Ingrid Schulerud, First Lady of Norway Ingrid Schulerud (born 8 July 1959) is a Norwegian diplomat. She is the Deputy Director General for Central Europe and EEA-financing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is also the wife of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Schulerud is the daughter of Mentz Schulerud, an author and radio personality well known for his More →
Kim Ok, First Lady of North Korea Kim Ok is a North Korean, occasionally regarded (unofficially) as “North Korea’s first lady”, and has served as Kim Jong-il’s personal secretary since the 1980s. She is reported to have started living with Kim Jong-il at some point after the death of Kim’s third consort Ko Young-hee. Kim was previously a musician and More →
Stella Obasanjo, First Lady of Nigeria (died on Oct 23, 2005) Stella Obasanjo (14 November 1945 – 23 October 2005) was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. She was not the First Lady in 1976, when Obasanjo was military head of state. She died while undergoing elective More →
Laraba Tandja, First Lady of Niger Her Excellency Mrs. Hadjia Laraba Tandja has been the First Lady of Niger since her husband President Tandja Mamadou took office in 1999. Mrs. Tandja is the Founder and President of the Fondation Magama, whose main objective is to fight poverty in Niger through the protection of women and children. The Foundation’s activities include More →
Bianca Hoogendijk, First Lady of Netherlands Bianca Hoogendijk (Emmen, 2 January 1960) is a Dutch lawyer and wife of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Her nickname is “the quiet doctor”, because of her academic title and the fact that they hardly enter into the publicity. Hoogendijk studied law. She learned Balkenende in late 80s, when she worked as an assistant More →
Rosario Murillo, First Lady of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo (born on June 22, 1951 in Managua, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan poet and revolutionary who fought in the Sandinista revolution in 1979. She is also the wife of current President Daniel Ortega and is the First Lady of Nicaragua, a title she also held in 1985 when her husband became President 6 More →
Bronagh Key, First Lady of New Zealand (wife of Prime Minister) Born Bronagh Irene Dougan on November 14, 1963, John Key’s wife is the daughter of Northern Irish immigrants. Joseph, a Catholic, and Irene, a Protestant, were married in Christchurch in 1960 and worked in the Feltex shoe factory. “They were hard workers,” Bronagh told Australian Women’s Weekly. “After coming More →
Khin Khin Win, First Lady of Nepal (wife of President Thein Sein – took office on Feb 4, 2011) Queen Komal of Nepal Queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (born 18 February 1951) is the Queen Consort of King Gyanendra of Nepal. She was the last Queen Consort of Nepal before the Monarchy was abolished on 28 May 2008. Queen More →
Penexupifo Pohamba, First Lady of Namibia Her Excellency Mrs. Penehupifo Pohamba has been First Lady of Namibia since her husband President Hifikepunye Pohamba took office in March 2005. In her tenure as First Lady, she has advocated for the empowerment of women to enable them to make a meaningful contribution to the development of society and has fought for the More →
Maria da Luz Guebuza, First Lady of Mozambique Her Excellency Mrs. Maria da Luz Guebuza has been the First Lady of Mozambique since her husband President Armando Guebuza took office in 2005. As First Lady, Mrs.Guebuza is committed to addressing the issues of literacy, HIV/AIDS, and orphaned and vulnerable children and has attended related conferences across Africa. In collaboration with More →
Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, First Lady of Morocco Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco (Arabic: الأميرة للا سلمى), born Salma Bennani on May 10, 1978, is the Princess Consort of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and the first wife of a Moroccan ruler to have been publicly acknowledged and given a royal title. Salma was born in Fes, Morocco, to More →
Svetlana Vujanović, First Lady of Montenegro
BOLORMAA KHAJIDSUREN, First Lady of Mongolia Being a mother of five herself – four boys and a girl, the First Lady Bolormaa is a passionate advocate for children’s rights and wellbeing of Mongolian families. After her graduation from the Ukraine State University in Lvov in 1988 majoring in geochemistry, Mrs.Bolormaa worked as a mineralogical engineer at the Central Geological Laboratory More →
Margarita Zavala, First Lady of Mexico Margarita Zavala (born Margarita Esther Zavala Gómez del Campo, July 25, 1967) is the wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderón and therefore the First Lady of Mexico. She was a PAN deputy in 2006 in the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress. In her earlier life, she was the fifth of seven siblings: Diego, More →
Sarojini Ballah, First Lady of Mauritius Sarojini Ballah, The Hon. Lady Jugnauth (born:सरोजिनि बल्लह) is the actual First Lady of Mauritius due to her marriage to the actual President Sir Anerood Jugnauth and also held the office of Premier’s Lady while her husband was in office of Prime Minister twice, once from 1982 to 1995 and secondly from 2000 to More →