First Lady of Chile

First Lady of Chile (Spanish: Primera Dama de Chile) is the unofficial title for the wife of the president of Chile, who is traditionally responsible for directing and coordinating activities in the social field of the presidency and also accompany the president in ceremonies or official activities, for example, on state visit. In colonial times the wives of the royal governors were known as Presidentas, title that was in use during the second half of the 19th century, but was slowly superseded by the newer of First Lady. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president, there is no clarity for the case of the spouse of a female president, regarding to the work that traditionally are performed by the first lady. In these cases, the title First Gentleman (Primer Caballero; Primer Damo, colloquially) has been proposed. In March 2014, opposition newspaper La Segunda called Bachelet's son Sebastián Dávalos primer damo.[2]

First Lady of Chile
Incumbent
Cecilia Morel[1]
since March 11, 2018
ResidenceLa Moneda Palace
Inaugural holderMaría Mercedes Fontecilla Valdivieso
Formation1811
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

The first ladies fulfill a protocol function as hostesses, and since 1925, they have had their own private office and staff, and preside over different charitable organizations, such as Ropero del Pueblo (1947–1958), CEMA Chile (1967–1990), Fundación Nacional de Jardines Infantiles, Fundación de la Familia, and others. While female president Michelle Bachelet worked, for that position was created an administrative position under her direct appointment, the Director of the social-cultural area of the Presidency, which comprises management of non-profit foundations of the presidency (Red de Fundaciones de la Presidencia de la República): Integra; Promoción y Desarrollo de la Mujer, Prodemu (Women's promotion and development); Fundación de la Familia (Family foundation); Tiempos Nuevos (New times), MIM (Interactive museums); Matucana 100 (Theater promotion); Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Chile (Youth Orchestras); Artesanías de Chile (Arts and crafts) and Todo Chilenter.[3]

