List of spouses of Vietnamese presidents

{{Infobox Political post

| post = Spouse of the president of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

| body =

| style = Her Excellency{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=Governor-General of Australia |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=786648789484848&set=pcb.786653372817723 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website= |via=Facebook |quote=Mrs Hurley and Her Excellency Phan Thi Thanh Tam are welcomed by schoolchildren at the Presidential Palace}}
Madam{{Cite web |date=2018-03-15 |title=Madam Tran Thi Nguyet Thu and Mrs Linda Hurley in the gardens of Government House Sydney. |url=https://www.facebook.com/GovernorNSW/photos/a.316048975583008/339966723191233/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website= |publisher=Governor of New South Wales |language=en |via=Facebook}}

| image = Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt.png

| incumbent = Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt

| incumbentsince = 21 October 2024

| residence = Presidential Palace, Hanoi

| formation = {{start date and age|1969|09|02|df=yes}}

| inaugural = Đoàn Thị Giàu

| website = [https://vpctn.gov.vn Office of the President]

| unofficial_names = First Lady of Vietnam

| salary = Undisclosed

| status = de facto

| imagesize = 150px

}}This is a list of spouses of the presidents of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Phu nhân Chủ tịch nước Việt Nam). The position is sometimes informally called First Lady of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đệ nhất Phu nhân Việt Nam).{{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=Đoàn Thị Giàu - "Đệ nhất phu nhân" giản dị nhất |url=https://vanhoavaphattrien.vn/doan-thi-giau-de-nhat-phu-nhan-gian-di-nhat-a6769.html |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=TẠP CHÍ ĐIỆN TỬ VĂN HÓA VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN |language=vi}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title=Hậu ngã ngựa là chấn thương, liệu bà Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu có xộ khám không? |url=https://thoibao.de/blog/2023/01/20/hau-nga-ngua-la-chan-thuong-lieu-ba-tran-thi-nguyet-thu-co-xo-kham-khong/ |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Thời báo |language=vi}}

There have been 12{{Efn|Not including the two first ladies of South Vietnam}} people holding this title since 1969.{{Efn|Hồ Chí Minh, the first president (1945-1969), was a bachelor during his presidency.}} the current spouse of the president since October 2024 is Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt the wife of President Lương Cường.

Role and duties

The role of the president's spouse is not an official position, and so they are not given a salary or official duties. Nonetheless, the spouse usually participates in humanitarian and charitable work, and accompanies the president in state visits and entertaining foreign leaders.

