First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
{{Short description|Spouse of the President of Ecuador}}
{{Expand Spanish|Anexo:Primeras Damas de Ecuador|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
|post = First Ladies and Gentlemen
|body = Ecuador
|insignia = Coat of arms of Ecuador original version.svg
|insigniasize = 75px
|insigniacaption =
|image = Lavinia Valbonesi May 2024.jpg
|incumbent = Lavinia Valbonesi
|incumbentsince = 23 November 2023
|residence = Carondelet Palace
|preceded by =
|termlength =
|formation = 22 September 1830
|inaugural = Mercedes Jijón
|website =
}}
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the presidents of Ecuador. There has been only one first gentleman of Ecuador to date, Eduardo Peña Triviño, the husband of former acting president Rosalía Arteaga Serrano.
List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
Type of government: {{legend|#ffffcc|Constitutional|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}} {{legend|#ccffcc|Interim|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}} {{legend|#A1CAF1|By Fact|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}
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| Nº | Picture | Name | President | Term in office |
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! colspan="5" | Holders of the title "Wife of the President" | ||||
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|1º | 80px | Mercedes Jijón | Juan José Flores | 1830–1834 |
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|2º | 80px | Baltazara Calderón de Rocafuerte | Vicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano | 1835–1839 |
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|(1º) | 80px | Mercedes Jijón | Juan José Flores | 1839–1845 |
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| | 80px | María Rosa Icaza | José Joaquín de Olmedo (Head of the Provisional Government) | 1845–1845 |
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|3º | Juana Andrade Fuente Fría | Vicente Ramón Roca | 1845–1849 | |
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| | 80px | Carmen Salinas de la Vega | Manuel de Ascazubi y Matheu (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1849–1850 |
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|4º | 80px | Tomasa Carbo y Noboa | Diego Noboa | 1850–1851 |
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|5º | 80px | Teresa Jado | José María Urvina y Viteri | 1851–1856 |
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|6º | 80px | Carmen de Santistevan y Avilés | Francisco Robles Garcia | 1856–1859 |
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|7º | Rosa Ascázubi y Matheu | Gabriel García Moreno | 1859–1865 | |
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| | Widower | Rafael Carvajal (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1865–1865 | |
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|8º | María Antonia Andrade | Jeronimo Carrion y Palacio | 1865–1867 | |
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| | Juana Arteta y Garzon | Pedro José de Arteta (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1867–1868 | |
| bgcolor=#ffffcc | | | Single | Javier Espinosa y Espinosa | 1868–1869 |
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| | 80px | Mariana del Alcázar y Ascasubi | Gabriel García Moreno (Interim President) | 1869–1869 |
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| | 80px | Carmen Salinas de la Vega | Manuel de Ascásubi y Matheu (Interim constitutional President) | 1869–1869 |
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|9º | 80px | Mariana del Alcazar y Ascasubi | Gabriel García Moreno | 1869–1875 |
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| | Francisco Xavier León y Franco (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1875–1875 | ||
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| | Isabel Valdivieso y Carcelén de Guevara | José Javier Eguiguren (Min. of Finance, in charge of the Government) | 1875–1875 | |
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|10º | Rosa Lucía Moscoso Cardenas | Antonio Borrero y Cortázar | 1875–1876 | |
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|11º | 80px | Marieta de Veintemilla | Ignacio de Veintemilla y Villacis | 1876–1883 |
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| | 80px | Jesús Dávila Heredia | Luis Cordero Crespo (1st President of the Pentavirato) | 1883 |
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| | Antonia Chiriboga y Muñoz | Rafael Pérez Pareja (2nd President of the Pentavirato) | 1883 | |
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|12º | Pastoriza Marquez de la Plata y Plaza | José María Plácido Caamaño | 1883–1888 | |
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| | Leticia Escobar y Salvador | Pedro José Cevallos (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1895–1895 | |
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|13º | Leonor Ruiz de Apodaca | Antonio Flores Jijón | 1888–1892 | |
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| | Widower (Jesús Davila Heredia) | Luis Cordero Crespo | 1892–1895 | |
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| | Manuela Quiñones Perez | Vicente Lucio Salazar (Vice-president, in charge of the Government) | 1895–1895 | |
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|14º | 80px | Ana Paredes Arosemena | Eloy Alfaro Delgado | 1895–1901 |
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|15º | 80px | Avelina Lasso | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez | 1901–1905 |
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|16º | Carmen Coello Alvarez | Lizardo García Sorroza | 1905–1906 | |
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|(14º) | 80px | Ana Paredes Arosemena | Eloy Alfaro Delgado | 1906–1911 |
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| | Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1911–1911 | |
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|17º | 80px | Lastenia Gamarra Menéndez | Emilio Estrada Carmona | 1911 |
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| | Rosa Elena Larrea y Gomez de la Torre | Carlos Freile Zaldumbide (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1911–1912 | |
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| | Victoria Malo German | Francisco Andrade Marín (President of the Congress, in charge of the Government) | 1912–1912 | |
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| | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1912–1912 | |
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|(15º) | 80px | Avelina Lasso | Leónidas Plaza y Gutiérrez | 1912–1916 |
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|18º | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno | 1916–1920 | |
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|19º | 80px | Esther Concha Torres | José Luis Tamayo | 1920–1924 |
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|20º | Victoria Monsalve Cardenas | Gonzalo Córdova y Rivera | 1924–1925 | |
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| | Does not exist | Provisional Government | 1925–1926 | |
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|21º | 80px | Laura Carbo Núñez | Isidro Ayora Cueva | 1926–1931 |
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| | Lucy Lopez y Williams | Luis Larrea Alba (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) | 1931–1931 | |
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| | Piedad Roca Marcos | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1931–1932 | |
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| | Manuela Gomez de la Torre y Nájera | Carlos Freile Larrea (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) | 1932–1932 | |
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| | Maria Elena Valenzuela y Plaza | Alberto Guerrero Martínez (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1932–1932 | |
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|22º | Francisca Torres Lascano | Juan de Dios Martínez Mera | 1932–1933 | |
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| | Abelardo Montalvo (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1933–1934 | ||
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|23º | Esther Silva Burbano | José María Velasco Ibarra | 1934–1935 | |
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| | Single | Antonio Pons (Secretary of State, in charge of the Government) | 1935–1935 | |
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| | Adelina Espinosa García | Federico Páez (Interim President) | 1935–1937 | |
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| | Mariana Calderón Alava | Alberto Enríquez Gallo (Supreme Chief) | 1937–1938 | |
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| | Ana Maria Bustamante | Manuel María Borrero (Interim President) | 1938 | |
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|24º | Judith Perez Davalos | Aurelio Mosquera Narváez | 1938–1939 | |
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| | 80px | Elena Yerovi Matheu | Carlos Arroyo del Río (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1939 |
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| | Rosario Galarza Arizaga | Andres Fernandez de Cordova (President of the Congress, in charge of the Government) | 1939–1940 | |
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| | Julio Enrique Moreno (President of the Senate, in charge of the Government) | 1940 | ||
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|25º | 80px | Elena Yerovi Matheu | Carlos Arroyo del Río | 1940–1944 |
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| | Does not exist | Provisional Government | 1944 |
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
Type of Government: {{legend|#ffffcc|Constitutional|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}} {{legend|#ccffcc|Interim|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}} {{legend|#A1CAF1|By Fact|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}
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