First Lady of Peru

The first lady of Peru (Spanish: Primera dama de Perú) is the title held by the wife of the President of Peru. The current Peruvian first lady is Maribel Díaz Cabello, wife of President Martín Vizcarra, who has held the position since 2018. There have been a number of first ladies that have been foreign to Peru.

No.	Portrait	First Lady (Maiden name)	Tenure	Age at tenure start	President
25	N/A	Carmen Heeren Barreda Born 1878–?  Peru	August 18, 1915 – July 4, 1919	N/A	José Pardo y Barreda (1915-1919)
26	N/A	María Isabel Olivera Mayo Born 1867–?  Peru	July 4, 1919 – December 8, 1930	N/A	Augusto B. Leguía (1919-1930)
27	N/A	Enriqueta Garland Higginson Born 1886–?  Peru	April 30, 1933 – December 8, 1939	N/A	Óscar R. Benavides (1933-1939)
28		Enriqueta Garland Higginson Born 1884–?  Peru	December 8, 1939 – July 28, 1945	N/A	Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1939-1945)
29	N/A	María Jesús Rivera y Rivera Born N/A  Peru	July 28, 1945 – October 29, 1948	N/A	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero (1945-1948)
30		María Delgado de Odría Born December 28, 1900 – March 19, 1990 (aged 89)  Peru	October 29, 1948 – July 28, 1956	47 years, 306 days	Manuel Odría Amoretti (1948-1956)
31	N/A	Rosa Prado Garland Born 1924 (age 94-95 years old)  Peru	July 28, 1956 – June 9, 1958	N/A	Daughter of Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1956-1958)
31		Clorinda Málaga de Prado Born July 3, 1905 – September 17, 1993 (aged 88)  Peru	June 9, 1958 – July 18, 1962	52 years, 341 days	Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1958-1962)
32	N/A	Eloisa Dolores Ferreyros Roldán Born N/A  Peru	July 18, 1962 – March 3, 1963	N/A	Ricardo Pérez Godoy (1962-1963)
33	N/A	María Álvarez del Villar de Lindley Born N/A  Peru	March 3, 1963 – July 28, 1963	N/A	Nicolás Lindley López (1963)
34	N/A	Carola Aubry Bravo de Belaúnde Born 1921–2003 (aged 82)  Peru	July 28, 1963 – October 3, 1968	41 to 42 years old	Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1963-1968)
35		Consuelo Gonzales Posada Born June 18, 1920 – September 7, 2012 (aged 92)  Peru	October 3, 1968 – August 29, 1975	48 years, 107 days	Juan Velasco Alvarado (1968-1975)
36		Rosa Pedraglio de Morales Bermúdez Born February 1, 1920 – June 7, 1998 (aged 78)  Peru	August 29, 1975 – July 28, 1980	55 years, 209 days	Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1975-1980)
37	N/A	Violeta Correa Born March 24, 1927 – June 1, 2001 (aged 74)  Peru	July 28, 1980 – July 28, 1985	53 years, 126 days	Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1980-1985)
38		Pilar Nores Garcia Born (1949-03-11) 11 March 1949  Argentina	July 28, 1985 – July 28, 1990	36 years, 139 days	Alan Garcia (1985-1990)
39		Susana Higuchi Fujimori Born (1950-04-26) April 26, 1950  Peru	July 28, 1990 – August 23, 1994	40 years, 93 days	Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000)
39		Keiko Fujimori Born (1975-05-25) May 25, 1975  Peru	August 23, 1994 – November 22, 2000	19 years, 90 days	Daughter of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000)
40	N/A	Nilda Jara Paniagua Born (1942-11-27) November 27, 1942  Peru	November 22, 2000 – July 28, 2001	57 years, 361 days	Valentin Paniagua (2000-2001)
41		Eliane Karp Born (1953-09-24) September 24, 1953  Belgium	July 28, 2001 – July 28, 2006	47 years, 307 days	Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006)
42		Pilar Nores Garcia Born (1949-03-11) March 11, 1949  Argentina	July 28, 2006 – July 28, 2011	57 years, 139 days	Alan Garcia (2006-2011)
43		Nadine Heredia Alarcón Humala Born (1976-05-25) May 25, 1976  Peru	July 28, 2011 – July 28, 2016	30 years, 62 days	Ollanta Humala (2011-2016)
44		Nancy Ann Lange Kuczynski Born (1954-01-20) January 20, 1954 United States	July 28, 2016 – March 23, 2018	64 years, 67 days	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018)
45		Maribel Diaz Cabello Vizcarra Born (1970-03-27) March 27, 1970  Peru	March 23, 2018 – present	48 years, 1 day	Martin Vizcarra (2018–present)

First Lady of Peru Primera dama de Perú
Incumbent Maribel Díaz Cabello since 21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)
Style	Her Excellency (Diplomatic, outside Peru)
Residence	Palacio de Gobierno

Living first ladies

As of October 2018, there are six living former first ladies, as identified below.

• 
  Pilar Nores
  served 1985–1990, 2006-2011
  born 1949 (age 71)
  wife of Alan Garcia
• 
  Eliane Karp
  served 2001-2006
  born 1953 (age 67)
  wife of Alejandro Toledo
• 
  Nadine Heredia
  served 2011-2016
  born 1976 (age 71)
  wife of Ollanta Humala
• 
  Nancy Lange
  served 2016–2018
  born 1954 (age 66)
  wife of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

The most recent first lady to die was Consuelo Gonzales Posada (served 1968–1975), wife of Juan Velasco Alvarado, in 2012, at the age of 92. The greatest number of former first ladies to be alive at one time was 6, during the period from March 28, 2018, to present. All first ladies following Juan Velasco's coup d'etat in the 1960s are still alive, with the exception of Violeta Correa.

Corruption scandals

Much like their husbands, a number of first ladies of Peru have been implicated with charges of corruption under their spouse's administration.

Elaine Karp Toledo

Former-president Alejandro Toledo's spouse, France-borne Eliane Karp, has been accused of money laundering. She has testified under Congress in 2013.3

Nadine Heredia Humala

The wife of the controversial president Ollanta Humala was accused of multiple crimes, and was arrested one year following Humala's administration and sent to testify under oath.[1]

See also

• Presidents of Peru

References

1. "El escándalo de Odebrecht alcanzó a también a líderes políticos". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-12.