First Lady of Chile is the unofficial title for the wife of the President of Chile

President of Chile

The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...

. In colonial times the wives of the Royal Governors were known as Presidentas, title that was in use during the first half of the 19th century, but was slowly superseded by the newer of First Lady. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President

President of Chile

The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...

, there is no clarity for the case of the spouse of a female president. In these cases, the title First Gentleman (Primer Damo, colloquially) has been proposed, but never actually used (to date, the only female president is divorced.)

The First Ladies fulfill a protocole function as hostesses, and since 1925, they have had their own private office and staff, and preside over different charitable organizations, such as Ropero del Pueblo (1947–1958), CEMA Chile (1967–1990), Fundación Nacional de Jardines Infantiles, Fundación de la Familia, and others. While female President Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...

 worked, the position (renamed Director of the social-cultural area of the Presidency) was been filled as an administrative position under direct appointment of her. This social-cultural area of the Presidency comprises a series of non-profit foundations: Integra; Promoción y Desarrollo de la Mujer, Prodemu (Women's promotion and development); Fundación de la Familia (Family foundation); Tiempos Nuevos (New times), MIM (Interactive museums); Matucana 100 (Theater promotion); Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Chile (Youth Orchestras); Artesanías de Chile (Arts and crafts) and Todo Chilenter.

