, who became the inaugural First Lady of Bolivia in 1825.
Manuela Sáenz, an Ecuadorian-born and domestic partner of Bolivian independence leader and President
Simón Bolívar, is considered the inaugural First Lady of Bolivia. Since Independence of Bolivia in 12 August 1825 to Bolívar having renounced the title on 29 December 1825. President
Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Bolivia's first female
head of state, was divorced at the time of her tenure in office (1979–1980), so the position remained vacant. She had previously been married twice, first to Mareirian Pérez-Ramírez, a Paraguayan soldier and wealthy
rancher, and then to a Bolivian named Edwin Möller Pacieri, but both marriages ended in divorce. Evo Morales later reversed his own decision and dismissed the official title of first lady as "insulting to women" in 2013, to the disappointment of Esther Morales. Esther Morales continued to participate in public roles, such as official foreign trips, before withdrawing from public life. ==References==