First Lady of the United States as White House hostess. There are four living former first ladies: Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter; Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton; Laura Bush, wife of George W. Bush; and Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama. , the only former First Lady who has run for or held public office is Hillary Clinton. The use of the title "First Lady" to describe the spouse or hostess of an executive began in the United States. In the early days of the republic, there was not a generally accepted title for the wife of the president. Many early first ladies expressed
First Lady of Portugal First Lady of Portugal The First Lady of Portugal (Portuguese: "primeira-dama") is the unofficial title attributed to the wife of the President of Portugal. To date, there has been no First Gentleman of Portugal. The First Lady position is currently vacant, since the incumbent President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is not married. The inaugural First Lady of Portugal was Lucrécia de Arriaga (1911–1915), wife of the first President of the First Portuguese Republic, Manuel de Arriaga. Maria Joana Perdigão de Almeida, Portugal's First Lady from 1919 to 1923 and the wife of President António José de Almeida, was one of