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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 »

Mercedes Lugo, First Lady of Paraguay

First Lady of Paraguay

Mercedes Lugo de Maidana, First Lady of Paraguay (Sister of President Lugo) According to Paraguayan law, the Office of the First Lady of the Nation depends structurally and financially on the Presidency of the Republic. The First Lady exercises her duties through the REPADEH (Red Paraguaya para el Desarrollo Humano) Foundation, focused mainly in...Read More »

Marta Linares, First Lady of Panama

First Lady of Panama

Marta Linares, First Lady of Panama Born in Panama City, Panama in 1956. Daughter of Francisco José Linares (political Panamenista), brother in turn Arias Ana Matilde Linares, the first wife of Dr. Arnulfo Arias. She studied primary and secondary education in the International College of Mary Immaculate. Admitted to the Trade in Saint Mary...Read More »

Benazir Bhutto, First Lady of Pakistan

First Lady of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto, First Lady of Pakistan (killed in Dec 2007; wife of Asif Ali Zardari) Benazir Bhutto (Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو; Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, pronounced [beːnəˈziːr ˈbʱʊʈːoː]; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan. Bhutto was the first...Read More »

Ingrid Schulerud, First Lady of Norway

First Lady of Norway

Ingrid Schulerud, First Lady of Norway Ingrid Schulerud (born 8 July 1959) is a Norwegian diplomat. She is the Deputy Director General for Central Europe and EEA-financing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is also the wife of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Schulerud is the daughter of Mentz Schulerud, an author and...Read More »

Kim Ok, First Lady of North Korea

First Lady of North Korea

Kim Ok, First Lady of North Korea Kim Ok is a North Korean, occasionally regarded (unofficially) as “North Korea’s first lady”, and has served as Kim Jong-il’s personal secretary since the 1980s. She is reported to have started living with Kim Jong-il at some point after the death of Kim’s third consort Ko Young-hee....Read More »

Laraba Tandja, First Lady, Niger

First Lady of Niger

Laraba Tandja, First Lady of Niger Her Excellency Mrs. Hadjia Laraba Tandja has been the First Lady of Niger since her husband President Tandja Mamadou took office in 1999. Mrs. Tandja is the Founder and President of the Fondation Magama, whose main objective is to fight poverty in Niger through the protection of women...Read More »