First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

**First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador** are the wives and husbands of the Presidents of Ecuador.

## List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador

**Type of government**:

|Nº|Picture|Name|President|Term in office|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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 <small>(_Head of the Provisional Government_)</small>||1845–1845||
|3º||Juana Andrade Fuente Fría|Vicente Ramón Roca|1845–1849|
|||Carmen Salinas de la Vega|Manuel de Ascazubi y Matheu <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||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 <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1865–1865||
|8º||María Antonia Andrade|Jeronimo Carrion y Palacio|1865–1867|
|||Juana Arteta y Garzon|Pedro José de Arteta <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1867–1868||
|||_Single_|Javier Espinosa y Espinosa|1868–1869|
|||Mariana del Alcázar y Ascasubi|Gabriel García Moreno <small>(_Interim President_)</small>||1869–1869||
|||Carmen Salinas de la Vega|Manuel de Ascásubi y Matheu <small>(_Interim constitutional President_)</small>||1869–1869||
|9º||Mariana del Alcazar y Ascasubi|Gabriel García Moreno|1869–1875|
||||Francisco Xavier León y Franco <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1875–1875||
|||Isabel Valdivieso y Carcelén de Guevara|José Javier Eguiguren <small>(_Min. of Finance, in charge of the Government_)</small>||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 <small>(_1st President of the Pentavirato_)</small>||1883||
|||Antonia Chiriboga y Muñoz|Rafael Pérez Pareja <small>(_2nd President of the Pentavirato_)</small>||1883||
|12º||Pastoriza Marquez de la Plata y Plaza|José María Plácido Caamaño|1883–1888|
|||Leticia Escobar y Salvador|Pedro José Cevallos <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1895–1895||
|13º||Leonor Ruiz de Apodaca|Antonio Flores Jijón|1888–1892|
|||_Widower_ <small>_(Jesús Davila Heredia)_</small>||Luis Cordero Crespo||1892–1895|||
|||Manuela Quiñones Perez|Vicente Lucio Salazar <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||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 <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1911–1911||
|17º||Lastenia Gamarra Menéndez|Emilio Estrada Carmona|1911|
|||Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre|Carlos Freile Zaldumbide <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1911–1912||
|||Victoria Malo German|Francisco Andrade Marín <small>(_President of the Congress, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1912–1912||
|||Piedad Roca Marcos|Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||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 <small>(_Secretary of State, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1931–1931||
|||Piedad Roca Marcos|Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1931–1932||
|||Manuela Gomez de la Torre y Nájera|Carlos Freile Larrea <small>(_Secretary of State, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1932–1932||
|||Maria Elena Valenzuela y Plaza|Alberto Guerrero Martínez <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1932–1932||
|22º||Francisca Torres Lascano|Juan de Dios Martínez Mera|1932–1933|
||||Abelardo Montalvo <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1933–1934||
|23º||Esther Silva Burbano|José María Velasco Ibarra|1934–1935|
|||_Single_|Antonio Pons <small>(_Secretary of State, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1935–1935||
|||Adelina Espinosa García|Federico Páez <small>(_Interim President_)</small>||1935–1937||
|||Mariana Calderón Alava|Alberto Enríquez Gallo <small>(_Supreme Chief_)</small>||1937–1938||
|||Ana Maria Bustamante|Manuel María Borrero <small>(_Interim President_)</small>||1938||
|24º||Judith Perez Davalos|Aurelio Mosquera Narváez|1938–1939|
|||Elena Yerovi Matheu|Carlos Arroyo del Río <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1939||
|||Rosario Galarza Arizaga|Andres Fernandez de Cordova <small>(_President of the Congress, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1939–1940||
||||Julio Enrique Moreno <small>(_President of the Senate, in charge of the Government_)</small>||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|Image|Name|President|Term in office|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26º||Corina del Parral|José María Velasco Ibarra|1944–1947|
||||Carlos Mancheno Cajas <small>(_Min. of Defense, Presidente by Fact_)</small>||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 <small>(_President of the Military Government_)</small>||1963–1966||
|||Victoria Mercedes Gomez Icaza|Clemente Yerovi Indaburu <small>(_Interim President_)</small>||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 <small>(_President by Fact_)</small>||1972–1976||
|||Alicia Pizzimbono|Alfredo Poveda <small>(_President by Fact_)</small>||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 <small>(_Vice-president, in charge of the Government_)</small>||1997–1997||
|||Lucia Peña Ochoa|Fabián Alarcón Rivera <small>(_Interim President_)</small>||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|since 2023|

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: First Ladies and Gentlemen
- **body**: Ecuador
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Ecuador original version.svg
- **insigniasize**: 75px
- **image**: Lavinia Valbonesi First Lady of Ecuador (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Lavinia Valbonesi
- **incumbentsince**: November 23, 2023
- **residence**: Carondelet Palace
- **formation**: September 22, 1830
- **inaugural**: Mercedes Jijón