List of spouses of national leaders born abroad

This is a list of spouses of national leaders born abroad. Spouses or partners using the title of "First lady" or "First gentleman" of a nation are included, whether they be a spouse of a president, prime minister, or other national leader. Some countries which have a president and prime minister have only included the spouse considered that of the national leader.

Spouses are not included if they were born in a colony that would become an independent state (e.g. New Spain forming independent nations in Latin America), countries that changed names (Upper Volta to Burkina Faso), or countries that broke apart (spouses of former Soviet countries born in another Soviet republic). Regal consorts and spouses of viceregal representatives (governors-general) are not included.

Name Country Spouse Office Birth Country Term Length
Rula Ghani Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani President Lebanon 2014–2021
Lidia Baez Andorra Antoni Martí Prime Minister Dominican Republic 2015-2019
Maria Eugénia Neto Angola Agostinho Neto President Portugal 1975-1979
Ruth Lara Angola Lúcio Lara President Portugal 1979-1979
Tatiana Kukanova Angola José Eduardo dos Santos President Soviet Union (modern day Russia) 1979-1980
Juana del Pino y Vera Mujica Argentina Bernardino Rivadavia President Uruguay 1826–1827
Cipriana de Saenz Argentina Luis Sáenz Peña President Uruguay 1892–1895
Emily Henry de la Plaza Argentina Victorino de la Plaza President United Kingdom ( Scotland) 1914–1916[1]
Regina Pacini Argentina Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear President Kingdom of Portugal (modern day Portugal) 1922–1928[2]
Jane Barton Australia Edmund Barton Prime Minister United Kingdom ( England) 1901-1903
Ada Watson Australia Chris Watson Prime Minister United Kingdom ( England) 1904-1904
Mary Cook Australia Joseph Cook Prime Minister United Kingdom ( England) 1913-1914
Bettina Gorton Australia John Gorton Prime Minister United States 1968–1971
Annita van Iersel Australia Paul Keating Prime Minister Netherlands 1991–1996
Margie Abbott Australia Tony Abbott Prime Minister New Zealand 2013–2015
Margit Fischer Austria Heinz Fischer President Sweden 2004–2016
Carolyn Plaskett Barbados Errol Barrow Prime Minister United States 1966–1976, 1986–1987
Mara Thompson Barbados David Thompson Prime Minister Saint Lucia 2008–2010
Elizabeth Bates Belgium Sylvain Van de Weyer Prime Minister United Kingdom ( England) 1845-1846
Celie Verbeke Belgium Jean-Luc Dehaene Prime Minister United States 1992–1999[3]
Chris Stone Belgium Sophie Wilmès Prime Minister Australia 2019–2020
Veerle Hegge Belgium Bart De Wever Prime Minister Netherlands 2025-present
Manuela Sáenz Bolivia Simón Bolívar President Spain Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern day Ecuador) 1825-1825
Virginia Gillum Bolivia Jorge Quiroga President United States 2001–2002[4]
Héctor Hincapié Carvajal Bolivia Jeanine Áñez President Colombia 2019–2020[5]
Ruth Williams Khama Botswana Seretse Khama President United Kingdom ( England) 1966–1980
Gladys Olebile Masire Botswana Quett Masire President Union of South Africa (modern day South Africa) 1980–1998
Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah Prime Minister Malaysia 2005-2010
Chantal Compaoré Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré President Ivory Coast 1987–2014
Sika Bella Kaboré Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré President Togo 2015–2022
Lígia Fonseca Cabo Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca President Portuguese Mozambique (modern day Mozambique) 2011–2021
Agnes Macdonald Canada John A. Macdonald Prime Minister Colony of Jamaica (modern day Jamaica) 1867-1873, 1878-1891
Mila Mulroney Canada Brian Mulroney Prime Minister Yugoslavia (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1984–1993
Diana Fox Carney Canada Mark Carney Prime Minister United Kingdom 2025–
Catherine Denguiadé Central African Republic Jean-Bédel Bokassa President French Chad (modern day Chad) 1966-1977
Mireille Kolingba Central African Republic André Kolingba President Republic of the Congo 1981-1993
Angèle Patassé Central African Republic Ange-Félix Patassé President Togo 1993-2003
Chantal Djotodia Central African Republic Michel Djotodia President Benin 2013-2014