List of First Ladies

Dates	|Name	|President	|Parents
1810–1811	María Nicolasa Valdés y Carrera Nicolasa Valdés María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera was the first First Lady of Chile from September 18, 1810, when her husband became President in Chile's First Government Junta, until her death four months later....	Mateo de Toro y Zambrano y Ureta Mateo de Toro y Zambrano Field Marshal Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista , frequently misnamed Mateo de Toro y Zambrano in many Chilean history publications, was Viscount of La Descubierta and later Count of La Conquista...	Domingo Valdés y González-Soberal and Francisca de Borja de la Carrera y Ureta
1811–1813	María Mercedes Fontecilla Valdivieso Mercedes Fontecilla María Mercedes Fontecilla y Fernández de Valdivieso was a First Lady of Chile.Mercedes Fontecilla was born in Santiago, the daughter of Diego Antonio Fontecilla Palacios and of Rosa Fernández de Valdivieso y Portusagasti...	José Miguel Carrera Verdugo José Miguel Carrera José Miguel Carrera Verdugo was a Chilean general, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Carrera was the most important leader of the Chilean War of Independence during the period of the Patria Vieja...	Diego Antonio Fontecilla Palacios and Rosa Valdivieso Portusagasti
1818–1823	Isabel Riquelme y Meza Isabel Riquelme María Isabel Riquelme de la Barrera y Meza , was the mother of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins. Isabel Riquelme was of Basque descent.... (O'Higgins was single, assumed by his mother)	Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder...	Simón Riquelme de la Barrera y Goycochea and María Mercedes de Meza y Ulloa
1823–1826	Manuela Caldera Mascayano	Ramón Freire Serrano	Francisco de Paula Caldera y Fontecilla-Palacios and Micaela Mascayano Larraín
1826	Carmen Gana López	Manuel Blanco Encalada Manuel Blanco Encalada Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President .-Biography:...	Agustín Gana Darrigrande and Dolores López Guerrero
1826–1827	María Teresa de Larraín y Guzmán Teresa Larraín María Teresa de Larraín y Guzmán Peralta was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Agustín Eyzaguirre. She was of Basque descent....	Agustín Manuel de Eyzaguirre y Arechavala	Agustín de Larraín y Lecaros and of Ana Josefa de Guzmán Peralta y Lecaros
1827–1829	Luisa Garmendia Aldurralde	Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz Francisco Antonio Pinto Francisco Antonio Pinto y Díaz de la Puente was a Chilean political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1827 and 1829.-Early life:He was born in Santiago, the son of Joaquín Pinto and Mercedes Díaz de la Puente...	Ignacio Garmendia y Aguirre and María Elena de Aldurralde y Villagrán
1829	Mariana de Aguirre y Boza Mariana de Aguirre Mariana de Aguirre y Boza was First Lady of Chile as wife of Chile's late-1829 President Francisco Ramón Vicuña with whom she had six children....	Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín Francisco Ramón Vicuña Francisco Ramón de Vicuña Larraín was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as acting President of Chile in 1829. Francisco Vicuña was of Basque descent.-Early life:...	José Santos de Aguirre y Díez de Aséndegui and Antonia de Boza de Lima y Andía-Irarrázaval
1830–1831	Rafaela Bezanilla Bezanilla Rafaela Bezanilla Rafaela Bezanilla Bezanilla was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President José Tomás Ovalle. She was born in Santiago, the daughter of Francisco de Bezanilla y de la Bárcena and of Juana Bezanilla y Abós Padilla. She and her husband had eight children together.-External links:*...	José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla José Tomás Ovalle José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as provisional president of Chile.-Early life:...	Francisco Bezanilla y De la Bárcena y Juana Bezanilla y Abós-Padilla
1831	María del Carmen Sotomayor Elzo María del Carmen Sotomayor María del Carmen Sotomayor Elzo was First Lady of Chile.She was born in Rancagua, the daughter of Francisco Sotomayor Serrano and of María de la Concepción de Elzo y Ureta, woman of Basque descent...	Fernando de Errázuriz y Martínez de Aldunate Fernando Errázuriz Fernando de Errázuriz y Martínez de Aldunate , also known as Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate, was a Chilean political figure. He served as provisional president of Chile in 1831. He was of Basque descent....	Francisco Sotomayor Serrano and María de la Concepción de Elzo y Ureta
1831–1841	Manuela Warnes y García de Zúñiga	José Joaquín Prieto Vial José Joaquín Prieto José Joaquín Prieto Vial was a Chilean military and political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1831 and 1841. José Joaquín Prieto was of Spanish and Basque descent.-Early life:...	Manuel Antonio Warnes y Durango and Ana Jacoba García de Zúñiga y Lizola
1841–1851	Enriqueta Pinto Garmendia Enriqueta Pinto Enriqueta Pinto Garmendia was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Manuel Bulnes.She was born in Santiago, the daughter of President Francisco Antonio Pinto and of former First Lady Luisa Garmendia Aldurralde. She was also the sister of President Aníbal Pinto....	Manuel Bulnes Prieto Manuel Bulnes -Sources:* Juan B. Alberdi, Biografia de general Bulnes...	Ex presidente Francisco Antonio Pinto Francisco Antonio Pinto Francisco Antonio Pinto y Díaz de la Puente was a Chilean political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1827 and 1829.-Early life:He was born in Santiago, the son of Joaquín Pinto and Mercedes Díaz de la Puente...  and the ex-First Lady Luisa Garmendia Aldurralde
1851–1861	Rosario Montt Goyenechea	Manuel Montt Torres Manuel Montt Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.-Biography:...	Filiberto Montt y Prado and Luz Goyenechea Sierra.