List of first ladies
DatesNamePresidentParents
1810–1811María Nicolasa Valdés y CarreraMateo de Toro y Zambrano y UretaDomingo Valdés y González-Soberal and Francisca de Borja de la Carrera y Ureta
1811–1813María Mercedes Fontecilla ValdiviesoJosé Miguel Carrera VerdugoDiego Antonio Fontecilla Palacios and Rosa Valdivieso Portusagasti
1818–1823Isabel Riquelme y Meza
(O'Higgins was single, assumed by his mother)		Bernardo O'Higgins RiquelmeSimón Riquelme de la Barrera y Goycochea and María Mercedes de Meza y Ulloa
1823–1826Manuela Caldera MascayanoRamón Freire SerranoFrancisco de Paula Caldera y Fontecilla-Palacios and Micaela Mascayano Larraín
1826Carmen Gana LópezManuel Blanco EncaladaAgustín Gana Darrigrande and Dolores López Guerrero
1826–1827María Teresa de Larraín y GuzmánAgustín Manuel de Eyzaguirre y ArechavalaAgustín de Larraín y Lecaros and of Ana Josefa de Guzmán Peralta y Lecaros
1827–1829Luisa GarmendiaFrancisco Antonio Pinto DíazIgnacio Garmendia y Aguirre and María Elena de Aldurralde y Villagrán
1829Mariana de Aguirre y BozaFrancisco Ramón Vicuña LarraínJosé Santos de Aguirre y Díez de Aséndegui and Antonia de Boza de Lima y Andía-Irarrázaval
1830–1831Rafaela Bezanilla BezanillaJosé Tomás Ovalle y BezanillaFrancisco Bezanilla y De la Bárcena y Juana Bezanilla y Abós-Padilla
1831María del Carmen Sotomayor ElzoFernando de Errázuriz y Martínez de AldunateFrancisco Sotomayor Serrano and María de la Concepción de Elzo y Ureta
1831–1841Manuela WarnesJosé Joaquín Prieto VialManuel Antonio Warnes y Durango and Ana Jacoba García de Zúñiga y Lizola
1841–1851Enriqueta Pinto GarmendiaManuel Bulnes PrietoEx presidente Francisco Antonio Pinto and the ex-First Lady Luisa Garmendia Aldurralde
1851–1861Rosario MonttManuel Montt TorresFiliberto Montt y Prado and Luz Goyenechea Sierra.
1861–1871Tránsito FloresJosé Joaquín Pérez MascayanoAntonio Flores y Toro Zambrano and Micaela de la Cavareda y Trucíos
1871–1876Eulogia Echaurren García-HuidrobroFederico Errázuriz ZañartuJosé Gregorio de Echaurren y Herrera and Juana García de Huidobro y Aldunate
1876–1881Delfina de la Cruz ZañartuAnibal Pinto GarmendiaJosé María de la Cruz Prieto and Josefa Zañartu Trujillo
1881–1886Emilia Márquez de la PlataDomingo Santa María GonzálezFernando Márquez de la Plata y Calvo de Encalada and María del Carmen Guzmán y Fontecilla
1886-1891Emilia de ToroJosé Manuel Balmaceda FernándezDomingo José Francisco Rafael de Toro y Valdés and María Mercedes Guzmán y Lecaros
1891–1896Leonor FrederickJorge Montt ÁlvarezJonathan Frederick Winthon and Nieves Ledesma Varas
1896-1901Gertrudis Echenique MujicaFederico Errázuriz EchaurrenJuan José Echenique Bascuñán and Jesús Mujica Echaurren
1901–1906María Errázuriz EchaurrenGermán Riesco ErrázurizEx presidente Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and the ex-First Lady Eulogia Echaurren García-Huidrobro
1906-1910Sara del Campo YávarPedro Montt MonttEvaristo del Campo Madariaga and Antonia Yávar Ruiz de Cabrera
1910–1915Mercedes Valdés CuevasRamón Barros LucoFrancisco de Borja Valdés Aldunate and Alejandra Cuevas Avaria
1915–1920Ana Echazarreta Pérez-CotaposJuan Luis Sanfuentes AndonaeguiJuan Manuel Echazarreta Irigoyen and Mercedes Pérez-Cotapos Recabarren
1920–1925Rosa Rodríguez VelascoArtuto Alessandri PalmaJosé Antonio Rodríguez Velasco and Antonia Velasco Pérez-Cotapos
1925–1927Leonor SánchezEmiliano Figueroa LarraínTeodoro Sánchez Foulkner and Teresa Vicuña Vicuña
1927–1931Graciela Letelier VelascoCarlos Ibáñez del CampoRicardo Letelier Silva and Margarita Velasco Urzúa
1931–1932Graciela FehrmanJuan Esteban Montero RodríguezEduardo Fehrman Zúñiga and Adelaida Martínez Prado
1932Herminia ArrateCarlos Dávila EspinozaMiguel Arrate Larraín and Delia Ramírez Molina
1932–1938Rosa Rodríguez VelascoArturo Alessandri PalmaJosé Antonio Rodríguez Velasco and Antonia Velasco Pérez-Cotapos
1938-1941Juana Rosa Aguirre LucoPedro Aguirre CerdaJosé Joaquín Aguirre Campos and Mercedes Luco Gutiérrez
1942-1946Marta Ide PereiraJuan Antonio Ríos MoralesCarlos Jorge Ide Schulz and Juana Pereira Ahuer
1946–1952Rosa Markmann ReijerGabriel González VidelaLadislao Markmann Villagrán and Ana Reijer Silva
1952–1958Graciela Letelier VelascoCarlos Ibáñez del CampoRicardo Letelier Silva and Margarita Velasco Urzúa
1958–1964None (Alessandri was single; role was assumed by Louise Schäffer).Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez
1964–1970María Ruiz-TagleEduardo Frei MontalvaAlfredo Ruiz-Tagle Adriasola and Claudia Jiménez Pérez de Arce
1970-1973Hortensia Bussi SotoSalvador Allende GossensCiro Bussi Aguilera and Mercedes Soto García
1973–1990María Lucía Hiriart RodríguezAugusto Pinochet UgarteOsvaldo Hiriart Corvalán and Lucía Rodríguez Auda
1990–1994Leonor Oyarzún IvanovicPatricio Aylwin AzócarManuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanovic Roccatagliata
1994–2000Marta Larraechea BolívarEduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleVasco de Larraechea Herrera and Victoria Bolívar Le Fort
2000–2006Luisa Durán de la FuenteRicardo Lagos EscobarHernán Durán Morales and Luisa de la Fuente Tavolara
2006–2010None (Bachelet is single; main role was assumed by Adriana Delpiano and María Eugenia Hirmas, as Director of the social-cultural area of the Presidency).[3][4]Michelle Bachelet
2010–2014Cecilia Morel MontesSebastián Piñera EcheniqueEduardo Morel Chaigneau and Paulina Montes Brunet
2014–2018None (Bachelet is single; main role was assumed by her son Sebastián Dávalos, as Director of the social-cultural area of the Presidency.[5]Michelle Bachelet
2018–presentCecilia Morel MontesSebastián Piñera Echenique

Footnotes and references
  1. Since 2014, main role was assumed by the son of Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Dávalos, as Director of the social-cultural area of the Presidency.
  2. La Segunda, March 17, 2004, Sebastián Dávalos se instaló en La Moneda y comienza a ejercer rol de «primer damo» (Sebastián Dávalos is working at La Moneda and begins his job as "male first lady".)
  3. "Bachelet designa a esposa de Sergio Bitar en funciones de Primera Dama". El Mostrador. 2007-01-26. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  4. Emol.com, Adriana Delpiano asumirá rol que ocupaba Luisa Durán, 16 March 2006.
  5. Chilevisión, Sebastián Dávalos Bachelet se hará cargo de siete fundaciones sin recibir sueldo, 17 March 2014.
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