Amana Musa Hilal Chad Idriss Déby President Sudan 2012-2021[6]
Luisa Garmendia Chile Francisco Antonio Pinto President Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Modern day Argentina) 1827-1829
Manuela Warnes Chile Joaquín Prieto President Argentina 1931-1941
Enriqueta Pinto Chile Manuel Bulnes President Argentina 1841–1851
Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera Colombia Jorge Holguín President France 1909, 1921–1922
Bertha Puga Martínez Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo President Chile 1958–1962
Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés Colombia Carlos Lleras Restrepo President Spain 1966–1970
Carolina Isakson Proctor Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas President United States 1986–1990
Clotilde Ngouabi Republic of Congo Marien Ngouabi President France 1969–1972
Jocelyne Lissouba Republic of Congo Pascal Lissouba President France 1992-1997
Sofía Matilde Joy Redman Costa Rica José María Castro Madriz President United Kingdom ( England) 1859–1863
Elena Gallegos Rosales Costa Rica Julio Acosta García President El Salvador 1920–1924
Yvonne Clays Spoelders Costa Rica Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia President Belgium 1940–1944
Henrietta Boggs Costa Rica José Figueres Ferrer President United States 1948–1949
Karen Olsen Beck Costa Rica José Figueres Ferrer President Denmark 1970–1974
Marjorie Elliott Sypher Costa Rica Daniel Oduber Quirós President Canada 1974–1978
Gloria Bejarano Almada Costa Rica Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier President Mexico 1990–1994
José María Rico Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla President Spain 2010–2014
Mercedes Peñas Domingo Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solís President Spain 2014–2018
Signe Zeicate Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves Robles President Soviet Union (modern day Latvia) 2022–present
Genoveva Guardiola de Estrada Palma Cuba Tomás Estrada Palma President Honduras 1902-1906
Laura Bertini y Alessandri Cuba Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada President Italy 1933-1933
Lila Irene Clerides Cyprus Glafcos Clerides President British India (modern day India) 1974, 1993–2003
Mimi Kyprianou Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou President Greece 1977–1988
Stephen Kinnock Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt Prime Minister United Kingdom ( Wales) 2011–2015
Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen Prime Minister Faroe Islands (constituent county of Denmark) 2009–2011, 2015–2019
Carmen Quidiello Dominican Republic Juan Bosch President Cuba 1963
Renée Klang de Guzmán Dominican Republic Antonio Guzmán Fernández President Venezuela 1978–1982
Kirsty Sword Gusmão East Timor Xanana Gusmão President Australia 2002–2007
Joy Aquino Siapno East Timor Fernando de Araújo President Philippines 2008
Ana Paredes Arosemena Ecuador Eloy Alfaro President Republic of New Granada (modern day Panama) 1906–1911
Corina del Parral Ecuador José María Velasco Ibarra President Argentina 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, 1968–1972
Alicia Pizzimbono Ecuador Alfredo Poveda President Argentina 1976–1979
María Eugenia Cordovez Ecuador León Febres Cordero President Peru 1984–1988
Josefina Villalobos Ecuador Sixto Durán Ballén President United States 1992–1996
Anne Malherbe Gosselin Ecuador Rafael Correa President Belgium 2007–2017
Vanda Pignato El Salvador Mauricio Funes President Brazil 2009–2014
Regina Abelt Ethiopia Negasso Gidada President West Germany (modern day Germany) 1995–2001
Suzanne Innes-Stubb Finland Alexander Stubb President United Kingdom ( England) 2024-present
Penelope Fillon France François Fillon Prime Minister United Kingdom ( Wales) 2007–2012
Carla Bruni France Nicolas Sarkozy President Italy 2008–2012
Edith Lucie Bongo Gabon Omar Bongo President Republic of Congo 1989–2009
Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba President France 2009–2023
Zeinab Jammeh Gambia Yahya Jammeh President Morocco 1999-2017
Sandra Roelofs Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili President Netherlands 2008–2013
Rut Brandt Germany Willy Brandt Chancellor Norway 1969–1974
