# First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the presidents of Ecuador. There has been only one first gentleman of Ecuador to date, Eduardo Peña Triviño, the husband of former acting president Rosalía Arteaga Serrano.

## List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

Type of government:
| Nº | Name | President | Term in office |
| Holders of the title "Wife of the President" |||||
| 1º | Mercedes Jijón | Juan José Flores | 1830–1834 |
| 2º | Baltazara Calderón de Rocafuerte | Vicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano | 1835–1839 |
| (1º) | Mercedes Jijón | Juan José Flores | 1839–1845 |
| | María Rosa Icaza | José Joaquín de Olmedo (Head of the Provisional Government) | 1845–1845 |
| 3º | Juana Andrade Fuente Fría | Vicente Ramón Roca | 1845–1849 |
| | Carmen Salinas de la Vega | Manuel de Ascazubi y Matheu (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1849–1850 |
| 4º | Tomasa Carbo y Noboa | Diego Noboa | 1850–1851 |
| 5º | Teresa Jado | José María Urvina y Viteri | 1851–1856 |
| 6º | Carmen de Santistevan y Avilés | Francisco Robles Garcia | 1856–1859 |
| 7º | Rosa Ascázubi y Matheu | Gabriel García Moreno | 1859–1865 |
| | Widower | Rafael Carvajal (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1865–1865 |
| 8º | María Antonia Andrade | Jeronimo Carrion y Palacio | 1865–1867 |
| | Juana Arteta y Garzon | Pedro José de Arteta (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1867–1868 |
| | Single | Javier Espinosa y Espinosa | 1868–1869 |
| | Mariana del Alcázar y Ascasubi | Gabriel García Moreno (Interim President) | 1869–1869 |
| | Carmen Salinas de la Vega | Manuel de Ascásubi y Matheu (Interim constitutional President) | 1869–1869 |
| 9º | Mariana del Alcazar y Ascasubi | Gabriel García Moreno | 1869–1875 |
| | | Francisco Xavier León y Franco (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1875–1875 |
| | Isabel Valdivieso y Carcelén de Guevara | José Javier Eguiguren (Min. of Finance, in charge of the Government) | 1875–1875 |
| 10º | Rosa Lucía Moscoso Cardenas | Antonio Borrero y Cortázar | 1875–1876 |
| 11º | Marieta de Veintemilla | Ignacio de Veintemilla y Villacis | 1876–1883 |
| | Jesús Dávila Heredia | Luis Cordero Crespo (1st President of the Pentavirato) | 1883 |
| | Antonia Chiriboga y Muñoz | Rafael Pérez Pareja (2nd President of the Pentavirato) | 1883 |
| 12º | Pastoriza Marquez de la Plata y Plaza | José María Plácido Caamaño | 1883–1888 |
| | Leticia Escobar y Salvador | Pedro José Cevallos (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1895–1895 |
| 13º | Leonor Ruiz de Apodaca | Antonio Flores Jijón | 1888–1892 |
| | Widower (Jesús Davila Heredia) | Luis Cordero Crespo | 1892–1895 |
| | Manuela Quiñones Perez | Vicente Lucio Salazar (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1895–1895 |
| 14º | Ana Paredes Arosemena | Eloy Alfaro Delgado | 1895–1901 |
| 15º | Avelina Lasso | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez | 1901–1905 |
| 16º | Carmen Coello Alvarez | Lizardo García Sorroza | 1905–1906 |
| (14º) | Ana Paredes Arosemena | Eloy Alfaro Delgado | 1906–1911 |
| | Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1911–1911 |
| 17º | Lastenia Gamarra Menéndez | Emilio Estrada Carmona | 1911 |
| | Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1911–1912 |
| | Victoria Malo German | Francisco Andrade Marín (President of the Congress, in charge of the Government) | 1912–1912 |
| | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1912–1912 |
| (15º) | Avelina Lasso | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez | 1912–1916 |
| 18º | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno | 1916–1920 |
| 19º | Esther Concha Torres | José Luis Tamayo | 1920–1924 |
| 20º | Victoria Monsalve Cardenas | Gonzalo Córdova y Rivera | 1924–1925 |
| | Does not exist | Provisional Government | 1925–1926 |
| 21º | Laura Carbo Núñez | Isidro Ayora Cueva | 1926–1931 |
| | Lucy Lopez y Williams | Luis Larrea Alba (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) | 1931–1931 |
| | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1931–1932 |
| | Manuela Gomez de la Torre y Nájera | Carlos Freile Larrea (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) | 1932–1932 |
| | Maria Elena Valenzuela y Plaza | Alberto Guerrero Martínez (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1932–1932 |
| 22º | Francisca Torres Lascano | Juan de Dios Martínez Mera | 1932–1933 |
| | | Abelardo Montalvo (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1933–1934 |
| 23º | Esther Silva Burbano | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1934–1935 |
| | Single | Antonio Pons (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) | 1935–1935 |
| | Adelina Espinosa García | Federico Páez (Interim President) | 1935–1937 |
| | Mariana Calderón Alava | Alberto Enríquez Gallo (Supreme Chief) | 1937–1938 |
| | Ana Maria Bustamante | Manuel María Borrero (Interim President) | 1938 |
| 24º | Judith Perez Davalos | Aurelio Mosquera Narváez | 1938–1939 |
| | Elena Yerovi Matheu | Carlos Arroyo del Río (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1939 |
| | Rosario Galarza Arizaga | Andres Fernandez de Cordova (President of the Congress, in charge of the Government) | 1939–1940 |
| | | Julio Enrique Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1940 |
| 25º | Elena Yerovi Matheu | Carlos Arroyo del Río | 1940–1944 |
| | Does not exist | Provisional Government | 1944 |

