first-former russian

• пе́рвый

  first, front, former, earliest

• пре́жде

  before, first, formerly, in former times

• первокла́ссник

  first-form boy, first-former

  first grader

Examples

• Она была́ бы́вшей пе́рвой ле́ди.

  She was a former first lady.