Alicia Pizzimbono Explained

Alicia Pizzimbono
Office:First Lady of Ecuador
Term Label:In role
Term Start:January 12, 1976
Term End:August 9, 1979
Predecessor:Aída Judith León
Successor:Martha Bucaram
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality:Argentinian
President:Alfredo Poveda

Alicia Pizzimbono de Nicola (born 1930, Buenos Aires) was the First Lady of Ecuador.

Biography

Alicia Pizzimbono de Nicola was born in 1930 in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. She met Alfredo Poveda in 1949 while he was a scholar at the and wed him on 21 December 1950. Two days later, Poveda graduated as a lieutenant and took Pizzimbono with him back to Ecuador, where their two daughters were born.[1]

First Lady of Ecuador

On 11 January 1976, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces forced the resignation of military dictator Guillermo Rodríguez. Poveda, along with Army and Air Force heads and formed the Supreme Council of Government, which would govern the country until 1979.

On 8 October 1976, Pizzimbono traveled to Kiel, Germany for the ceremonial launch of Ecuador's first submarine the BAE Shyri, named after the First Lady's godmother.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sánchez Bravo. Mariano. Almirante Alfredo Poveda y el retorno a la democracia. 19 June 2018. Diario Expreso. 4 October 2015. es.
  2. News: Sánchez Bravo. Marino. 40 años de patrullaje submarino. 19 June 2018. Diario Expreso. es.