First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador explained

Post:First Ladies and Gentlemen
Body:Ecuador
Insignia:Coat of arms of Ecuador original version.svg
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Incumbent:Lavinia Valbonesi
Incumbentsince:23 November 2023
Residence:Carondelet Palace
Formation:22 September 1830
Inaugural:Mercedes Jijón

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, Eduardo Peña Triviño, the husband of former acting president Rosalía Arteaga Serrano.

List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

Type of government

Picture Name President Term in office
Holders of the title "Wife of the President"
Mercedes JijónJuan José Flores1830–1834
Baltazara Calderón de RocafuerteVicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano1835–1839
(1º)Mercedes JijónJuan José Flores1839–1845
María Rosa IcazaJosé Joaquín de Olmedo
(Head of the Provisional Government)
1845–1845
Juana Andrade Fuente FríaVicente Ramón Roca1845–1849
Carmen Salinas de la VegaManuel de Ascazubi y Matheu
(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)
1849–1850
Tomasa Carbo y NoboaDiego Noboa1850–1851
Teresa JadoJosé María Urvina y Viteri1851–1856
Carmen de Santistevan y AvilésFrancisco Robles Garcia1856–1859
Rosa Ascázubi y MatheuGabriel García Moreno1859–1865
WidowerRafael Carvajal
(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)
1865–1865
María 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)
1869–1869
Mariana del Alcazar y AscasubiGabriel García Moreno1869–1875
Francisco Xavier León y Franco
(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)
1875–1875
José Javier Eguiguren
(Min. of Finance, in charge of the Government)
1875–1875
10ºRosa Lucía Moscoso CardenasAntonio Borrero y Cortázar1875–1876
11ºMarieta 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)
1883
12ºPastoriza Marquez de la Plata y PlazaJosé María Plácido Caamaño1883–1888
Leticia Escobar y SalvadorPedro José Cevallos
(Vice-president, in charge of the Government)
1895–1895
13ºLeonor 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)
1895–1895
14ºAna Paredes ArosemenaEloy Alfaro Delgado1895–1901
15ºAvelina LassoLeónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez1901–1905
16ºCarmen 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)
1911–1911
17ºLastenia 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 Gutiérrez1912–1916
18ºPiedad Roca MarcosAlfredo Baquerizo Moreno1916–1920
19ºEsther Concha TorresJosé Luis Tamayo1920–1924
20ºVictoria Monsalve CardenasGonzalo Córdova y Rivera1924–1925
Does not existProvisional Government1925–1926
21ºLaura 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)
1932–1932
22ºFrancisca Torres LascanoJuan de Dios Martínez Mera1932–1933
Abelardo Montalvo
(President of the Senate, in charge of the Government)
1933–1934
23ºEsther 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)
1938
24ºJudith 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)
1940
25ºElena Yerovi MatheuCarlos Arroyo del Río1940–1944
Does not existProvisional Government1944

First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

Type of Government

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)
1947
27ºBlanca Pasquel AlarcónMariano Suárez Veintimilla1947
28ºLaura Monroy GaraycoaCarlos Julio Arosemena Tola1947–1948
29ºRosario Pallares ZaldumbideGalo Plaza Lasso1948–1952
(26º)Corina del ParralJosé María Velasco Ibarra1952–1956
30ºDolores GangotenaCamilo Ponce Enríquez1956–1960
(26º)Corina del ParralJosé María Velasco Ibarra1960–1961
31ºGladys 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)
1966
32ºLucila 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)
1976–1979
33ºMartha Bucaram OrtizJaime Roldós Aguilera1979–1981
34ºMargarita Pérez PallaresOsvaldo Hurtado Larrea1981–1984
35ºMaría Eugenia Cordovez PontónLeón Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra1984–1988
36ºCarmen CalistoRodrigo Borja Cevallos1988–1992
37ºJosefina VillalobosSixto Durán Ballén1992–1996
38ºMaría 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)
1997–1998
39ºPaola Mahuad CalderónJamil Mahuad Witt1998–2000
40ºMaria Isabel BaquerizoGustavo Noboa Bejarano2000–2003
41ºXimena BohórquezLucio Gutiérrez Borbua2003–2005
42ºMaría Beatriz ParetAlfredo Palacio González2005–2007
43ºAnne Malherbe GosselinRafael Correa Delgado2007–2017
44ºRocío González NavasLenín Moreno Garcés2017–2021
45ºMaría de Lourdes AlcívarGuillermo Lasso Mendoza2021–2023
46ºLavinia ValbonesiDaniel Noboa Azin2023–present