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First Lady of Guatemala
First Lady of Guatemala
Primera Dama de Guatemala
	Incumbent; Lucrecia Peinado; since 15 January 2024
Style	Madam; (informal); First Lady of the Republic; (alternative); Her Excellency; (diplomatic, outside Guatemala)
Residence	Guatemalan National Palace
Inaugural holder	Petrona Carrera (de facto); Elisa Martínez Contreras ; (de iure)
Formation	21 March 1847 (de facto); 15 March 1945 (de iure)

First Lady of Guatemala is the title held by the wife of the president of Guatemala or designee. The current first lady is Lucrecia Peinado, wife of President Bernardo Arévalo, since 15 January 2024.

In the First Lady's Office, located in the Presidential House, only the portraits of sixteen recognized former first ladies are exhibited.^[1]

First ladies of Guatemala

Recognized first ladies

First Lady		President	Tenure
1	Petrona Álvarez de Carrera	Rafael Carrera	1839-1848
2	Position Vacant	Juan Antonio Martínez	1848
3	Position Vacant	José Bernardo Escobar	1848-1849
4	Position Vacant	Mariano Paredes	1849-1851
5	Petrona Álvarez de Carrera	Rafael Carrera	1851-1857^{[Note 1]}
5	Position Vacant	Rafael Carrera	1857-1865^{[Note 2]}
6	María Dolores de Aycinena y Micheo	Pedro de Aycinena	1865
7	Josefa Gutiérrez Argueta de Cerna	Vicente Cerna y Cerna	1865-1871
8	María Saborío y García Granados	Miguel García Granados	1871-1873
9	Francisca Aparicio y Mérida de Barrios	Justo Rufino Barrios	1874-1882^[2]
	Rafaela Monterroso Cardona de Orantes	José María Orantes	1882-1883^{[Note 3]}^[3]^[4]
	Francisca Aparicio y Mérida de Barrios	Justo Rufino Barrios	1883-1885^[5]
10	Carmen Ramírez de Sinibaldi	Alejandro M. Sinibaldi	1885
11	María Robles de Barillas	Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián	1885-1892
12	Algeria Benton de Reyna	José María Reina Barrios	1892-1898
13	Desideria Ocampo de Estrada	Manuel Estrada Cabrera	1898–1910^{[Note 4]}
13	Vacant	Manuel Estrada Cabrera	1910–1920^{[Note 5]}
14	Mercedes Llerandi de Herrera	Carlos Herrera y Luna	1920–1921
15	Mercedes Flores de Orellana	José María Orellana	1921–1926
16	Josefina de Chacón	Lázaro Chacón González	1926–1930
17	Luz Castañeda de Palma	Baudilio Palma	1930
18	Soledad Trabanino de Andrade	José María Reina Andrade	1931
19	Marta Lainfiesta Dorión	Jorge Ubico Castañeda	1931–1944
20	María Judith Ramírez Prado de Ponce Vaides	Federico Ponce Vaides	1944
21	Maria Cristina Villanova Amalia Mancilla de Arana María Leonor Saravia	Military Junta Jacobo Árbenz Francisco Arana Jorge Toriello	1944–1945
22	Elisa Martínez Contreras de Árevalo	Juan José Arévalo	1945–1951
23	Maria Cristina Villanova	Jacobo Árbenz	1951–1954
24	Odilia Palomo Paíz	Carlos Castillo Armas	1954–1957
25	Julia Solís Gallardo de Gónzales	Luis Arturo González López	1957
26	Virginia Ruiz de Flores	Guillermo Flores Avendaño	1957–1958
27	María Teresa Laparra de Ydígoras	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	1958–1963
28	Beli de Peralta	Enrique Peralta Azurdia	1963–1966
29	Sara de la Hoz	Julio César Méndez Montenegro	1966–1970
30	Álida España de Arana	Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio	1970–1974
31	Hellen Lossi	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García	1974–1978
32	Elsa Cirigliano^{[Note 6]}	Fernando Romeo Lucas García	1978–1982
33	María Teresa Sosa	Efraín Ríos Montt	1982–1983
34	Aura Rosario Rosal López	Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores	1983–1986
35	Raquel Blandón	Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo	1986–1990
36	Magda Bianchi Lázzari	Jorge Serrano Elías	1990–1993
37	María Eugenia Morales de León^[7] ^[8]	Ramiro de León Carpio	1993–1996
38	Patricia de Arzú	Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen	1996–2000
39	Evelyn Morataya	Alfonso Portillo	2000–2004
40	Wendy de Berger	Óscar Berger	2004–2008
41	Sandra Torres	Álvaro Colom	2008–2011^{[Note 7]}
—	Vacant	Álvaro Colom	2011–2012^{[Note 8]}
42	Rosa Leal de Pérez	Otto Pérez Molina	2012–2015^{[Note 9]}
43	Ana Fagianni de Maldonado	Alejandro Maldonado	2015–2016
44	Patricia Marroquín	Jimmy Morales	2016–2020
—	Vacant	Alejandro Giammattei	2020–2024^{[Note 10]}
45	Lucrecia Peinado	Bernardo Arévalo	2024–present

