List of spouses of heads of state

"List of first spouses" redirects here. For the United States first ladies, see List of first ladies of the United States.

The following is a list of spouses of current heads of state.

States recognised by the United Nations

State Head of state Spouse Image
Afghanistan Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada Reported two wives (unconfirmed)[1]
Albania President Bajram Begaj Armanda Begaj
Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Fatima Zohra Bella
Andorra Co-Prince Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat Celibate
Co-Prince Emmanuel Macron Brigitte Macron
Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince Eduard Ibáñez Pulido ?
Representative of the French Co-Prince Patrice Faure Sandrine Michalon-Faure
Angola President João Lourenço Ana Dias Lourenço
Antigua and Barbuda King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Rodney Williams Sandra Williams
Argentina President Javier Milei Yuyito González (domestic partner)
Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan Anahit Minasyan
Australia King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Sam Mostyn Simeon Beckett SC
Austria President Alexander Van der Bellen Doris Schmidauer
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Mehriban Aliyeva
Bahamas, The King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Cynthia A. Pratt Widowed
Formerly Joseph B. Pratt
Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al Ajmi
Hessa bint Faisal bin Muhammad bin Shuraim Al Marri
Manal bint Jabor Al Naimi
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin Rebecca Sultana
Barbados President Sandra Mason ?
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko Galina Lukashenko
Belgium King Philippe Queen Mathilde
Belize King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Froyla Tzalam Daniel Mendez
Benin President Patrice Talon Claudine Talon
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Queen Jetsun Pema
Bolivia President Luis Arce Lourdes Brigida Durán Romero
Bosnia and Herzegovina High Representative Christian Schmidt Ria Hess
Chairman of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Mirela Bećirović
Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Sabina Komšić
Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović Aleksandar Cvijanović
Botswana President Duma Boko Kaone Boko
Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Rosângela Lula da Silva
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Queen Saleha
Bulgaria President Rumen Radev Desislava Radeva
Burkina Faso Interim President Ibrahim Traoré ?
Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye Angeline Ndayishimiye
Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni —
Cameroon President Paul Biya Chantal Biya
Canada King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor General Mary Simon Whit Fraser
Cape Verde President José Maria Neves Débora Katisa Carvalho
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra Brigitte Touadéra
Tina Touadéra
Chad President Mahamat Déby Dahabaya Oumar Souni
Chile President Gabriel Boric Paula Carrasco (domestic partner)
China General Secretary of the Communist Party and President Xi Jinping Peng Liyuan
Colombia President Gustavo Petro Verónica Alcocer
Comoros President Azali Assoumani Ambari Daroueche
Congo, Democratic Republic of the President Félix Tshisekedi Denise Tshisekedi
Congo, Republic of the President Denis Sassou Nguesso Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves Robles Signe Zeicate
Croatia President Zoran Milanović Sanja Musić Milanović
Cuba First Secretary of the Communist Party and President Miguel Díaz-Canel Marta Villanueva
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides Philippa Karsera
Czech Republic President Petr Pavel Eva Pavlová
Denmark King Frederik X Queen Mary
Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Kadra Mahamoud Haid
Dominica President Sylvanie Burton Gilbert Burton[2]
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader Raquel Arbaje
East Timor President José Ramos-Horta Divorced
Formerly Ana Pessoa Pinto
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa Lavinia Valbonesi
Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Entissar Amer
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Constancia Mangue
Eritrea Chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice and President Isaias Afewerki Saba Haile
Estonia President Alar Karis Sirje Karis
Eswatini King Mswati III Inkhosikati LaMatsebula
Inkhosikati LaMotsa
Inkhosikati LaMbikiza
Inkhosikati LaNgangaza
Inkhosikati LaGija
Inkhosikati LaMagongo
Inkhosikati LaMahlangu
Inkhosikati LaNtentesa
Inkhosikati LaNkambule
Inkhosikati LaFogiyane
Inkhosikati LaMashwama
Ethiopia President Taye Atske Selassie —
Fiji President Wiliame Katonivere Filomena Katonivere
Finland President Alexander Stubb Suzanne Innes-Stubb
France President Emmanuel Macron Brigitte Macron
Gabon President Brice Oligui Zita Nyangue Oligui
Gambia, The President Adama Barrow Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow
Sarjo Mballow
Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili Widowed
Formerly Janri Kashia (d. 2012)
Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Elke Büdenbender
Ghana President John Mahama Lordina Mahama
Greece President Konstantinos Tasoulas Fani Stathopoulou
Grenada King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Cécile La Grenade —
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo Lucrecia Peinado
Guinea Interim President Mamady Doumbouya Lauriane Doumbouya
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló Dinisia Reis Embaló[3][4]
Guyana President Irfaan Ali Arya Ali
Haiti Chairman of the Transitional Presidential Council Leslie Voltaire ?
Honduras President Xiomara Castro Manuel Zelaya
Hungary President Tamás Sulyok Zsuzsanna Sulyok
Iceland President Halla Tómasdóttir Björn Skúlason
India President Droupadi Murmu Widowed
Formerly Shyam Charan Murmu (d. 2014)
Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto Separated
Titiek Suharto (sep. 1998)
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
Iraq President Abdul Latif Rashid Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed
Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Sabina Higgins
Israel President Isaac Herzog Michal Herzog
Italy President Sergio Mattarella Widowed
Formerly Marisa Chiazzese (d. 2012)
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara Dominique Ouattara
Jamaica King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Patrick Allen Denise Allen
Japan Emperor Naruhito Empress Masako
Jordan King Abdullah II Queen Rania
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Divorced
Formerly Nadezhda Tokayeva (div. 2020)
Kenya President William Ruto Rachel Ruto
Kiribati President Taneti Mamau Teiraeng Mamau
Kuwait Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Nuria Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Munira Badah Al-Mutairi
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov Aigul Japarova
Laos General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party and President Thongloun Sisoulith Naly Sisoulith
Latvia President Edgars Rinkēvičs —
Lebanon President Joseph Aoun Nehmat Nehmeh
Lesotho King Letsie III Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso
Liberia President Joseph Boakai Katumu Yatta Boakai
Libya Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi Sara al-Menfi
Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II Widowed
Formerly Princess Marie (d. 2021)
Regent Hereditary Prince Alois Hereditary Princess Sophie
Lithuania President Gitanas Nausėda Diana Nausėdienė
Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina Mialy Rajoelina
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera Monica Chakwera
Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Ibrahim Iskandar Raja Permaisuri Agong Zarith Sofiah
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu Sajdha Mohamed
Mali Interim President Assimi Goïta Lala Diallo
Malta President Myriam Spiteri Debono Widowed
Formerly Anthony Spiteri Debono (d. 2025)
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine Tommy Kijiner
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Mariam Mint Mohamed Vadel Ould Dah
Mauritius President Dharam Gokhool Brinda Gokhool
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Jesús María Tarriba
Micronesia, Federated States of President Wesley Simina —
Moldova President Maia Sandu —
Monaco Prince Albert II Princess Charlene
Mongolia President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Bolortsetseg Khürelsükh
Montenegro President Jakov Milatović Milena Milatović
Morocco King Mohammed VI Divorced
Formerly Princess Lalla Salma (div. 2018)
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo Gueta Sulemane Chapo
Myanmar Acting President and Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing Kyu Kyu Hla
Namibia President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah
Nauru President David Adeang —
  Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel Savita Poudel
Netherlands King Willem-Alexander Queen Máxima
New Zealand King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Cindy Kiro Richard Davies
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo
Niger President Abdourahamane Tchiani ?
Nigeria President Bola Tinubu Remi Tinubu
North Korea General Secretary of the Workers' Party, President of the State Affairs and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un Ri Sol-ju
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Choe Ryong-hae ?
North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova Blagoja Davkov
Norway King Harald V Queen Sonja
Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Widowed
Formerly Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007)
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. Valerie Esang Remengesau
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Amina Abbas
Panama President José Raúl Mulino Marisel Cohen de Mulino
Papua New Guinea King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Bob Dadae Hannah Dadae
Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez Silvana López Moreira
Peru President Dina Boluarte David Gómez Villasante
Philippines President Bongbong Marcos Liza Araneta Marcos
Poland President Karol Nawrocki Marta Nawrocka [5]
Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Divorced
