List of spouses of heads of state explained

The following is a list of spouses of current heads of state.

States recognised by the United Nations

Statewidth=320Head of stateSpouseclass=unsortableImage
AfghanistanSupreme Leader Hibatullah AkhundzadaReported two wives (unconfirmed)[1]
AlbaniaPresident Bajram BegajArmanda Begaj
AlgeriaPresident Abdelmadjid TebbouneFatima Zohra Bella
AndorraCo-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília
Co-Prince Emmanuel MacronBrigitte Macron
Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince Josep Maria Mauri
Representative of the French Co-Prince Patrick Strzoda
AngolaPresident João LourençoAna Dias Lourenço
Antigua and BarbudaKing Charles III
Governor-General Rodney WilliamsSandra Williams
ArgentinaPresident Javier MileiFátima Flórez (domestic partner; broken up)
ArmeniaPresident Vahagn KhachaturyanAnahit Minasyan
AustraliaKing Charles III
Governor-General Sam MostynSimeon Beckett SC
AustriaPresident Alexander Van der BellenDoris Schmidauer
AzerbaijanPresident Ilham AliyevMehriban Aliyeva
King Charles III
Governor-General Cynthia A. PrattWidowed
BahrainKing Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaSabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al Ajmi
Hessa bint Faisal bin Muhammad bin Shuraim Al Marri
Manal bint Jabor Al Naimi
BangladeshPresident Mohammed ShahabuddinRebecca Sultana
BarbadosPresident Sandra Mason?
BelarusPresident Alexander LukashenkoGalina Lukashenko
BelgiumKing PhilippeQueen Mathilde
BelizeKing Charles III
Governor-General Froyla TzalamDaniel Mendez
BeninPresident Patrice TalonClaudine Talon
BhutanKing Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckQueen Jetsun Pema
President Luis ArceLourdes Brigida Durán Romero
Bosnia and HerzegovinaHigh Representative Christian SchmidtRia Hess
Chairman of the Presidency Denis BećirovićMirela Bećirović
Member of the Presidency Željko KomšićSabina Komšić
Member of the Presidency Željka CvijanovićAleksandar Cvijanović
BotswanaPresident Mokgweetsi MasisiNeo Masisi
BrazilPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaRosângela Lula da Silva
Sultan Hassanal BolkiahQueen Saleha
BulgariaPresident Rumen RadevDesislava Radeva
Burkina FasoInterim President Ibrahim Traoré?
BurundiPresident Évariste NdayishimiyeAngeline Ndayishimiye
CambodiaKing Norodom Sihamoni
CameroonPresident Paul BiyaChantal Biya
CanadaKing Charles III
Governor-General Mary SimonWhit Fraser
Cape VerdePresident José Maria NevesDébora Katisa Carvalho
Central African RepublicPresident Faustin-Archange TouadéraBrigitte Touadéra
Tina Touadéra
ChadChairman of the Transitional Military Council and Interim President Mahamat DébyDahabaya Oumar Souni
ChilePresident Gabriel BoricIrina Karamanos (domestic partner; broken up)
ChinaGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party and President Xi JinpingPeng Liyuan
ColombiaPresident Gustavo PetroVerónica Alcocer
ComorosPresident Azali AssoumaniAmbari Daroueche
President Félix TshisekediDenise Tshisekedi
President Denis Sassou NguessoAntoinette Sassou Nguesso
Costa RicaPresident Rodrigo Chaves RoblesSigne Zeicate
CroatiaPresident Zoran MilanovićSanja Musić Milanović
CubaFirst Secretary of the Communist Party and President Miguel Díaz-CanelMarta Villanueva
CyprusPresident Nikos ChristodoulidesPhilippa Karsera
Czech RepublicPresident Petr PavelEva Pavlová
DenmarkKing Frederik XQueen Mary
DjiboutiPresident Ismaïl Omar GuellehKadra Mahamoud Haid
DominicaPresident Sylvanie BurtonGilbert Burton[2]
Dominican RepublicPresident Luis AbinaderRaquel Arbaje
President José Ramos-HortaDivorced
EcuadorPresident Daniel NoboaLavinia Valbonesi
EgyptPresident Abdel Fattah el-SisiEntissar Amer
El SalvadorPresident Nayib BukeleGabriela Rodríguez de Bukele
Equatorial GuineaPresident Teodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoConstancia Mangue
EritreaChairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice and President Isaias AfewerkiSaba Haile
EstoniaPresident Alar KarisSirje Karis
King Mswati IIIInkhosikati LaMatsebula
Inkhosikati LaMotsa
Inkhosikati LaMbikiza
Inkhosikati LaNgangaza
Inkhosikati LaGija
Inkhosikati LaMagongo
Inkhosikati LaMahlangu
Inkhosikati LaNtentesa
Inkhosikati LaNkambule
Inkhosikati LaFogiyane
Inkhosikati LaMashwama
EthiopiaPresident Taye Atske Selassie
FijiPresident Wiliame KatonivereFilomena Katonivere
FinlandPresident Alexander StubbSuzanne Innes-Stubb
FrancePresident Emmanuel MacronBrigitte Macron
GabonTransitional President Brice OliguiZita Nyangue Oligui
Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow
Sarjo Mballow
GeorgiaWidowed
GermanyPresident Frank-Walter SteinmeierElke Büdenbender
GhanaPresident Nana Akufo-AddoRebecca Akufo-Addo
GreecePresident Katerina SakellaropoulouPavlos Kotsonis
GrenadaKing Charles III
Governor-General Cécile La Grenade
GuatemalaPresident Bernardo ArévaloLucrecia Peinado
GuineaInterim President Mamady DoumbouyaLauriane Doumbouya
Guinea-BissauPresident Umaro Sissoco EmbalóDinisia Reis Embaló[3] [4]
GuyanaPresident Irfaan AliArya Ali
HaitiChairman of the Transitional Presidential Council Edgard Leblanc Fils?
HondurasPresident Xiomara CastroManuel Zelaya
HungaryPresident Tamás SulyokZsuzsanna Sulyok
IcelandPresident Halla TómasdóttirBjörn Skúlason
IndiaPresident Droupadi MurmuWidowed
Formerly Shyam Charan Murmu (d. 2014)
IndonesiaPresident Prabowo SubiantoSeparated
Titiek Suharto (sep. 1998)
Supreme Leader Ali KhameneiMansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
IraqPresident Abdul Latif RashidShanaz Ibrahim Ahmed
IrelandPresident Michael D. HigginsSabina Higgins
IsraelPresident Isaac HerzogMichal Herzog
ItalyPresident Sergio MattarellaWidowed
Formerly Marisa Chiazzese (d. 2012)
President Alassane OuattaraDominique Ouattara
King Charles III
Governor-General Patrick AllenDenise Allen
Divorced
Formerly Nadezhda Tokayeva (div. 2020)
Rachel Ruto
President Taneti MamauTeiraeng Mamau
Nuria Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Munira Badah Al-Mutairi
President Sadyr JaparovAigul Japarova
