Spouse of the president of the Philippines explained

Spouse of the president of the Philippines should not be confused with First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines.

The following is a list of spouses of holders of the position of president of the Philippines.

Customarily, the wife or husband of the president held the title of First Lady or First Gentleman serving functional role at the Malacañang Palace. Hence the titles are also erroneously used to refer to the president's spouse.

Three spouses, that of Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal and Corazon Aquino, were already deceased at the start of their respective partner's presidencies although Macapagal was married to his second wife at the start of his presidency.

In the case of Rodrigo Duterte, his marriage with Elizabeth Zimmerman was already annulled at the start of his presidency. Duterte had another partner, Cielito Avanceña his common-law wife.

Benigno Aquino III is the only unmarried president.

List

PortraitSpouse MarriagePresident
StartEnd
Hilaria del Rosario
(1877–1921)
18961921Emilio Aguinaldo
María Agoncillo
(1879–1963)
19301963Emilio Aguinaldo
Aurora Aragón
(1888–1949)
19181944Manuel L. Quezon
Pacencia Hidalgo
(1889–1960)
19111959José P. Laurel
Estefania Veloso
(1875–1918)
19011918Sergio Osmeña
Esperanza Limjap
(1894–1978)
19201961Sergio Osmeña
Trinidad de Leon
(1899–1995)
19211948Manuel Roxas
Alicia Syquia
(1903–1945)
19211945Elpidio Quirino
Luz Banzon
(1914–2004)
19331957Ramon Magsaysay
Leonila Dimataga
(1906–1994)
19331971Carlos P. Garcia
Purita de la Rosa
(1916–1943)
19381943Diosdado Macapagal
Evangelina Macaraeg
(1915–1999)
19461997Diosdado Macapagal
Imelda Romualdez
(born 1929)
19541989Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Benigno Aquino Jr.
(1932–1983)
19541983Corazon Aquino
(née Cojuangco)
Amelita Martinez
(b. 1927)
19542022Fidel V. Ramos
Loi Pimentel
(born 1930)
1959Joseph Estrada
Jose Miguel Arroyo
(born 1945)
1968Gloria Macapagal
(Mrs. Arroyo)
Elizabeth Zimmerman
(born 1948)
19732000
Civilly annulled
Rodrigo Duterte
Honeylet Avanceña
(born 1970)
Common law wife--->Not marriage, as Partner 2005Rodrigo Duterte
Liza Araneta
(born 1959)
1993Bongbong Marcos