Category: First Ladies
Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria

First Lady of Syria

Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria Asma al-Assad (Arabic: أسماء الأسد‎), also known by her maiden name as Asma Fawaz al-Akhras (Arabic: أسماء فواز الأخرس‎), is the First Lady of Syria. She was born in London, England, on 11 August 1975. Her family is originally from Homs, Syria. She married President Bashar al-Assad in...Read More »

Princess Victoria Bernadotte, First Lady of Sweden

First Lady of Sweden

Princess Victoria Bernadotte, First Lady of Sweden Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée; born 14 July 1977), is the eldest child and heir apparent of King Carl XVI Gustaf. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Sweden’s fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina and Ulrika Eleonora) and the first since 1720. Victoria...Read More »

Sonsoles Espinosa, First Lady of Spain

First Lady of Spain

Sonsoles Espinosa, First Lady of Spain Sonsoles Espinosa Díaz (born 8 November 1961) is a Spanish classical singer and music teacher. She is also the wife of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the President of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno, essentially Prime Minister) of Spain. She was born in Ávila, the daughter of a military...Read More »

Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of South Korea

First Lady of South Korea

Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of South Korea Kim Yoon-ok (born March 26, 1947) is the current First Lady of the Republic of Korea. Kim graduated from Daegu Girls’ High School in 1966 and went on to attend Ewha Womans University, where she graduated in 1970 with a B.A. in Health Education and Management. She...Read More »

Barbara Miklič Türk, First Lady of Slovenia

First Lady of Slovenia

Barbara Miklič Türk, First Lady of Slovenia Mrs Barbara Miklič Türk was born in 1948 in Ljubljana in a middle class family. Her father was a mining and geophysics engineer and her mother was a physician specialized in microbiology, epidemiology and tropical medicine. As a teenager, she spent some time with her family in...Read More »

Silvia Gašparovičová, First Lady of Slovakia

First Lady of Slovakia

Silvia Gašparovičová, First Lady of Slovakia Silvia Gašparovičová, wife of the president of the Slovak Republic was born on 13-th of January 1941 in Bratislava. Education Mrs. Gašparovičová graduated from secondary school in 1958. She studied at the Slovak Technical University the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Bratislava for 5 years. She has finished...Read More »

Sia Koroma, First Lady of Sierra Leone

First Lady of Sierra Leone

Sia Koroma, First Lady of Sierra Leone Sia Nyama Koroma (born on March 19, 1958[1] in Koidu Town, Kono District) is a Sierra Leonean Biochemist and Psychiatric Nurse. She is the wife of Sierra Leone’s president Ernest Bai Koroma and she is currently the First Lady of Sierra She holds a Master of Science...Read More »

Viviane Wade, First Lady of Senegal

First Lady of Senegal

Viviane Wade, First Lady of Senegal Born September 13, 1932 in Besançon – France Married June 30, 1963 Very soon engaged in politics, already in high school then at university where she met the man who will be her Husband, Abdoulaye Wade, Mrs Viviane Wade has been able to consolidate its control options for...Read More »

Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda

First Lady of Rwanda

Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Mootingwe Kagame (Jeannette Nyiramongi, born August 10, 1962) is the wife of Paul Kagame. She became the First Lady of Rwanda when her husband took office as President in 2000. The couple have four children. Jeannette Kagame returned to her native Rwanda following the Rwandan Genocide of...Read More »

Svetlana Medvedeva, First Lady of Russia

First Lady of Russia

Svetlana Medvedeva, First Lady of Russia Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Медведева, née Linnik, Линник) (born 15 March 1965), is the wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and thus the first lady of Russia. Svetlana Linnik was born into a military family in Kronstadt, a town administered by Leningrad. She met her future...Read More »

Maria Cavaco Silva, First Lady of Portugal

First Lady of Portugal

Maria Cavaco Silva, First Lady of Portugal Professor of Portuguese Language and Culture, Dr. Maria Cavaco Silva has over the past decades devoted particular attention to issues around education and culture, but also to issues such as childhood or social solidarity. The challenges that families and young people face in today’s world, and new...Read More »

Pilar Nores de García, First Lady of Peru

First Lady of Peru

Pilar Nores de García, First Lady of Peru María del Pilar Nores Bodereau de García (Córdoba, March 11, 1949) is an economist. Born on the 11th of March, 1949 in the province of Cordoba, Argentina. Thirteenth daughter of a traditional family; her father was the Governor of Cordoba and Dean of the National University...Read More »