General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party and President Thongloun SisoulithNaly Sisoulith
President Vacant
President Joseph BoakaiKatumu Yatta Boakai
Sara al-Menfi
Widowed
Formerly Princess Marie (d. 2021)
Regent Hereditary Prince AloisHereditary Princess Sophie
Diana Nausėdienė
Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
MadagascarPresident Andry RajoelinaMialy Rajoelina
MalawiPresident Lazarus ChakweraMonica Chakwera
MalaysiaYang di-Pertuan Agong Ibrahim IskandarRaja Permaisuri Agong Zarith Sofiah
MaldivesPresident Mohamed MuizzuSajdha Mohamed
MaliInterim President Assimi GoïtaLala Diallo
MaltaPresident Myriam Spiteri DebonoAnthony Spiteri Debono
Marshall IslandsPresident Hilda HeineTommy Kijiner
MauritaniaPresident Mohamed Ould GhazouaniMariam Mint Mohamed Vadel Ould Dah
MauritiusPresident Prithvirajsing RoopunSayukta Roopun
MexicoPresident Claudia SheinbaumJesús María Tarriba
Micronesia, Federated States ofPresident Wesley Simina
President Maia Sandu
MonacoPrince Albert IIPrincess Charlene
MongoliaPresident Ukhnaagiin KhürelsükhBolortsetseg Khürelsükh
MontenegroPresident Jakov MilatovićMilena Milatović
MoroccoKing Mohammed VIDivorced
Formerly Princess Lalla Salma (div. 2018)
MozambiquePresident Filipe NyusiIsaura Nyusi
MyanmarActing President and Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung HlaingKyu Kyu Hla
NamibiaPresident Nangolo MbumbaSustjie Mbumba
NauruPresident David Adeang
NepalPresident Ram Chandra PoudelSavita Poudel
NetherlandsKing Willem-AlexanderQueen Máxima
New ZealandKing Charles III
Governor-General Cindy KiroRichard Davies
NicaraguaPresident Daniel OrtegaRosario Murillo
NigerPresident Abdourahamane Tchiani?
NigeriaPresident Bola TinubuRemi Tinubu
General Secretary of the Workers' Party, President of the State Affairs Commission and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-unRi Sol-ju
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Choe Ryong-hae?
President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova?
NorwayKing Harald VQueen Sonja
OmanSultan Haitham bin TariqSayyida Ahad bint Abdullah
PakistanPresident Asif Ali ZardariWidowed
Formerly Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007)
PalauPresident Surangel Whipps Jr.Valerie Esang Remengesau
President Mahmoud AbbasAmina Abbas
PanamaPresident José Raúl MulinoMarisel Cohen de Mulino
Papua New GuineaKing Charles III
Governor-General Bob DadaeHannah Dadae
ParaguayPresident Mario Abdo BenítezSilvana López Moreira
PeruPresident Dina BoluarteDavid Gómez Villasante
PhilippinesPresident Bongbong MarcosLiza Araneta Marcos
PolandPresident Andrzej DudaAgata Kornhauser-Duda
PortugalPresident Marcelo Rebelo de SousaSeparated
Ana Cristina Motta Veiga (sep. 1980)
QatarEmir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniSheikha Jawahir bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani
Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri
Sheikha Noora bint Hathal Al Dosari
RomaniaPresident Klaus IohannisCarmen Iohannis
President Vladimir PutinDivorced
Formerly Lyudmila Putina (div. 2014)
RwandaPresident Paul KagameJeannette Kagame
Saint Kitts and NevisKing Charles III
Governor-General Tapley Seaton
Saint LuciaKing Charles III
Acting Governor-General Errol Charles
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKing Charles III
Governor-General Susan DouganHugh Dougan
SamoaO le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi IIMasiofo Faʻamausili Leinafo
San MarinoCaptain Regent Francesca Civerchia
Captain Regent Dalibor Riccardi
President Carlos Vila NovaMaria de Fátima Afonso Vila Nova[5]
Saudi ArabiaKing SalmanFahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn
SenegalPresident Bassirou Diomaye FayeMarie Khone Faye
Absa Faye
SerbiaPresident Aleksandar VučićTamara Vučić
SeychellesPresident Wavel RamkalawanLinda Ramkalawan
Sierra LeonePresident Julius Maada BioFatima Bio
SingaporeJane Yumiko Ittogi
SlovakiaPresident Peter Pellegrini
SloveniaPresident Nataša Pirc Musar
Solomon IslandsKing Charles III
Governor-General David VunagiMary Vunagi
SomaliaPresident Hassan Sheikh MohamudQamar Ali
South AfricaPresident Cyril RamaphosaTshepo Motsepe
President Yoon Suk-yeolKim Keon-hee
President Salva Kiir MayarditMary Ayen Mayardit
Aluel William Nyuon Bany
SpainKing Felipe VIQueen Letizia
Sri LankaPresident Anura Kumara DissanayakeMallika Dissanayake
SudanChairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
SurinamePresident Chan SantokhiMellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry[6]
SwedenKing Carl XVI GustafQueen Silvia
Switzerland
Vice President Karin Keller-SutterMorten Keller
Theres Rösti
Pierre-André Baume
Paola Cassis
Tracy Renee Glass
President Bashar al-AssadAsma al-Assad
TajikistanPresident Emomali RahmonAzizmo Asadullayeva
President Samia Suluhu HassanHafidh Ameir
ThailandKing VajiralongkornQueen Suthida
Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani
TogoPresident Faure GnassingbéNana Ama Kuffour
TongaKing Tupou VIQueen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
Trinidad and TobagoPresident Christine KangalooKerwyn Garcia
TunisiaPresident Kais SaiedIchraf Saied
TurkeyPresident Recep Tayyip ErdoğanEmine Erdoğan
TurkmenistanPresident Serdar Berdimuhamedow?
TuvaluKing Charles III
Governor-General Tofiga Vaevalu FalaniTangira Falani
UgandaPresident Yoweri MuseveniJanet Museveni
UkrainePresident Volodymyr ZelenskyyOlena Zelenska
United Arab EmiratesPresident Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanSalama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan
United KingdomKing Charles III
United StatesPresident Joe BidenJill Biden
UruguayPresident Luis Lacalle PouLorena Ponce de León
UzbekistanPresident Shavkat MirziyoyevZiroat Mirziyoyeva
VanuatuPresident Nikenike VurobaravuRima Vurobaravu
Sovereign Pope Francis
President Nicolás MaduroCilia Flores
General Secretary of the Communist Party and President Tô LâmNgô Phương Ly
YemenPresident Rashad al-Alimi?
ZambiaPresident Hakainde HichilemaMutinta Hichilema
ZimbabwePresident Emmerson MnangagwaAuxillia Mnangagwa