Spouses of the presidents of [[Vietnam]]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:Center;" ! class="unsortable" \|No. ! class="unsortable" \|Portrait ! class="unsortable" \|Name ! class="unsortable" \|Tenure began ! class="unsortable" \|Tenure ended ! class="unsortable" \|President
colspan="6" \|{{small\|Spouses of the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam}}
— \| colspan="2" \|*Vacant*{{Efn\|Tăng Tuyết Minh was allegedly married to Hồ Chí Minh in 1926 but the pair was separated in 1927 when Hồ went into hiding following the anti-communist coup in Shanghai}} \|2 September 1945 \|2 September 1969 \|Hồ Chí Minh
— \| \|Nguyễn Thị Sắt{{Cite web \|title=Một góc đời riêng của cụ Huỳnh \|url=https://baoquangnam.vn/nhan-vat/mot-goc-doi-rieng-cua-cu-huynh-93744.html \|access-date=2023-02-04 \|website=baoquangnam.vn \|date=11 October 2020 \|language=en}} {{small\|1881 – 1953}} \|29 May 1946 \|21 October 1946 \|Huỳnh Thúc Kháng {{small\|(Acting)}}
1 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=Doan Thi Giau (cropped).jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Đoàn Thị Giàu {{small\|1898 – 1974}} \|2 September 1969 \|25 May 1974† \| rowspan="2" \|Tôn Đức Thắng
— \| colspan="2" \|*Vacant* \|25 May 1974 \|2 July 1976
colspan="6" \|{{small\|Spouses of the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam}}
— \| colspan="2" \|*Vacant* \|2 July 1976 \|30 March 1980 \|Tôn Đức Thắng
— \| \|Dương Thị Chung {{small\|1922 – 2018}} \|30 March 1980 \|4 July 1981 \|Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
colspan="6" \|{{small\|Spouses of the chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam}}
2 \| \|Nguyễn Thị Minh {{small\|1912 – ?}} \|4 July 1981 \|18 June 1987 \|Trường Chinh
3 \| \|Phan Thị Nể {{small\|? – ?}} \|18 June 1987 \|22 September 1992 \|Võ Chí Công
colspan="6" \|{{small\|Spouses of the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam}}
4 \| \|Võ Thị Lê {{small\|1928 – 2016}} \|23 September 1992 \|24 September 1997 \|Lê Đức Anh
5 \| \|Nguyễn Thị Vinh {{small\|? –}} \|24 September 1997 \|27 June 2006 \|Trần Đức Lương
6 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=First Lady Tran Thi Kim Chi of Vietnam (2006).jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Trần Thị Kim Chi{{cite web \|title=Vietnam President Visits Japan \|url=http://www.life.com/image/78089514 \|accessdate=17 January 2011 \|work=Time Magazine website}}{{dead link\|date=May 2022}} {{small\|? –}} \|27 June 2006 \|25 July 2011 \|Nguyễn Minh Triết
7 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=First Lady Mai Thi Hanh of Vietnam in New Delhi (2011).jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Mai Thị Hạnh{{Cite web \|last=Anh Tú \|first=Tử Trực \|date=2020-10-09 \|title=Phu nhân nguyên Chủ tịch nước Trương Tấn Sang tặng quà cho ngư dân và trẻ khuyết tật \|url=https://nld.com.vn/ban-doc/phu-nhan-nguyen-chu-tich-nuoc-truong-tan-sang-trao-hon-300-trieu-dong-cho-tre-em-khuyet-tat-2020100913410404.htm \|website=Người Lao Động}} {{small\|1956 –}} \|25 July 2011 \|2 April 2016 \|Trương Tấn Sang
8 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=Vietnam First Lady Nguyen Thi Hien.jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Nguyễn Thị Hiền{{Cite web \|last=Nhị \|first=Xuân \|date=2018-04-18 \|title=Phu nhân Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Thị Hiền: Người lặng lẽ làm "cầu nối" cho sự phát triển của quê hương \|url=https://toquoc.vn/phu-nhan-chu-tich-nuoc-nguyen-thi-hien-nguoi-lang-le-lam-cau-noi-cho-su-phat-trien-cua-que-huong-99222796.htm \|access-date=2023-01-27 \|website=Tổ Quốc \|language=vi}} {{small\|1958 –}} \|2 April 2016 \|21 September 2018 \|Trần Đại Quang†
— \| colspan="2" \|*Vacant* \|21 September 2018 \|23 October 2018 \|Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh {{small\|(Acting)}}
9 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=Madame Ngo Thi Man of Vietnam in 2019.jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Ngô Thị Mân{{Cite web \|date=2019-01-26 \|title=Tổng bí thư, Chủ tịch nước và phu nhân cùng kiều bào thả cá tiễn ông Táo \|url=https://vietnamnet.vn/tong-bi-thu-chu-tich-nuoc-va-phu-nhan-cung-kieu-bao-tha-ca-tien-ong-tao-505128.html \|website=Vietnam Net}} {{small\|1948 –}} \|23 October 2018 \|5 April 2021 \|Nguyễn Phú Trọng
10 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=Tranthinguyetthu.jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2016-10-27 \|title=BST áo dài Lan Hương ra mắt phu nhân nguyên thủ các nước tới Hà Nội \|url=https://baoquocte.vn/bst-ao-dai-lan-huong-ra-mat-phu-nhan-nguyen-thu-cac-nuoc-toi-ha-noi-38286.html \|access-date=2023-01-03 \|website=Báo Thế giới và Việt Nam \|language=vi}} {{small\|? –}} \|5 April 2021 \|18 January 2023 \|Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
— \| \|Nguyễn Khánh Hiệp {{small\|? –}} \|18 January 2023 \|2 March 2023 \|Võ Thị Ánh Xuân {{small\|(Acting)}}
11 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image= Phanthithanhtam2023.jpg \|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Phan Thị Thanh Tâm{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2016-10-27 \|title=Phu nhân Chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng cùng Phu nhân Toàn quyền Australia thăm Học viện Âm nhạc Quốc gia \|url=https://www.sggp.org.vn/phu-nhan-chu-tich-nuoc-vo-van-thuong-cung-phu-nhan-toan-quyen-australia-tham-hoc-vien-am-nhac-quoc-gia-post684562.html \|access-date=2023-01-03 \|website=Báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng \|language=vi}} {{small\|? –}} \|2 March 2023 \|21 March 2024 \|Võ Văn Thưởng
— \| \|Nguyễn Khánh Hiệp {{small\|? –}} \|21 March 2024 \|22 May 2024 \|Võ Thị Ánh Xuân {{small\|(Acting)}}
12 \|120x120px \|Ngô Phương Ly {{small\|? –}} \|22 May 2024 \|21 October 2024 \|Tô Lâm
13 \|120x120px \|Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt {{small\|? –}} \|21 October 2024 \|Incumbent \|Lương Cường

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:Center;"

! class="unsortable" |No.

