First Lady of Mexico


First Lady of Mexico 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 post as head of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia . 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, 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 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.
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".
She claimed there are not and should not be first nor second class women.

First ladies of Mexico

Revolutionary era
PortraitNamePresidentPeriod
María Antonieta Bretón de VictoriaGuadalupe Victoria1824–1829
María Guadalupe Hernández de GuerreroVicente Guerrero1829
María de Jesús Carranco de BocanegraJosé María Bocanegra1829
Guadalupe Quesada de BustamanteAnastasio Bustamante1830–1832, 1837–1839, 1839–1841
Joaquina Bezares de MuzquizMelchor Múzquiz1832
María Juliana Azcárate de Gómez PedrazaManuel Gómez Pedraza1832–1833
Isabel López de Gómez FariasValentín Gómez Farías1833–1834, 1846–1847
Inés García de López de Santa AnnaAntonio López de Santa Anna1833–1844
Manuela de Trebuesto y Casasola de BarragánMiguel Barragán1835–1836
Juana Fernanda Ulloa de CorroJosé Justo Corro1836–1837
María Antonieta Guevara y Muñiz de BravoNicolas Bravo1839, 1843, 1846
Refugio Almanza de EcheveriaFrancisco Javier Echeverría1841
Josefa Dávila de CanalizoValentín Canalizo1844
Dolores Alzugaray de HerreraJosé Joaquín de Herrera1844–1845, 1848–1851
Josefa Cortés de Paredes y ArrillagaMariano Paredes y Arrillaga1846
Josefa Cardeña de SalasMariano Salas1846, 1859
Antonieta Guevara de AnayaPedro Ma. Anaya1847, 1848
María Luisa Ozta Cotera de la PeñaManuel de la Peña y Peña1847, 1848
Guadalupe Martell de AristaMariano Arista1851–1853
Ángeles Madrid de Bautista CeballosJuan Bautista Ceballos1853
Refugio Alegría de LombardiniManuel María Lombardini1853
Dolores Tosta de López de Santa AnnaAntonio López de Santa Anna1853–1855
Ángeles Lardizábal de CarreraMartín Carrera1855
Pilar Valera de Díaz de la VegaRómulo Díaz de la Vega1855
Faustina Benítez de ÁlvarezJuan N. Álvarez1855
María Baamonde de ComonfortIgnacio Comonfort1855–1858
Margarita Maza de JuárezBenito Juárez1858–1871
María de la Gracia Palafox de ZuloagaFélix Ma. Zuloaga1858
Josefa Cardeña de Robles PezuelaManuel Robles Pezuela1858–1859
Concepción Lombardo de MiramónMiguel Miramón1859–1860
Felipa González de PavónJosé Ignacio Pavón1860
María Dolores Quesada de Almonte Juan N. Almonte1863
-Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada1872–1876
Juana Calderón de IglesiasJosé María Iglesias1876
Trinidad González de MéndezJuan N. Méndez1876–1877
Delfina Ortega de DíazPorfirio Díaz1877–1880
Laura Mantecón de González FloresManuel González1880–1884
Carmen Romero Rubio de DíazPorfirio Díaz1884–1911
Refugio Borneque de León de la BarraFrancisco León de la Barra1911
Sara Pérez de MaderoFrancisco I. Madero1911–1913
María Enriqueta Flores Manzanera de LascuráinPedro Lascuráin1913
Emilia Águila de HuertaVictoriano Huerta1913–1914
Ana María Gutiérrez de CarbajalFrancisco S. Carvajal1914
Petra Treviño de Gutiérrez OrtizEulalio Gutiérrez1914–1915
María Concepción Luisa Garay de González GarzaRoque González Garza1915
?? de Lagos CházaroFrancisco Lagos Cházaro1915

Post-revolutionary era
PortraitNamePresidentPeriod
Virginia Salinas de CarranzaVenustiano Carranza1917–1920
Clara Oriol de la HuertaAdolfo de la HuertaJune 1, 1920 – November 30, 1920
María Tapia de ObregónÁlvaro Obregón1920–1924
Natalia Chacón de Elías CallesPlutarco Elías Calles1924–1927
Hortensia Elías ChacónPlutarco Elías Calles1927–1928
Carmen García de Portes GilEmilio Portes Gil1928–1930
Josefina Ortiz de OrtizPascual Ortiz Rubio1930–1932
Aída Sullivan de RodríguezAbelardo L. Rodríguez1932–1934
Amalia Solórzano de CárdenasLázaro Cárdenas1934–1940
Soledad Orozco de CamachoManuel Ávila Camacho1940–1946
Beatriz Velasco de Alemán ValdésMiguel Alemán Valdés1946–1952
María Izaguirre de Ruiz CortinesAdolfo Ruiz Cortines1952–1958
Eva Sámano de MateosAdolfo López Mateos1958–1964
Guadalupe Borja de OrdazGustavo Díaz Ordaz1964–1970
María Esther Zuno de EcheverríaLuis Echeverría1970–1976
Carmen Romano de PortilloJosé López Portillo1976–1982
Paloma Cordero de la MadridMiguel de la Madrid1982–1988
Cecilia Occelli de Salinas de GortariCarlos Salinas de Gortari1988–1994
Nilda Patricia Velasco de ZedilloErnesto Zedillo1994–2000
Marta Sahagún de FoxVicente Fox2001–2006
Margarita Zavala de CalderónFelipe Calderón2006–2012
Angélica Rivera de Peña NietoEnrique Peña Nieto2012–2018
Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller de López ObradorAndrés Manuel López Obrador2018–present

Living first ladies

As of, 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.