Tag: First Ladies
Dominique Folloroux-Ouattara, First Lady of Cote D'Ivoire

First Lady of Cote D’Ivoire

Dominique Folloroux-Ouattara, First Lady of Cote D’Ivoire (wife of Alassane Ouattara) Born in 1953 in Constantine to Jewish parents in French Algeria, Dominique Nouvian moved to Côte d’Ivoire in 1975 with her first husband, Jean Folloroux, professor at Lycée Technique in Abidjan, with whom she has two children. Her husband died in 1984. She...Read More »

Sophie Grégoire, First Lady of Canada

First Lady of Canada

Sophie Grégoire, First Lady of Canada (wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) Sophie Grégoire (born April 24, 1975) is a Canadian television host. She is actively involved in charity work and public speaking, focusing mainly on women’s issues. Grégoire was born on April 24, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Estelle Blais, a...Read More »

Lucy Turnbull, First Lady of Australia

First Lady of Australia

Lucy Turnbull, First Lady of Australia since Sept 15, 2015 (wife of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull) Lucinda Mary “Lucy” Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served as the Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 (the first woman to hold the...Read More »

Iveta Vējone, First Lady of Latvia

First Lady of Latvia

Iveta Vējone, First Lady of Latvia since Jul 8, 2015 (wife of Raimonds Vejonis) Mrs. Iveta Vējone considers support in the area of education and social affairs be especially significant. She wishes that her presence and support would highlight those projects and campaigns, where support is provided to the workers in corresponding sectors. Therefore, Mrs. Iveta...Read More »

Aisha Halilu, First Lady of Nigeria

First Lady of Nigeria

Aisha Halilu, First Lady of Nigeria (since May 25, 2015) Aisha Halilu was born in Adamawa state in the family of the first minister of defence, Mohammadu Ribadu. She speaks English and Arabic fluently. Family General Buhari married his first wife Hajiya Safinatu when he was 18 in 1971. They divorced in 1988, and...Read More »

Agata Kornhauser-Duda, First Lady of Poland (since Aug 6, 2015)

First Lady of Poland

Agata Kornhauser-Duda, First Lady of Poland (since Aug 6, 2015) She was born in Kraków, the child of Julian Kornhauser, a well-known writer, translator and literary critic (of Jewish and Catholic background), who dedicated a book of poetry to her in 1981, and Alicja Wojna, a Polonist. She has one brother, Jakub, a poet...Read More »

Monica Kalondo, First Lady of Namibia (since Mar 2015)

First Lady of Namibia

Monica Kalondo, First Lady of Namibia (since Mar 2015) Monica Kalondo is a founding shareholder and Managing Director of Stimulus Private Equity, Namibia’s first and largest private equity fund.This role provides Monica with valuable deal making and corporate expertise. Monica is also a shareholder and Director of Pointbreak Group Holdings and also holds direct...Read More »

María Auxiliadora Delgado, First Lady of Uruguay

First Lady of Uruguay

María Auxiliadora Delgado, First Lady of Uruguay (since Mar 1, 2015) She was born in the neighborhood “La Teja” of Montevideo . Being the youngest of 11 siblings, Maria Auxiliadora lost his father at 3 years of age and three older sisters later took the family to his brothers and his mother. Mary Help...Read More »

Natasa Pazaiti Karamanli, First Lady of Greece

First Lady of Greece

Peristera Batziana, First Lady of Greece (since Jan 26, 2015) Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/peristera-batziana-betty-partner-alexis-tsipras-greece-syriza Natasa Pazaiti Karamanli, Former First Lady of Greece (wife of Prime Minister) Anastasia Pazaiti-Karamanli (Greek: Αναστασία Παζαΐτη-Καραμανλή (Anastasía Pazaïti-Karamanlí) (born 1966), is the wife of Kostas Karamanlis, former Prime Minister of Greece. She is a resident general surgeon. She was born in Epanomi,...Read More »

Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari Sirisena, First Lady of Sri Lanka

First Lady of Sri Lanka

Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari Sirisena, First Lady of Sri Lanka (since Jan 9, 2015) Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari Sirisena is the wife of the Seventh President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena and the First Lady of Sri Lanka. Shiranthi Wickremesinghe Rajapaksa, Former First Lady of Sri Lanka Former Miss Sri Lanka and a finalist at the...Read More »

First Lady of Tunisia

Chadlia Saïda Farhat, First Lady of Tunisia (since Dec 31, 2014) No info available Leila Ben Ali, Former First Lady of Tunisia Mrs. Leila Ben Ali, Tunisia’s First Lady, was born in Tunis to a large family that used to live at the heart of the ancient Medina. She graduated from the girls’ secondary school of...Read More »

Carmen Iohannis, First Lady of Romania

First Lady of Romania

Carmen Iohannis, First Lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis (also spelled Carmen Johannis; née Carmen Georgeta Lăzurcă) (born 2 November 1960) is the wife of President of Romania Klaus Iohannis. She is an English teacher at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Sibiu and married Klaus Iohannis in 1989. They have no children. Carmen met...Read More »

Agnese Landini, First Lady of Italy

First Lady of Italy

Agnese Landini, First Lady of Italy (since Feb 2014) Agnese Landini was born in Florence, in 1976 and she has brother, Filippo who is a priest. During the adolescence she was a scout in the Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts of Italy (AGESCI); in these years she met her future husband and Prime...Read More »

Grace Mugabe, First Lady of Zimbabwe

First Lady of Zimbabwe

Grace Mugabe, First Lady of Zimbabwe Grace Mugabe (née Marufu), (born 23 July 1965), is the second wife of current Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady of Zimbabwe from her marriage to the leader in 1996. Mrs Mugabe, also called the First Shopper, was previously married to Stanley Goreraza, an air force...Read More »