List of spouses of heads of state
The following is a list of spouses of current heads of state.
States recognised by the United Nations[]
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Afghanistan | Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada | N/A | |
Albania | President Ilir Meta | Monika Kryemadhi | |
Algeria | President Abdelmadjid Tebboune | Fatima Zohra Bella | |
Andorra | Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília | Celibate | |
Co-Prince Emmanuel Macron | Brigitte Macron | ||
Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince Josep Maria Mauri | Celibate | ||
Representative of the French Co-Prince Patrick Strzoda | N/A | ||
Angola | President João Lourenço | Ana Dias Lourenço | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Rodney Williams | Sandra Williams | ||
Argentina | President Alberto Fernández | Fabiola Yáñez (domestic partner) | |
Armenia | President Armen Sarkissian | Nouneh Sarkissian | |
Australia | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General David Hurley | Linda Hurley | ||
Austria | President Alexander Van der Bellen | Doris Schmidauer | |
Azerbaijan | President Ilham Aliyev | Mehriban Aliyeva | |
Bahamas, The | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Cornelius A. Smith | Clara Elizabeth Knowles | ||
Bahrain | King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa | |
Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al Ajmi | |||
Al Marri | |||
Al Naimi | |||
Bangladesh | President Abdul Hamid | Rashida Hamid | |
Barbados | President Sandra Mason | ? | |
Belarus | President Alexander Lukashenko | Galina Lukashenko | |
Belgium | King Philippe | Queen Mathilde | |
Belize | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Froyla Tzalam | Daniel Mendez | ||
Benin | President Patrice Talon | Claudine Talon | |
Bhutan | King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Queen Jetsun Pema | |
Bolivia | President Luis Arce | Lourdes Brigida Durán Romero | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | High Representative Christian Schmidt | N/A | |
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić | Sabina Komšić | ||
Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik | Snježana Dodik | ||
Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović | Vildana Džaferović | ||
Botswana | President Mokgweetsi Masisi | Neo Masisi | |
Brazil | President Jair Bolsonaro | Michelle Bolsonaro | |
Brunei | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | Queen Saleha | |
Bulgaria | President Rumen Radev | Desislava Radeva | |
Burkina Faso | President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | Sika Bella Kaboré | |
Burundi | President Évariste Ndayishimiye | Angéline Ndayubaha | |
Cambodia | King Norodom Sihamoni | N/A | |
Cameroon | President Paul Biya | Chantal Biya | |
Canada | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Mary Simon | Whit Fraser | ||
Cape Verde | President Jorge Carlos Fonseca | Lígia Fonseca | |
Central African Republic | President Faustin-Archange Touadéra | Brigitte Touadéra | |
Tina Touadéra | |||
Chad | Chairman of the Transitional Military Council and Interim President Mahamat Déby | N/A | |
Chile | President Sebastián Piñera | Cecilia Morel | |
China | General Secretary of the Communist Party and President Xi Jinping | Peng Liyuan | |
Colombia | President Iván Duque Marquez | María Juliana Ruiz | |
Comoros | President Azali Assoumani | Ambari Daroueche | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | President Félix Tshisekedi | Denise Tshisekedi | |
Congo, Republic of the | President Denis Sassou Nguesso | Antoinette Sassou Nguesso | |
Costa Rica | President Carlos Alvarado Quesada | Claudia Dobles Camargo | |
Croatia | President Zoran Milanović | Sanja Musić Milanović | |
Cuba | First Secretary of the Communist Party and President Miguel Díaz-Canel | Lis Cuesta | |
Cyprus | President Nicos Anastasiades | Andri Moustakoudes | |
Czech Republic | President Miloš Zeman | Ivana Zemanová | |
Denmark | Queen Margrethe II | Widowed Formerly Prince Henrik, Prince Consort (d. 2018) |
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Djibouti | President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Kadra Mahamoud Haid | |
Dominica | President Charles Savarin | Clara Josephine Savarin | |
Dominican Republic | President Luis Abinader | Raquel Arbaje | |
East Timor | President Francisco Guterres | Cidália Mozinho | |
Ecuador | President Guillermo Lasso | María de Lourdes Alcívar | |
Egypt | President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Entissar Amer | |
El Salvador | President Nayib Bukele | Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele | |
