Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva | |
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![]() Marisa Letícia in 2007 | |
First Lady of Brazil | |
In role 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Ruth Cardoso |
Succeeded by | Marcela Temer (2016) |
Personal details | |
Born | Marisa Letícia Casa (1950-04-07)7 April 1950 São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Died | 3 February 2017(2017-02-03) (aged 66) São Paulo, Brazil |
Resting place | Jardim da Colina Cemetery São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Children | 4 |
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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Casa;[2][3] 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the second wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[4] and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2011.
Biography
Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes da Silva Ribeiro, died in labour in 1971 when Lula was in his twenties. [5] Marisa's first spouse, Marcos Cláudio dos Santos,[6] had died in 1971 during a robbery assault.
In March 1974, Lula had an illegitimate daughter, Lurian, with his then-girlfriend, Miriam Cordeiro.[7] The two never married.[8]
Two months later, in May 1974, Lula married Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, a 24-year-old widow whom he had met the prior year. He had three sons with her, and adopted her son from her first marriage.[7]
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.[9][10] President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning.[11] 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.[12]
Awards and decorations
Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
Portugal:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (5 March 2008)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (23 July 2003)
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (10 April 2008)
Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (7 October 2003)
Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
Gallery
- Marisa Letícia with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad at the National Museum of Damascus in 2003
- President Lula waves to the crowd with First Lady Marisa Letícia during the 2005 Independence Day military parade in Brasília
- Lula and Marisa Letícia with Pope Benedict XVI in São Paulo, Brazil, 10 May 2007
- Marisa Letícia and King Harald V of Norway attend a state dinner in the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 13 September 2007
- The President and First Lady pose for an official photo with the Dutch Royal Family in April 2008
References
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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Narciso, Paulo. "Da distante Paulicéia, Lula vinha namorar todas as noites". Hoje em Dia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "Death record". FamilySearch.
- ^ a b John D. French (2020). Lula and His Politics of Cunning; From Metalworker to President of Brazil, Zed Books.
- ^ Fordeleone, Yolanda. "Lurian, filha de Lula, foi atendida no hospital Sírio-Libanês". Estadão. Grupo Estado. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "Dona Marisa, ex-primeira-dama, morre em SP - Notícias - Política". G1. 3 February 2017.
- ^ "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.
Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by | First Lady of Brazil 2003–2011 | Vacant Title next held by Marcela Temer |
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- Mariana da Fonseca [pt] (1889–1891)
- Josina Peixoto (1891–1894)
- Adelaide de Morais (1894–1898)
- Ana Campos Sales (1898–1902)
- Catita and Marieta Alves [pt] (1902–1906)
- Guilhermina Pena [pt] (1906–1909)
- Anita Peçanha (1909–1910)
- Orsina da Fonseca [pt] (1910–1912)
- Nair de Teffé (1913–1914)
- Maria Pereira Gomes (1914–1918)
- Francisca Ribeiro [pt] (1918–1919)
- Mary Pessoa [pt] (1919–1922)
- Clélia Bernardes [pt] (1922–1926)
- Sofia Pereira de Sousa [pt] (1926–1930)
- Alice Prestes (1930)
- Darci Vargas (1930–1945)
- Luzia Linhares [pt] (1945–1946)
- Carmela Dutra [pt] (1946–1947)
- Darci Vargas (1951–1954)
- Jandira Café [pt] (1954–1955)
- Graciema da Luz (1955)
- Beatriz Ramos [pt] (1955–1956)
- Sarah Kubitschek (1956–1961)
- Eloá Quadros [pt] (1961)
- Sylvia Mazzilli [pt] (1961)
- Maria Thereza Goulart (1961–1964)
- Sylvia Mazzilli [pt] (1964)
- Antonieta Castelo Branco [pt] (1964–1967)
- Yolanda Costa e Silva [pt] (1967–1969)
- Scylla Médici (1969–1974)
- Lucy Geisel [pt] (1974–1979)
- Dulce Figueiredo (1979–1985)
- Marly Sarney (1985–1990)
- Rosane Collor (1990–1992)
- Ruth Cardoso (1995–2003)
- Marisa Letícia (2003–2011)
- Marcela Temer (2016–2019)
- Michelle Bolsonaro (2019–2023)
- Rosângela Lula da Silva (2023-present)
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