María Antonia Suárez Explained

María Antonia Suárez
Office:First Lady of Colombia
President:Marco Fidel Suárez
Term Start:August 7, 1918
Term End:March 3, 1919
Term Label:In role
Successor:Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín
Birth Name:María Antonia Suárez Orratia
Birth Date:5 June 1895
Birth Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Death Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Party:Conservative
Parents:Marco Fidel Suárez
Isabel Orrantia

María Antonia Suárez de Morales[1] (née Suárez Orrantia; June 5, 1897 - August 7, 1950) was a Colombian housewife, daughter of the 9th President Marco Fidel Suárez. Suárez served as Acting First Lady of Colombia from 1918 until her marriage in 1919, since her mother, Isabel Orrantia, had died years before her father became President of Colombia.[2] [3] [4]

María Antonia was one of the most influential people in the Suárez administration, during her two years as acting first lady.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cronología de Marco Fidel Suárez. March 9, 2022. Centro de Historia de Bello. centrodehistoriadebello.org.co.
  2. 1076188553091129344. colombia_hist. La esposa de Marco Fidel Suárez, Isabel Orrantia murió iniciando el siglo XX, María Antonia hizo las veces de primera dama en ceremonias oficiales. December 21, 2018. live. https://twitter.com/colombia_hist/status/1076188553091129344.
  3. Web site: Marco Fidel Suárez. March 9, 2022. enciclopedia.banrepcultural.org.
  4. Web site: El amor maternal de Marco Fidel Suárez. March 10, 2022. March 2013. Morales de Gómez. Teresa. revistacredencial.com.