Equatorial Guinea | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Constancia Mangue | |
Eritrea | Chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice and President Isaias Afewerki | Saba Haile | |
Estonia | President Alar Karis | Sirje Karis | |
Eswatini | King Mswati III | Inkhosikati LaMatsebula | |
Inkhosikati LaMotsa | |||
Inkhosikati LaMbikiza | |||
Inkhosikati LaNgangaza | |||
Inkhosikati LaGija | |||
Inkhosikati LaMagongo | |||
Inkhosikati LaMahlangu | |||
Inkhosikati LaNtentesa | |||
Inkhosikati LaNkambule | |||
Inkhosikati LaFogiyane | |||
Inkhosikati LaMashwama | |||
Ethiopia | President Sahle-Work Zewde | N/A | |
Fiji | President Wiliame Katonivere | Filomena Katonivere | |
Finland | President Sauli Niinistö | Jenni Haukio | |
France | President Emmanuel Macron | Brigitte Macron | |
Gabon | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Sylvia Bongo Ondimba | |
Gambia, The | President Adama Barrow | Fatou Bah | |
Sarjo Mballow | |||
Georgia | President Salome Zourabichvili | Widowed Formerly Janri Kashia (d. 2012) |
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Germany | President Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Elke Büdenbender | |
Ghana | President Nana Akufo-Addo | Rebecca Akufo-Addo | |
Greece | President Katerina Sakellaropoulou | Pavlos Kotsonis | |
Grenada | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Cécile La Grenade | N/A | ||
Guatemala | President Alejandro Giammattei | Divorced Formerly Rosana Cáceres (div. ?) |
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Guinea | Interim President Mamady Doumbouya | Lauriane Doumbouya | |
Guinea-Bissau | President Umaro Sissoco Embaló | Dinisia Reis Embaló | |
Guyana | President Irfaan Ali | Arya Ali | |
Haiti | Interim President Ariel Henry | Annie Claude Massiau | |
Honduras | President Juan Orlando Hernández | Ana García Carías | |
Hungary | President János Áder | Anita Herczegh | |
Iceland | President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | Eliza Reid | |
India | President Ram Nath Kovind | Savita Kovind | |
Indonesia | President Joko Widodo | Iriana | |
Iran | Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei | Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh | |
Iraq | President Barham Salih | Sarbagh Salih | |
Ireland | President Michael D. Higgins | Sabina Higgins | |
Israel | President Isaac Herzog | Michal Herzog | |
Italy | President Sergio Mattarella | Widowed Formerly Marisa Chiazzese (d. 2012) |
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Ivory Coast | President Alassane Ouattara | Dominique Ouattara | |
Jamaica | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Patrick Allen | Denise Allen | ||
Japan | Emperor Naruhito | Empress Masako | |
Jordan | King Abdullah II | Queen Rania | |
Kazakhstan | Chairman of the Security Council Nursultan Nazarbayev | Sara Nazarbayeva | |
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | Danny Nakamura (domestic partner) | ||
Kenya | President Uhuru Kenyatta | Margaret Kenyatta | |
Kiribati | President Taneti Mamau | Teiraeng Mamau | |
Kuwait | Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Sharifa Sulaiman Al-Jasem | |
Kyrgyzstan | President Sadyr Japarov | Aigul Japarova | |
Laos | General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party and President Thongloun Sisoulith | Naly Sisoulith | |
Latvia | President Egils Levits | Andra Levite | |
Lebanon | President Michel Aoun | Nadia El-Chami | |
Lesotho | King Letsie III | Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso | |
Liberia | President George Weah | Clar Weah | |
Libya | Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi | Sarah al-Menfi | |
Member of the Presidential Council Abdullah al-Lafi | N/A | ||
Member of the Presidential Council Musa Al-Koni | Salma Al-Koni | ||
Liechtenstein | Prince Hans-Adam II | Widowed Formerly Princess Marie (d. 2021) |
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Regent Hereditary Prince Alois | Hereditary Princess Sophie | ||
Lithuania | President Gitanas Nausėda | Diana Nausėdienė | |
Luxembourg | Grand Duke Henri | Grand Duchess Maria Teresa | |
Madagascar | President Andry Rajoelina | Mialy Rajoelina | |
Malawi | President Peter Mutharika | Gertrude Maseko | |
Malaysia | Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah | Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah | |
Cik Puan Julia Rais | |||
Maldives | President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | Fazna Ahmed | |
Mali | Interim President Assimi Goïta | Lala Diallo | |
Malta | President George Vella | Miriam Grima | |
Marshall Islands | President David Kabua | Ginger Kabua | |
