George II (1922-24, 1935-47)
*Queen Frederika (née Princess of Hanover), consort of King Paul I (1947-64)
*Queen Anne-Marie (née Princess of Denmark), consort of King Constantine II (1964-73)
*Evthimia Kontouriotou, wife of Pavlos Kountouriotis (1924-26, 1926-29)
*Ariadni Pangalou, wife of Theodoros Pangalos (1926)
*Stamatoula Stasinopoulou, wife of Michail Stasinopoulos (1974-75)
*Joanna Tsatsou, wife of Konstantinos Tsatsos (1975-80)
*Amalia Karamanlis, wife of Konstantinos Karamanlis (1980-85, 1990-95)
*Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1995-2005) was a widower
*Maria Papoulias, wife of Karolos Papoulias (since 2005)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Helene Rallis, wife of Georgios Rallis (1980-81)
*Kallirhoe Zolotas, wife of Xenophon Zolotas (1989-90)
*Marika Mitsotakis, wife of Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1990-93)
*Dimitra Papandreou, wife of Andreas Papandreou (1981-89, 1993-96)
*Daphne Simitis, wife of Kostas Simitis (1996-2004)
*Natasa Karamanlis, wife of Kostas Karamanlis (since 2004)

Guatemala
Wife of the president:

* Wendy Widmann de Berger, wife of Óscar Berger Perdomo (since 2004)

Guinea
Wife of the president:

* Henriette Conté, wife of Lansana Conté (since 1984)

Guyana
Wives of the presidents:

*Viola Burnham (née Harper), wife of Forbes Burnham (1980-85)
*Janet Jagan (née Rosenberg), wife of Cheddi Jagan (1997-99)
*Varshnie Jagdeo, wife of Bharrat Jagdeo (since 1999)

Haiti
Wives of the presidents:

*Simone Duvalier (née Ovide), wife of François Duvalier (1957-71)
*Michèle Duvalier (née Bennet), wife of Jean-Claude Duvalier (1971-86)
*Mildred Trouillot, wife of Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1993-94, 1994-96, 2001-04)
*Geri Préval, wife of René Préval (since 2006, divorced)

Honduras
Wives of the presidents:

*Aguas Ocaña de Maduro, wife of Ricardo Maduro (2002-06)
*Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, wife of José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (since 2006)

Hungary
Wives of the presidents:

*Countess Katalin "Katus" Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka, wife of Count Mihály Károlyi (1918-1919)
*Ama Losonczi, wife of Pál Losonczi (1967-87)
*Ilona Németh (née Balazs), wife of Károly Németh (1987-88)
*Gertrud Straub, second wife of Brunó Ferenc Straub (1988-89)
*Zsuzsa Göncz, wife of Árpád Göncz (1990-2000)
*Dalma Mádl (née Némethy), wife of Ferenc Mádl (2000-05)
*Erzsébet Sólyom (née Nagy), wife of László Sólyom (since 2005)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Adél Lázár (née Kiss), wife of György Lázár (1975-87)
*Erzsebét Németh, wife of Miklós Németh (1988-90)
*Clara Antall (née Fülepp), wife of József Antall (1990-93)
*Anna Horn, wife of Gyula Horn (1994-98)
*Aniko Orbán (née Lévai), wife of Viktor Orbán (1998-2002)
*Katalin Medgyessy (née Csaplar), wife of Péter Medgyessy (2002-04)
*Klara Gyurcsány (née Dobrev), wife of Ferenc Gyurcsány (since 2004)

Iceland
Wives and husbands of the presidents:
*Georgia Björnsson (1944-1952) wife of Sveinn Björnsson
*Dóra Þórhallsdóttir (1952-1964) wife of Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
*Halldóra Eldjárn (1968-80) wife of Kristján Eldjárn
*Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1980-96) was not married
*Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir, first wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1996-98, she died of leukemia)
*Dorrit Moussaieff, second wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (since 2003)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Ragnheiður Hafstein (née Thors), wife of Jóhann Hafstein (1970-71)
*Dóra Guðbjartsdóttir, wife of Ólafur Jóhannesson (1971-74, 1978-79)
*Erna Finnsdóttir, wife of Geir Hallgrimsson (1974-78)
*Heidi Gröndal, wife of Benedikt Gröndal (1979-80)
*Vala Ásgeirsdóttir, wife of Gunnar Thoroddsen (1980-83)
*Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir, wife of Steingrímur Hermannsson (1983-87, 1998-91)
*Ástríður Thorarensen, wife of Davíð Oddsson (1991-2004)
*Sigurjóna Sigurðardóttir, wife of Halldór Ásgrímsson (2004-06)
*Inga Jóna Þórðardóttir, wife of Geir H. Haarde (since 2006)

India
Wives of the presidents:

*Vimala Sharma, wife of Shankar Dayal Sharma (1992-97)
*Ma Trint Trint, wife of K. R. Narayanan (1997-2002)
*A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2002-07) was not married
*Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat, husband of Pratibha Patil (since 2007)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Kamala Kaul, wife of Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-64)
*Feroze Gandhi, husband of Indira Gandhi (1966-77, 1980-84)
*Sonia Gandhi, wife of Rajiv Gandhi (1984-89)
*Gursharan Kaur, wife of Manmohan Singh (since 2004)

Indonesia
Wife and Husband of the president:

*Fatmawati Sukarno, wife of Sukarno (1945-1967)
*Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of Suharto (1967- until her death in 1997)
*Hasri Ainun Habibie, wife of Jusuf Habibie (1998-1999)
*Sinta Nuriyah, wife of Abdurrahman Wahid (1999-2001)
*Taufik Kiemas, husband of Megawati Soekarnoputri (2001-2004)
*Kristiani Herawati, wife of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (since 2004)

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Iraq
Wife of the president:

*Hero Ibrahim Talabani (née Ahmed), wife of Jalal Talabani (since 2005)

Ireland
Wives and husbands of the presidents:

