This list enumerates the achievements and distinctions of various first ladies of Colombia, since its creation in 1934. It includes distinctions achieved in her previous life and subsequent service to the first lady.
There have been twenty official first ladies and only one of them has passed away in office.
Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz was a Colombian politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the 21st President of Colombia from 1962 to 1966.
Luciano Marín Arango, better known as Iván Márquez, is a Colombian guerrilla leader, member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), part of its secretariat higher command and advisor to the Northwestern and Caribbean blocs. He was part of the FARC negotiators that concluded a peace agreement with President Juan Manuel Santos. On 29 August 2019, Márquez abandoned the peace process and announced a renewed armed conflict with the Colombian government.
The first lady of Chile is the title for the wife of the president of Chile, who is traditionally responsible for directing and coordinating activities in the social field of the presidency and also accompany the president in ceremonies or official activities, for example, on state visit. Although not an official title, it is widely used in formal protocol and has been used in some decrees.
Bertha Puga Martínez was the wife of the 20th President of Colombia, Alberto Lleras Camargo, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1958 to 1962. She was also the daughter of Arturo Puga Osorio, Chairman of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932. She died on 9 August, 2007 in Bogota, D.C, Colombia.
Claudia Blum Capurro is a Colombian psychologist and politician who served as foreign minister. A veteran Senator, she became the first woman to serve as President of the Senate of Colombia. She also served as the 26th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations.
María Clemecia "Tutina" Rodríguez de Santos is a Colombian socialité and graphic designer. As the wife of the 32nd President Juan Manuel Santos María Clemencia served from 2010 to 2018 as First Lady of Colombia, being the third wife of a president to serve for eight years and the second consecutively.
Lorenza Villegas Restrepo was the wife of the 15th President, Eduardo Santos Montejo, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1938 to 1942.
Nohra Puyana de Pastrana is the wife of the 30th president of Colombia, Andrés Pastrana, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1998 to 2002.
María Cristina Arango Vega was the First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974 as the wife of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero. Arango was also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana.
Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena is married to the 29th president of Colombia, Ernesto Samper Pizano, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1994 to 1998.
First Lady of Colombia is the title held by the hostess of the Casa de Nariño, generally the wife of the president of Colombia, coinciding with the president's mandate. Although the role of the first lady has never been codified or officially defined, according to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, the first lady holds the title of private citizen before the public administration, but this gives the first lady an additional special role, since that, Being the wife of the president, the first lady symbolically embodies, together with the president, under the idea of national unity in accordance with article 188 of the Constitution of Colombia. Since 1978, the first lady has been honorary president of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, an institution founded by the 22nd president Carlos Lleras Restrepo.
Susana López Navia was the wife of the 21st President of Colombia, Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1962 to 1964.
Cecilia Caballero de López was the wife of the 24th President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978.
Events in the year 2020 in Colombia.
Verónica del Socorro Alcocer García is a Colombian philanthropist and the current First Lady of Colombia since 2022, as the third wife of President Gustavo Petro.
Gustavo Petro assumed office as President of Colombia on August 7, 2022. The President has the power to nominate members of his Cabinet at his own discretion, in accordance with the Constitution of Colombia.
Álvaro Leyva Durán is a Colombian lawyer, economist, politician, human rights defender and diplomat. He has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia in the government of Gustavo Petro since 7 August 2022. On 7 February 2024, he was suspended from his ministerial position for three months over an investigation into potential violations of procurement laws.
Gustavo Petro's inauguration as the 34th President of Colombia took place on Sunday, August 7, 2022, marking the start of Gustavo Petro's four-year term as President and Francia Márquez as vice president. The 32nd presidential inauguration took place as usual in the central front of the National Capitol in Bogotá, D.C. Petro was sworn in as presidential oath, after which Márquez was sworn in as Vice President.
Mario Alberto Fernández Alcocer is a Colombian politician and lawyer, formerly a member of the Liberal Party.
Murió en Bogotá el 19 de mayo de 1964. cuando a su esposo aún le faltaban dos años p.ini terminar su mandato. Años antes de la elección de Valencia a la Presidencia, Susana sufrió un derrame cerebral que le paralizó medio cuerpo y la dejó postrada en una silla de ruedas, limitación que no le impidió llevar a cabo algunas labores como primera dama: se ocupaba de contestar la correspondencia que recibía en palacio y de tramitar las cosas que la gente solicitaba; participó en empresas de caridad, de civismo y de cultura, adelantadas tanto por instituciones oficiales como privadas.