Formerly Ana Cristina Motta Veiga (div. 1983)
Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Sheikha Jawahir bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani
Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri
Sheikha Noora bint Hathal Al Dosari
Romania President Nicușor Dan Mirabela Grădinaru (domestic partner)
Russia President Vladimir Putin Divorced
Formerly Lyudmila Putina (div. 2014)
Rwanda President Paul Kagame Jeannette Kagame
Saint Kitts and Nevis King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Tapley Seaton —
Saint Lucia King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Errol Charles —
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Susan Dougan Hugh Dougan
Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Masiofo Faʻamausili Leinafo
San Marino Captain Regent Denise Bronzetti ?
Captain Regent Italo Righi Maria Righi
São Tomé and Príncipe President Carlos Vila Nova Maria de Fátima Afonso Vila Nova[6]
Saudi Arabia King Salman Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye Marie Khone Faye
Absa Faye
Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić Tamara Vučić
Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan Linda Ramkalawan
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Fatima Bio
Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam Jane Yumiko Ittogi
Slovakia President Peter Pellegrini —
Slovenia President Nataša Pirc Musar Aleš Musar
Solomon Islands King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General David Vunagi Mary Vunagi
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Qamar Ali
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Tshepo Motsepe
South Korea President Lee Jae-myung Kim Hye-kyung
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit Mary Ayen Mayardit
Aluel William Nyuon Bany
Spain King Felipe VI Queen Letizia
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Mallika Dissanayake
Sudan Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan —
Suriname President Chan Santokhi Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry[7]
Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf Queen Silvia
 Switzerland President Viola Amherd —
Vice President Karin Keller-Sutter Morten Keller
Member of the Federal Council Guy Parmelin —
Member of the Federal Council Albert Rösti Theres Rösti
Member of the Federal Council Élisabeth Baume-Schneider Pierre-André Baume
Member of the Federal Council Ignazio Cassis Paola Cassis
Member of the Federal Council Beat Jans Tracy Renee Glass
Syria De facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa ?
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon Azizmo Asadullayeva
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan Hafidh Ameir
Thailand King Vajiralongkorn Queen Suthida
Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani
Togo President Faure Gnassingbé Nana Ama Kuffour
Tonga King Tupou VI Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
Trinidad and Tobago President Christine Kangaloo Kerwyn Garcia
Tunisia President Kais Saied Ichraf Saied
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Emine Erdoğan
Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow ?
Tuvalu King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani Tangira Falani
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Janet Museveni
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Olena Zelenska
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan
United Kingdom King Charles III Queen Camilla
United States President Donald Trump Melania Trump
Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou Lorena Ponce de León
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Ziroat Mirziyoyeva
Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu Rima Vurobaravu
Vatican City Sovereign Pope Leo XIV Celibate
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro Cilia Flores
Vietnam General Secretary of the Communist Party Tô Lâm Ngô Phương Ly
Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi ?
Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema Mutinta Hichilema
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Auxillia Mnangagwa

Other states

The following states are in free association with another UN member state.

State Head of state Spouse Image
Cook Islands King Charles III Queen Camilla
King's Representative Tom Marsters Tuaine d'Arorangi
Niue King Charles III Queen Camilla
Representative of the King Cindy Kiro Richard Davies

The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.

State Head of state Spouse Image
Abkhazia President Aslan Bzhania —
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani Prindon Sadriu
Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar Sibel Tatar
Sahrawi Republic General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President Brahim Ghali —
South Ossetia President Alan Gagloyev ?
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Wu Mei-ju

The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.

State Head of state Spouse Image
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi ?
Transnistria President Vadim Krasnoselsky Svetlana Krasnoselskaya

See also

References

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