2. Though Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie never
ran for the presidency, but she wields an extremely influential and powerful
figure in politics within the ruling African National Congress. Even in
her husband's death, she remains a strong political pillar in the country.
3. Janet Museveni has been the First Lady of Uganda
since her husband Yoweri Museveni became president in 1986. She has
been a Member of Parliament since 2006 and was recently appointed sport and
education minister.
4. In Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo has long been seen
as a powerful influence on her husband, President Daniel Ortega. To this
end, Ortega named his wife as his running mate when he sought
re-election for a third term in November 2016.
5. In Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
succeeded her husband Nestor Kirchner as president in 2007. Most
analysts thought the two planned to take turns in the top office but Mr
Kirchner died in 2010 before he could run again.
6. In far away Guatemala, Sandra Torres divorced
ex-president Alvaro Colom in order to run for the top office herself
because the constitution bars close relatives of the president from
succeeding them. Unfortunately she did not win but she still remains an influential political figure.
7. In Honduras, Xiomara Castro ran for president
in 2013 after the ousting of her husband Manuel Zelaya, whose love of
cowboy hats she shares. She however narrowly lost to conservative candidate
Juan Orlando Hernandez.
9. Philippines' former First Lady Imelda
Marcos, whose husband Ferdinand was overthrown in 1986 after 21
years of rule, ran for the presidency in 1992, but finished fifth.
10. Madam Fernandez is on a shortlist of very
few women to succeed their husbands as president. She follows the footsteps of Isabel Martinez who became Argentine president after the death
of her husband, Juan Peron 33-years before her.
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