Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Casa;[2][3][4] 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the wife of the 35th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[5] and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.
Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva | |
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![]() Marisa Letícia in 2007 | |
First Lady of Brazil | |
In role 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2010 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Ruth Cardoso |
Succeeded by | Marcela Temer (2016) |
Personal details | |
Born | Marisa Letícia Casa 7 April 1950 São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Died | 3 February 2017 São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 66)
Resting place | Jardim da Colina Cemetery São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil 23°42′24″S 46°31′37″W / 23.7065676°S 46.5269805°W |
Citizenship |
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Political party | PT (1980–2017) |
Spouse(s) |
Marcos Cláudio dos Santos
(m. 1970; died 1971) |
Children | 4 |
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Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes da Silva, died in labour when Lula was in his twenties and Marisa's first spouse, Marcos Cláudio dos Santos,[4][6] died in 1971.
On 24 January 2017, Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke. She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital.[7][8] President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning.[9] She was cremated the next day. Her ashes were interred in the Cemitério Jardim da Colina, in her native São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.[10]
Awards and decorations
- Dänemark:
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
- Spanien:
- Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Gallery
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Marisa Letícia with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad at the National Museum of Damascus in 2003
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President Lula waves to the crowd with First Lady Marisa Letícia during the 2005 Independence Day military parade in Brasília
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Lula and Marisa Letícia with Pope Benedict XVI in São Paulo, Brazil, 10 May 2007
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Marisa Letícia and King Harald V of Norway attend a state dinner in the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 13 September 2007
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The President and First Lady pose for an official photo with the Dutch Royal Family in April 2008
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marisa Letícia.
- ^ "Cidadania de mulher de Lula vira polêmica na Itália". folha.uol.com.br. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Marriage record". FamilySearch.
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- ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (5 August 2003). Profiles of people in power: the world's government leaders. Psychology Press. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-1-85743-126-1. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "Death record". FamilySearch.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dona Marisa, ex-primeira-dama, morre em SP - Notícias - Política". G1.
- ^ "Brazil's former first lady, central to the rise and fall of a president, dies at 66". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Temer decreta luto oficial de três dias por morte de Marisa Letícia". Agência Brasil. 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Corpo de Marisa Letícia é cremado em São Bernardo do Campo". Veja.