List of first ladies of Colombia
The first lady of Colombia is the hostess of the Casa de Nariño. The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of Colombia, but there is a possibility that the title may be applied to women who are not the president's wife, such as when the president is single or widowed, or when the president's wife cannot fulfill the duties of first lady. The first lady is not an elected position; He does not perform official duties nor receive a salary. However, he attends many official ceremonies and state functions alongside or instead of the president. Traditionally, the first lady does not hold outside employment while in office, during her time in the role.The First Lady of the Nation also usually carries with honors the board of trustees of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, a child protection institute, founded in 1968 by the 22nd president Carlos Lleras Restrepo, the main promoter being his wife, the first lady Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras. that is, there has never been a female president in this country.
There have been a total of 35 first ladies, including 34 official and 1 acting, within 34 first ladies. Following Gustavo Petro's inauguration on August 7, 2022, his wife, Verónica Alcocer, became the 35th official first lady.
There are six living former First Ladies: Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria, married to César Gaviria; Jacquin Strouss de Samper, married to Ernesto Samper; Nohra Puyana de Pastrana, married to Andrés Pastrana; Lina Moreno de Uribe married to Álvaro Uribe; María Clemencia de Santos, married to Juan Manuel Santos and María Juliana Ruiz, married to Iván Duque. The First Lady who died most recently was Nydia Quintero Turbay, former wife of Julio César Turbay Ayala. The first First Lady was Soledad Román de Núñez, married to Rafael Núñez. President Miguel Abadía Méndez is the only one who married while being elected president. The wife of only one president died before her husband took office, María Antonia Suárez being the daughter of President Marco Fidel Suárez, the only first lady not to be a wife.
List
Listed below are all the First ladies of Colombia since its creation in 1886, 37 of them were married to the current president, one of them acting, and only one has died in office.Other spouses of presidents of Colombia
Certain spouses of presidents of the Colombia are not considered first ladies of Colombia.Three presidents were divorced and remarried prior to their presidencies:
- Rafael Núñez was married to Dolores Gallegos from 1851 to 1872. He was later married to Soledad Román Polanco from 1877 until his death in 1894.
- Juan Manuel Santos was married to Silvia Amaya from approximately 1970 to 1972.
- Gustavo Petro was married to Katia Burgos from 1986 to 1990 and to Mary Luz Herrán from 1992 to 2000. He was later married to Verónica Alcocer since 2000.
- Alfonso López Pumarejo was married to Olga Dávila Alzamora from 1953 until his death in 1959.
- Julio César Turbay Ayala was married to Amparo Canal from 1986 until his death in 2005.
- Belisario Betancur was married to Dalita Navarro from 2000 until his death in 2018.