*Lucy Hyde (née Kurtz), wife of Douglas Hyde (1938-45)
*Sinéad de Valera, wife of Eamon de Valera (1959-73)
*Rita Childers, wife of Erskine Hamilton Childers (1973-74)
*Catherine Treacy, wife of Sean Treacy (acting in 1974)
*Máirín Ó Dálaigh, wife of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974-76)
*Mary Hillery, wife of Patrick Hillery (1976-90)
*Nicholas Robinson, husband of Mary Robinson (1990-97)
*Martin McAleese, husband of Mary McAleese (since 1997)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Kathleen Lemass (née Hughes), wife of Seán Lemass (1959-66)
*Mairin Lynch, wife of Jack Lynch (1966-73, 1977-79)
*Vera Cosgrave, wife of William Thomas Cosgrave (1973-77)
*Joan FitzGerald, wife of Garret FitzGerald (1981-82, 1982-87)
*Maureen Haughey, wife of Charles Haughey (1979-81, 1982, 1987-92)
*Kathleen Reynolds, wife of Albert Reynolds (1992-94)
*Finola Bruton, wife of John Bruton (1994-97)
*Miriam Ahern, wife of Bertie Ahern (since 1997)

Israel
Wives of the presidents:

*Vera Weizmann, wife of Chaim Weizmann (1949-52)
*Rachel Ben-Zvi (née Yanait), wife of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1952-63)
*Rachel Shazar (née Katznelson), wife of Zalman Shazar (1963-72)
*Nina Katzir (née Gottlieb), wife of Ephraim Katzir (1972-78)
*Ofina Navon (née Resnikow), wife of Yitzhak Navon (1978-83)
*Aura Herzog (née Ambache), wife of Chaim Herzog (1983-93)
*Reuma Weizmann (née Schawtz), wife of Ezer Weizmann (1993-2000)
*Gila Katsav, wife of Moshe Katsav (2000-2007)
*Sonya Peres (née Gelman), wife of Shimon Peres (since 2007)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Aliza Begin, wife of Menachem Begin (1977-83)
*Shulamit Shamir, wife of Yitzhak Shamir (1983-84, 1986-92)
*Morris Myerson, husband of Golda Meir (1969-74)
*Leah Rabin (née Schlossberg), wife of Yitzhak Rabin (1974-77, 1992-95)
*Sonja Peres (née Gelman), wife of Shimon Peres (1984-86, 1995-96)
*Sarah Netanyahu, wife of Benjamin Netanyahu (1996-99)
*Nava Barak, wife of Ehud Barak (1999-2001)
*Vera Sharon (née Schneerof), wife of Ariel Sharon (2001-06)
*Alisa Olmert, wife of Ehud Olmert (since 2006)

Italy
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Margherita (née Princess of Savoy), consort of King Umberto I (1878-1900)
*Queen Elena (née Princess of Montenegro), consort of King Victor Emanuel III (1900-46)
*Queen Maria-José (née Princess of Belgium), consort of King Umberto II (1946)
*Ida Einaudi (née Pellegrini), wife of Luigi Einaudi (1948-55)
*Carla Gronchi (née Bissatini), wife of Giovanni Gronchi (1955-62)
*Laura Segni (née Carta Caprino), wife of Antonio Segni (1962-64)
*Giuseppina Saragat (née Bollani), wife of Giuseppe Saragat (1964-71)
*Vittoria Leone (née Michitto), wife of Giovanni Leone (1971-78)
*Carla Pertini (née Voltolina), wife of Alessandro Pertini (1978-85)
*Giuseppina Cossiga (née Sigurani), wife of Francesco Cossiga (1985-92)
*Maria Scalfaro (née Inzitari), wife of Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1992-99)
*Franca Ciampi (née Pilla), wife of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1999-2006)
*Clio Maria Napolitano (née Bittoni), wife of Giorgio Napolitano (since 2006)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Rachele Mussolini (née Guidi), wife of Benito Mussolini (1922-43)
*Francesca de Gasperi (née Romani), wife of Alcide de Gasperi (1946)
*Mariano Rumor (1968-70, 1972-74) was not married
*Eleonora Moro, wife of Aldo Moro (1963-68, 1974-76)
*Alma Forlani (née Ioni), wife of Arnaldo Forlani (1980-81)
*Anna Maria Craxi (née Moncini), wife of Bettino Craxi (1983-87)
*Maria Pia Fanfani, wife of Amintore Fanfani (1954, 1958-69, 1960-63, 1982-83, 1987)
*Livia Andreotti (née Danese), wife of Giulio Andreotti (1972-73, 1976-79, 1989-92)
*Donatella Dini (née Pasquali), wife of Lamberto Dini (1995-96)
*Linda D'Alema (née Giuva), wife of Massimo D'Alema (1998-2000)
*Diana Amato (née Vincenzi), wife of Giuliano Amato (1992-93, 2000-01)
*Veronica Berlusconi (née Lario), wife of Silvio Berlusconi (1994-95, 2001-06)
*Flavia Prodi (née Franzoni), wife of Romano Prodi (since 2006)

Jamaica
Wives/husbands of the prime minister:

*Edna Manley, wife of Norman Washington Manley (1955-1962)
*Errald Miller, husband of Portia Simpson-Miller (2006-2007)

Japan
Empresses:

*Empress Teimei (née Sadako Kujo), consort of Emperor (1912-26)
*Empress (née Princess Nagako Kuni), consort of Emperor Hirohito (1926-89)
*Empress Michiko (née Shoda), consort of Emperor Akihito (since 1989)

Wives of the prime ministers:

*Yoshie Murayama, wife of Tomiichi Murayama (1994-96)
*Kumiko Hashimoto, wife of Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996-98)
*Chizuko Obuchi, wife of Keizo Obuchi (1998-2000)
*Chieko Mori, wife of Yoshiro Mori (2000-01)
*Junichiro Koizumi (2001-06) was divorced
*Akie Abe, wife of Shinzo Abe (2006-2007)

Jordan
Queens:

*Queen Sharifa (née Sharifa Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid), first consort of King Hussein I (1955-57, divorced)
*Princess Muna al-Hussein (née Antoinette Avril Gardiner), second consort of King Hussein I (1961-72, divorced)
*Queen Alia al Hussein (née Alia Baha ed Din Toukan), third consort of King Hussein I (1972-77, she died in a helicopter crash)
*Queen Noor (née Lisa Najeeb Halaby), fourth consort of King Hussein I (1978-99)
*Queen Rania, consort of King Abdullah II (since 1999)

