First Lady of Venezuela | |
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Flag of Venezuela | |
Residence | La Casona |
Term length | 6 years |
Inaugural holder | Dominga Ortiz |
Formation | 1830 |
First Lady of Venezuela (Spanish : Primera Dama de Venezuela) is the unofficial title traditionally held by the wife or husband of the President of Venezuela. Their function is to receive curn from the presidents, on their "insides".
Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.
Portrait | Name (lifespan) | President | Years as First Lady |
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Dominga Ortiz Orzúa (November 1, 1792 - December 31, 1875) | José Antonio Páez | 1830–1835 (1st term) | |
Encarnación Maitín | José María Vargas | 1835–1836 (only term) | |
Olalla Buroz y Tovar | Carlos Soublette | 1837–1839 (1st term) | |
Dominga Ortiz Orzúa (November 1, 1792 - December 31, 1875) | José Antonio Páez | 1839–1843 (2nd term) | |
Olalla Buroz y Tovar | Carlos Soublette | 1843–1847 (2nd term) | |
Luisa Oriach Ladrón de Guevara | José Tadeo Monagas | 1847–1851 (1st term) | |
Clara Marrero | José Gregorio Monagas | 1851–1855 (only term) | |
Luisa Oriach Ladrón de Guevara | José Tadeo Monagas | 1855–1858 (2nd term) | |
María Nieves Briceño | Julián Castro | 1858–1859 (only term) | |
Encarnación Rivas Pacheco | Manuel Felipe de Tovar | 1859–1861 (only term) | |
Dominga Ortiz Orzúa (November 1, 1792 - December 31, 1875) | José Antonio Páez | 1861–1863 (3rd term) | |
Luisa Isabel Pachano Muñoz | Juan Crisóstomo Falcón | 1863–1868 (only term) | |
Esperanza Hernández | José Ruperto Monagas | 1869–1870 (only term) | |
Ana Teresa Ibarra Urbaneja | Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1870–1877 (1st term) | |
Belén Esteves Yánes | Francisco Linares Alcántara | 1877–1878 (only term) | |
Ana Teresa Ibarra Urbaneja | Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1879–1884 (2nd term) | |
Jacinta Parejo (August 16, 1845 – April 16, 1914) | Joaquín Crespo | 1884–1886 (1st term) | |
Ana Teresa Ibarra Urbaneja | Antonio Guzmán Blanco | 1887–1888 (3rd term) | |
María Josefa de la Concepción Báez | Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl | 1888–1890 (only term) | |
Isabel González Esteves | Raimundo Andueza Palacio | 1890–1892 (only term) | |
Jacinta Parejo (August 16, 1845 – April 16, 1914) | Joaquín Crespo | 1892–1898 (2nd term) | |
María Isabel Sosa Saa | Ignacio Andrade | 1898–1899 (only term) | |
Zoila Rosa Martínez | Cipriano Castro | 1899–1908 (only term) | |
María Teresa Núñez Tovar | Eleazar López Contreras | 1936–1941 (only term) | |
Irma Felizola | Isaías Medina Angarita | 1941–1945 (only term) | |
Carmen Valverde | Rómulo Betancourt | 1945–1948 (1st term) | |
Teotiste Arocha Egui | Rómulo Gallegos | 1948 (only term) | |
Lucía Devine | Carlos Delgado Chalbaud | 1948–1950 (only term) | |
Rosario Pérez Carreño | Germán Suárez Flamerich | 1950–1952 (only term) | |
Flor María Chalbaud Cardona | Marcos Pérez Jiménez | 1952–1958 (only term) | |
Carmen Valverde | Rómulo Betancourt | 1959–1964 (2nd term) | |
Carmen América Fernández | Raúl Leoni | 1964–1969 (only term) | |
Alicia Pietri Montemayor (14 October 1923 – 9 February 2011) | Rafael Caldera | 1969–1974 (1st term) | |
Blanca Rodríguez (January 1, 1926-present) | Carlos Andrés Pérez | 1974–1979 (1st term) | |
Betty Urdaneta | Luis Herrera Campins | 1979–1984 (only term) | |
Gladys Castillo | Jaime Lusinchi | 1984–1989 (only term) | |
Blanca Rodríguez (January 1, 1926-present) | Carlos Andrés Pérez | 1989–1993 (2nd term) | |
Ligia Betancourt Mariño (1920 – 14 July 2008) | Ramón José Velásquez | 1993–1994 (only term) | |
Alicia Pietri Montemayor (14 October 1923 – 9 February 2011) | Rafael Caldera | 1994–1999 (2nd term) | |
Marisabel Rodríguez (23 November 1964-present) | Hugo Chávez | 1999–2003 (only term) | |
Cilia Flores (15 October 1956-present) | Nicolas Maduro | 2013– (1st term) |
Name | Relation to President |
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Barbarita Nieves | Lover of José Antonio Páez |
Dionisia Bello | Sentimental partner of Juan Vicente Gómez |
Amelia Núñez | Sentimental partner of Juan Vicente Gómez |
Cecilia Matos | Lover of Carlos Andrés Pérez |
Blanca Ibáñez | Lover and wife of Jaime Lusinchi from 1991 until his death |
María Gabriela Chávez Colmenares | Daughter of Hugo Chávez |
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