First Lady of Haiti (, ) or First Gentleman of Haiti is the title attributed to the spouse of the president of Haiti.

Spouses Spouse (born-died) Head of state In office Notes Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture (around 1742–1816) Toussaint Louverture (as Governor-General) 1797–1802 Vacant (6 May 1802 – 1 January 1804) Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité (1758 – 8 August 1858) Jean-Jacques Dessalines (as Governor-General, then Emperor) 1804–1806 as Empress of Haiti Marie-Louise Coidavid (1778–1851) Henri Christophe (as President, then King of North Haiti) 1807–1820 Marie-Madeleine Lachenais (1778–1843) Alexandre Pétion (1807–1818) and Jean-Pierre Boyer (1818–1843) (mistress, never married) 1807–1843 Marie-Madeleine Lachenais was the mistress and political advisor of both President Alexandre Sabès Pétion and President Jean-Pierre Boyer. She never married either president, but exerted political influence during their tenures. Vacant (1843–1845) Cecile Fatiman Jean-Louis Pierrot 1845–1846 Laurence Raphael Jean-Baptiste Riché 1846–1847 Adélina Lévêque (1820–1878) Faustin Soulouque (President, then Emperor) 1847–1859 Empress Consort of Haiti from 1849 until 1859 Marguerite Lorvana McIntosh Fabre Geffrard 1859–1867 Marie-Louise Augustin Sinni Nissage Saget (Provisional President) 1867 Wilmina Delacourse Sylvain Salnave 1867–1869 Marie-Louise Augustin Sinni Nissage Saget (President) 1869–1874 Pauline Strattman Michel Domingue 1874–1876 Marie Claire Wilmina Phipps (1838–1897) Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal 1877–1879 Felicite Potiez Lysius Salomon 1879–1888 Marie Claire Wilmina Phipps (1838–1897) Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (Provisional President) 1888-1888 Rose Marie Isaure Marion (1849–1929) François Denys Légitime 1888–1889 Adélaide Marcial Florvil Hyppolite 1889–1896 Constance Solomon Tirésias Simon Sam 1896–1902 Marie Claire Wilmina Phipps (1838–1897) Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (Provisional President) 1902 Marie Louise Amélia Célestina Pierrot (1826–1908) Pierre Nord Alexis 1902–1908 Adelaïde Mentor Chéry François C. Antoine Simon 1908–1911 Reine-Joséphine Laroche (1849–1911) Cincinnatus Leconte 1911–1912 Rose Anselinette Durand (1857–1936) Tancrède Auguste 1912–1913 Alice Euchariste Pommeyrac (1863–1945) Michel Oreste 1913–1914 Véronique Péralte Oreste Zamor 1914-1914 Vacant (1914–1915) Lucienne Marie Thérése Parisien (1879–?) Vilbrun Guillaume Sam 1915-1915 Vacant (1915–1922; "First Lady" filled by Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave's sister Gulna) Hélène Saint-Mascary (1872–?) Louis Borno 1922–1930 Octavie Rigaud Roy Louis Eugène Roy 1930-1930 ? Sténio Vincent 1930–1941 Georgina Saint-Aude (1892–1984) Élie Lescot 1941–1946 Lucienne Heurtelou (1921–2006) Dumarsais Estimé 1946–1950 Yolette Leconte (1918–1981) Paul Magloire December 6, 1950 – December 12, 1956 Lucia Pierre-Louis (acting) Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis (acting) December 12, 1956 – February 3, 1957 Provisional President Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis was unmarried during his presidency. He appointed his older sister, Lucia Pierre-Louis, to be First Lady of Haiti and official hostess. Dieudonne Auxilus Occide Jeanty Franck Sylvain February 7, 1957 – April 2, 1957 Carmen Jean-François Daniel Fignolé May 25, 1957 – May 25, 1957 Marie Yvonne Charles Kébreau Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau June 14, 1957 – October 22, 1957 Simone Duvalier (1913–1997) François Duvalier October 22, 1957 – April 21, 1971 Michèle Bennett (1950–present) Jean-Claude Duvalier 1971–1986 Gisèle Célestin Namphy Henri Namphy 1986–1988 Mirlande Manigat (1940–present) Leslie Manigat 1988-1988 Gisèle Célestin Namphy Henri Namphy 1988-1988 Marie-Ange Nazon Avril Prosper Avril 1988–1990 Maryse Armand Abraham Hérard Abraham 1990-1990 Ernst Trouillot Ertha Pascal-Trouillot (acting) 1990–1991 To date, Ernst Trouillot is the only man to hold the position, while Pascal-Trouillot is the only woman to hold the presidency. Vacant Jean-Bertrand Aristide February 7, 1991 – September 29, 1991 Aristide, a Roman Catholic priest until 1994, was unmarried Yannick Prosper Raoul Cédras September 30, 1991 – October 8, 1991 Raoul Cédras remained the de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 until October 1994 Guerda Jean-Baptiste Nérette Joseph Nérette (provisional president) October 8, 1991 – June 19, 1992 Marie-Yolaine Sam Bazin Marc Bazin (provisional president) June 19, 1992 – August 30, 1993 Marie-Thérèse Jonassaint Émile Jonassaint (provisional president) June 15, 1993 – October 12, 1994 Vacant Jean-Bertrand Aristide October 12, 1994 – January 20, 1996 Aristide, who left the Catholic priesthood in 1994, was unmarried until 1996 Mildred Trouillot (1963–present) Jean-Bertrand Aristide January 20, 1996 – February 7, 1996 President Aristide married Trouillot, a Haitian American, on January 20, 1996 Guerda Benoît (1963–present) René Préval February 7, 1996 – February 4, 2001 President Préval married his second wife, Géri Benoît, sometime during his first term in a small ceremony at the National Palace. Mildred Trouillot (1963–present) Jean-Bertrand Aristide February 4, 2001 – February 29, 2004 Célima Dorcély Alexandre Boniface Alexandre February 29, 2004 – May 14, 2006 Vacant René Préval May 14, 2006 – December 6, 2009 President Préval was divorced from the time he took office in 2006 until his marriage to his third wife on December 6, 2009. Elisabeth Delatour Préval (1962–present) René Préval December 6, 2009 – May 14, 2011 President Préval married Elisabeth Delatour Préval on December 6, 2009, while in office. Sophia Martelly Michel Martelly May 14, 2011 – February 7, 2016 Ginette Michaud Privert Jocelerme Privert (interim president) February 14, 2016 – February 7, 2017 Martine Moïse Jovenel Moïse February 7, 2017 – July 7, 2021 Vacant (July 7, 2021 – ; Transitional Presidential Council)

References

External links First Lady of Haiti official government page (French)