Kazakhstan
Wife of the president:

*Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev (since 1991)

Kenya
Wives of the presidents:

*Ngina Kenyatta, wife of Jomo Kenyatta (1964-78)
*Lucy Kibaki, wife of Mwai Kibaki (since 2002)

Kiribati
Wife of the president:

*Meme Tong, wife of Anote Tong (since 2003)

Kuwait
Consort of the king:

*Fitooh, wife of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (since 2006)

Kyrgyzstan
Wives of the presidents:

*Maryam Akayeva, wife of Askar Akayev (1990-2005)
*Tatyana Bakiyeva, wife of Kurmanbek Bakiyev (since 2005)

Latvia
Wives and husbands of the heads of state:

*Lidija Gorbunova, wife of Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1991-93)
*Aina Ulmane, wife of Guntis Ulmanis (1993-99)
*Imants Freibergs, husband of Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga (1999-2007)
*Lilita Zatlere, wife of Valdis Zatlers (since 2007)
Wives of the prime-ministers:

*, wife of Vilnis Edvīns Bresis (1988-90)
*Ramona Godmane, wife of Ivars Godmanis (1990-93)
*Aina Birkava, wife of Valdis Birkavs (1993-94)
*, wife of (acting)
*, wife of (1995-97, 1999-2000)
*, wife of (2000-02)
*Anita Emse, wife of Indulis Emsis (2004)
*Kristīne Kalvīte, wife of Aigars Kalvītis (since 2004)

Lesotho
Queen:

* Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso, wife of King Letsie III (since 1990)

Lebanon
Wife of the president:

*Andrée Lahoud, wife of Émile Lahoud (since 1998)
*Joyce Gemayel, wife of former president Amine Gemayel (1982-1988)

Liberia
Husband of the president:

*James Sirleaf, husband of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (since 2006)

Libya
Wife of the president:

*Hafia Gaddafi, wife of Muammar al-Gaddafi (since 1969)

Liechtenstein
Consorts of the princes:

*Prince Johann II (1858-1929) was not married
*Princess Elisabeth (née Countess von Gutmann), consort of Prince Franz I (1929-38)
*Princess Georgina "Gina" (née Countess von Wilczek), consort of Prince Franz Joseph II (1938-89)
*Princess Marie Aglae (née Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau), consort of Prince Hans Adam II (since 1989)

Wives of the heads of government:

*Bernadette Brunhart, wife of Hans Brunhart (1978-93)
*Andrea Frick, wife of Mario Frick (1993-2001)
*Traudi Hasler (née Hilti), wife of Otmar Hasler (since 2001)

Lithuania
Wives of the presidents:

* (née RuÄ?ytÄ—), wife of Vytautas Landsbergis (1990-93)
*, wife of Algirdas Brazauskas (1993-98)
*, wife of Rolandas Paksas (2003-04)
*, wife of Artūras Paulauskas (2004)
* (née NutautaitÄ—), wife of Valdas Adamkus (1998-2003, since 2004)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Algimantas Tarvydas, second husband of (1990-91)
*, wife of (1991)
*, wife of Aleksandras Abišala (1992)
*, wife of (1993-96)
*, wife of (1996)
*, wife of Gediminas Vagnorius (1991-92, 1996-99)
*, wife of Andrius Kubilius (1999-2000)
*, wife of Eugenijus Gentvilas (2001)
*, wife of (2006)
*, wife of Gediminas Kirkilas (since 2006)

Luxembourg
Consorts of the Grand-Dukes and Grand-Duchesses:

*Grand-Duchess Adelheid-Marie (née Princess of Anhalt-Dessau), consort of Grand-Duke Adolphe (1890-1905)
*Grand-Duchess Maria Anna (née Princess of Portugal), consort of Grand-Duke William IV (1905-12)
*Grand-Duchess Marie-Adélaïde (1912-19) was not married
*Prince Felix (born Prince of Bourbon-Parma), consort of Grand-Duchess Charlotte (1919-64)
*Grand-Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte (née Princess of Belgium), consort of Grand-Duke Jean (1964-2000)
*Grand-Duchess Maria Teresa (née Mestre), consort of Grand-Duke Henri (since 2000)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Madeleine Joséphine Kaufmann (née Franck), wife of Léon Kauffmann (1917-18)
*Sophie Dupong, wife of Pierre Dupong (1937-53)
*Madeleine Frieden (née Kinnen), wife of Pierre Frieden (1958-59)
*Henriette Werner (née Pescatore), wife of Pierre Werner (1959-74, 1979-84)
*Liliane Thorn, wife of Gaston Thorn (1974-79)
*Danièle Santer, wife of Jacques Santer (1984-95)
*Christiane Juncker (née Frising), wife of Jean-Claude Juncker (since 1995)

Macedonia
Wives of the presidents:

*Nada Gligorova, wife of Kiro Gligorov (1991-99)
*Vilma Trajkovska, wife of Boris Trajkovski (1999-2004)
*Jasna Crkvenkovska, wife of Branko Crvenkovski (2004-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Snezhana Georgievska, wife of (1998-2002)

Madagascar
Wife of the president:

*Lalao Ravalomanana, wife of Marc Ravalomanana (2002-)

Malawi
Wives of the presidents:

*Cecilia Kadzamira, companion of Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1966-1994)
*Ethel Mutharika, wife of Bingu wa Mutharika (2004-2007)

Malaysia
Wife of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King):
* Sultanah Nur Zahirah, wife of Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin (2007-)

Wife of the Prime Minister:
* Jeanne Abdullah, wife of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Deputy of the Prime Minister:
* Rosmah Mansor , Wife of Najib Tun Razak

Maldives
Wife of the president:

*Nasreena Gayoom, wife of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (1978-)

Mali
Wife of the president:

*Touré Lobbo Traoré, wife of Amadou Toumani Touré (1991-92, 2002-)

Malta
Wives of the presidents:

