 During his first term of office, it became public that Klestil and Löffler had a love affair.Klestil divorced his first wife Edith and married Margot Löffler on 23 December 1998.She became the country's first lady, but continued her job in the foreign ministry, which led to the strange situation that she was ranking higher than her former boss, foreign minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, on state visits or other official occasions.