Spouse of the president of the Philippines

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Liza Araneta Marcos, the wife of President Bongbong Marcos. 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits Liza Araneta Marcos (cropped).jpg
Liza Araneta Marcos, the wife of President Bongbong Marcos.

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 [note 1] MarriagePresident [note 2]
StartEnd
Hilaria Aguinaldo portrait (cropped).jpg Hilaria del Rosario
(1877–1921)
18961921 Emilio Aguinaldo
María Agoncillo
(1879–1963)
19301963 Emilio Aguinaldo
Aurora Aragon-Quezon.jpg Aurora Aragón
(1888–1949)
19181944 Manuel L. Quezon
First Lady Pacencia Laurel (cropped).jpg Pacencia Hidalgo
(1889–1960)
19111959 José P. Laurel
Estefania Veloso
(1875–1918)
19011918 Sergio Osmeña
Esperanza Osmena (Malacanang photo).jpg Esperanza Limjap
(1894–1978)
19201961 Sergio Osmeña
Trinidad Roxas.jpg Trinidad de Leon
(1899–1995)
19211948 Manuel Roxas
Alicia Syquia
(1903–1945)
19211945 Elpidio Quirino
Luz Magsaysay (Malacanang photo) (cropped).jpg Luz Banzon
(1914–2004)
19331957 Ramon Magsaysay
First Lady Leonila Garcia with US President Dwight Eisenhower (cropped).jpg Leonila Dimataga
(1906–1994)
19331971 Carlos P. Garcia
Purita de la Rosa
(1916–1943)
19381943 Diosdado Macapagal
Eva Macapagal (cropped).tif Evangelina Macaraeg
(1915–1999)
19461997 Diosdado Macapagal
Imelda Marcos 1969.jpg Imelda Romualdez
(born 1929)
19541989 Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Ninoy Aquino 3.jpg Benigno Aquino Jr.
(1932–1983)
19541983 Corazon Aquino
(née Cojuangco)
Ming Ramos at VMMC (cropped).jpg Amelita Martinez
(b. 1927)
19542022 Fidel V. Ramos
Dr. Luisa "Loi" Ejercito Estrada - 1999 (cropped).jpg Loi Pimentel
(born 1930)
1959 Joseph Estrada
m. 1959
Jose Miguel Arroyo (cropped).jpg Jose Miguel Arroyo
(born 1945)
1968 Gloria Macapagal
(Mrs. Arroyo)
Elizabeth Zimmerman 2018.jpg Elizabeth Zimmerman
(born 1948)
19732000
Civilly annulled
Rodrigo Duterte
Honeylet Avancena 2019 (cropped).jpg Honeylet Avanceña
(born 1970)
Not marriage, as Partner 2005 Rodrigo Duterte
44th and 45th ASEAN Summits Liza Araneta Marcos (cropped).jpg Liza Araneta
(born 1959)
1993 Bongbong Marcos

Notes

  1. Maiden name for female spouses.
  2. Included maiden or martial name in parentheses for female presidents.