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==Role==
[[File:Centro de Acopio – Campo Marte (9810660816).jpg|thumb|180px|left|First Lady [[Angélica Rivera]] (2012 to 2018) at a donation drive for the victims of [[Hurricane Ingrid]] and [[Hurricane Manuel]], as part of her role as head of the National DIF.<ref>{{cite web |title=Encabeza Angélica Rivera instalación de Centro de Acopio |url=https://www.gob.mx/difnacional/prensa/78313 |website=gob.mx |publisher=Sistema Nacional DIF |access-date=18 June 2024 |language=es}}</ref>]]
The first lady or first gentleman is not an elected position, carries no official duties and brings no salary. Nonetheless, the title holder attends many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the president. There is a strict taboo against the president's spouse holding outside employment during the president's [[Sexenio (Mexico)|sexenio]]. Traditionally, the first lady took an important (ceremonial) post as head of the ''[[Desarrollo Integral de la Familia]]'' (DIF) ("Integral Family Development"). However, this did not occur during the [[Vicente Fox|Fox administration]] when First Lady [[Marta Sahagún de Fox|Marta Sahagún]] founded the national philanthropic organization ''Vamos México''.
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Two first ladies have been active politicians: Martha Sahagún, who married [[Vicente Fox]] during his tenure (2001–2006), had been a party activist and candidate for mayor of [[Celaya]] on the PAN party ticket, and was briefly considered a contender for PAN's nomination to run for either the Jefe de Gobierno (Governor of the Federal District) or president in the 2006 election. [[Margarita Zavala]], wife of [[Felipe Calderón]], was a deputy from 2003 to 2006. In the [[2018 Mexican general election]], she was a pre-candidate for the nomination of PAN, and then she briefly ran as an independent.<ref>{{cite web|website=El Pais|date=May 17, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2019|title=Margarita Zavala renuncia a su candidatura para presidir México|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/05/16/mexico/1526493957_472938.html|language=es|trans-title=Margarita Zavala renounces her candidacy to lead Mexico}}</ref>
[[Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller]] (2018 to 2024), wife of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, abstained from using the title of
== List of first ladies and first gentlemen of Mexico ==
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