Leonor Oyarzún
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Leonor Oyarzún | |
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 Oyarzún in 1992 | |
| First Lady of Chile | |
| In role 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994 | |
| President | Patricio Aylwin |
| Preceded by | Lucía Hiriart |
| Succeeded by | Marta Larraechea |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic 10 March 1919 Temuco, Chile |
| Died | 21 January 2022 (aged 102) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
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| Children |
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Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic (10 March 1919 – 21 January 2022) was a Chilean
She was born in 1919 in Temuco, the daughter of Manuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanović Roccatagliata. She married Aylwin on 29 September 1948 and they have five children: Isabel, Miguel, José Antonio, Juan Francisco, and Mariana. Mariana was the Education Minister of Ricardo Lagos' government. Leonor Oyarzún also had 14 grandchildren (among them, telenovela actress Paz Bascuñán).[1]
As the First Lady, in 1990 Oyarzún transformed Fundación Nacional de Ayuda a la Comunidad (FUNACO) into Integra, which helps children in extreme poverty. The next year she inaugurated the Programa de Promoción de la Mujer (PRODEMU).[2] Her sister Mercedes was married to politician Hugo Trivelli.[3]
Oyarzún turned 100 in March 2019,[4] and died in Santiago on 21 January 2022, at the age of 102.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Nace "Leonor", la hija de Paz Bascuñán". LaSegunda.com. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Acción de las Primeras Damas
- ^ Correa, Raquel (24 February 2002). "Marcelo Trivelli. Más que un intendente: ¿Sombra para Lavín?" [Marcelo Trivelli. More than a mayor: shadow for Lavín?]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Pérez Vallejos, Ricardo (10 March 2019). "DC celebra los 100 años de la viuda de Patricio Aylwin". La Nación. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "A los 102 años fallece Leonor Oyarzún, viuda de Patricio Aylwin". 24 Horas. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Muere a los 102 años Leonor Oyarzún, ex Primera Dama y viuda de Patricio Aylwin". Emol. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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