First Lady of Peru


The first lady of Peru 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.

PortraitFirst Lady
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TenureAge at tenure startPresident
25N/ACarmen Heeren Barreda
Born 1878–?
Peru
August 18, 1915

July 4, 1919
N/AJosé Pardo y Barreda
26N/AMaría Isabel Olivera Mayo
Born 1867–?
Peru
July 4, 1919

December 8, 1930
N/AAugusto B. Leguía
27N/AEnriqueta Garland Higginson
Born 1886–?
Peru
April 30, 1933

December 8, 1939
N/AÓscar R. Benavides
28Enriqueta Garland Higginson
Born 1884–?
Peru
December 8, 1939

July 28, 1945
N/AManuel Prado Ugarteche
29N/AMaría Jesús Rivera y Rivera
Born N/A
Peru
July 28, 1945

October 29, 1948
N/AJosé Luis Bustamante y Rivero
30María Delgado de Odría
Born December 28, 1900 – March 19, 1990
Peru
October 29, 1948

July 28, 1956
Manuel Odría Amoretti
31N/ARosa Prado Garland
Born 1924
Peru
July 28, 1956

June 9, 1958
N/ADaughter of
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
31Clorinda Málaga de Prado
Born July 3, 1905 – September 17, 1993
Peru
June 9, 1958

July 18, 1962
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
32N/AEloisa Dolores Ferreyros Roldán
Born N/A
Peru
July 18, 1962

March 3, 1963
N/ARicardo Pérez Godoy
33N/AMaría Álvarez del Villar de Lindley
Born N/A
Peru
March 3, 1963

July 28, 1963
N/ANicolás Lindley López
34N/ACarola Aubry Bravo de Belaúnde
Born 1921–2003
Peru
July 28, 1963

October 3, 1968
41 to 42 years oldFernando Belaúnde Terry
35Consuelo Gonzales Posada
Born June 18, 1920 – September 7, 2012
Peru
October 3, 1968

August 29, 1975
Juan Velasco Alvarado
36Rosa Pedraglio de Morales Bermúdez
Born February 1, 1920 – June 7, 1998
Peru
August 29, 1975

July 28, 1980
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
37N/AVioleta Correa
Born March 24, 1927 – June 1, 2001
Peru
July 28, 1980

July 28, 1985
Fernando Belaúnde Terry
38Pilar Nores Garcia
Born
Argentina
July 28, 1985

July 28, 1990
Alan Garcia
39Susana Higuchi Fujimori
Born
Peru
July 28, 1990

August 23, 1994
Alberto Fujimori
39Keiko Fujimori
Born
Peru
August 23, 1994

November 22, 2000
Daughter of
Alberto Fujimori
40N/ANilda Jara Paniagua
Born
Peru
November 22, 2000

July 28, 2001
Valentin Paniagua
41Eliane Karp
Born
Belgium
July 28, 2001

July 28, 2006
Alejandro Toledo
42Pilar Nores Garcia
Born
Argentina
July 28, 2006

July 28, 2011
Alan Garcia
43Nadine Heredia Alarcón Humala
Born
Peru
July 28, 2011

July 28, 2016
Ollanta Humala
44Nancy Ann Lange Kuczynski
Born United States
July 28, 2016

March 23, 2018
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
45Maribel Diaz Cabello Vizcarra
Born
Peru
March 23, 2018

present
Martin Vizcarra'''

Living first ladies

, there are six living former first ladies, as identified below.
The most recent first lady to die was Consuelo Gonzales Posada, 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.