Lorena Clare Facio Explained

Lorena Clare Facio
Office:First Lady of Costa Rica
Term Label:In role
Term Start:May 8, 1998
Term End:May 8, 2002
Predecessor:Josette Altmann Borbón
Successor:Leila Rodríguez Stahl
President:Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Birth Date:30 June 1943
Birth Place:San José, Costa Rica
Spouse:Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Residence:San José, Costa Rica

Lorena Clare Facio (born June 30, 1943) is the former First Lady of Costa Rica and wife of former President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría.[1]

Biography

She was born in San José, Costa Rica on June 30, 1943, to her parents Manuel Emilio Clare and María Elena Facio. She is the only daughter and has three brothers. She concluded her secondary school education in Colegio Nuestra Señora de Sión and left for France for a few years. After returning to Costa Rica she began bilingual studies at Lincoln School.

She is known to be a skilled sportswoman and represented Costa Rica in dressage at the 1983 Pan American Games.

She married Miguel Ángel Rodríguez on December 14, 1962, although she had met him as a teenager at a party in Barrio Aranjuez. They had three children: Miguel Alberto, Andrés and Ana Elena.

During her time as First Lady she supported projects in benefit of older people and cancer patients, and was president of the Martín House of the Youth. She was part of the Social Christian Unity Party Planning Office.

She was Costa Rica's last First Lady of the 20th century.

Notes and References

  1. News: Rodríguez Asks Wife Not To Come; Forgives Lobo . 17 January 2011. Inside Costa Rica. 18 November 2004.