Mauritania | President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | Mariam Mint Mohamed Vadel Ould Dah | |
Mauritius | President Prithvirajsing Roopun | Sayukta Roopun | |
Mexico | President Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | President David W. Panuelo | Janet Semes | |
Moldova | President Maia Sandu | N/A | |
Monaco | Prince Albert II | Princess Charlene | |
Mongolia | President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh | Bolortsetseg Khürelsükh | |
Montenegro | President Milo Đukanović | Lidija Kuč | |
Morocco | King Mohammed VI | Princess Lalla Salma | |
Mozambique | President Filipe Nyusi | Isaura Nyusi | |
Myanmar | Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing | Kyu Kyu Hla | |
Acting President Myint Swe | Khin Thet Htay | ||
Namibia | President Hage Geingob | Monica Geingos | |
Nauru | President Lionel Aingimea | N/A | |
Nepal | President Bidya Devi Bhandari | Widowed Formerly Madan Bhandari (d. 1993) |
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Netherlands | King Willem-Alexander | Queen Máxima | |
New Zealand | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Cindy Kiro | Richard Davies | ||
Nicaragua | President Daniel Ortega | Rosario Murillo | |
Niger | President Mahamadou Issoufou | Hadiza Ben Mabrouk | |
Nigeria | President Muhammadu Buhari | Aisha Buhari | |
North Korea | General Secretary of the Workers' Party, President of the State Affairs Commission and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un | Ri Sol-ju | |
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Choe Ryong-hae | ? | ||
North Macedonia | President Stevo Pendarovski | Elizabeta Pendarovska | |
Norway | King Harald V | Queen Sonja | |
Oman | Sultan Haitham bin Tariq | Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah | |
Pakistan | President Arif Alvi | Samina Alvi | |
Palau | President Surangel Whipps Jr. | Valerie Esang Remengesau | |
Palestine | President Mahmoud Abbas | Amina Abbas | |
Panama | President Laurentino Cortizo | Yazmín Colón de Cortizo | |
Papua New Guinea | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Bob Dadae | Hannah Dadae | ||
Paraguay | President Mario Abdo Benítez | Silvana López Moreira | |
Peru | President Pedro Castillo | Lilia Paredes | |
Philippines | President Rodrigo Duterte | Honeylet Avanceña | |
Poland | President Andrzej Duda | Agata Kornhauser-Duda | |
Portugal | President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | Separated Ana Cristina Motta Veiga (sep. 1980) |
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Qatar | Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Sheikha Jawahir bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani | |
Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri | |||
Sheikha Noora bint Hathal Aldosari | |||
Romania | President Klaus Iohannis | Carmen Iohannis | |
Russia | President Vladimir Putin | Divorced Formerly Lyudmila Putina (div. 2014) |
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Rwanda | President Paul Kagame | Jeannette Kagame | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Tapley Seaton | N/A | ||
Saint Lucia | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Acting Governor-General Errol Charles | N/A | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Susan Dougan | Hugh Dougan | ||
Samoa | O le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II | Masiofo Fa'amausili Leinafo | |
San Marino | Captain Regent Francesco Mussoni | N/A | |
Captain Regent Giacomo Simoncini | N/A | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | President Carlos Vila Nova | ? | |
Saudi Arabia | King Salman | Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn | |
Senegal | President Macky Sall | Marieme Faye Sall | |
Serbia | President Aleksandar Vučić | Tamara Vučić | |
Seychelles | President Wavel Ramkalawan | Linda Ramkalawan | |
Sierra Leone | President Julius Maada Bio | Fatima Maada Bio | |
Singapore | President Halimah Yacob | Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee | |
Slovakia | President Zuzana Čaputová | Divorced formerly Ivan Čaputa (div. ?) |
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Slovenia | President Borut Pahor | Tanja Pečar (domestic partner) | |
Solomon Islands | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General David Vunagi | Mary Vunagi | ||
Somalia | President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed | Zeinab Abdi | |
South Africa | President Cyril Ramaphosa | Tshepo Motsepe | |
South Korea | President Moon Jae-in | Kim Jung-sook | |
South Sudan | President Salva Kiir Mayardit | Mary Ayen Mayardit | |
Aluel William Nyuon Bany | |||
