List of spouses of heads of government

The following is a list of spouses or partners of current heads of government. In most cases, such as parliamentary systems, semi-presidential systems, and constitutional monarchies, the head of government is called a "prime minister"", "premier", or "president/chairman of the council of ministers".[a] In presidential systems, the president may be simultaneously head of state and head of government.

Member and observer states of the United Nations[edit]

State Head of government Spouse or partner Image
 Afghanistan Acting Prime Minister Hasan Akhund
 Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama Linda Rama
 Algeria Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane
 Andorra Head of Government Xavier Espot Zamora
 Angola President João Lourenço Ana Dias Lourenço
 Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne Maria Bird-Browne
 Argentina President Alberto Fernández Fabiola Yáñez (domestic partner)
 Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Anna Hakobyan
 Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Jodie Haydon
 Austria Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer Katharina Nehammer
 Azerbaijan Prime Minister Ali Asadov Zamira Asadova
 Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis Anne-Marie Davis
 Bahrain Prime Minister Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Divorced
Formerly, Shaikha Hala bint D'aij Al Khalifa (div. 2005)
 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Widowed
Formerly M. A. Wazed Miah (d. 2009)
 Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley
 Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko ?
 Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo Annik Penders
 Belize Prime Minister Johnny Briceño Rossana Maria Briceño
 Benin President Patrice Talon Claudine Talon
 Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Ugyen Dema
 Bolivia President Luis Arce Lourdes Brigida Durán Romero
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman of the Council of Ministers Borjana Krišto Branko Krišto
 Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi Neo Masisi
 Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Rosângela Lula da Silva
 Brunei Prime Minister Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Queen Saleha
 Bulgaria Prime Minister Kiril Petkov Linda McKenzie
 Burkina Faso Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla ?
 Burundi Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni
 Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet Pich Chanmony
 Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Ngute
 Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
 Cape Verde Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva
 Central African Republic Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra
 Chad Acting Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo Jeanne Kebzabo
 Chile President Gabriel Boric Irina Karamanos
 China Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang Cheng Hong
 Colombia President Gustavo Petro Verónica Alcocer
 Comoros President Azali Assoumani Ambari Daroueche
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde
 Congo, Republic of the Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso
 Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado Quesada Claudia Dobles Camargo
 Croatia Prime Minister Andrej Plenković Ana Maslać Plenković
 Cuba President of the Council of Ministers Manuel Marrero Cruz
 Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides Philippa Karsera
 Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala Jana Fialová
 Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Bo Tengberg
 Djibouti Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
 Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Melissa Poponne Skerrit
 Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader Raquel Arbaje
 East Timor Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak Isabel da Costa Ferreira
 Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso María de Lourdes Alcívar
 Egypt Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly
 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele
 Equatorial Guinea Prime Minister Manuela Roka Botey
 Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki Saba Haile
 Estonia Prime Minister Kaja Kallas Arvo Hallik
 Eswatini Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini Lomvula Hlope
 Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Zinash Tayachew
 Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Suluweti Tuiloma
 Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo Niina Kanniainen-Orpo
 France Prime Minister Jean Castex Sandra Ribelaygue
 Gabon Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie By Nze
 Gambia, The President Adama Barrow Fatou Bah
Sarjo Mballow
 Georgia Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili Nunuka Tamazashvili
 Germany Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz Britta Ernst
 Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo Rebecca Akufo-Addo
 Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki
 Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell Marietta Mitchell
 Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei Divorced
Formerly Rosana Cáceres (div. ?)
 Guinea Acting Prime Minister Mohamed Béavogui
 Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam
 Guyana Prime Minister Mark Phillips Mignon Bowen-Phillips
 Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry Annie Claude Massiau
 Honduras President Xiomara Castro Manuel Zelaya
 Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Anikó Lévai
 Iceland Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir Gunnar Örn Sigvaldason
 India Prime Minister Narendra Modi Jashodaben Modi (estranged)
 Indonesia President Joko Widodo Iriana
 Iran President Ebrahim Raisi Jamileh Alamolhoda
 Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
 Ireland Taoiseach Micheál Martin Mary Martin
 Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sara Netanyahu
 Italy President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni
 Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi
 Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness Juliet Holness
 Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Yuko Kishida
 Jordan Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh Rana Sultan
 Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin Altynai Mamina
 Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta Margaret Kenyatta
 Kiribati President Taneti Maamau Teiraeng Tentoa Maamau
 Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah Shaikha Aida Salim Al Ali Al Sabah
 Kyrgyzstan Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Akylbek Japarov ?
 Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh
 Latvia Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Anda Kariņa
 Lebanon President of the Council of Ministers Najib Mikati
 Lesotho Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro 'Masekoalane Majoro
 Liberia President George Weah Clar Weah
 Libya Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Amina el-Shawush
 Liechtenstein Head of Government Daniel Risch Jasmin Schädler
 Lithuania Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė
 Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel Gauthier Destenay
 Madagascar Prime Minister Christian Ntsay
 Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera Monica Chakwera
 Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
 Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Fazna Ahmed
 Mali Acting Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga
 Malta Prime Minister Robert Abela Lydia Abela Zerafa
 Marshall Islands President David Kabua Ginger Kabua
 Mauritania Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal
 Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth Kobita Ramdanee
 Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller
 Micronesia, Federated States of President David W. Panuelo Janet Semes
 Moldova Prime Minister Dorin Recean ?
 Monaco Minister of State Pierre Dartout
 Mongolia Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene Boldyn Tuul
 Montenegro Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić Jasminka Krivokapić
 Morocco Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch
 Mozambique Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
 Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing Kyu Kyu Hla
 Namibia Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa
 Nauru President Lionel Aingimea
   Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Sita Poudel
 Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte
 New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon Amanda Luxon
 Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo
 Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou
 Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Aisha Buhari
 North Korea Premier of the Cabinet Kim Tok-hun
 North Macedonia President of the Government Zoran Zaev Zorica Zaeva
 Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Marit Slagsvold
 Oman Prime Minister Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah
 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Nusrat Shehbaz
Tehmina Durrani
 Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. Valerie Esang Remengesau
 Palestine Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh
 Panama President Laurentino Cortizo Yazmín Colón de Cortizo
 Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape Rachael Marape
 Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez Silvana López Moreira
 Peru President of the Council of Ministers Alberto Otárola
 Philippines President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Liza Araneta Marcos
 Poland Chairman of the Council of Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki Iwona Morawiecka
 Portugal Prime Minister António Costa Fernanda Tadeu
 Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
 Romania Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă ?
 Russia Chairman of the Government Mikhail Mishustin Vladlena Mishustina
 Rwanda Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente ?
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Timothy Harris
 Saint Lucia Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Eloise Harris
 Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
 San Marino Secretary for Foreign and Political Affairs Luca Beccari
 São Tomé and Príncipe Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus Clara Ferreira Bom Jesus
 Saudi Arabia Prime Minister King Salman Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain
 Senegal President Macky Sall Marieme Faye Sall
 Serbia Prime Minister Ana Brnabić Milica Đurđić (domestic partner)
 Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan Linda Ramkalawan
 Sierra Leone Chief Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa
 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Ho Ching
 Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger Lucia Hegerová
 Slovenia Prime Minister Janez Janša Urška Bačovnik
 Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare Emmy Sogavare
 Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble
 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 President of the Government Pedro Sánchez María Begoña Gómez Fernández
 Sri Lanka Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
 Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Muna Abdalla
 Suriname President Chan Santokhi Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry
 Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson Birgitta Ed
  Switzerland President Alain Berset Muriel Zeender
 Syria Prime Minister Hussein Arnous
 Tajikistan Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda
 Tanzania Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa Mary
 Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Pakpilai Thavisin
 Togo Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah Dogbé
 Tonga Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni
 Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley Sharon Rowley
 Tunisia Head of Government Najla Bouden
 Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Emine Erdoğan
 Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow
 Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano
 Uganda Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja ?
 Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Kateryna Shmyhal
 United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum Al Maktoum
 United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Akshata Murty
 United States President Joe Biden Jill Biden
 Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou Lorena Ponce de León
 Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov ?
 Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau
 Vatican City President of the Governorate Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga Celibate
 Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro
(disputed during the Venezuelan presidential crisis,
11 January 2019 – 5 January 2023
[b])
Cilia Flores
 Vietnam Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính Lê Thị Bích Trân
 Yemen Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
 Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema Mutinta Hichilema
 Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Auxillia Mnangagwa

Other states[edit]

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

State Head of government Spouse Image
 Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
 Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi

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

State Head of government Spouse Image
 Abkhazia Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab
 Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti Rita Augestad Knudsen
 Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Faiz Sucuoğlu
 Sahrawi Republic Prime Minister Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
 South Ossetia Prime Minister Gennady Bekoyev
 Taiwan President of the Executive Yuan Chen Chien-jen Lo Feng-ping

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

State Head of government Spouse Image
 Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi Zahra Abdilahi Absia
Roda Ahmed Omar
 Transnistria Prime Minister Aleksandr Martynov

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In case of a woman, the title of "chairman" can take on the form of "chairwoman", "chairperson" or simply "chair", or be replaced by "president".
  2. ^ Maduro's legitimacy as President remains challenged by many within the international community due to concerns around the legitimacy of the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, despite Juan Guaidó relinquishing his claim to the Presidency on 5 January 2023.

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