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

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 Ibañez Lover and wife of Jaime Lusinchi from 1991 until his death
María Gabriela Chávez Colmenares

See also

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