Notes

^ Petrona Álvarez died in 1857. Rafael Carrera was president until 1865.
^ The position became vacant after the death of Petrona García.
^ Interim, while Justo Rufino Barrios was out of the country with his wife.
^ Desideria Ocampo died in 1910. Manuel Estrada Cabrera was president until 1920.
^ The position became vacant after the death of Desideria Ocampo.
^ Cirigliano and Lucas married shortly after the inauguration of General Lucas Garcia, but they kept their wedding secret for the security of the First Lady, since the Guatemalan Civil War was raging at the same time.^[6]
^ Sandra Torres divorced Álvaro Colom on 7 April 2011, leaving the position of First Lady vacant.
^ The position became vacant from 7 April 2011 until 14 January 2012, following the divorce of Sandra Torres and Álvaro Colom.
^ Otto Pérez Molina resigned on September 2, 2015.
^ Alejandro Giammattei is divorced.

References

^ "Lucrecia Peinado se reúne con esposas de expresidentes: quiénes llegaron y cuál fue la razón". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ Batres Jáuregui, Antonio (1950). La América Central ante la historia: 1821-1921 Memorias de un siglo [Central America early history: 1821-1921 memories of a century] (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional de Guatemala. p. 413. OCLC 912498282.
^ Piedra Santa, Irene (2010). Los mandatarios de Guatemala: historia no oficial (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Editorial Piedra Santa. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-9929-562-00-4. José María Orantes Presidente interino 23 de junio de 1882 - 5 de enero de 1883. Gobernó 6 meses.
^ "President Barrios Returns Home". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. 22 September 1882. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1887). History of Central America. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. VIII. Vol. III: 1801-1887. San Francisco, California: The History Company Publishers. p. 449. OCLC 631068242.
^ "Amor secreto". Prensa Libre. Guatemala. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ Ragan, Tom (1995-05-17). "Countywide : 1st Lady Accepts Gifts for Country". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
^ United States, President (1993-2001 : Clinton) (1995). Building a Partnership for Prosperity: White House Report on the Summit of the Americas, Miami, Florida--December 9-11, 1994. Washington, D.C.: The White House.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Petrona Álvarez died in 1857. Rafael Carrera was president until 1865.

[3] The position became vacant after the death of Petrona García.

[5] Interim, while Justo Rufino Barrios was out of the country with his wife.

[9] Desideria Ocampo died in 1910. Manuel Estrada Cabrera was president until 1920.

[10] The position became vacant after the death of Desideria Ocampo.

[12] Cirigliano and Lucas married shortly after the inauguration of General Lucas Garcia, but they kept their wedding secret for the security of the First Lady, since the Guatemalan Civil War was raging at the same time.^[6]

[15] Sandra Torres divorced Álvaro Colom on 7 April 2011, leaving the position of First Lady vacant.

[16] The position became vacant from 7 April 2011 until 14 January 2012, following the divorce of Sandra Torres and Álvaro Colom.

[17] Otto Pérez Molina resigned on September 2, 2015.

[18] Alejandro Giammattei is divorced.

[1] "Lucrecia Peinado se reúne con esposas de expresidentes: quiénes llegaron y cuál fue la razón". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[4] Batres Jáuregui, Antonio (1950). La América Central ante la historia: 1821-1921 Memorias de un siglo [Central America early history: 1821-1921 memories of a century] (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional de Guatemala. p. 413. OCLC 912498282.

[6] Piedra Santa, Irene (2010). Los mandatarios de Guatemala: historia no oficial (in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Editorial Piedra Santa. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-9929-562-00-4. José María Orantes Presidente interino 23 de junio de 1882 - 5 de enero de 1883. Gobernó 6 meses.

[7] "President Barrios Returns Home". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. 22 September 1882. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1887). History of Central America. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. VIII. Vol. III: 1801-1887. San Francisco, California: The History Company Publishers. p. 449. OCLC 631068242.

[11] "Amor secreto". Prensa Libre. Guatemala. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[13] Ragan, Tom (1995-05-17). "Countywide : 1st Lady Accepts Gifts for Country". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

[14] United States, President (1993-2001 : Clinton) (1995). Building a Partnership for Prosperity: White House Report on the Summit of the Americas, Miami, Florida--December 9-11, 1994. Washington, D.C.: The White House.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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