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List of spouses of heads of state

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The following is a list of spouses of current heads of state.

States recognised by the United Nations

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State Head of state Spouse Image
 Afghanistan Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada Reported two wives (unconfirmed)[1]
 Albania President Bajram Begaj Armanda Begaj
 Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Fatima Zohra Bella
 Andorra Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Celibate
Co-Prince Emmanuel Macron Brigitte Macron
Representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince Josep Maria Mauri Celibate
Representative of the French Co-Prince Patrick Strzoda
 Angola President João Lourenço Ana Dias Lourenço
 Antigua and Barbuda King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Rodney Williams Sandra Williams
 Argentina President Javier Milei Fátima Flórez (domestic partner; broken up)
 Armenia President Vahagn Khachaturyan Anahit Minasyan
 Australia King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General David Hurley Linda Hurley
 Austria President Alexander Van der Bellen Doris Schmidauer
 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Mehriban Aliyeva
 Bahamas, The King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Cynthia A. Pratt Widowed
Formerly Joseph B. Pratt
 Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al Ajmi
Hessa bint Faisal bin Muhammad bin Shuraim Al Marri
Manal bint Jabor Al Naimi
 Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin Rebecca Sultana
 Barbados President Sandra Mason ?
 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko Galina Lukashenko
 Belgium King Philippe Queen Mathilde
 Belize King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Froyla Tzalam Daniel Mendez
 Benin President Patrice Talon Claudine Talon
 Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Queen Jetsun Pema
 Bolivia President Luis Arce Lourdes Brigida Durán Romero
 Bosnia and Herzegovina High Representative Christian Schmidt Ria Hess
Chairman of the Presidency Denis Bećirović Mirela Bećirović
Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić Sabina Komšić
Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović Aleksandar Cvijanović
 Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi Neo Masisi
 Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Rosângela Lula da Silva
 Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Queen Saleha
 Bulgaria President Rumen Radev Desislava Radeva
 Burkina Faso Interim President Ibrahim Traoré ?
 Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye Angeline Ndayishimiye
 Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni
 Cameroon President Paul Biya Chantal Biya
 Canada King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Mary Simon Whit Fraser
 Cape Verde President José Maria Neves Débora Katisa Carvalho
 Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra Brigitte Touadéra
Tina Touadéra
 Chad Chairman of the Transitional Military Council and Interim President Mahamat Déby Dahabaya Oumar Souni
 Chile President Gabriel Boric Irina Karamanos (domestic partner; broken up)
 China General Secretary of the Communist Party and President Xi Jinping Peng Liyuan
 Colombia President Gustavo Petro Verónica Alcocer
 Comoros President Azali Assoumani Ambari Daroueche
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the President Félix Tshisekedi Denise Tshisekedi
 Congo, Republic of the President Denis Sassou Nguesso Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
 Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves Robles Signe Zeicate
 Croatia President Zoran Milanović Sanja Musić Milanović
 Cuba First Secretary of the Communist Party and President Miguel Díaz-Canel Marta Villanueva
 Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides Philippa Karsera
 Czech Republic President Petr Pavel Eva Pavlová
 Denmark King Frederik X Queen Mary
 Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Kadra Mahamoud Haid
 Dominica President Sylvanie Burton Gilbert Burton[2]
 Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader Raquel Arbaje
 East Timor President José Ramos-Horta Divorced
Formerly Ana Pessoa Pinto
 Ecuador President Daniel Noboa Lavinia Valbonesi
 Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Entissar Amer
 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele
 Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Constancia Mangue
 Eritrea Chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice and President Isaias Afewerki Saba Haile
 Estonia President Alar Karis Sirje Karis
 Eswatini King Mswati III Inkhosikati LaMatsebula
Inkhosikati LaMotsa
Inkhosikati LaMbikiza
Inkhosikati LaNgangaza
Inkhosikati LaGija
Inkhosikati LaMagongo
Inkhosikati LaMahlangu
Inkhosikati LaNtentesa
Inkhosikati LaNkambule
Inkhosikati LaFogiyane
Inkhosikati LaMashwama
 Ethiopia President Sahle-Work Zewde
 Fiji President Wiliame Katonivere Filomena Katonivere
 Finland President Alexander Stubb Suzanne Innes-Stubb
 France President Emmanuel Macron Brigitte Macron
 Gabon Transitional President Brice Oligui Zita Nyangue Oligui
 Gambia, The President Adama Barrow Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow
Sarjo Mballow
 Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili Widowed
Formerly Janri Kashia (d. 2012)
 Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Elke Büdenbender
 Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo Rebecca Akufo-Addo
 Greece President Katerina Sakellaropoulou Pavlos Kotsonis
 Grenada King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Cécile La Grenade
 Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo Lucrecia Peinado
 Guinea Interim President Mamady Doumbouya Lauriane Doumbouya
 Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló Dinisia Reis Embaló[3][4]
 Guyana President Irfaan Ali Arya Ali
 Haiti Chairman of the Transitional Presidential Council Edgard Leblanc Fils ?
 Honduras President Xiomara Castro Manuel Zelaya
 Hungary President Tamás Sulyok Zsuzsanna Sulyok
 Iceland President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Eliza Reid
 India President Droupadi Murmu Widowed
Formerly Shyam Charan Murmu (d. 2014)
 Indonesia President Joko Widodo Iriana
 Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
 Iraq President Abdul Latif Rashid Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed
 Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Sabina Higgins
 Israel President Isaac Herzog Michal Herzog
 Italy President Sergio Mattarella Widowed
Formerly Marisa Chiazzese (d. 2012)
 Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara Dominique Ouattara
 Jamaica King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Patrick Allen Denise Allen
 Japan Emperor Naruhito Empress Masako
 Jordan King Abdullah II Queen Rania
 Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Divorced
Formerly Nadezhda Tokayeva (div. 2020)
 Kenya President William Ruto Rachel Ruto
 Kiribati President Taneti Mamau Teiraeng Mamau
 Kuwait Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Nuria Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Munira Badah Al-Mutairi
 Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov Aigul Japarova
 Laos General Secretary of the People's Revolutionary Party and President Thongloun Sisoulith Naly Sisoulith
 Latvia President Edgars Rinkēvičs
 Lebanon President Vacant
