First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina

First Lady of Argentina
Incumbent Juliana Awada since December 10, 2015
Residence	Quinta de Olivos
Inaugural holder	Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica
Formation	February 8, 1827

The First Lady (Spanish: Primera Dama) or First Gentleman (Primer Caballero) of Argentina is the unofficial title of the spouse of the sitting President of Argentina.

Role of the First Lady or Gentleman

The first lady or first gentleman is not an elected position, carries no official duties and brings no salary. Nonetheless, he or she participates in humanitarian and charitable work. Furthermore, many have taken an active role in campaigning for the president with whom they are associated. Eva Perón (1919–1952), First Lady from 1946 until her death, was the most important and influential First Lady, known for her work in many charitable and feminist causes. Before her death, the Argentine Congress named her the "Spiritual Leader of the Nation". Isabel Perón was the first First Lady to become the President of Argentina in 1974. Zulema María Eva Menem, nicknamed Zulemita, was the first and only presidential daughter, officially known to act as a first lady. Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), former Argentine president, was the only First Gentleman of Argentina, married to Cristina Fernández, former president of the country.

First Ladies and First Gentlemen of Argentina

No.	Name	President	Birth	Death	Period
1	Juana del Pino	Bernardino Rivadavia	1786	1841	1826–1827
2	Lucía Petrona Riera	Vicente López y Planes	1794	1887	1827
3	Facunda Dolores Costa	Justo José de Urquiza	1831	1896	1855–1860
4	Modesta García	Santiago Derqui	1825	1885	1860–1861
5	Rosa Juana Heredia	Juan Esteban Pedernera	1805	1886	1861
6	Delfina María Luisa de Vedia	Bartolomé Mitre	1819	1882	1862–1868
7	Benita Agustina Martínez	Domingo Faustino Sarmiento	1819	1890	1868–1874
8[1]	Carmen Nóbrega Miguens	Nicolás Avellaneda	1836	1899	1874–1880
9	Clara Funes	Julio Argentino Roca	1849	1890	1880–1886
10	Elisa Funes	Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman	1853	1933	1886–1890
11	Carolina Ignacia Lagos	Carlos Pellegrini	1852	1925	1890–1892
12	Cipriana de Lahitte	Luis Sáenz Peña	1829	1916	1892–1895
13	Leonor de Tezanos Pinto	José Evaristo Uriburu	1850	1916	1895–1898
	None	Julio Argentino Roca			1898–1904
14	Susana Rodríguez Viana	Manuel Quintana	1843	1930	1904–1906
15	Josefa Julia María Bouquet	José Figueroa Alcorta	1863	1941	1906–1910
16	Rosa Isidora González	Roque Sáenz Peña	1858	1948	1910–1914
	None	Victorino de la Plaza			1914–1916
	None	Hipólito Yrigoyen			1916–1922
17	Regina Isabel Luisa Pacini	Marcelo T. de Alvear	1871	1965	1922–1928
	None	Hipólito Yrigoyen			1928–1930
18	Aurelia Madero	José Félix Uriburu	1873	1959	1930–1932
19	Ana Encarnación Bernal	Agustín Pedro Justo	1878	1942	1932–1938
20	María Luisa Iribarne	Roberto M. Ortiz	1887	1940	1938–1942
21	María Delia Luzuriaga	Ramón S. Castillo	1881	1955	1942–1943
22	Delia Sixta Borda	Arturo Rawson	1895	1983	1943
23	María Inés Lobato Mulle	Pedro Pablo Ramírez	1892	1947	1943–1944
24	Conrada Victoria Torni	Edelmiro Farrell	1893	1977	1944–1946
25	María Eva Duarte	Juan Domingo Perón	1919	1952	1946–1952
	None	Juan Domingo Perón			1952–1955
26	Delina del Carmen Botana	José Domingo Molina	1899		1955
27	Mercedes Villada Achával	Eduardo Lonardi	1903	1988	1955
28	Sara Lucía Herrera	Pedro Eugenio Aramburu	1910	1997	1955–1958
29	Elena Luisa María Faggionatto	Arturo Frondizi	1907	1991	1958–1962
30	Purificación Areal	José María Guido	1921	1998	1962–1963
31	Silvia Elvira Martorell	Arturo Umberto Illia	1915	1966	1963–1966
32	María Emilia Green	Juan Carlos Onganía	1915	1990	1966–1970
33	Bety Nelly Andrés	Roberto Marcelo Levingston	1926		1970–1971
34	Ileana María Bell	Alejandro Agustín Lanusse	1919	2012	1971–1973
35	María Georgina Cecilia Acevedo	Héctor José Cámpora	1917	1994	1973
36	Amelia Concepción Martino	Raúl Alberto Lastiri	1920	2009	1973
	Norma Beatriz López (common-law wife)	Raúl Alberto Lastiri	1945		1973
37	María Estela Martínez	Juan Domingo Perón	1931		1973–1974
	None	María Estela Martínez			1974–1976
38	Alicia Raquel Hartridge	Jorge Rafael Videla	1927		1976–1981
39	Nélida Giorgio	Roberto Eduardo Viola	1926	2004	1981
40	Hebe Angélica Aprile	Carlos Alberto Lacoste	1931		1981
41	Lucía Noemí Gentili	Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri	1926		1981–1982
42	María Beatriz Dauna	Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean	1930		1982
43	Nilda Raquel Belén	Reynaldo Benito Bignone	1928	2013	1982–1983
44	María Lorenza Barreneche	Raúl Alfonsín	1926	2016	1983–1989
45	Zulema Fátima Yoma	Carlos Saúl Menem	1942		1989–1991
46	Zulema María Eva Menem	Carlos Saúl Menem	1970		1991–1999
47	Inés Pertiné Urien	Fernando de la Rúa	1942		1999–2001
48	María Alicia Mazzarino	Adolfo Rodríguez Saá	1948		2001
49	Hilda Beatriz González	Eduardo Duhalde	1946		2002–2003
50	Cristina Elisabet Fernández	Néstor Kirchner	1953		2003–2007
51	Néstor Carlos Kirchner	Cristina Fernández	1950	2010	2007–2010
	None	Cristina Fernández			2010–2015
52	Juliana Awada	Mauricio Macri	1974		2015–

References

1. Las primeras damas de la historia argentina, de 1826 a 1952. Author: Gabriel Chirico. Dunken, 2005.