! class="unsortable" |Portrait

! class="unsortable" |Name

! class="unsortable" |Tenure began

! class="unsortable" |Tenure ended

! class="unsortable" |President

colspan="6" |{{small|Spouses of the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam}}

—

| colspan="2" |Vacant{{Efn|Tăng Tuyết Minh was allegedly married to Hồ Chí Minh in 1926 but the pair was separated in 1927 when Hồ went into hiding following the anti-communist coup in Shanghai}}

|2 September 1945

|2 September 1969

|Hồ Chí Minh

—

|Nguyễn Thị Sắt{{Cite web |title=Một góc đời riêng của cụ Huỳnh |url=https://baoquangnam.vn/nhan-vat/mot-goc-doi-rieng-cua-cu-huynh-93744.html |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=baoquangnam.vn |date=11 October 2020 |language=en}}
{{small|1881 – 1953}}

|29 May 1946

|21 October 1946

|Huỳnh Thúc Kháng
{{small|(Acting)}}

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Doan Thi Giau (cropped).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Đoàn Thị Giàu
{{small|1898 – 1974}}

|2 September 1969

|25 May 1974†

| rowspan="2" |Tôn Đức Thắng

—

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|25 May 1974

|2 July 1976

colspan="6" |{{small|Spouses of the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam}}

—

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|2 July 1976

|30 March 1980

|Tôn Đức Thắng

—

|Dương Thị Chung
{{small|1922 – 2018}}

|30 March 1980

|4 July 1981

|Nguyễn Hữu Thọ

colspan="6" |{{small|Spouses of the chairman of the Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam}}

|Nguyễn Thị Minh
{{small|1912 – ?}}

|4 July 1981

|18 June 1987

|Trường Chinh

|Phan Thị Nể
{{small|? – ?}}

|18 June 1987

|22 September 1992

|Võ Chí Công

colspan="6" |{{small|Spouses of the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam}}

|Võ Thị Lê
{{small|1928 – 2016}}

|23 September 1992

|24 September 1997

|Lê Đức Anh

|Nguyễn Thị Vinh
{{small|? –}}

|24 September 1997

|27 June 2006

|Trần Đức Lương

|{{CSS image crop|Image=First Lady Tran Thi Kim Chi of Vietnam (2006).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Trần Thị Kim Chi{{cite web |title=Vietnam President Visits Japan |url=http://www.life.com/image/78089514 |accessdate=17 January 2011 |work=Time Magazine website}}{{dead link|date=May 2022}}
{{small|? –}}

|27 June 2006

|25 July 2011

|Nguyễn Minh Triết

|{{CSS image crop|Image=First Lady Mai Thi Hanh of Vietnam in New Delhi (2011).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Mai Thị Hạnh{{Cite web |last=Anh Tú |first=Tử Trực |date=2020-10-09 |title=Phu nhân nguyên Chủ tịch nước Trương Tấn Sang tặng quà cho ngư dân và trẻ khuyết tật |url=https://nld.com.vn/ban-doc/phu-nhan-nguyen-chu-tich-nuoc-truong-tan-sang-trao-hon-300-trieu-dong-cho-tre-em-khuyet-tat-2020100913410404.htm |website=Người Lao Động}}
{{small|1956 –}}

|25 July 2011

|2 April 2016

|Trương Tấn Sang

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Vietnam First Lady Nguyen Thi Hien.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Nguyễn Thị Hiền{{Cite web |last=Nhị |first=Xuân |date=2018-04-18 |title=Phu nhân Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Thị Hiền: Người lặng lẽ làm "cầu nối" cho sự phát triển của quê hương |url=https://toquoc.vn/phu-nhan-chu-tich-nuoc-nguyen-thi-hien-nguoi-lang-le-lam-cau-noi-cho-su-phat-trien-cua-que-huong-99222796.htm |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Tổ Quốc |language=vi}}
{{small|1958 –}}

|2 April 2016

|21 September 2018

|Trần Đại Quang†

—

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|21 September 2018

|23 October 2018

|Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
{{small|(Acting)}}

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Madame Ngo Thi Man of Vietnam in 2019.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Ngô Thị Mân{{Cite web |date=2019-01-26 |title=Tổng bí thư, Chủ tịch nước và phu nhân cùng kiều bào thả cá tiễn ông Táo |url=https://vietnamnet.vn/tong-bi-thu-chu-tich-nuoc-va-phu-nhan-cung-kieu-bao-tha-ca-tien-ong-tao-505128.html |website=Vietnam Net}}
{{small|1948 –}}