 Lesotho King Letsie III Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso
 Liberia President Joseph Boakai Katumu Yatta Boakai
 Libya Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi Sara al-Menfi
 Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II Widowed
Formerly Princess Marie (d. 2021)
Regent Hereditary Prince Alois Hereditary Princess Sophie
 Lithuania President Gitanas Nausėda Diana Nausėdienė
 Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
 Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina Mialy Rajoelina
 Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera Monica Chakwera
 Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Ibrahim Iskandar Raja Permaisuri Agong Zarith Sofiah
 Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu Sajdha Mohamed
 Mali Interim President Assimi Goïta Lala Diallo
 Malta President Myriam Spiteri Debono Anthony Spiteri Debono
 Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine Tommy Kijiner
 Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Mariam Mint Mohamed Vadel Ould Dah
 Mauritius President Prithvirajsing Roopun Sayukta Roopun
 Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller
 Micronesia, Federated States of President Wesley Simina
 Moldova President Maia Sandu
 Monaco Prince Albert II Princess Charlene
 Mongolia President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Bolortsetseg Khürelsükh
 Montenegro President Jakov Milatović Milena Milatović
 Morocco King Mohammed VI Divorced
Formerly Princess Lalla Salma (div. 2018)
 Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi Isaura Nyusi
 Myanmar Acting President and Chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing Kyu Kyu Hla
 Namibia President Nangolo Mbumba Sustjie Mbumba
 Nauru President David Adeang
   Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel Savita Poudel
 Netherlands King Willem-Alexander Queen Máxima
 New Zealand King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Cindy Kiro Richard Davies
 Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo
 Niger President Abdourahamane Tchiani ?
 Nigeria President Bola Tinubu Remi Tinubu
 North Korea General Secretary of the Workers' Party, President of the State Affairs Commission and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un Ri Sol-ju
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly Choe Ryong-hae ?
 North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova ?
 Norway King Harald V Queen Sonja
 Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah
 Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Widowed
Formerly Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007)
 Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. Valerie Esang Remengesau
 Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Amina Abbas
 Panama President José Raúl Mulino Marisel Cohen de Mulino
 Papua New Guinea King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Bob Dadae Hannah Dadae
 Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez Silvana López Moreira
 Peru President Dina Boluarte David Gómez Villasante
 Philippines President Bongbong Marcos Liza Araneta Marcos
 Poland President Andrzej Duda Agata Kornhauser-Duda
 Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Separated
Ana Cristina Motta Veiga (sep. 1980)
 Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Sheikha Jawahir bint Hamad bin Suhaim al-Thani
Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri
Sheikha Noora bint Hathal Al Dosari
 Romania President Klaus Iohannis Carmen Iohannis
 Russia President Vladimir Putin Divorced
Formerly Lyudmila Putina (div. 2014)
 Rwanda President Paul Kagame Jeannette Kagame
 Saint Kitts and Nevis King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Tapley Seaton
 Saint Lucia King Charles III Queen Camilla
Acting Governor-General Errol Charles
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Susan Dougan Hugh Dougan
 Samoa O le Ao o le Malo Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II Masiofo Faʻamausili Leinafo
 San Marino Captain Regent Milena Gasperoni
Captain Regent Alessandro Rossi
 São Tomé and Príncipe President Carlos Vila Nova Maria de Fátima Afonso Vila Nova[5]
 Saudi Arabia King Salman Fahda bint Falah bin Sultan Al Hithalayn
 Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye Marie Khone Faye
Absa Faye
 Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić Tamara Vučić
 Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan Linda Ramkalawan
 Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Fatima Bio
 Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam Jane Yumiko Ittogi
 Slovakia President Peter Pellegrini
 Slovenia President Nataša Pirc Musar Aleš Musar
 Solomon Islands King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General David Vunagi Mary Vunagi
 Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Qamar Ali
 South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Tshepo Motsepe
 South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol Kim Keon-hee
 South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit Mary Ayen Mayardit
Aluel William Nyuon Bany
 Spain King Felipe VI Queen Letizia
 Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe Maitree Wickremesinghe
 Sudan Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
 Suriname President Chan Santokhi Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry[6]
 Sweden King Carl XVI Gustaf Queen Silvia
  Switzerland President Viola Amherd
Vice President Karin Keller-Sutter Morten Keller
Member of the Federal Council Guy Parmelin
Member of the Federal Council Albert Rösti Theres Rösti
Member of the Federal Council Élisabeth Baume-Schneider Pierre-André Baume
Member of the Federal Council Ignazio Cassis Paola Cassis
Member of the Federal Council Beat Jans Tracy Renee Glass
 Syria President Bashar al-Assad Asma al-Assad
 Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon Azizmo Asadullayeva
 Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan Hafidh Ameir
 Thailand King Vajiralongkorn Queen Suthida
Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani
 Togo President Faure Gnassingbé Nana Ama Kuffour
 Tonga King Tupou VI Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
 Trinidad and Tobago President Christine Kangaloo Kerwyn Garcia
 Tunisia President Kais Saied Ichraf Saied
 Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Emine Erdoğan
 Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow ?
 Tuvalu King Charles III Queen Camilla
Governor-General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani Tangira Falani
 Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Janet Museveni
 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Olena Zelenska
 United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan
 United Kingdom King Charles III Queen Camilla
 United States President Joe Biden Jill Biden
 Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou Lorena Ponce de León
 Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Ziroatkhon Hoshimova
 Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu Rima Vurobaravu
 Vatican City Sovereign Pope Francis Celibate
 Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro Cilia Flores
 Vietnam Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party and President Tô Lâm Ngô Phương Ly
 Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi ?
 Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema Mutinta Hichilema
 Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Auxillia Mnangagwa

