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Spouse of the president of the Philippines

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Liza Araneta Marcos, the wife of President Bongbong Marcos.

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. Hence the titles are also erroneously used to refer to the president's spouse.

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.

In the case of Rodrigo Duterte, his marriage with Elizabeth Zimmerman was already annulled at the start of his presidency. Duterte had another partner, Cielito Avanceña his common-law wife.

Benigno Aquino III is the only unmarried president.

List

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Portrait Spouse [note 1] Marriage President [note 2]
Start End
Hilaria del Rosario
(1877–1921)
1896 1921 Emilio Aguinaldo
María Agoncillo
(1879–1963)
1930 1963 Emilio Aguinaldo
Aurora Aragón
(1888–1949)
1918 1944 Manuel L. Quezon
Pacencia Hidalgo
(1889–1960)
1911 1959 José P. Laurel
Estefania Veloso
(1875–1918)
1901 1918 Sergio Osmeña
Esperanza Limjap
(1894–1978)
1920 1961 Sergio Osmeña
Trinidad de Leon
(1899–1995)
1921 1948 Manuel Roxas
Alicia Syquia
(1903–1945)
1921 1945 Elpidio Quirino
Luz Banzon
(1914–2004)
1933 1957 Ramon Magsaysay
Leonila Dimataga
(1906–1994)
1933 1971 Carlos P. Garcia
Purita de la Rosa
(1916–1943)
1938 1943 Diosdado Macapagal
Evangelina Macaraeg
(1915–1999)
1946 1997 Diosdado Macapagal
Imelda Romualdez
(born 1929)
1954 1989 Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Benigno Aquino Jr.
(1932–1983)
1954 1983 Corazon Aquino
(née Cojuangco)
Amelita Martinez
(b. 1927)
1954 2022 Fidel V. Ramos
Loi Pimentel
(born 1930)
1959 Joseph Estrada
m. 1959
Jose Miguel Arroyo
(born 1945)
1968 Gloria Macapagal
(Mrs. Arroyo)
Elizabeth Zimmerman
(born 1948)
1973 2000
Civilly annulled
Rodrigo Duterte
Honeylet Avanceña
(born 1970)
Not marriage, as Partner 2005 Rodrigo Duterte
Liza Araneta
(born 1959)
1993 Bongbong Marcos
  • Entries in dark grey denotes spouses who were not married during their partner's presidencies either due to their death, their marriage that had been nullified, or they would be married after their partner's presidency.
  • Benigno Aquino III has never been married.

Notes

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  1. ^ Maiden name for female spouses.
  2. ^ Included maiden or martial name in parentheses for female presidents.