1861–1871	Tránsito Flores de la Cavareda	José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano José Joaquín Pérez José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1861 and 1871....	Antonio Flores y Toro Zambrano and Micaela de la Cavareda y Trucíos
1871–1876	Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidrobro Eulogia Echaurren Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidobro was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu.She was born in Santiago, the daughter of José Gregorio de Echaurren y Herrera and of Juana García-Huidobro y Aldunate. She was also the mother of President Federico Errázuriz Echaurren...	Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Federico Marcos del Rosario Errázuriz Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1871 and 1876. He was born in Santiago in 1825 and died there in 1877. Errázuriz was of Basque descent....	José Gregorio de Echaurren y Herrera and Juana García de Huidobro y Aldunate
1876–1881	Delfina de la Cruz Zañartu	Anibal Pinto Garmendia Aníbal Pinto Aníbal Pinto Garmendia was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1876 and 1881.-Early life:...	José María de la Cruz Prieto and Josefa Zañartu Trujillo
1881–1886	Emilia Márquez de la Plata Guzmán	Domingo Santa María González Domingo Santa María Domingo Santa María González was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1881 and 1886.-Early life:...	Fernando Márquez de la Plata y Calvo de Encalada and María del Carmen Guzmán y Fontecilla
1886-1891	Emilia de Toro Herrera	José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández was the 11th President of Chile from September 18, 1886 to August 29, 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile...	Domingo José Francisco Rafael de Toro y Valdés and María Mercedes Guzmán y Lecaros
1891–1896	Leonor Frederick Ledesma	Jorge Montt Álvarez Jorge Montt Jorge Montt Álvarez was vice-admiral of the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...	Jonathan Frederick Winthon and Nieves Ledesma Varas
1896-1901	Gertrudis Echenique Mujica Gertrudis Echenique Gertrudis Josefa del Carmen Echenique y Mujica was First Lady of Chile between 1896 and 1901.She was born in Santiago, the daughter of Juan José Echenique Bascuñán and of his second wife, Jesús Mujica Echaurren. She married Federico Errázuriz Echaurren in 1868, and together they had two children:...	Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Federico Errázuriz Echaurren was a Chilean political figure. Born in Santiago, he served as President of Chile between 1896 and his death in 1901. Federico Errázuriz was of Basque descent.-Early life:...	Juan José Echenique Bascuñán and Jesús Mujica Echaurren
1901–1906	María Errázuriz Echaurren María Errázuriz María Errázuriz Echaurren was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Germán Riesco. María Errázuriz was of Basque descent.She was born in Santiago, the daughter of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and of former First Lady Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidobro. She was also the sister of...	Germán Riesco Errázuriz Germán Riesco Germán Riesco Errázuriz was a Chilean political figure, and he served as President of Chile between 1901 and 1906.-Early life:...	Ex presidente Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Federico Errázuriz Zañartu Federico Marcos del Rosario Errázuriz Zañartu was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1871 and 1876. He was born in Santiago in 1825 and died there in 1877. Errázuriz was of Basque descent....  and the ex-First Lady Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidrobro Eulogia Echaurren Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidobro was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu.She was born in Santiago, the daughter of José Gregorio de Echaurren y Herrera and of Juana García-Huidobro y Aldunate. She was also the mother of President Federico Errázuriz Echaurren...
1906-1910	Sara del Campo Yávar Sara del Campo Sara del Campo Yávar was First Lady of Chile from 1906 to 1910, and the wife of President Pedro Montt.She was born in Santiago, 31 December 1855 - † Santiago 4 October 1927, she was daughter of Evaristo del Campo Madariaga and of Antonia Yávar Ruiz de Cabrera. She married Pedro Montt on January 3,...	Pedro Montt Montt Pedro Montt Pedro Elías Pablo Montt Montt was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile from 1906 to his death from a probable stroke in 1910...	Evaristo del Campo Madariaga and Antonia Yávar Ruiz de Cabrera
1910–1915	Mercedes Valdés Cuevas	Ramón Barros Luco Ramón Barros Luco Ramón Barros Luco was President of Chile between 1910 and 1915.Barros Luco was born in 1835 in Santiago, Barros Luco was son of Ramón Luis Barros Fernández and Dolores Luco Fernández de Leiva. He graduated from Law School in 1858...	Francisco de Borja Valdés Aldunate and Alejandra Cuevas Avaria
1915–1920	Ana Echazarreta Pérez-Cotapos Ana Echazarreta Ana Echazarreta Pérez Cotapos was a First Lady of Chile.Ana Echazarreta was born in Santiago, the daughter of Juan Manuel Echazarreta Yrigoyen and of Mercedes Pérez Cotapos Recabarren. She married Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui on November 11, 1885, and together they had five children. She died...	Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui Juan Luis Sanfuentes Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui was President of Chile between 1915 and 1920. He was son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui....	Juan Manuel Echazarreta Irigoyen and Mercedes Pérez-Cotapos Recabarren
1920–1925	Rosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco	Artuto Alessandri Palma Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma was a Chilean political figure and reformer, who served twice as the President of Chile, first between 1920 and 1924, and then again in 1925, and finally from 1932 until 1938....	José Antonio Rodríguez Velasco and Antonia Velasco Pérez-Cotapos
