First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the presidents of Ecuador. There has been only one first gentleman of Ecuador to date, Pedro Fernández de Córdova Álvarez, the husband of former acting president Rosalía Arteaga Serrano.

List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

Type of government: 

Nº Picture Name President Term in office Holders of the title "Wife of the President"1ºMercedes JijónJuan José Flores1830–18342ºBaltazara Calderón de RocafuerteVicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano1835–1839(1º)Mercedes JijónJuan José Flores1839–1845 María Rosa IcazaJosé Joaquín de Olmedo (Head of the Provisional Government)1845–18453ºJuana Andrade Fuente FríaVicente Ramón Roca1845–1849 Carmen Salinas de la VegaManuel de Ascazubi y Matheu(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1849–18504ºTomasa Carbo y NoboaDiego Noboa1850–18515ºTeresa JadoJosé María Urvina y Viteri1851–18566ºCarmen de Santistevan y AvilésFrancisco Robles Garcia1856–18597ºRosa Ascázubi y MatheuGabriel García Moreno1859–1865 WidowerRafael Carvajal(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1865–18658ºMaría Antonia AndradeJeronimo Carrion y Palacio1865–1867 Juana Arteta y GarzonPedro José de Arteta(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1867–1868 SingleJavier Espinosa y Espinosa1868–1869 Mariana del Alcázar y AscasubiGabriel García Moreno(Interim President)1869–1869 Carmen Salinas de la VegaManuel de Ascásubi y Matheu(Interim constitutional President)1869–18699ºMariana del Alcazar y AscasubiGabriel García Moreno1869–1875 Francisco Xavier León y Franco(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1875–1875 Isabel Valdivieso y Carcelén de Guevara José Javier Eguiguren(Min. of Finance, in charge of the Government)1875–187510ºRosa Lucía Moscoso CardenasAntonio Borrero y Cortázar1875–187611ºMarieta de VeintemillaIgnacio de Veintemilla y Villacis1876–1883 Jesús Dávila HerediaLuis Cordero Crespo(1st President of the Pentavirato)1883 Antonia Chiriboga y MuñozRafael Pérez Pareja(2nd President of the Pentavirato)188312ºPastoriza Marquez de la Plata y PlazaJosé María Plácido Caamaño1883–1888 Leticia Escobar y SalvadorPedro José Cevallos(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1895–189513ºLeonor Ruiz de ApodacaAntonio Flores Jijón1888–1892 Widower(Jesús Davila Heredia)Luis Cordero Crespo1892–1895 Manuela Quiñones PerezVicente Lucio Salazar(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1895–189514ºAna Paredes ArosemenaEloy Alfaro Delgado1895–190115ºAvelina LassoLeónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez1901–190516ºCarmen Coello AlvarezLizardo García Sorroza1905–1906(14º)Ana Paredes ArosemenaEloy Alfaro Delgado1906–1911 Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la TorreCarlos Freile Zaldumbide(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1911–191117ºLastenia Gamarra MenéndezEmilio Estrada Carmona1911 Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la TorreCarlos Freile Zaldumbide(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1911–1912 Victoria Malo GermanFrancisco Andrade Marín(President of the Congress, in charge of the Government)1912–1912 Piedad Roca MarcosAlfredo Baquerizo Moreno(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1912–1912(15º)Avelina LassoLeónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez1912–191618ºPiedad Roca MarcosAlfredo Baquerizo Moreno1916–192019ºEsther Concha TorresJosé Luis Tamayo1920–192420ºVictoria Monsalve CardenasGonzalo Córdova y Rivera1924–1925 Does not existProvisional Government1925–192621ºLaura Carbo NúñezIsidro Ayora Cueva1926–1931 Lucy Lopez y WilliamsLuis Larrea Alba(Secretary of State, in charge of the Government)1931–1931 Piedad Roca MarcosAlfredo Baquerizo Moreno(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1931–1932 Manuela Gomez de la Torre y NájeraCarlos Freile Larrea(Secretary of State, in charge of the Government)1932–1932 Maria Elena Valenzuela y PlazaAlberto Guerrero Martínez(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1932–193222ºFrancisca Torres LascanoJuan de Dios Martínez Mera1932–1933 Abelardo Montalvo(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1933–193423ºEsther Silva BurbanoJosé María Velasco Ibarra1934–1935 SingleAntonio Pons(Secretary of State, in charge of the Government)1935–1935 Adelina Espinosa GarcíaFederico Páez(Interim President)1935–1937 Mariana Calderón AlavaAlberto Enríquez Gallo(Supreme Chief)1937–1938 Ana Maria BustamanteManuel María Borrero(Interim President)193824ºJudith Perez DavalosAurelio Mosquera Narváez1938–1939 Elena Yerovi MatheuCarlos Arroyo del Río(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)1939 Rosario Galarza ArizagaAndres Fernandez de Cordova(President of the Congress, in charge of the Government)1939–1940 Julio Enrique Moreno(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)194025ºElena Yerovi MatheuCarlos Arroyo del Río1940–1944 Does not existProvisional Government1944

First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

Type of Government: 

Nº Image Name President Term in office Holders of the title "First Lady of Ecuador"26ºCorina del ParralJosé María Velasco Ibarra1944–1947 Carlos Mancheno Cajas(Min. of Defense, Presidente by Fact)194727º Blanca Pasquel AlarcónMariano Suárez Veintimilla194728ºLaura Monroy GaraycoaCarlos Julio Arosemena Tola1947–194829ºRosario Pallares ZaldumbideGalo Plaza Lasso1948–1952(26º)Corina del ParralJosé María Velasco Ibarra1952–195630ºDolores GangotenaCamilo Ponce Enríquez1956–1960(26º)Corina del ParralJosé María Velasco Ibarra1960–196131ºGladys PeetCarlos Julio Arosemena Monroy1961–1963 Piedad Gabela ReyesRamón Castro Jijón(President of the Military Government)1963–1966 Victoria Mercedes Gomez IcazaClemente Yerovi Indaburu(Interim President)196632ºLucila Santos TrujilloOtto Arosemena Gomez1966–1968(26º)Corina del ParralJosé María Velasco Ibarra1968–1972 Aida Judith LeonGuillermo Rodríguez Lara(President by Fact)1972–1976 Alicia PizzimbonoAlfredo Poveda(President by Fact)1976–197933ºMartha Bucaram OrtizJaime Roldós Aguilera1979–198134ºMargarita Pérez PallaresOsvaldo Hurtado Larrea1981–198435ºMaría Eugenia Cordovez PontónLeón Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra1984–198836ºCarmen CalistoRodrigo Borja Cevallos1988–199237ºJosefina VillalobosSixto Durán Ballén1992–199638ºMaría Rosa Pulley VergaraAbdalá Bucaram Ortiz1996–1997 Pedro Fernández de CordovaRosalía Arteaga Serrano(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)1997–1997 Lucia Peña OchoaFabián Alarcón Rivera(Interim President)1997–199839ºPaola Mahuad CalderónJamil Mahuad Witt1998–200040ºMaria Isabel BaquerizoGustavo Noboa Bejarano2000–200341ºXimena BohórquezLucio Gutiérrez Borbua2003–200542ºMaría Beatriz ParetAlfredo Palacio González2005–200743ºAnne Malherbe GosselinRafael Correa Delgado2007–201744ºRocío González NavasLenín Moreno Garcés2017–202145ºMaría de Lourdes AlcívarGuillermo Lasso Mendoza2021–202346ºLavinia ValbonesiDaniel Noboa Azin2023–present