*Margaret Mamo (née Agius), wife of Anthony Mamo (1974-76)
*Margery Buttigieg (née Patterson), wife of Anton Buttigieg (1976-81)
*Maria Tabone (née Wirth), wife of Censu Tabone (1989-94)
*Gemma Mifsud Bonnici, wife of Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (1994-99)
*Violetta de Marco, wife of Guido de Marco (1999-2004)
*Mary Fenech Adami, wife of Edward Fenech Adami (2004-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Moyra Mintoff, wife of Dom Mintoff (1955-58)
*Catherine Gonzi, wife of Lawrence Gonzi (2004-)

Marshall Islands
Wife of the president:

*Mary Note, wife of Kessai Note (2000-)

Mauritania
Wife of the president:

*Umm Kulthum bint al-Nah, wife of Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (2005-2007)

Mauritius
Wife of the president:

*Sarojini Jugnauth, wife of Anerood Jugnauth (2003-)

Mexico
Wives of the presidents:

*Marta Sahagún de Fox, wife of Vicente Fox Quesada (2000-06)
*Margarita Zavala, wife of Felipe Calderón (2006-)

Federated States of Micronesia
Wife of the president:

*Olania Urusemal (née Latileilam), wife of Joseph J. Urusemal (2003-2007)

Moldova
Wives of the presidents:

*Georgeta Snegur, wife of Mircea Snegur (1991-96)
*Antonina Lucinschi, wife of Petru Lucinschi (1996-2001)
*Taisia Voronina, wife of Vladimir Voronin (2001-)

Monaco
Consorts of the princes:

*Princess Marie Alice (née Heine), second consort of Prince Albert I (1889-1922)
*Princess Ghislaine (née Dommanget), consort of Prince Louis II (1922-49)
*Princess Grace Patricia (née Grace Kelly), consort of Prince Rainier III (1956-82)
*Prince Albert II (2005-) is not married

Mongolia
Wife of the president:

*Onongiyn Tsolmon, wife of Nambaryn Enkhbayar (2005-)

Montenegro
Wife of the president:

*, wife of (2003-)

Morocco
Queen:

*Princess Lalla Salma, wife of King Mohammed VI (1999-)

Mozambique
Wives of the presidents:

*Graça Machel (née Simbine), wife of Samora Machel (1975-86)
*Maria da Luz Guebuza, wife of Armando Guebuza (2005-)

Myanmar
Wife of the president:

*Kyaing Kyaing, wife of Than Shwe (1993-)

Namibia
Wives of the presidents:

*Kovambo Theopoldine Nujoma (née Katjimune), wife of Sam Nujoma (1990-2005)
*Penexupifo Pohamba, wife of Hifikepunye Pohamba (2005-)

Nepal
Queens:

*Queen Aiswarya, consort of King Birendra (1972-2001)
*Queen Komal, consort of King Gyanendra (2001-)

New Zealand
Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Joan Bolger (née Riddell), wife of Jim Bolger (1990-97)
*Burton Shipley, husband of Jenny Shipley (1997-99)
*Peter Davis, husband of Helen Clark (1999-)

Nicaragua
Wife of the president:
* Hope Portocarrero, wife of Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1967 1979)
* Lila Abaúnza de Bolaños, wife of Enrique Bolaños (2002-07)
* Rosario Murillo, wife of Daniel Ortega (1985-90, 2007-)

Netherlands
Consorts of the queens:

* Prince Hendrik (born Prince von Mecklenburg-Schwerin), consort of Queen Wilhelmina (1890-1948)
* Prince Bernhard (born Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld), consort of Queen Juliana (1948-80)
* Prince Claus (born von Amsberg), consort of Queen Beatrix (1980 until his death in 2002)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Barbara Schermerhorn (née Rook), wife of Willem Schermerhorn (1945-46)
*Jet Beel (née van der Meulen), wife of Louis Beel (1958-59, 1946-48)
*To Drees (née Hent), wife of Willem Drees (1948-58)
*Maria de Quay (née van der Lande), wife of Jan de Quay (1959-63)
*Mini Marijnen (née Schreurs), wife of Victor Marijnen (1963-65)
*Truus Cals (née van der Heijden), wife of Joseph Cals (1965-66)
*Hetty Zijlstra (née Bloksma), wife of Jelle Zijlstra (1966-67)
*Anneke de Jong (née Bartels), wife of Piet de Jong (1967-71)
*Wilhelmina Biesheuvel (née Meuring), wife of Barend Biesheuvel (1971-73)
*Elisabeth den Uyl (née van Vessen), wife of Joop den Uyl (1973-77)
*Eugenie van Agt (née Krekelberg), wife of Dries van Agt (1977-82)
*Ria Lubbers (née Hoogeweegen), wife of Ruud Lubbers (1982-94)
*Rita Kok (née Roukema), wife of Wim Kok (1994-2002)
*Bianca Balkenende (née Hoogendijk], wife of Jan Peter Balkenende (2002-)

Niger
Wives of the presidents:

*Aisha Diori, wife of Hamani Diori (1960-74)
*Laraba Tandja, wife of Tandja Mamadou (1999-)

Nigeria
Wives of the presidents:

*Flora Ogbenyeanu Ogoegbunam, wife of Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66)
*Maryam Babangida, wife of Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93)
*Stella Obasanjo, wife of Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-2005)

North Korea
Wives of the president:

*Kim Young Sook, first wife of Kim Il-sung (1946-49, she died)
*, second wife of Kim Il-sung (1962-94)
*Kim Ok, wife of Kim Jong-il (1994-)

Norway
Queens:

*Queen Maud (née Princess of Great Britain), consort of King Haakon VII (1905-1938)
*Crown Princess Märtha (née Princess of Sweden), consort of King Olav V (Crown Princess Märtha died before Olav became king)
*Queen Sonja (née Haraldsen), consort of King Harald V (1991-)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Werna Gerhardsen, wife of Einar Gerhardsen (1945-51, 1955-63, 1963-65)
*Magnhild Borten, wife of Per Borten (1965-71)
*Randi Bratteli (née Larssen), wife of Trygve Bratteli (1971-72, 1973-76)
*Marit Nordli, wife of Odvar Nordli (1976-81)
*Anne Marie Willoch, wife of Kåre Willoch (1981-86)
*Else Syse, wife of Jan Peder Syse (1989-90)
*Arne Olav Brundtland, husband of Gro Harlem Brundtland (1981, 1986-89, 1990-96)
*Hanne Grotjord, wife of Thorbjørn Jagland (1996-97)
*Bjørg Bondevik, wife of Kjell Magne Bondevik (1997-2000, 2001-05)
*Ingrid Schulerud (has not taken the Stoltenberg name), wife of Jens Stoltenberg (2000-01, 2005-)