Fathia Nkrumah Ghana Kwame Nkrumah President Egypt 1960–1966
Mildred Christina Akosiwor Fugar Ghana Joseph Arthur Ankrah President Belgian Congo (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1966–1969
Mary Stuart Great Britain John Stuart Prime Minister Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) 1762-1763
Algeria Benton de Reyna Guatemala José María Reina Barrios President United States 1892–1898
Elisa Martínez Contreras Guatemala Juan José Arévalo President Argentina 1945–1951
Maria Cristina Vilanova Guatemala Jacobo Árbenz President El Salvador 1951–1954
Elsa Cirigliano Guatemala Fernando Romeo Lucas García President Venezuela 1978–1982
Patricia Escobar Guatemala Álvaro Arzú President El Salvador 1996–2000
Lauriane Doumbouya Guinea Mamady Doumbouya President France 2021–present
Janet Jagan Guyana Cheddi Jagan President United States 1992–1997
Mildred Trouillot Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide President United States 2001–2004
Sophia Martelly Haiti Michel Martelly President United States 2011–2016
Bessie Watson Honduras Carlos Roberto Reina President United States 1994–1998[7]
Mary Flake de Flores Honduras Carlos Roberto Flores President United States 1998–2002
Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro Honduras Ricardo Maduro President Spain 2002–2006
Georgia Björnsson Iceland Sveinn Björnsson President Denmark 1944–1952
Dorrit Moussaieff Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson President Israel 2003–2016
Eliza Reid Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson President Canada 2016–2024
Lucy Kurtz Ireland Douglas Hyde President Prussia (modern day Germany) 1938–1945
Máirín Uí Dhálaigh Ireland Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh President British India (modern day India) 1974–1976
Joan O'Farrell Ireland Garret FitzGerald Taoiseach United Kingdom ( England) 1981–1982, 1982–1987
Nicholas Robinson Ireland Mary Robinson President Netherlands 1990–1997
Martin McAleese Ireland Mary McAleese President United Kingdom ( Northern Ireland) 1997–2011
Sonia Gandhi India Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister Italy 1984–1989
Janaki Venkataraman India Ramaswamy Venkataraman President British Burma (modern day Myanmar) 1987–1992
Usha Narayanan India K. R. Narayanan President British Burma (modern day Myanmar) 1997–2002
Vera Weizmann Israel Chaim Weizmann President Russian Empire (modern day Russia) 1949–1952
Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi President Russian Empire (modern day Ukraine) 1952–1963
Rachel Katznelson-Shazar Israel Zalman Shazar President Russian Empire (modern day Belarus) 1963–1973
Nina Katzir Israel Ephraim Katzir President Poland 1973–1978
Aura Herzog Israel Chaim Herzog President Egypt 1983–1993
Reuma Weizman Israel Ezer Weizman President United Kingdom ( England) 1993–2000
Sonia Peres Israel Shimon Peres President Poland (modern day Ukraine) 2007–2011
Dominique Ouattara Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara President French Algeria (modern day Algeria) 2011–present
Kayoko Hosowaka Japan Morihiro Hosokawa Prime Minister Manchukuo (modern day China) 1993–1994
Miyuki Hatoyama Japan Yukio Hatoyama Prime Minister China 2009–2010
Andra Levite Latvia Egils Levits President West Germany (modern day Germany) 2019–2023
Rosé Rene Poitieux Lebanon Fouad Chehab President France 1952, 1958–1964[8]
Iris Handaly Lebanon Suleiman Frangieh President Egypt 1970–1976
Jane Roberts Liberia Joseph Jenkins Roberts President United States 1848-1856, 1872-1876
Clar Weah Liberia George Weah President Jamaica 2018–2024
Gauthier Destenay Luxembourg Xavier Bettel Prime Minister Belgium 2015-2023
Marjolijne Droogleever Fortuyn Luxembourg Luc Frieden Prime Minister Netherlands 2023-present
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim Prime Minister Colony of Singapore (modern day Singapore) 2022-present
Ethel Mutharika Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika President Southern Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe) 2004–2007
Richard Banda Malawi Joyce Banda President Northern Rhodesia (modern day Zambia) 2012–2014
Iris Falcam Micronesia Leo Falcam President United States 1999–2003
Georgeta Snegur Moldova Mircea Snegur President Romania 1990–1997
