List of First Lady of Colombia firsts

This list enumerates the achievements and distinctions of various first ladies of Colombia, since its creation in 1934. It includes distinctions achieved in her previous life and subsequent service to the first lady.

There have been twenty official first ladies and only one of them has passed away in office.

María Michelsen de López

First born in Bogotá.
First with Jewish ancestry.^[1]
First first lady to preside at two non-consecutive administrations.
First first lady to also be the mother of a president.

Lorenza Villegas de Santos

The first born in Risaralda.

Bertha Hernández Fernández

First former first lady to be a congresswoman.

María Hurtado de Gómez

First first lady to not complete her term due to her husband's resignation.^[2]

Carolina Correa Londoño

First to become first lady by promotion to the presidency of her husband.
First first lady granted a Colombian identity card.^[3]
First first lady to vote.

Bertha Puga Martínez

First first lady not to have been born in Colombia.^[4]
First first lady to actively conduct politics.

Susana López Navia

First first lady to live in Casa de Nariño.
First first lady to die in Casa de Nariño.^[5]^[6]
First first lady to die in office.^[5]

Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras

First first lady to be born in Spain.
First first lady to receive the Order of Boyacá.^[7]

María Cristina Arango

First first lady to live to see a son become president.

Cecilia Caballero Blanco

First first Lady to receive the distinction of Lady Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.
First First Lady to be declared Woman of the Year.
First First Lady to reach 100 years.

Nydia Quintero Turbay

First first lady to divorce.
First first lady to be born in Neiva, Tolima
First first lady of Lebanese descent.

Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes

First first lady to be born in Medellin.

Carolina Isakson Proctor

First first lady to be born in the United States.
First first lady to be fluent in a Germanic language.
First first lady to be a non-native speaker of Spanish.
First first lady to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts.

Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria

First first lady to be born in Pereira.
First first lady to be an Economist.

Jacquin Strouss Lucena

First first lady to be a historian.

Nohra Puyana de Pastrana

First first lady to have previously been first lady of Bogotá.
First first lady to serve at the end of the century and at the beginning of another century.

Lina Moreno de Uribe

First first lady to serve two consecutive terms.
First first lady to travel abroad under the figure of ambassador on mission.^[8]

María Clemencia de Santos

First first lady to be born in Bucaramanga
First first lady to have been private secretary of the ministry of telecommunications.

María Juliana Ruiz

First first lady to have a master's degree in law.

Verónica Alcocer

First first lady to be born in Sucre.
First first lady to be married to a divorcé.
First first lady to attend the Carnival of Barranquilla
First first lady in office to attend Congress.
First First Lady to attend the state funeral of a British monarch^[9]
First First Lady to attend the funeral of a Prime Minister of Japan
First first lady to attend an audience with the pope alone.^[10]
First First Lady to attend a coronation of a British monarch.^[11]

Notes

References

^ "Maria Michelsen Lombana Historia". pcweb.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-24.
^ Gómez Barrera, Andrés (June 2011). "From Gaitanist Resistance to Liberal Resistance; VillaVicencio 1948–1950". Tabula Rasa (14): 229–264. ISSN 1794-2489. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ Colombia, National Civil Registry (2004). "Cédula de ciudadanía para la mujer" (communiqué) (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ "Murió Bertha Puga Martínez, esposa del ex presidente Alberto Lleras Camargo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
^ ^a ^b "Doña Susana López de Valencia: un alma grande". La Nueva Prensa (in Spanish) (115–126). Bogotá: 12. 1964. ISSN 0550-3515. OCLC 6689784.
^ SUSANA LOPEZ NAVIA 1962 – 1966. banrepcultural.org. July 21, 2017. Murió en Bogotá el 19 de mayo de 1964. cuando a su esposo aún le faltaban dos años p.ini terminar su mandato. Años antes de la elección de Valencia a la Presidencia, Susana sufrió un derrame cerebral que le paralizó medio cuerpo y la dejó postrada en una silla de ruedas, limitación que no le impidió llevar a cabo algunas labores como primera dama: se ocupaba de contestar la correspondencia que recibía en palacio y de tramitar las cosas que la gente solicitaba; participó en empresas de caridad, de civismo y de cultura, adelantadas tanto por instituciones oficiales como privadas.
^ "Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés". www.fucsia.co (in Spanish). 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^ Sanchez, Sthepania (September 30, 2022). "¿Cuál primera dama ha viajado más como embajadora en misión especial?". cambiocolombia.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
^ "Funeral reina Isabel: primera dama Verónica Alcocer y canciller Leyva asistirán". eltiempo.com. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
^ Solórzano Cárdenas, Sofía (January 14, 2023). "Primera dama, Verónica Alcocer, se reunió con el Papa Francisco en audiencia privada". larepublica.co. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
^ "Verónica Alcocer asistió a la coronación del Rey Carlos III junto al Canciller Álvaro Leyva". elpais.com.co. May 6, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

[:3-1] "Maria Michelsen Lombana Historia". pcweb.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-24.

[2] Gómez Barrera, Andrés (June 2011). "From Gaitanist Resistance to Liberal Resistance; VillaVicencio 1948–1950". Tabula Rasa (14): 229–264. ISSN 1794-2489. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[civil-3] Colombia, National Civil Registry (2004). "Cédula de ciudadanía para la mujer" (communiqué) (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[4] "Murió Bertha Puga Martínez, esposa del ex presidente Alberto Lleras Camargo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.

[prensa-5] "Doña Susana López de Valencia: un alma grande". La Nueva Prensa (in Spanish) (115–126). Bogotá: 12. 1964. ISSN 0550-3515. OCLC 6689784.

[6] SUSANA LOPEZ NAVIA 1962 – 1966. banrepcultural.org. July 21, 2017. Murió en Bogotá el 19 de mayo de 1964. cuando a su esposo aún le faltaban dos años p.ini terminar su mandato. Años antes de la elección de Valencia a la Presidencia, Susana sufrió un derrame cerebral que le paralizó medio cuerpo y la dejó postrada en una silla de ruedas, limitación que no le impidió llevar a cabo algunas labores como primera dama: se ocupaba de contestar la correspondencia que recibía en palacio y de tramitar las cosas que la gente solicitaba; participó en empresas de caridad, de civismo y de cultura, adelantadas tanto por instituciones oficiales como privadas.

[7] "Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés". www.fucsia.co (in Spanish). 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

[8] Sanchez, Sthepania (September 30, 2022). "¿Cuál primera dama ha viajado más como embajadora en misión especial?". cambiocolombia.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

[9] "Funeral reina Isabel: primera dama Verónica Alcocer y canciller Leyva asistirán". eltiempo.com. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

[10] Solórzano Cárdenas, Sofía (January 14, 2023). "Primera dama, Verónica Alcocer, se reunió con el Papa Francisco en audiencia privada". larepublica.co. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

[11] "Verónica Alcocer asistió a la coronación del Rey Carlos III junto al Canciller Álvaro Leyva". elpais.com.co. May 6, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

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