Spain | King Felipe VI | Queen Letizia | |
Sri Lanka | President Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Ioma Udeni Rajapaksa | |
Sudan | Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | N/A | |
Suriname | President Chan Santokhi | Melissa Seenacherry[1] | |
Sweden | King Carl XVI Gustaf | Queen Silvia | |
Switzerland | President Guy Parmelin | N/A | |
Vice President Ignazio Cassis | Paola Cassis | ||
Member of the Federal Council Ueli Maurer | Anne-Claude | ||
Member of the Federal Council Simonetta Sommaruga | Lukas Hartmann | ||
Member of the Federal Council Alain Berset | Muriel Zeender | ||
Member of the Federal Council Karin Keller-Sutter | N/A | ||
Member of the Federal Council Viola Amherd | N/A | ||
Syria | President Bashar al-Assad | Asma al-Assad | |
Tajikistan | President Emomali Rahmon | Azizmo Asadullayeva | |
Tanzania | President Samia Suluhu Hassan | Hafidh Ameir | |
Thailand | King Vajiralongkorn | Queen Suthida | |
Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani | |||
Togo | President Faure Gnassingbé | Nana Ama Kuffour | |
Tonga | King Tupou VI | Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho | |
Trinidad and Tobago | President Paula-Mae Weekes | N/A | |
Tunisia | President Kais Saied | Ichraf Chebil | |
Turkey | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Emine Erdoğan | |
Turkmenistan | President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | Ogulgerek Berdimuhamedov | |
Tuvalu | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Governor-General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani | N/A | ||
Uganda | President Yoweri Museveni | Janet Museveni | |
Ukraine | President Volodymyr Zelensky | Olena Zelenska | |
United Arab Emirates | President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouei | |
United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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United States | President Joe Biden | Jill Biden | |
Uruguay | President Luis Lacalle Pou | Lorena Ponce de León | |
Uzbekistan | President Shavkat Mirziyoyev | Ziroatkhon Hoshimova | |
Vanuatu | President Tallis Obed Moses | Estella Moses | |
Vatican City | Sovereign Pope Francis | Celibate | |
Venezuela | President Nicolás Maduro | Cilia Flores | |
Vietnam | General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyễn Phú Trọng | Ngô Thị Mẫn | |
President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu | ||
Yemen | President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi | ? | |
Zambia | President Hakainde Hichilema | Mutinta Hichilema | |
Zimbabwe | President Emmerson Mnangagwa | Auxillia Mnangagwa |
Other states[]
The following states are in free association with another UN member state.
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Cook Islands | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Queen's Representative Tom Marsters | Tuaine d'Arorangi | ||
Niue | Queen Elizabeth II | Widowed Formerly Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 2021) |
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Representative of the Queen Cindy Kiro | Richard Davies |
The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Abkhazia | President Aslan Bzhania | N/A | |
Kosovo | President Vjosa Osmani | Prindon Sadie | |
Northern Cyprus | President Ersin Tatar | Sibel Tatar | |
Sahrawi Republic | General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President Brahim Ghali | N/A | |
South Ossetia | President Anatoly Bibilov | ? | |
Taiwan | President Tsai Ing-wen | N/A |
The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.
State | Head of state | Spouse | Image |
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Artsakh | President Arayik Harutyunyan | Kristina Harutyunyan | |
Somaliland | President Muse Bihi Abdi | Zahra Abdilahi Absia | |
Roda Ahmed Omar | |||
Transnistria | President Vadim Krasnoselsky | Svetlana Krasnoselskaya |
See also[]
- List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence
- List of current foreign ministers
- List of current finance ministers
- List of current defence ministers
- List of current interior ministers
- List of current presidents of assembly
- List of current presidents
- List of current vice presidents
- Lists of office-holders
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
- List of state leaders by year
- Lists of state leaders
- List of spouses of heads of government
- List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
References[]
- ^ "President Santokhi en partner Melissa trouwen vandaag". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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