Other states

The following states are in free association with another UN member state.

StateHead of stateSpouseImage
Cook Islands
King's Representative Tom Marsters Tuaine d'Arorangi
Niue
Representative of the King Cindy Kiro Richard Davies

The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.

StateHead of stateSpouseImage
President Aslan Bzhania
President Vjosa OsmaniPrindon Sadriu
President Ersin TatarSibel Tatar
General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President Brahim Ghali
President Alan Gagloyev?
President Lai Ching-teWu Mei-ju

The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.

StateHead of stateSpouseImage
Zahra Abdilahi Absia
Roda Ahmed Omar
President Vadim KrasnoselskySvetlana Krasnoselskaya

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Dawi . Akmal . Unseen Taliban Leader Wields Godlike Powers in Afghanistan . 13 April 2023 . . 28 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Who is President Sylvanie Burton? . Luke . Ronda . 2023-10-19 . Sun Dominica . The Sun . 2024-06-12.
  3. Web site: Sissoco Embaló reúne-se com Biden e Lavrov – DW – 23/09/2022 . 2023-06-12 . dw.com . pt.
  4. Web site: 2023-06-11 . Macky Sall, Ali Bongo… Les amis de Recep Tayyip Erdogan – Jeune Afrique . 2023-06-12 . JeuneAfrique.com . fr-FR.
  5. Web site: Biografia . Presidência da República de São Tomé e Príncipe . 27 April 2023 . pt.
  6. News: President Santokhi en partner Melissa trouwen vandaag . Star Nieuws. 19 July 2020. nl.

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