Other states

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The following states are in free association with another UN member state.

State Head of state Spouse Image
 Cook Islands King Charles III Queen Camilla
King's Representative Tom Marsters Tuaine d'Arorangi
 Niue King Charles III Queen Camilla
Representative of the King Cindy Kiro Richard Davies

The following states control their territory and are recognised by at least one UN member state.

State Head of state Spouse Image
 Abkhazia President Aslan Bzhania
 Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani Prindon Sadriu
 Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar Sibel Tatar
 Sahrawi Republic General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President Brahim Ghali
 South Ossetia President Alan Gagloyev ?
 Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Wu Mei-ju

The following states control their territory, but are not recognised by any UN member states.

State Head of state Spouse Image
 Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi Zahra Abdilahi Absia
Roda Ahmed Omar
 Transnistria President Vadim Krasnoselsky Svetlana Krasnoselskaya

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Luke, Ronda (2023-10-19). "Who is President Sylvanie Burton?". Sun Dominica. The Sun. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ "Sissoco Embaló reúne-se com Biden e Lavrov – DW – 23/09/2022". dw.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. ^ "Macky Sall, Ali Bongo… Les amis de Recep Tayyip Erdogan – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ^ "Biografia". Presidência da República de São Tomé e Príncipe (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ "President Santokhi en partner Melissa trouwen vandaag". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 July 2020.