| Post: | First Lady |
| Body: | the Republic of the Congo |
| Insignia: | Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Incumbent: | Antoinette Sassou Nguesso |
| Incumbentsince: | October 25, 1997 |
| Formation: | August 16, 1963 |
The First Lady of the Republic of the Congo (French: Première Dame de la République du Congo) is the title attributed to the wife of the president of the Republic of the Congo.[1] [2] The country's current first lady is Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, wife of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who had held the position since October 25, 1997.[2] There has been no first gentleman of the Republic of the Congo to date.
| Name | Portrait | Term Began | Term Ended | President | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position vacant | August 15, 1960 | August 15, 1963 | Fulbert Youlou | President Youlou, a Roman Catholic priest, was unmarried. | |
| August 16, 1963 | September 4, 1968 | Alphonse Massamba-Débat | Born c. 1928, Marie Massamba-Debat was the first First Lady of the Republic of Congo.[3] She died on October 13, 1993, in Nantes, France. | ||
| ? | September 5, 1968 | January 1, 1969 | Alfred Raoul | Alfred Raoul married Émilienne Raoul prior to his death in 1999.[4] | |
| Clotilde Ngouabi | January 1, 1969 | March 18, 1972 | Marien Ngouabi | Clotilde Ngouabi (née Martin), who was from Walscheid, France, was President Ngouabi's first wife. The couple married in 1962 and had two children before their divorce in 1972.[5] [6] | |
| December 31, 1972 | March 18, 1977 | Marien Ngouabi | Céline Ngouabi was President Ngouabi's second wife. The couple married in 1972, shortly after his divorce from Clotilde. | ||
| April 24, 1977 | February 5, 1979 | Joachim Yhombi-Opango | |||
| Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | February 8, 1979 | August 31, 1992 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | First tenure as first lady | |
| August 31, 1992 | August 25, 1997 | Pascal Lissouba | Lissouba, born Marie-Jocelyne Rosdam, was a French national | ||
| Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | August 31, 1997 | Present | Denis Sassou Nguesso | ||