| Post: | First Lady |
| Body: | Paraguay |
| Insignia: | Flag of Paraguay.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Flag of Paraguay |
| Incumbent: | Leticia Ocampos |
| Residence: | Mburuvicha Róga |
| Incumbentsince: | 15 August 2023 |
| Style: | Madam |
First Lady of Paraguay (Spanish: Primera Dama de Paraguay), also called First Lady of the Nation (Spanish: Primera Dama de la Nación), is the official post of the wife (or designated person) of the president of Paraguay.[1] The official workplace of the Paraguayan first lady is Mburuvicha Róga. The current first lady of Paraguay is Leticia Ocampos, wife of President Santiago Peña.[2]
According to Paraguayan law, the Office of the First Lady of the Nation depends structurally and financially on the presidency of the republic. The first lady exercises her duties through the REPADEH (Red Paraguaya para el Desarrollo Humano) Foundation, focused mainly in social and health affairs.
With the exception of a 14-month period between 2012–2013, Paraguay did not have a president's wife as First Lady for a decade, between 2008 and 2018. As Fernando Lugo, who was elected President in 2008, was unmarried, he designated his elder sister, Mercedes Lugo, as First Lady.[1] [3] After Lugo was impeached and succeeded by Federico Franco, Franco's wife Emilia Alfaro de Franco assumed the post; however, Franco's successor, Horacio Cartes, one day after assuming the presidency, ended the title of First Lady instead of handing it to his estranged wife, María Montaña de Cartes.[4] [5]
| width=16% | Portrait | width=25% | First Lady | width=16% | Tenure begins | width=16% | Tenure ends | width=16% | President of Paraguay | width=16% | Notes |
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| 1844 | 1862 | Carlos Antonio López | |||||||||
| Eliza Lynch | 1862 | 1869 | Francisco Solano López | ||||||||
| Clara Recalde | 1870 | 1870 | Facundo Machaín | ||||||||
| Vacant | 1870 | 1871 | Cirilo Antonio Rivarola | ||||||||
| Ercilia Bogado | 1871 | 1874 | Salvador Jovellanos | ||||||||
| María Concepción Díaz de Bedoya | 1874 | 1877 | Juan Bautista Gill | ||||||||
| Etelvina Trinidad Mercedes Velilla | 1877 | 1878 | Higinio Uriarte | ||||||||
| Atanasia Escato | 1878 | 1880 | Cándido Bareiro | ||||||||
| María Concepción Díaz de Bedoya | 1880 | 1886 | Bernardino Caballero | ||||||||
| Ramona Ignacia Garcete | 1886 | 1890 | Patricio Escobar | ||||||||
| Rosa Peña Guanes | 1890 | 1894 | Juan Gualberto González | ||||||||
| Ramona Bareiro Caballero | 1894 | 1894 | Marcos Morínigo | ||||||||
| Casiana Isasi | 1894 | 1898 | Juan Bautista Egusquiza | ||||||||
| Josefina Rivarola | 1898 | 1902 | Emilio Aceval | ||||||||
| Margarita Salomoni | 1902 | 1902 | Andrés Héctor Carvallo | ||||||||
| Josefa Rojas | 1902 | 1904 | Juan Antonio Escurra | ||||||||
| Regina Corti Onetto | 1904 | 1905 | Juan Bautista Gaona | ||||||||
| Marcelina Allende | 1905 | 1906 | Cecilio Báez | ||||||||
| María del Carmen de la Mora Isasi | 1906 – 1908 | 1908 | Benigno Ferreira | ||||||||
| Adela da Fontoura Lima | 1908 | 1910 | Emiliano González Navero | ||||||||
| Emilia Victoria Alfaro | 1910 | 1911 | Manuel Gondra | ||||||||
| Vacant | August 15, 1916 | June 5, 1919 | External links |