| Thérèse Zafimahova Zafy | |
| Office: | First Lady of Madagascar |
| Term Start: | March 27, 1991 |
| Term End: | September 5, 1996 |
| Predecessor: | Céline Ratsiraka |
| Successor: | Sahondra Ratsirahonana |
| President: | Albert Zafy |
| Birth Name: | Thérèse Auguste Zafimahova |
| Birth Place: | French Madagascar |
| Party: | National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) |
| Otherparty: | National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD) |
| Children: | Three |
Thérèse Auguste Zafy born Zafimahova is a Malagasy political figure and activist who served as First Lady of Madagascar from 1991 until 1996.[1] She is the widow of former President Albert Zafy, who died in 2017.[2]
Zafy, a member of the Antesaka people, was born Thérèse Auguste Zafimahova to parents, Antoine Zafimahova and Marie Anne Kemba.[3] She and Albert Zafy married during the 1960s in a traditional Antankarana wedding ceremony.[3] The couple had three children - Aimé Zafy, Sylvie Zafy, and Richard "Titus" Zafy.[1] [3]
She survived her husband, who died of complications from a stroke at Saint Pierre Hospital in Réunion on October 13, 2017.[3]