List of spouses of Presidents of the Philippines

The following is a list of spouses of holders of the position of President of the Philippines

Customarily the wife or husband of the President held the title of First Lady or First Gentleman serving functional role at the Malacañang Palace.

Three spouses, that of Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal and Corazon Aquino, were already deceased at the start of their respective partner's presidencies although Macapagal was married to his second wife at the start of his presidency. Benigno Aquino III is the only unmarried president.

List

Portrait Spouse [note 1] President [note 2]
Hilaria del Rosario
(1877–1921)
Emilio Aguinaldo
del Rosario: m. 1896, d. 1921
Agoncillo: m. 1930
María Agoncillo
(1879–1963)
Aurora Aragón
(1888–1949)
Manuel L. Quezon
m. 1918
Placencia Hidalgo
(1889–1960)
José P. Laurel
m. 1911
Estefania Veloso
(1875–1918)
Sergio Osmeña
Veloso: m. 1901, d. 1918
Limjap: m. 1920
Esperanza Limjap
(1894–1978)
Trinidad de Leon
(1899–1995)
Manuel Roxas
m. 1921
Alicia Syquia
(1903–1945)
Elpidio Quirino
m. 1921, d. 1945
Luz Banzon
(1914–2004)
Ramon Magsaysay
m. 1933
Leonila Dimataga
(1906–1994)
Carlos P. Garcia
m. 1933
Purita de la Rosa
(1916–1943)
Diosdado Macapagal
De la Rosa: m. 1938, d. 1943
Macaraeg: m. 1946
Evangelina Macaraeg
(1915–1999)
Imelda Romualdez
(born 1929)
Ferdinand Marcos
m. May 1, 1954
Benigno Aquino Jr.
(1932–1983)
Corazon Aquino
(née Corazon Cojuangco)
m. October 11, 1954, d. August 21, 1983
Amelita Martinez
(b. 1927)
Fidel V. Ramos
m. October 21, 1954
Loi Ejercito
(born 1930)
Joseph Estrada
m. 1959
Jose Miguel Arroyo
(born 1945)
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
(née Gloria Macapagal)
m. 1968
Elizabeth Zimmerman
(born 1948)
Rodrigo Duterte
Zimmerman: m. 1973, civ. ann. 2000
Avanceña: Common law wife
Cielito Avanceña
(born 1970)
  • Entries in dark grey denotes spouses who were not married during their partner's presidencies either due to their death or who had their marriage nullified.
  • Benigno Aquino III has never been married.

Notes

  1. Maiden name for female spouses.
  2. Included maiden name in parenthesis for female presidents. End of marriage due to death only mentioned for spouses who died before their partner's presidency or had a succeeding spouse.
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