Carmen Romano de López Portillo | |
Office: | First Lady of Mexico |
President: | José López Portillo |
Term Label: | In role |
Term Start: | 1 December 1976 |
Term End: | 30 November 1982 |
Predecessor: | María Esther Zuno |
Birth Name: | Carmen Romano Nolk |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1926 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Carmen Romano de López Portillo (born Carmen Romano Nolk; 10 February 1926 – 9 May 2000) was the First Lady of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. She was the first wife of Mexican president José López Portillo.
In the 1970s, actress Sasha Montenegro maintained a relationship with José López Portillo, who was still married to Carmen Romano, with whom he had three children. López Portillo obtained a divorce from Carmen Romano, and then married Montenegro in 1995.