Pakistan
Wife of the president:

*Sehba Musharraf, wife of Pervez Musharraf (1999-)

Palestine
Wife of the president:

*Suha Arafat, wife of Yasser Arafat (1996-2004)
*Amina Abbas, wife of Mahmoud Abbas (2005-)

Palau
Wife of the president:

*Debbie Remengesau, wife of Tommy Remengesau (2001-)

Panama
Wife of the president:

*Vivian Fernández de Torrijos, wife of Martín Torrijos (2004-)

Papua New Guinea
Wife of the prime-minister:

*Veronica Somare, wife of Michael Somare (1975-80, 1982-85, 2002-)

Paraguay
Wives of the presidents:

*Eliza Lynch, companion of Francisco Solano López (1862-70)
*Gloria Penayo de Duarte, wife of Nicanor Duarte Frutos (2003-)

Peru
Wives of the presidents:

* Violeta Correa, wife of Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1963-68, 1980-85)
* Susana Higuchi, first wife of Alberto Fujimori (1990-94, divorced)
* Satomi Kataoka, second wife of Alberto Fujimori (1994-98, divorced)
* Nilda Jara de Paniagua, wife of Valentín Paniagua (2000-01)
* Eliane Karp de Toledo, wife of Alejandro Toledo (2001-06)
* Pilar Nores de García, wife of Alan García Pérez (1985-90, 2006-)

Philippines
Wives and husbands of the presidents:

* Hilaria Aguinaldo (née del Rosario), wife of Emilio Aguinaldo (1899-1901)
* Aurora Quezon (née Aragón), wife of Manuel L. Quezon (1935-44)
* Pacencia Laurel (née Hidalgo), wife of Jose P. Laurel (1943-45)
* Esperanza Osmeña (née Limjap), wife of Sergio Osmeña (1944-46)
* Trinidad Roxas (née de Leon), wife of Manuel Roxas (1946-48)
* Victoria Quirino Delgado (née Syquia Quirino), wife of Elpidio Quirino (1948-53)
* Luz Magsaysay (née Banzon), wife of Ramon Magsaysay (1953-57)
* Leonila Garcia (née Dimataga), wife of Carlos P. Garcia (1957-61)
* Eva Macapagal (née Macaraeg), wife of Diosdado Macapagal (1961-65)
* Imelda Marcos (née Romualdez), wife of Ferdinand Marcos (1965-86)
* Benigno Aquino, Jr., husband of Corazon Aquino (1986-92)
* Amelita Ramos (née Martinez), wife of Fidel V. Ramos (1992-98)
* Loi Estrada (née Pimentel), wife of Joseph Estrada (1998-2001)
* Jose Miguel Arroyo, husband of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001-)

Poland
Wives of the presidents:

*, wife of (1972-85)
*Barbara Jaruzelska, wife of Wojciech Jaruzelski (1985-90)
* (née GoÅ‚oÅ›), wife of (1990-95)
* (née Konty), wife of (1995-2005)
* (née Mackiewicz), wife of (2005-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*, wife of (1980-81)
*Wanda Rakowska, wife of (1988-89)
*Maria Teresa Kiszczak, wife of (1989)
*Barbara Bielecka, wife of Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1991)
*Elzbieta Pawlak, wife of Waldemar Pawlak (1993-95)
*Maria Oleksa, wife of Józef Oleksy (1995-96)
*Barbara Cimoszewicz, wife of (1996-97)
*Ludgarda Buzek, wife of Jerzy Buzek (1997-2001)
*Aleksandra Miller, wife of Leszek Miller (2001-04)
*Krystyna Belka, wife of Marek Belka (2004-05)
*Maria Marcinkiewicz, wife of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005-06)
* (2006-07) was not married
*, wife of Donald Tusk (since 2007)

Portugal
Wives of the heads of state

*Queen Amélie (née Princess of Orléans), wife of King Carlos I (1886-1908)
*Maria Estela Gomes, wife of Francisco da Costa Gomes (1974-76)
*Maria Manuela dos Santos Eanes, wife of António Ramalho Eanes (1976-86)
*Maria Soares, wife of Mário Soares (1986-96)
*María José Ritta Sampaio, wife of Jorge Sampaio (1996-2006)
*Maria Cavaco Silva, wife of Aníbal Cavaco Silva (2006-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:
*Mercedes Presas Pinto Balsemão, wife of Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981-83)
*Luise Emelia Guterres, wife of António Guterres (1995-2002)
*Margarida Durão Barroso (née Sousa Uva), wife of José Manuel Durão Barroso (2002-04)
*José Sócrates (2005-) is divorced

Qatar
Wife of the emir:

*Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, wife of Emir Hamad bin Khalifa (1995-)

Romania
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Elisabeth (née Princess zu Wied), consort of King Carol I (1866-1914)
*Queen Maria (née Princess of Great Britain), consort of King Ferdinand I (1914-27)
*Queen Elena (née Princess of Greece and Denmark), wife of King Carol II (1930-40)
*Queen Anna (née Princess of Bourbon-Parma), consort of King Michael I (1927-30, 1940-47)
* (née Petrescu), wife of (1967-89)
*Elena Iliescu, wife of Ion Iliescu (1989-96, 2000-04)
*Nadia Constantinescu, wife of Emil Constantinescu (1996-2000)
*, wife of (2004-)

Wives of the heads of government:

*Regina Verdeţ, wife of Ilie Verdeţ (1979-82)
*Mioara Roman, wife of Petre Roman (1989-91)
*Elena Stolojan, wife of Theodor Stolojan (1991-92)
*, wife of (1992-96)
* (née Miculescu), wife of (2000-04)
*, wife of (2004-)

Russia/Soviet Union
Wives of the heads of state:

*Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna (née Princess Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt), consort of Tsar Nicholas II (1894-1917)
*Viktoria Brezhneva, wife of Leonid Brezhnev (1960-64, 1977-82)
*Elena Podgornya, wife of Nikolai Podgorny (1965-77)
*Valentina Gromyka, wife of Andrei Gromyko (1985-88)
*Raisa Gorbacheva, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (1988-91)
*Naina Yeltsina, wife of Boris Yeltsin (1991-99)
*Lyudmila Putina (née Shkrebneva), wife of Vladimir Putin (2000-)

Wives of the heads of government:

*Nadezhda Krupskaya, wife of Vladimir Lenin (1917-24)
*Nina Khrushcheva, wife of Nikita Khrushchev (1958-64)
*Evgevnia Pavlova, wife of Valentin Pavlov (1991)
*Lyudmila Chernomyrdina, wife of Viktor Chernomyrdin (1992-98)
*Yelena Fradkova, wife of Mikhail Fradkov (2004-2007)

Rwanda
Wives of the presidents:

*Agathe Habyarimana, wife of Juvénal Habyarimana (1973-94)
*Jeannette Kagame, wife of Paul Kagame (2000-)

Senegal
Wives of the presidents:

*Colette Senghor (née Hubert), wife of Léopold Sédar Senghor (1960-80)
*Viviane Wade, wife of Abdoulaye Wade (2000-)

Serbia/Yugoslavia
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Draga (née Lunjevica), consort of King of Serbia (1889-1903)
*Queen Zorka (née Princess of Montenegro), consort of King Peter I of Serbia (1903-21)
*Queen Maria (née Princess of Romania), consort of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
*Queen Alexandra (née Princess of Greece and Denmark), consort of King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1944-45) (married in exile)
*Jovanka Broz Tito (née Budisavljević), wife of Josip Broz Tito (1953-80)
*, wife of (1980-81)
*Lidija Kraigher, wife of Sergej Kraigher (1981-82)
*, wife of (1984-85)
*Liljana Mojsov, wife of Lazar Mojsov (1987-88)
*Janez Drnovšek (1989-90) was not married
*, wife of (1991)
*, wife of (1992-93)
*, wife of (1993-97)
*, wife of (1997-2000)
*Zorka Koštunica (née Radović), wife of Vojislav Koštunica (2000-03)
* (née Prelević), wife of (2003-06)
*, wife of (2006-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*, wife of (1986-89)
*, wife of (2001-03)

Sierra Leone
Wife of the president:

*Patricia Kabbah, wife of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1996-97, 1998-2007)

Singapore
Wife of the president:

*Urmila Nathan, wife of Sellapan Rama Nathan (1999-)

Slovakia
Wives of the presidents:

*, wife of (1993-98)
*Irena Schusterová, wife of Rudolf Schuster (1999-2004)
* (née Beníková), wife of (2004-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*, wife of (1993-94, 1994-98)
*Eva Dzurindová, wife of Mikuláš Dzurinda (1998-2006)
*Svetlana Ficova, wife of Robert Fico (2006-)

Slovenia
Wives of the presidents:

*, wife of (1990-2002)
*Janez Drnovšek (since 2002) is not married

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Branka Peterle (née Berkopec), wife of Lojze Peterle (1990-92)
*Jadranka Rop (née Kološa), wife of Anton Rop (2002-04)
*Silva Janša, wife of Janez Janša (2004-)

South Africa
Wives of the presidents:

* Winnie Mandela, second wife of Nelson Mandela (1994-96, divorce)
* Graça Machel, third wife of Nelson Mandela (1998-99), before she was first lady of Mozambique as wife of Samora Machel
* Zanele Mbeki, wife of Thabo Mbeki (1999-)

South Korea
Wife of the president:

*Kwon Yang-suk, wife of Roh Moo-hyun (2003-)

Spain
Wives of the heads of state:

*Queen Victoria Eugenie "Ena" (née Princess of Battenberg), consort of King Alfonso XIII (1886-1931)
*Carmen Franco, wife of Francisco Franco (1939-75)
*Queen Sofía (née Princess of Greece and Denmark), consort of King Juan Carlos I (1975-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Amparo Illona Elortequi, wife of Adolfo Suárez (1976-81)
*Pilar Ibánez Martín Mellado, wife of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Bustelo (1981-82)
*Maria del Carmen Romero López, wife of Felipe González (1982-96)
*Ana Botella, wife of José María Aznar (1996-2004)
*Sonsoles Espinosa, wife of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-)

Sri Lanka
Wife of the president:

*Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-)

Saint Lucia
Wife of the prime-minister:

*Janice Compton, wife of John Compton (1979, 1982-96, 2006-2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Lucy Cato, wife of Robert Milton Cato (1969-72, 1974-84)
*Eloise Gonsalves, wife of Ralph Gonsalves (2001-)

Suriname
Wife of the president:

*Liesbeth Venetiaan-Vanenburg, wife of Ronald Venetiaan (1991-96, 2000-)

Swaziland

*King Mswati III (1986-) has twelve wives

Sweden
Queens:

*Queen Sofia (née Princess of Nassau), consort of King Oscar II (1872-1907)
*Queen Victoria (née Princess of Baden), consort of King Gustav V (1907-50)
*Crown Princess Margaret (née Princess of Great Britain and Ireland), 1st consort of King Gustav VI Adolf (1950-65) (died before he became king)
*Queen Louise (née Princess of Battenberg), 2nd consort of King Gustav VI Adolf (1950-65)
*Queen Silvia (née Sommerlath), consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf (1976-)

Wives of the prime-ministers:

*Agnes Hammarskjöld (née Almquist), wife of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1914-17)
*Dagmar Swartz (née Lundström), wife of Carl Swartz (1917)
*Maria Edén (née Wallmark), wife of Nils Edén (1917-20)
*Caroline De Geer (née Countess Wachtmeister), wife of Louis De Geer (1920-21)
*Signe Trygger (née Söderström), wife of Ernst Trygger (1923-24)
*Anna Branting (née Jäderin), wife of Hjalmar Branting (1920, 1921-23, 1924-25)
*Maria Sandler (née Lindberg), wife of Rickard Sandler (1925-26)
*Anne Lindman (née Almström), wife of Arvid Lindman (1906-11, 1928-30)
*Laura Ekman (née Widlund), wife of Carl Gustaf Ekman (1926-28, 1930-32)
*Elisabeth Hamrin (née Pennycock), wife of Felix Hamrin (1932)
*Anna Elisabeth Hansson (née Fryckberg), wife of Per Albin Hansson (1932-36, 1936-46)
*Sigrid Pehrsson-Bramstorp (née Nilsson), wife of Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1936)
*Aina Erlander (née Andersson), wife of Tage Erlander (1946-69)
*Lisbeth Palme (née Beck-Friis), wife of Olof Palme (1969-76, 1982-86)
*Louise Ullsten (née Beaudoin), wife of Ola Ullsten (1978-79)
*Solveigh Fälldin (née Öberg), wife of Thorbjörn Fälldin (1976-78, 1979-82)
*Mia Bohman Bildt (née Bohman), 2nd wife of Carl Bildt (1991-94)
*Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (née Corazza), 3rd wife of Carl Bildt (1991-94)
*Ingrid Carlsson (née Melander), wife of Ingvar Carlsson (1986-91, 1994-96)
*Annika Barthine (née Andersson; Annika Persson 1995-2002), 2nd wife of Göran Persson (1996-2006)
*Anitra Steen (née Bergström), 3rd wife of Göran Persson (1996-2006)
*Filippa Reinfeldt (née Holmberg), wife of Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006-)

Switzerland
Wives and husbands of the federal presidents:

*Marie Sophie Hauser (née Wiedemann), wife of Walter Hauser (1900)
*Lina Brenner (née Sturzenegger), wife of Ernst Brenner (1901)
*Paulina Deucher (née Schnebli), wife of Adolf Deucher (1903, 1909)
*Elisa-Olga Comtesse (née Matthey-Doret), wife of Robert Comtesse (1904, 1910)
*Johanna Forrer (née Dändliker), wife of Ludwig Forrer (1912)
*Emma Decoppet (née Grandjean), wife of Camille Decoppet (1916)
*Ursulina Calonder (née Walther), wife of Felix-Louis Calonder (1918)
*Alice Ador (née Perdonnet), wife of Gustave Ador (1919)
*Amélie Chuard (née Pittet), wife of Ernest Chuard (1924)
*Clara Haab (née Landis), wife of Robert Haab (1929)
*Paula Häberlin (née Freyenmuth), wife of Heinrich Häberlin (1931)
*Elisabeth Meyer (née von Orelli), wife of Albert Meyer (1936)
*Hanna Baumann (née Bischofberger), wife of Johannes Baumann (1938)
*Rosa Wetter (née Wiesmann), wife of Ernst Wetter (1941)
*Rosalie Celio (née Grolimond), wife of Enrico Celio (1943, 1948)
*Maria Etter (née Hegglin), wife of Philipp Etter (1939, 1942, 1947, 1953)
*Margrit Feldmann (née Beck), wife of Markus Feldmann (1956)
*Anna Holenstein (née Harden), wife of Thomas Holenstein (1958)
*Madeleine Chaudet (née Rogivue), wife of Paul Chaudet (1959, 1962)
*Ruth Schaffner (née Rudolf), wife of Hans Schaffner (1966)
*Gisele Celio (née Cattaneo), wife of Nello Celio (1972)
*Charlotte Bonvin (née Hilarides), wife of Roger Bonvin (1973)
*Lory Brugger (née Ringer), wife of Ernst Brugger (1974)
*Verena Gnägi (née von Allmen), wife of Rudolf Gnägi (1976)
*Renée Germaine Graber (née Avilon), wife of Pierre Graber (1975)
*Ursula Furgler (née Stauffenegger), wife of Kurt Furgler (1977, 1981, 1985)
*Greti Ritschard (née Hostettler), wife of Willy Ritschard (1978)
*Marie-Theres Hürlimann (née Duft), wife of Hans Hürlimann (1979)
*Madeleine Chevallaz (née Roch), wife of Georges-André Chevallaz (1980)
*Lucienne Honegger (née Jacot), wife of Fritz Honegger (1982)
*Heidi Egli (née Mäder), wife of Alphons Egli (1986)
*Anne-Lise Aubert (née Borel), wife of Pierre Aubert (1983)
*Trudi Schlumpf (née Stampfli), wife of Leon Schlumpf (1984)
*Trudi Stich, wife of Otto Stich (1988, 1994)
*Katrin Ogi, wife of Adolf Ogi (1993, 2000)
*Cathérine Delamuraz (née Reymond), wife of Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1989, 1996)
*Gret Leuenberger (née Loewensberg), wife of Moritz Leuenberger (2001)
*Marie Villiger, wife of Kaspar Villiger (1995, 2002)
*Lucette Evelyne Felber (née Monnier), wife of René Felber (1992)
*Erika Koller, wife of Arnold Koller (1990, 1997)
*Renata Cotti (née Naretto), wife of Flavio Cotti (1998)
*Ruth Dreifuss (1999) was not married
*Brigitte Couchepin (née Rendu), wife of Pascal Couchepin (2003)
*Elisabeth Deiss (née Müller), wife of Joseph Deiss (2004)
*Vreni Schmid, wife of Samuel Schmid (2005)
*André Calmy, husband of Micheline Calmy-Rey (2007-)

Syria
Wives of the presidents:

*Anisah al-Assad (née Makhlouf), wife of Hafiz al-Assad (1971-2000)
*Asma al-Assad, wife of Bashar al-Assad (2000-)

Tajikistan
Wife of the president:

*Azizmo Asadullayeva, wife of Emomali Rahmonov (1992-)

Taiwan
Wife of the president:

*Wu Shu-chen, wife of Chen Shui-bian (2000-)

Tanzania
Wives of the presidents:

*Maria Nyerere (née Magige), wife of Julius Nyerere (1964-85)
*Siti Mwinyi, wife of Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1985-95)
*Anna Mkapa, wife of Benjamin Mkapa (1995-2005)
*Salma Kikwete, wife of Jakaya Kikwete (2005-)

Thailand
Queens:

* King Vajiravudh (1910-25) had four wifes
*Queen Ramphaiphanni, consort of King Prajadhipok (1925-35)
* King Ananda (1935-46) was not married
*Queen Sirikit, consort of King Bhumibol (1950-)

Wives of the prime ministers:

*Khunying Phankrua Yongchaiyudh, wife of Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1996-97)
*Pakdiporn Sujaritkul, wife of Chuan Leekpai (1992-95, 1997-2001)
*Potjaman Shinawatra, wife of Thaksin Shinawatra (2001-06)
*Chitravadee Chulanont, wife of Surayud Chulanont (2006-)

Tonga

*Viliami Tungi Mailefihi, consort of Queen Salote Tupou III (1918-1941)
*King George Tupou V (2006-) is not married

Trinidad and Tobago
Wife of the president:

* Jean Ramjohn-Richards, wife of George Maxwell Richards (2003-)

Tunisia
Wife of the president:

*Leila Ben Ali, wife of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali (1987-)

Turkey
Wives of the heads of state:

*, wife of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1921-38)
*, wife of (acting in 1980)
*Semra Özal, wife of Turgut Özal (1989-93)
*Nazmiye Demirel, wife of Süleyman Demirel (1993-2000)
*Semra Sezer, wife of Ahmet Necdet Sezer (2000-07)
*Hayrünnisa Gül, wife of Abdullah Gül (2007-)

Wives and husbands of the heads of governments:

*Mizat Ulusu, wife of Bülent Ulusu (1980-83)
*Özer Çiller, husband of Tansu Çiller (1993-96)
*Nermin Erbakan, wife of Necmettin Erbakan (1996-97)
*Berna Yilmaz, wife of Mesut Yilmaz (1991, 1996, 1997-99)
*, wife of Bülent Ecevit (1974, 1977, 1978-79, 1999-2002)
*, wife of (2003-)

Uganda
Wives of the presidents:

*Miria Obote, wife of Milton Obote (1962-66)
*Janet Museveni, wife of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (1986-)

Ukraine
Wives of the presidents:

*Antonia Kravchuk, wife of Leonid Kravchuk (1991-94)
*Ludmila Kuchma, wife of Leonid Kuchma (1994-2005)
*Katerina Mykhaylivna Yushchenko (née Chumachenko), wife of Viktor Yushchenko (2005-)

Wives and husbands of the prime-ministers:

*Lidia Marchuk, wife of Yevhen Marchuk (1995-96)
*Oleksandr Tymoshenko, husband of Yulia Tymoshenko (2005)
*Olena Yekhanurova, wife of Yuri Yekhanurov (2005-06)

United Kingdom
Consorts of the monarchs:

*Prince Albert (born Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), consort of Queen Victoria (1840-until his death in 1861)
*Queen Alexandra (née Princess of Denmark), consort of King Edward VII (1901-10)
*Queen Mary (née Princess of Teck), consort of King George V (1910-36)
*King Edward VIII was not married during his reign in 1936
*Queen Elizabeth (née Bowes-Lyon), consort of King George VI (1936-52)
*Prince Philipp (born Mountbatten, Prince of Greece and Denmark), consort of Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)

Spouses of the prime ministers:

* Arthur James Balfour (1902-05) was not married
* Charlotte Campbell-Bannerman (née Bruce), wife of Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905-08)
* Emma Asquith (née Tennant), wife of Herbert Asquith (1908-16)
* Frances George (née Stevenson), wife of Lloyd George (1916-22)
* Annie Law (née Pitcairn Robley), wife of Andrew Bonar Law (1922-23)
* Lucy Baldwin (née Risdale), wife of Stanley Baldwin (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
* Margaret Ethel MacDonald (née Gladstone), wife of Ramsay MacDonald (1924, 1929-35)
* Anne Chamberlain (née de Vere Cole), wife of Neville Chamberlain (1937-40)
* Violet Attlee (née Millar), wife of Clement Attlee (1945-51)
* Clementine Churchill (née Hozier), wife of Winston Churchill (1940-45, 1951-55)
* Anne Eden (née Spencer-Churchill), wife of Anthony Eden and niece of Winston Churchill (1955-57)
* Dorothy Macmillan (née Cavendish), wife of Harold Macmillan (1957-63)
* Elizabeth Douglas-Home (née Alington), wife of Alec Douglas-Home (1963-64)
* Edward Heath (1970-74) was not married
* Mary Wilson (née Roy), wife of Harold Wilson (1964-70, 1974-76)
* Audrey Callaghan (née Moulton), wife of James Callaghan (1976-79)
* Denis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher (1979-90)
* Norma Major (née Johnson), wife of John Major (1990-97)
* Cherie Blair (née Booth), wife of Tony Blair (1997-2007)
* (née Macaulay), wife of Gordon Brown (since 2007)

United States
Wives of the presidents:

* See First Lady of the United States

Uruguay
Wives of the presidents:

*Mercedes Menafra de Batlle, wife of Jorge Batlle (2000-05)
*María Auxiliadora Delgado de Vázquez, wife of Tabaré Vázquez (2005-)

Uzbekistan
Wife of the president:

*Tatyana Karimova, wife of Islom Karimov (1991-)

Vanuatu
Wife of the president:

*Hanson Mataskelekele, wife of Kalkot Mataskelekele (2004-)

Wife of the prime minister:

*Mary Lini (née Ketu), wife of Walter Lini (1980-91)

Venezuela
Wife of the president:

*Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez, wife of Hugo Chávez (1999-2002, 2002-)

Vietnam
Wife of the president:

*, wife of (2006-)

Zambia
Wives of the presidents:

*Betty Kaunda (née Banda), wife of Kenneth Kaunda (1964-91)
*Vera Chiluba, wife of Frederick Chiluba (1991-2002)
*Maureen Mwanawasa, wife of Levy Mwanawasa (2002-)

Zimbabwe
Wives of the presidents:

*Janet Banana, wife of Canaan Banana (1980-87)
*Sally Mugabe (née Hayfron ), first wife of Robert Mugabe (1987-92)
*Grace Mugabe (née Marufu), second wife of Robert Mugabe (1996-)
 
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