## First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

Type of Government:
| Nº | Name | President | Term in office |
| Holders of the title "First Lady of Ecuador" |||||
| 26º | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1944–1947 |
| | | Carlos Mancheno Cajas (Min. of Defense, Presidente by Fact) | 1947 |
| 27º | Blanca Pasquel Alarcón | Mariano Suárez Veintimilla | 1947 |
| 28º | Laura Monroy Garaycoa | Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola | 1947–1948 |
| 29º | Rosario Pallares Zaldumbide | Galo Plaza Lasso | 1948–1952 |
| (26º) | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1952–1956 |
| 30º | Dolores Gangotena | Camilo Ponce Enríquez | 1956–1960 |
| (26º) | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1960–1961 |
| 31º | Gladys Peet | Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy | 1961–1963 |
| | Piedad Gabela Reyes | Ramón Castro Jijón (President of the Military Government) | 1963–1966 |
| | Victoria Mercedes Gomez Icaza | Clemente Yerovi Indaburu (Interim President) | 1966 |
| 32º | Lucila Santos Trujillo | Otto Arosemena Gomez | 1966–1968 |
| (26º) | Corina del Parral | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1968–1972 |
| | Aida Judith Leon | Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (President by Fact) | 1972–1976 |
| | Alicia Pizzimbono | Alfredo Poveda (President by Fact) | 1976–1979 |
| 33º | Martha Bucaram Ortiz | Jaime Roldós Aguilera | 1979–1981 |
| 34º | Margarita Pérez Pallares | Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea | 1981–1984 |
| 35º | María Eugenia Cordovez Pontón | León Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra | 1984–1988 |
| 36º | Carmen Calisto | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | 1988–1992 |
| 37º | Josefina Villalobos | Sixto Durán Ballén | 1992–1996 |
| 38º | María Rosa Pulley Vergara | Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz | 1996–1997 |
| | Pedro Fernández de Cordova | Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1997–1997 |
| | Lucia Peña Ochoa | Fabián Alarcón Rivera (Interim President) | 1997–1998 |
| 39º | Paola Mahuad Calderón | Jamil Mahuad Witt | 1998–2000 |
| 40º | Maria Isabel Baquerizo | Gustavo Noboa Bejarano | 2000–2003 |
| 41º | Ximena Bohórquez | Lucio Gutiérrez Borbua | 2003–2005 |
| 42º | María Beatriz Paret | Alfredo Palacio González | 2005–2007 |
| 43º | Anne Malherbe Gosselin | Rafael Correa Delgado | 2007–2017 |
| 44º | Rocío González Navas | Lenín Moreno Garcés | 2017–2021 |
| 45º | María de Lourdes Alcívar | Guillermo Lasso Mendoza | 2021–2023 |
| 46º | Lavinia Valbonesi | Daniel Noboa Azin | 2023–present |