First ladies and gentlemen of Argentina explained

Post:	First Lady
Body:	the Argentine Nation
Insignia:	Coat of arms of Argentina.svg
Insigniasize:	100px
Style:	Madam First Lady
Insigniacaption:	Coat of arms of Argentina
Incumbent:	Vacant
Incumbentsince:	10 December 2023
Residence:	Quinta de Olivos
Termlength:	Coterminous to presidential term (4 years)
Inaugural:	Juana del Pino
Last:	Fabiola Yáñez

First Lady or First Gentleman of Argentina (Spanish; Castilian: Primera dama o Primer caballero de Argentina), also known as First Lady or First Gentleman of the Argentine Nation (Spanish; Castilian: Primera dama o Primer caballero de la Nación Argentina), is the unofficial and protocol title of the hostess or host of the Quinta de Olivos, and on special occasions of the Casa Rosada, usually the spouse of the sitting president of Argentina.

Role

The first lady or first gentleman is not an elected position, carries no official duties and brings no salary. Nonetheless, he or she participates in humanitarian and charitable work. Furthermore, many have taken an active role in campaigning for the president with whom they are associated.

Some facts about the first ladies and gentlemen of Argentina:

• Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica, whom born in Uruguay and Regina Pacini, whom born in Portugal are the only two First Ladies of Argentina who were born in a foreign country.
• Eva Perón (1919 - 1952), First Lady from 1946 until her death, was the most important and influential First Lady, known for her work in many charitable and feminist causes. Before her death, the Argentine Congress named her the "Spiritual Leader of the Nation".
• Isabel Perón was the first First Lady to become the President of Argentina in 1974 after the death of her husband, Juan Domingo Perón.
• Zulema Yoma, is the first First Lady of Argentina in the history of her country of Arab descent.
• Zulema María Eva Menem, nicknamed Zulemita, was the first and only presidential daughter, officially known to act as a first lady.
• Cristina Fernández, former First Lady from 2003 to 2007 was the first woman democratically elected President of Argentina.
• Néstor Kirchner (1950 - 2010), former Argentine president, was the only First Gentleman of Argentina.

List

This list included all persons who served as first ladies or first gentlemen, regardless of whether they were married to the incumbent president or not, as well as persons who are considered to have acted as first lady .

