Štefka Kučan

Štefka Kučan (born 1943) is a Slovenian public figure who served as the inaugural First Lady of Slovenia from 1991, when the country achieved independence, until 2002. She is the wife of Slovenia's first president, Milan Kučan.

Biography Kučan was born into the Korosica family in Carinthia, a traditional region of northern Slovenia. She was raised in both Slovenj Gradec and nearby Šmartno.

During her tenure as Slovenia's first First Lady, Kučan sponsored charities and other organizations.

Kučan survived cancer in the 1990s and underwent successful cancer surgery again in 2012.