First Lady of Guatemala

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.

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 (1847-03-21) (de facto) 15 March 1945 (1945-03-15) (de iure)

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]
		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]
		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

See also

• Presidents of Guatemala

Notes

1. Petrona Álvarez died in 1857. Rafael Carrera was president until 1865.
2. The position became vacant after the death of Petrona García.
3. Interim, while Justo Rufino Barrios was out of the country with his wife.
4. Desideria Ocampo died in 1910. Manuel Estrada Cabrera was president until 1920.
5. The position became vacant after the death of Desideria Ocampo.
6. 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]
7. Sandra Torres divorced Álvaro Colom on 7 April 2011, leaving the position of First Lady vacant.
8. The position became vacant from 7 April 2011 until 14 January 2012, following the divorce of Sandra Torres and Álvaro Colom.
9. Otto Pérez Molina resigned on September 2, 2015.
10. Alejandro Giammattei is divorced.