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No.	Portrait	First Lady or Gentleman	Tenure	Age at tenure start	President
1		Juana Josefa Joaquina del Pino y Vera Mujica de Rivadavia	February 8, 1826 – June 27, 1827		Bernardino Rivadavia
2		Lucía Petrona Riera Merlo de López y Planes	July 7, 1827 – August 18, 1827		Vicente López y Planes
3		Facunda Dolores Costa Brizuela de Urquiza	March 5, 1854 – March 5, 1860		Justo José de Urquiza
4		Modesta García de Cossio Vedoya de Derqui	March 5, 1860 – November 5, 1861		Santiago Derqui
5		Juana Rosa Heredia Cañas de Pedernera	November 5, 1861 – December 12, 1861		Juan Esteban Pedernera
6		Delfina María Luisa de Vedia Pérez de Mitre	December 12, 1861 – October 12, 1868		Bartolomé Mitre
7		Benita Agustina Martínez Pastoriza de Sarmiento	October 12, 1868 – October 12, 1874		Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
8		Carmen Nóbrega Miguens de Avellaneda	October 12, 1874 – October 11, 1880		Nicolás Avellaneda
9		Clara Dolores del Corazón de Jesús Funes Díaz de Roca	October 12, 1880 – October 11, 1886		Julio Argentino Roca
10		Benedicta Elisa Funes Díaz de Juárez Celman	October 12, 1886 – August 6, 1890		Miguel Juárez Celman
11		Carolina Ignacia Lagos García de Pellegrini	August 7, 1890 – October 11, 1892		Carlos Pellegrini
12		Cipriana Lahitte Bonavía de Sáenz Peña	October 12, 1892 – January 23, 1895		Luis Sáenz Peña
13		Leonor Hermenegilda del Carmen Tezanos Pinto Segovia de Uriburu	January 24, 1895 – October 11, 1898		José E. de Uriburu
14		Susana Rodríguez Viana de Quintana	October 12, 1904 – March 12, 1906		Manuel Quintana
15		Josefa Julia María Bouquet Roldán de Figueroa Alcorta	March 13, 1906 – October 11, 1910		José Figueroa Alcorta
16		Rosa Isidora González Delgado de Sáenz Peña	October 11, 1910– August 10, 1914		Roque Sáenz Peña
17		Emily Henry	August 10, 1914 – October 12, 1916		Victorino de la Plaza
Vacant			October 12, 1916 – October 12, 1922		Hipólito Yrigoyen
18		Regina Isabel Luisa Pacini Quintero de Alvear	October 12, 1922 – October 11, 1928		Torcuato de Alvear
Vacant			October 12, 1928 – September 6, 1930		Hipólito Yrigoyen
19		Aurelia Madero Buján de Uriburu de facto	September 6, 1930 – February 19, 1932		José Félix Uriburu de facto
20		Ana Encarnación Bernal Harris de Justo	February 20, 1932 – February 19, 1938		Agustín Pedro Justo
21		María Luisa Iribarne Daubert de Ortíz	February 20, 1938 – April 3, 1940		Roberto M. Ortiz
Vacant			April 3, 1940 – June 27, 1942
22		María Delia Luzuriaga Chaves de Castillo	June 27, 1942 – June 4, 1943		Ramón S. Castillo
23		María Inés Lobato Mulle de Ramírez de facto	June 7, 1943 – February 23, 1944		Pedro Pablo Ramírez de facto
24		Conrada Victoria Torni Carpani de Farrell de facto	February 24, 1944 – June 3, 1946		Edelmiro Farrell de facto
25		María Eva Duarte de Perón	June 4, 1946 – July 26, 1952		Juan Perón
Vacant			July 26, 1952 – September 19, 1955
26		Mercedes Villada Achával de Lonardi de facto	September 23, 1955 – November 12, 1955		Eduardo Lonardi de facto
27		Sara Lucía Herrera Contreras de Aramburu de facto	November 13, 1955 – May 1, 1958		Pedro Eugenio Aramburu de facto
28		Elena Luisa María Faggionatto Cavicchi de Frondizi	May 1, 1958 – March 29, 1962		Arturo Frondizi
29		Purificación Areal de Guido de facto	March 29, 1962 – October 12, 1963		José María Guido de facto
30		Silvia Elvira Martorell Kaswalder de Illia	October 12, 1963 – June 28, 1966		Arturo Illia
31		María Emilia Green Urien de Onganía de facto	June 29, 1966 – June 8, 1970		Juan Carlos Onganía de facto
32		Bety Nelly Andrés Llana de Levingston de facto 4 May 1926	June 18, 1970 – March 21, 1971		Roberto M. Levingston de facto
33		Ileana María Bell Bidart de Lanusse de facto	March 26, 1971 – May 25, 1973		Alejandro Agustín Lanusse de facto
34		María Georgina Cecilia Acevedo de Cámpora	May 25, 1973 – July 13, 1973		Héctor Cámpora
35		Norma Beatriz López Rega Maseda 17 February 1945	July 13, 1973 – October 12, 1973		Raúl Lastiri
36		Isabel Estela Martínez de Perón 4 February 1931	October 12, 1973 – July 1, 1974		Juan Perón
Vacant			July 1, 1974 – March 24, 1976		Isabel Perón
37		Alicia Raquel Hartridge Lacoste de Videla de facto	March 29, 1976 – March 29, 1981		Jorge Rafael Videla de facto
38		Nélida Giorgio Valente de Viola de facto	March 29, 1981 – December 11, 1981		Roberto Viola de facto
39		Lucía Noemí Gentili Cecchi de Galtieri de facto	December 22, 1981 – June 18, 1982		Leopoldo Galtieri de facto
40		Nilda Raquel Belén Etcheverry de Bignone de facto	July 1, 1982 – December 10, 1983		Reynaldo Bignone de facto
41		María Lorenza Barreneche de Alfonsín	December 10, 1983 – July 8, 1989		Raúl Alfonsín
42		Zulema Fátima Yoma de Menem 18 December 1942	July 8, 1989 – April 26, 1995		Carlos Menem
43		Zulema María Eva Menem 25 December 1970	April 26, 1995 – December 10, 1999		Carlos Menem
44		Inés Pertiné Urien de de la Rúa 27 December 1942	December 10, 1999 – December 21, 2001		Fernando de la Rúa
45		María Alicia Mazzarino de Rodríguez Saá 1948	December 23, 2001 – December 30, 2001	53 years	Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
46		Hilda González de Duhalde 14 October 1944	January 2, 2002 – May 25, 2003		Eduardo Duhalde
47		Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner 19 February 1953	May 25, 2003 – December 10, 2007		Néstor Kirchner
48		Néstor Carlos Kirchner	December 10, 2007 – October 27, 2010		Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Vacant			October 27, 2010 – December 10, 2015
49		María Juliana Awada 3 April 1974	December 10, 2015 – December 10, 2019		Mauricio Macri
50		Fabiola Andrea Yáñez 14 July 1981	December 10, 2019 – December 10, 2023		Alberto Fernández 2014
Vacant			December 10, 2023 – Present		Javier Milei^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-12-18 . Javier Milei decidió que Fátima Flórez no será Primera Dama . 2024-04-24 . Caras . es . Javier Milei decided that Fátima Flórez won't be First Lady.