|23 October 2018

|5 April 2021

|Nguyễn Phú Trọng

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Tranthinguyetthu.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-10-27 |title=BST áo dài Lan Hương ra mắt phu nhân nguyên thủ các nước tới Hà Nội |url=https://baoquocte.vn/bst-ao-dai-lan-huong-ra-mat-phu-nhan-nguyen-thu-cac-nuoc-toi-ha-noi-38286.html |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Báo Thế giới và Việt Nam |language=vi}}
{{small|? –}}

|5 April 2021

|18 January 2023

|Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

—

|Nguyễn Khánh Hiệp
{{small|? –}}

|18 January 2023

|2 March 2023

|Võ Thị Ánh Xuân
{{small|(Acting)}}

|{{CSS image crop|Image= Phanthithanhtam2023.jpg |bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Phan Thị Thanh Tâm{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-10-27 |title=Phu nhân Chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng cùng Phu nhân Toàn quyền Australia thăm Học viện Âm nhạc Quốc gia |url=https://www.sggp.org.vn/phu-nhan-chu-tich-nuoc-vo-van-thuong-cung-phu-nhan-toan-quyen-australia-tham-hoc-vien-am-nhac-quoc-gia-post684562.html |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng |language=vi}}
{{small|? –}}

|2 March 2023

|21 March 2024

|Võ Văn Thưởng

—

|Nguyễn Khánh Hiệp
{{small|? –}}

|21 March 2024

|22 May 2024

|Võ Thị Ánh Xuân
{{small|(Acting)}}

|120x120px

|Ngô Phương Ly
{{small|? –}}

|22 May 2024

|21 October 2024

|Tô Lâm

|120x120px

|Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt
{{small|? –}}

|21 October 2024

|Incumbent

|Lương Cường

First ladies of [[South Vietnam]]

{{Infobox Political post

| post = First Lady of South Vietnam

| body =

| style =

| image =

| incumbentsince = 18 January 2023

| residence = Independence Palace, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)

| formation = {{start date and age|1955|10|26|df=yes}}

| inaugural = Trần Lệ Xuân

| website =

| unofficial_names =

| abolished = {{start date and age|1975|04|30|df=yes}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:Center;" ! class="unsortable" \|No. ! class="unsortable" \|Portrait ! class="unsortable" \|Name ! class="unsortable" \|Tenure began ! class="unsortable" \|Tenure ended ! class="unsortable" \|President
1 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=Madame Nhu in her thirties (1950s).jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Trần Lệ Xuân{{Efn\|Madame Nhu was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. Since Diệm was a lifelong bachelor, Madame Nhu assumed the de facto first lady title.}} Madame Nhu {{small\|1924 – 2011}} \|26 October 1955 \|2 November 1963 \|Ngô Đình Diệm
— \| colspan="2" \|*Vacant* \|2 November 1963 \|31 October 1967 \|Military junta
2 \|{{CSS image crop\|Image=Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh.jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=120\|cHeight=150\|oTop=0\|oLeft=0\|Location=center}} \|Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh Madame Nguyễn Văn Thiệu {{small\|1930 – 2021}} \|31 October 1967 \|21 April 1975 \|Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
— \| colspan="2" \|*Vacant* \|21 April 1975 \|30 April 1975 \|Trần Văn Hương Dương Văn Minh

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:Center;"

! class="unsortable" |No.

! class="unsortable" |Portrait

! class="unsortable" |Name

! class="unsortable" |Tenure began

! class="unsortable" |Tenure ended

! class="unsortable" |President

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Madame Nhu in her thirties (1950s).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Trần Lệ Xuân{{Efn|Madame Nhu was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. Since Diệm was a lifelong bachelor, Madame Nhu assumed the de facto first lady title.}}
Madame Nhu
{{small|1924 – 2011}}

|26 October 1955

|2 November 1963

|Ngô Đình Diệm

—

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|2 November 1963

|31 October 1967

|Military junta

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh
Madame Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
{{small|1930 – 2021}}

|31 October 1967

|21 April 1975

|Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

—

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|21 April 1975

|30 April 1975

|Trần Văn Hương
Dương Văn Minh

List of spouses of Vietnamese presidents

Role and duties

Spouses of the presidents of [[Vietnam]]

First ladies of [[South Vietnam]]

Notes

References

See also