First ladies and gentlemen of Haiti

First Lady of Haiti (French: Première dame d'Haïti, Haitian Creole: Premye dam Ayiti) or First Gentleman of Haiti is the title attributed to the spouse of the president of Haiti.

First Lady of Haiti Première dame d'Haïti Premye dam Ayiti
Incumbent Vacant since July 7, 2021
Residence	Palais National
Inaugural holder	Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture
Formation	July 7, 1801
Website	Première Dame de la République d'Haïti

Spouses

Spouse (born-died)	Head of state	In office	Notes
Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture (around 1742–1816)	Toussaint Louverture (as Governor-General)	1797–1802
Vacant (6 May 1802 – 1 January 1804)
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité (1758 – 8 August 1858)	Jean-Jacques Dessalines (as Governor-General, then Emperor)	1804–1806	as Empress of Haiti
Marie-Louise Coidavid (1778–1851)	Henri Christophe (as President, then King of North Haiti)	1807–1820
Marie-Madeleine Lachenais (1778–1843)	Alexandre Pétion (1807–1818) and Jean-Pierre Boyer (1818–1843) (mistress, never married)	1807–1843	Marie-Madeleine Lachenais was the mistress and political advisor of both President Alexandre Sabès Pétion and President Jean-Pierre Boyer. She never married either president, but exerted political influence during their tenures.
Vacant (1843–1845)
Cecile Fatiman	Jean-Louis Pierrot	1845–1846
Laurence Raphael	Jean-Baptiste Riché	1846–1847
Adélina Lévêque (1820–1878)	Faustin Soulouque (President, then Emperor)	1847–1859	Empress Consort of Haiti from 1849 until 1859
Marguerite Lorvana McIntosh	Fabre Geffrard	1859–1867
Marie-Louise Augustin Sinni	Nissage Saget (Provisional President)	1867
Wilmina Delacourse	Sylvain Salnave	1867–1869
Marie-Louise Augustin Sinni	Nissage Saget (President)	1869–1874
Pauline Strattman	Michel Domingue	1874–1876
Marie Claire Wilmina Phipps (1838–1897)	Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal	1877–1879
Felicite Potiez	Lysius Salomon	1879–1888
Marie Claire Wilmina Phipps (1838–1897)	Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (Provisional President)	1888-1888
Rose Marie Isaure Marion (1849–1929)	François Denys Légitime	1888–1889
Adélaide Marcial	Florvil Hyppolite	1889–1896
Constance Solomon	Tirésias Simon Sam	1896–1902
Marie Claire Wilmina Phipps (1838–1897)	Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (Provisional President)	1902
Marie Louise Amélia Célestina Pierrot (1826–1908)	Pierre Nord Alexis	1902–1908
Adelaïde Mentor Chéry	François C. Antoine Simon	1908–1911
Reine-Joséphine Laroche (1849–1911)	Cincinnatus Leconte	1911–1912
Rose Anselinette Durand (1857–1936)	Tancrède Auguste	1912–1913
Alice Euchariste Pommeyrac (1863–1945)	Michel Oreste	1913–1914
Véronique Péralte	Oreste Zamor	1914-1914
Vacant (1914–1915)
Lucienne Marie Thérése Parisien (1879–?)	Vilbrun Guillaume Sam	1915-1915
Vacant (1915–1922; "First Lady" filled by Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave's sister Gulna)
Hélène Saint-Mascary (1872–?)	Louis Borno	1922–1930
Octavie Rigaud Roy	Louis Eugène Roy	1930-1930
?	Sténio Vincent	1930–1941
Georgina Saint-Aude (1892–1984)	Élie Lescot	1941–1946
Lucienne Heurtelou (1921–2006)	Dumarsais Estimé	1946–1950
Yolette Leconte (1918–1981)	Paul Magloire	December 6, 1950 – December 12, 1956
Lucia Pierre-Louis (acting)	Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis (acting)	December 12, 1956 – February 3, 1957	Provisional President Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis was unmarried during his presidency. He appointed his older sister, Lucia Pierre-Louis, to be First Lady of Haiti and official hostess. [1]
Dieudonne Auxilus Occide Jeanty	Franck Sylvain	February 7, 1957 – April 2, 1957
Carmen Jean-François	Daniel Fignolé	May 25, 1957 – May 25, 1957
Marie Yvonne Charles Kébreau	Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau	June 14, 1957 – October 22, 1957
Simone Duvalier (1913–1997)	François Duvalier	October 22, 1957 – April 21, 1971
Michèle Bennett (1950–present)	Jean-Claude Duvalier	1971–1986
Gisèle Célestin Namphy	Henri Namphy	1986–1988
Mirlande Manigat (1940–present)	Leslie Manigat	1988-1988
Gisèle Célestin Namphy	Henri Namphy	1988-1988
Marie-Ange Nazon Avril	Prosper Avril	1988–1990
Maryse Armand Abraham	Hérard Abraham	1990-1990
Ernst Trouillot	Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (acting)	1990–1991	To date, Ernst Trouillot is the only man to hold the position, while Pascal-Trouillot is the only woman to hold the presidency.
Vacant	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	February 7, 1991 – September 29, 1991	Aristide, a Roman Catholic priest until 1994, was unmarried[2]
Yannick Prosper	Raoul Cédras	September 30, 1991 – October 8, 1991	Raoul Cédras remained the de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 until October 1994
Guerda Jean-Baptiste Nérette	Joseph Nérette (provisional president)	October 8, 1991 – June 19, 1992
Marie-Yolaine Sam Bazin	Marc Bazin (provisional president)	June 19, 1992 – August 30, 1993
Marie-Thérèse Jonassaint	Émile Jonassaint (provisional president)	June 15, 1993 – October 12, 1994
Vacant	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	October 12, 1994 – January 20, 1996	Aristide, who left the Catholic priesthood in 1994, was unmarried until 1996[2][3]
Mildred Trouillot (1963–present)	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	January 20, 1996 – February 7, 1996	President Aristide married Trouillot, a Haitian American, on January 20, 1996[3]
Guerda Benoît (1963–present)	René Préval	February 7, 1996 – February 4, 2001	President Préval married his second wife, Géri Benoît, sometime during his first term in a small ceremony at the National Palace.[4]
Mildred Trouillot (1963–present)	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	February 4, 2001 – February 29, 2004
Célima Dorcély Alexandre	Boniface Alexandre	February 29, 2004 – May 14, 2006
Vacant	René Préval	May 14, 2006 – December 6, 2009	President Préval was divorced from the time he took office in 2006 until his marriage to his third wife on December 6, 2009.[4]
Elisabeth Delatour Préval (1962–present)	René Préval	December 6, 2009 – May 14, 2011	President Préval married Elisabeth Delatour Préval on December 6, 2009, while in office.[4]
Sophia Martelly	Michel Martelly	May 14, 2011 – February 7, 2016
Ginette Michaud Privert	Jocelerme Privert (interim president)	February 14, 2016 – February 7, 2017
Martine Moïse	Jovenel Moïse	February 7, 2017 – July 7, 2021
Vacant (July 7, 2021 – ; Transitional Presidential Council)