1925–1927	Leonor Sánchez Vicuña	Emiliano Figueroa Larraín Emiliano Figueroa Emiliano Figueroa Larraín was President of Chile from December 23, 1925 until his resignation on May 10, 1927. He also served as Acting president for a few months on 1910.-Biography:...	Teodoro Sánchez Foulkner and Teresa Vicuña Vicuña
1927–1931	Graciela Letelier Velasco	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Carlos Ibáñez del Campo General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...	Ricardo Letelier Silva and Margarita Velasco Urzúa
1931–1932	Graciela Fehrman Martínez	Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932.-Early life:...	Eduardo Fehrman Zúñiga and Adelaida Martínez Prado
1932	Herminia Arrate Herminia Arrate Herminia Arrate Ramírez was a painter and First Lady of Chile as wife of President Carlos Dávila Espinoza.-Biography:...	Carlos Dávila Espinoza Carlos Dávila Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza , was a Chilean political figure, Chairman of Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1954 until his death in 1955.-Early life:...	Miguel Arrate Larraín and Delia Ramírez Molina
1932–1938	Rosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco	Arturo Alessandri Palma Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma was a Chilean political figure and reformer, who served twice as the President of Chile, first between 1920 and 1924, and then again in 1925, and finally from 1932 until 1938....	José Antonio Rodríguez Velasco and Antonia Velasco Pérez-Cotapos
1938-1941	Juana Rosa Aguirre Luco Juana Rosa Aguirre Juana Rosa Aguirre Luco was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, who was also her cousin....	Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Aguirre Cerda was a Chilean political figure. A member of the Radical Party, he was chosen as the Popular Front's candidate for the 1938 presidential election, and was triumphally elected. He governed Chile until his death in 1941...	José Joaquín Aguirre Campos José Joaquín Aguirre José Joaquín Aguirre Campos was a Chilean medic, politician and educator. He married Mercedes Luco Gutiérrez and is father of the First Lady of Chile Juana Rosa Aguirre....  and Mercedes Luco Gutiérrez
1942-1946	Marta Ide Pereira	Juan Antonio Ríos Morales Juan Antonio Ríos Juan Antonio Ríos Morales was a Chilean political figure, and President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II. He died in office.-Early life:...	Carlos Jorge Ide Schulz and Juana Pereira Ahuer
1946–1952	Rosa Markmann Reijer	Gabriel González Videla Gabriel González Videla Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician. He was a deputy and senator in the Chilean Congress and was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952...	Ladislao Markmann Villagrán and Ana Reijer Silva
1952–1958	Graciela Letelier Velasco	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Carlos Ibáñez del Campo General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...	Ricardo Letelier Silva and Margarita Velasco Urzúa
1958–1964	None (Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970...  was single)	Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez Jorge Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970...
1964–1970	María Ruiz-Tagle Jiménez	Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...	Alfredo Ruiz-Tagle Adriasola and Claudia Jiménez Pérez de Arce
1970-1973	Hortensia Bussi Soto Hortensia Bussi thumb|Bussi in Brussels in 1984Mercedes Hortensia Bussi Soto de Allende was the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende. She was married to him from 1940 until he was deposed and assassinated in 1973, serving as First Lady of Chile from 1970 to 1973...	Salvador Allende Gossens Salvador Allende Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....	Ciro Bussi and N. Soto
1973–1990	María Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez	Augusto Pinochet Ugarte Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...	Osvaldo Hiriart Corvalán and Lucía Rodríguez Auda
1990–1994	Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic Leonor Oyarzún Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic was First Lady of Chile and is the wife of former President Patricio Aylwin.She was born in 1922, daughter of Manuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanovic Roccatagliata...	Patricio Aylwin Azócar Patricio Aylwin Patricio Aylwin Azócar was the first president of Chile after its return to democratic rule in 1990, following the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.- Early life :...	Manuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanovic Roccatagliata
1994–2000	Marta Larraechea Bolívar Marta Larraechea Marta Larraechea Bolívar is a social orientator, politician and wife of Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. She was a council member of the Santiago municipality and First Lady of Chile . She is of Basque descent...	Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación...	Vasco de Larraechea Herrera and Victoria Bolívar Le Fort
2000–2006	Luisa Durán de la Fuente	Ricardo Lagos Escobar Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union candidate Joaquín Lavín...	Hernán Durán Morales and Luisa de la Fuente Tavolara
2006–2010	Ángela Jeria Gómez (non official) (Bachelet Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...  is single, assumed by her mother)	Michelle Bachelet Jeria Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...	Máximo Jeria Johnson and Angela Gómez Zamora
2010–present	Cecilia Morel Montes Cecilia Morel Cecilia Morel Montes is the spouse of the President of Chile Sebastián Piñera, and as such is the First Lady of Chile; she is also the Sociocultural Area Director of the Presidency, for her husband's presidency .-Early Years:Cecilia is the fourth of seven children born to Eduardo Montes Chaigneau...	Sebastián Piñera Echenique Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...	Eduardo Morel Chaigneau and Paulina Montes Brunet