First Lady of Mexico

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First Lady of Mexico
Beatriz Gutierrez.jpg
Incumbent
Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller
since 1 December 2018
ResidenceNational Palace of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Term length6 years
Inaugural holder
Formation1917
WebsiteGob.MX

First Lady of Mexico (Spanish: Primera Dama de México), also known as First Lady of the United Mexican States (Spanish: Primera Dama de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the unofficial title of the wife of the president of Mexico. The post is highly ceremonial and in fact once caused severe controversy when it was thought that the first lady took too much involvement in their husband's post. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller is the wife of current president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

María Flores de Lascuráin, spouse of Pedro Lascuráin, was Mexico's and the world's briefest ever first lady, since her husband served as president for less than an hour.

Role of the first lady[]

The first lady is not an elected position, carries no official duties and brings no salary. Nonetheless, she attends many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the president. There is a strict taboo against the first lady holding outside employment while occupying the office. Usually the first lady takes an important (ceremonial) post as head of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) ("Integral Family Development"). However, this did not occur during the Fox administration when First Lady Marta Sahagún founded the national philanthropic organization Vamos México.

Two first ladies have been active politicians: Martha Sahagún, who married Vicente Fox during his tenure (2002–2006), had been a party activist and candidate for Mayor of Celaya on the PAN party ticket, and was briefly considered a contender for PAN's nomination to run for either the Jefe de Gobierno (Governor of the Federal District) or President in the 2006 election. Margarita Zavala, wife of Felipe Calderón, was a deputy from 2003 to 2006. In the 2018 Mexican general election, she was a pre-candidate for the nomination of PAN, and then she briefly ran as an independent.[1]

Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, wife of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, abolished the post stating it was a "role with no concrete functions or responsibilities. She also said she wanted to "serve Mexico any way she can", and that the title "First Lady" is "somewhat classist".[2] She claimed there are not and should not be first nor second class women.

First ladies of Mexico[]

Revolutionary era

Portrait Name President Period
Guadalupe Victoria 1824–1829
Vicente Guerrero 1829
José María Bocanegra 1829
Anastasio Bustamante 1830–1832, 1837–1839, 1839–1841
Melchor Múzquiz 1832
Manuel Gómez Pedraza 1832–1833
Valentín Gómez Farías 1833–1834, 1846–1847
Inés García de López de Santa Anna Antonio López de Santa Anna 1833–1844
Miguel Barragán 1835–1836
José Justo Corro 1836–1837
Nicolas Bravo 1839, 1843, 1846
Francisco Javier Echeverría 1841
Josefa Dávila de Canalizo Valentín Canalizo 1844
José Joaquín de Herrera 1844–1845, 1848–1851
Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga 1846
Mariano Salas 1846, 1859
Pedro Ma. Anaya 1847, 1848
Manuel de la Peña y Peña 1847, 1848
Mariano Arista 1851–1853
Juan Bautista Ceballos 1853
Manuel María Lombardini 1853
Juan Cordero - Portrait of Doña Dolores Tosta de Santa Anna - Google Art Project.jpg Antonio López de Santa Anna 1853–1855
Martín Carrera 1855
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega 1855
Juan N. Álvarez 1855
Ignacio Comonfort 1855–1858
MargaritaMazaParadaDeJuárez.JPG Margarita Maza de Juárez Benito Juárez 1858–1871
Félix Ma. Zuloaga 1858
Manuel Robles Pezuela 1858–1859
Concepción Lombardo de Miramón.jpg Concepción Lombardo de Miramón Miguel Miramón 1859–1860
José Ignacio Pavón 1860
Juan N. Almonte 1863
- Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada 1872–1876
Juana Calderon.jpg Juana Calderón de Iglesias José María Iglesias 1876
Juan N. Méndez 1876–1877
Delfina Ortega de Díaz Porfirio Díaz 1877–1880
Manuel González 1880–1884
Carmen Romero Rubio.png Carmen Romero Rubio de Díaz Porfirio Díaz 1884–1911
Francisco León de la Barra 1911
Mr and Mrs Francisco I Madero cph.3b47072.jpg Francisco I. Madero 1911–1913
Pedro Lascuráin 1913
Victoriano Huerta 1913–1914
Francisco S. Carvajal 1914
Eulalio Gutiérrez 1914–1915
Roque González Garza 1915
Francisco Lagos Cházaro 1915

Post-revolutionary era

Portrait Name President Period
Virginia Salinas de Carranza Venustiano Carranza 1917–1920
Clara Oriol de la Huerta Adolfo de la Huerta June 1, 1920 – November 30, 1920
Álvaro Obregón 1920–1924 (1928[3])
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01043, Plutarco Elias Calles und Natalia Calles (Natalia Calles).jpg Natalia Chacón de Elías Calles Plutarco Elías Calles 1924–1927
Plutarco Elías Calles 1927–1928
Carmen García de Portes Gil Emilio Portes Gil 1928–1930
Josefina Ortiz (cropped).jpg Josefina Ortiz de Ortiz Pascual Ortiz Rubio 1930–1932
Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1932–1934
Amalia Alejandra Solórzano Bravo en vida.jpg Amalia Solórzano de Cárdenas Lázaro Cárdenas 1934–1940
Manuel Ávila Camacho 1940–1946
Miguel Alemán Valdés 1946–1952
María Izaguirre de Ruiz Cortines Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 1952–1958
Eva Sámano (cropped).jpg Eva Sámano de Mateos Adolfo López Mateos 1958–1964
Guadalupe Borja de Ordaz Gustavo Díaz Ordaz 1964–1970
Maria Esther Zuno.jpg Luis Echeverría 1970–1976
Carmen Romano portrait Carmen Romano de Portillo José López Portillo 1976–1982
Paloma Cordero in 1985.jpg Paloma Cordero de la Madrid Miguel de la Madrid 1982–1988
Cecilia Occelli de Salinas de Gortari Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1988–1994
Ernesto Zedillo 1994–2000
Marta Sahagún portrait Marta Sahagún de Fox Vicente Fox 2001–2006[4]
Margarita Zavala portrait Margarita Zavala de Calderón Felipe Calderón 2006–2012
Angélica Rivera portrait Angélica Rivera de Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto 2012–2018
Beatriz Gutiérrez portrait Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller de López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador 2018–present

Living first ladies[]

As of March 2022, there are five living former first ladies, as identified below.

The most recent first lady to die was Paloma Cordero de de la Madrid on May 11, 2020.

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Margarita Zavala renuncia a su candidatura para presidir México" [Margarita Zavala renounces her candidacy to lead Mexico]. El Pais (in Spanish). May 17, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "La esposa de López Obrador suprime la figura de primera dama en México" [Wife of Lopez Obrador abolishes the post of First Lady of Mexico], El Diario.es (in Spanish), August 4, 2018, retrieved August 24, 2019
  3. ^ President Obregón was assassinated just after being reelected and declared President-Elect, thus he was never sworn in, and therefore she did not assume the role and was First Lady-Designate from July 1, 1928 – July 17, 1928.
  4. ^ The post was vacant from December 1, 2000 to July 1, 2001 (since Vicente Fox was unmarried upon assumption of the presidency), 2001 when he wed Marta Sahagún, who would then assume the role.

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