Anne Malherbe Gosselin

{{Short description|First Lady of Ecuador (born 1968)}}

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| name = Anne Malherbe Gosselin

| nickname =

| image = Anne Malherbe Gosseline (Cambio de mando 2017).jpg

| caption = Malherbe Gosselin in 2017

| order = First Lady of Ecuador

| president = Rafael Correa

| term_label = In role

| term_start = January 15, 2007

| term_end = May 24, 2017

| predecessor = María Beatriz Paret

| successor = Rocío González Navas

| birth_name = Anne Malherbe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|16}}

| birth_place = Namur, Belgium

| alma_mater = University of Louvain

| spouse = {{marriage|Rafael Correa|1992}}

| children = {{unbulleted list|Sofía|Anne Dominique|Rafael Miguel}}

| residence =

| occupation = Teacher

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Anne Malherbe Gosselin (born Anne Malherbe on December 16, 1968) is a Belgian-Ecuadorian teacher who served as First Lady of Ecuador from 15 January 2007 to 24 May 2017, as the wife of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. She was born in Namur, Belgium, and is the daughter of Paul Malherbe and Chantal Gosselin.{{cite web|author= |url=http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=ecuadorgen&lang=es;p=anne;n=malherbe |title=Orígenes de Anne Malherbe, en la base de datos de Mauricio Alvarado-Dávila |language=Spanish |publisher=GeneaNet |date= |accessdate=27 June 2013}} She met Correa while both were attending courses in the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Belgium. They later married and, during Correa's presidency, moved to Ecuador. After the end of Correa's presidency, the couple moved to Belgium.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-protests-correa-idUSKBN1WN1IP|title=Ex-Ecuador president Correa denies planning coup attempt from exile|date=2019-10-09|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-11-10|language=en}}

Owing to her and Correa's beliefs that "there should not be a first lady, as all citizens, men and women, are the same" in a socialist society, Malherbe was never presented or referred to as First Lady of Ecuador. The duties of the First Lady were at first transferred to the Patronato San José, and subsequently to the Ministry of Social Inclusion.