6 Presidents Who Do Not Have First Ladys

President who does not have a first lady (Freepik)

YOGYAKARTA - Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to be sworn in as the 8th President of Indonesia to replace Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on October 20, 2024. This inauguration procession will be held at the DPR/MPR building in Senayan. Prabowo is the only president of the Republic of Indonesia who does not have a partner or companion as the first lady.

If Prabowo later officially serves as President of the Republic of Indonesia, many parties are still wondering who will become the first lady. Currently, Prabowo is a widower. He was married to Siti Hediati Hariyadi or better known as Titiek Suharto, daughter of the 2nd President of Indonesia, Suharto.

There is a lot of speculation circulating that Prabowo may marry Titiek again. If that happens, then Titiek will most likely become the new first lady. The case of a president who is not married has occurred in several countries. Some of them still have a first lady even though they are not married, while others do not have a first lady.

Berikut adalah daftar presiden yang tidak menikah tetapi ada yang memiliki ibu negara dan ada juga yang tidak.

James Buchanan served as 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He is the only US President who has never married in his life. Buchanan was born in 1791 in Pennsylvania in a sufficiently family.

He studied at Dickinson College, where he was known as a talented debater and then continued his legal studies. Coming from the Democratic Party, Buchanan is known as a controversial figure because of his views in favor of the pro-slavery movement, which eventually sparked a civil war in America.

Because he did not have a partner, James Buchanan then chose his orphaned cousin, Total Lane, to serve as the first lady.

Evo Morales served as President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Born on October 26, 1959 in Isallavi, Bolivia, Morales is known as a labor leader in his country. As a member of the Aymara tribe, he became Bolivia's first president from indigenous descent.

Despite not getting married, Morales chose his older sister, Esther Morales, as the first lady. Evo appointed Esther in the role because she was the one who took care of her after their mother died.

Benigno Aquino III is the only son of former Philippine President, Corazon Aquino, and former Philippine Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. He served as President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.

Aquino never married and had no children. During his presidency, Benigno Aquino III never appointed anyone to fill the role of the first lady, so the position remained vacant.

Thomas Jefferson serves as the 3rd President of the United States. While occupying the highest position in Uncle Sam's country, Jefferson is a widower. His wife, Martha, died at the age of 33 due to complications of childbirth.

This loss made Jefferson devastated and he decided not to remarry. At that time, because the United States was still a relatively new country, the existence of the first lady who accompanied Jefferson was not considered an important issue.

Martin Van Buren served as the 8th President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He was the first US president to not have British blood, because his ancestors came from the Netherlands. For more than a year, Van Buren did not have a first lady because her wife, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, had died before she became president.

Hannah died at the Kinderhook on February 5, 1819 due to tuberculosis. The role of the first lady was then taken over by her son-in-law,MINA Van Buren, who married Martin Van Buren's son, Abraham Van Buren II. She is also Dolley Madison's cousin, the first lady of President James Madison.

As the first lady,MINA adopted several royal manners and traditions after visiting England and meeting Queen Victoria and Louis Philippe. She chaired the annual reception on New Year's Day and various other social events at the Executive Palace during her father-in-law's presidency.

Chester Arthur served as the 21st President of the United States. He married Ellen Herndon in 1859 and has three children. His wife died on January 12, 1880, at the age of 42 due to pneumonia, and since then Arthur chose not to remarry.

When sworn in as US President on September 20, 1881, Arthur was a widower and served his presidency without being accompanied by a first lady until the end of his term in 1885.

Those are a number of presidents who do not have a first lady. Several leaders in a number of countries above are recorded in history as presidents who do not have a first lady. However, some still have a first lady even though they are not married. Also read the facts why the President of the Republic of Indonesia is always Javanese.

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