Political Spouse Archives - Page 3 of 7

Jocelyn Birch Burdick

Jocelyn Burdick was appointed to a brief three-month U.S Congressional term to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, a longtime North Dakota Senator and Representative.

Katharine Byron

Maryland’s first woman Member in Congress, Katharine Edgar Byron, came to the U.S. House after winning a special election to succeed her husband who died in a plane crash.

Tuanku Zara Salim

Tuanku Zara Salim is married to the reigning Sultan of Perak in Malaysia. Before her marriage to the Sultan she was heading an oil and gas consultancy firm based in Kuala Lumpur.

She is thought to be one of the first Nigerien women to pursue a career in the sciences and headed the mineralogy division of SOMAIR, the national mining company of Niger. She is the first wife of former President Mahamadou Issoufou (‘First Lady’ 2011-21) and has used her influence to improve access to health care in her country.

Stella Obasanjo

As the wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Stella Obasanjo was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death in 2005.

Evelyn Mase

Frst wife of Nelson Mandela

Lindy Boggs

After winning a special election to succeed her husband, Congresswoman Boggs went on to serve 18 years in the US House of Representatives, becoming an advocate for women’s equality, economic opportunity for minorities, and the preservation of House heritage.