Anastasia Filatova Mongolia Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal Chairman Soviet Union (modern day Russia) 1952–1984
Christina Massey New Zealand William Massey Prime Minister Australia 1912–1925
Janet Fraser New Zealand Peter Fraser Prime Minister United Kingdom ( Scotland) 1940–1945
Peter Davis New Zealand Helen Clark Prime Minister United Kingdom ( England) 1999–2008
Isabel Urcuyo Nicaragua Luis Somoza Debayle President Costa Rica 1956–1963
Hope Portocarrero Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle President United States 1974–1979
Nahid Mirza Pakistan Iskander Mirza President Iran 1956–1958
Nusrat Bhutto Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto President Iran 1971–1973
Shafiq Zia Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq President Uganda 1977–1988
Viqar-un-Nisa Noon Pakistan Feroz Khan Noon Prime Minister Austria 1957–1958
Adela Ruiz de Royo Panama Arístides Royo President Spain 1978–1982
Yazmín Colón de Cortizo Panama Laurentino Cortizo President Puerto Rico ( United States) 2019–2024
Eliza Lynch Paraguay Francisco Solano López President United Kingdom (modern day Ireland) 1862–1870
Pilar Nores de García Peru Alan García President Argentina 1985–1990, 2006–2011
Eliane Karp Peru Alejandro Toledo President France 2001–2006
Nancy Lange Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski President United States 2016–2018
Maria Piłsudska Poland Józef Piłsudski President Lithuania 1918–1921
Maria Kaczyńska Poland Lech Kaczyński President Nazi Germany controlled Reichskommissariat Ostland (modern day Belarus) 2005-2010
Elzira Dantas Machado Portugal Bernardino Machado President Empire of Brazil (modern day Brazil) 1915–1917, 1925–1926
Jeannette Kagame Rwanda Paul Kagame President Burundi 2000–present
Colette Senghor Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor President France 1960–1980
Viviane Wade Senegal Abdoulaye Wade President France 2000–2012
Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim Singapore Yusof Ishak President Malaysia 1965–1970
Graça Machel South Africa Nelson Mandela President Portuguese Mozambique (modern day Mozambique) 1998–1999
Franziska Donner South Korea Syngman Rhee President Austria-Hungary (modern day Austria) 1948–1960
Rose-Marie Belle Antoine Saint Lucia Kenny Anthony Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago 1997–2006, 2011–2016
Patricia Mae Mitchell St. Vincent and the Grenadines James Fitz-Allen Mitchell Prime Minister Canada 1984–2000[9]
Eloise Harris St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago 2001–present[10]
Asma al-Assad Syria Bashar al-Assad President United Kingdom ( England) 2000–2024
Oei Hui-lan Republic of China Wellington Koo President Dutch East Indies (modern day Indonesia) 1926–1927
Chiang Fang-liang Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo President Russian Empire (modern day Belarus) 1978–1988
Christine Chow Ma Republic of China Ma Ying-jeou President Hong Kong 2008–2016
Karen Anderson Thailand Thanin Kraivichien Prime Minister Denmark 1976–1977
Reema Harrysingh-Carmona Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona President United States 2013–2018
Moufida Bourguiba Tunisia Habib Bourguiba President France 1957–1961
Beatrix Marzouki Tunisia Moncef Marzouki President France 2011–2014
Siren Ennaceur Tunisia Mohamed Ennaceur President Norway 2019
Kateryna Yushchenko Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko President United States 2005–2010
Marina Wheeler United Kingdom Boris Johnson Prime Minister West Berlin (modern day Germany) 2019–2020
Akshata Murty United Kingdom Rishi Sunak Prime Minister India 2022–2024
Louisa Adams United States John Quincy Adams President Great Britain ( England) 1825–1829
Melania Trump United States Donald Trump President Yugoslavia (modern day Slovenia) 2017–2021, 2025-present
Matilde Ibáñez Tálice Uruguay Luis Batlle Berres President Argentina 1947–1951
Charlotte Harland Scott Zambia Guy Scott President United Kingdom ( England) 2014–2015
Sally Mugabe Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe President Gold Coast (modern day Ghana) 1987–1992
Grace Mugabe Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe President Union of South Africa (modern day South Africa) 1996–2017

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