First Lady

:For the term in Italian opera, see Prima donna

Notable First Ladies

:See also: List of first ladies

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• Elena Ceau?escu née Petronescu (Romania; also became Deputy Prime Minister)
• Hillary Clinton née Rodham (United States), now a Senator from New York
• Michèle Duvalier née Bennett (Haiti)
• Simone Duvalier née Ovide "Mama Doc" (Haiti)
• Betty Ford née Bloomer (United States)
• Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (South Vietnam)
• Nexhmije Hoxha (Albania)
• Jiang Qing (People's Republic of China)
• Eliza Lynch (Paraguay)
• Graça Machel (Mozambique)
• Dolley Madison née Payne (United States)
• Imelda Marcos née Romualdez (Philippines)
• Evita Perón née Duarte (Argentina)
• Eleanor Roosevelt (United States)
• Marta Sahagún de Fox (Mexico)
• Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir (Iceland)
• Soong May-ling (Republic of China)
• Sinéad de Valera (Republic of Ireland)
• Khaleda Zia (Bangladesh; later became prime minister)
• Jacqueline Kennedy née Bouvier (United States; later married to Aristotle Onassis)
• Aïcha Diori (Niger; executed during botched coup attempt)
• Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (Ghana)
• Maryam Babangida (Nigeria)
• Cecilia Kadzamira (Malawi)
• Janet Jagan (Guyana)
• Viola Burnham (Guyana)