María Clemencia de Santos | |
Office: | First Lady of Colombia |
President: | Juan Manuel Santos |
Term Label: | In role |
Predecessor: | Lina Moreno de Uribe |
Successor: | María Juliana Ruiz |
Birth Name: | María Clemencia Rodríguez Múnera |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1955 |
Birth Place: | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Party of the U (2005-present) |
Residence: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Profession: | Graphic Designer |
María Clemecia "Tutina" Rodríguez de Santos (née Rodríguez Múnera, 13 November 1955[1]) is a Colombian socialité and graphic designer. As the wife of the 32nd President Juan Manuel Santos María Clemencia served from 2010 to 2018 as First Lady of Colombia, being the third wife of a president to serve for eight years and the second consecutively.
Rodriguez de Santos or also "Tutina" as she is affectionately known, was characterized by her glamour, sobriety and elegance during, being one of the most influential fashion icons in Colombia, during her eight years as first lady, she made numerous trips. humanitarian throughout Colombia.[2]
María Clemencia Rodríguez Munera was born on 13 November 1955 in Bucaramanga, Santander[1] to Jorge Rodríguez Rodríguez and his wife Cecilia Múnera Cambas. She is the sixth of eight children.[3]
On 11 December 1982 she married Christian Toro Ibler, a respected and well known Colombian publicist, in a Roman Catholic ceremony that took place at the Church of Our Lady of the Waters in Bogotá officiated by Fr Jesús Adán Londoño Rodas and attended by, among others, the then-President Belisario Betancur Cuartas and First Lady Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes who were not only the guests of honour, but also the godparents of the couple for the ceremony.[4] [5] The marriage however, did not last long and the couple divorced shortly after.
In 1987 she married Juan Manuel Santos, then Deputy Director of El Tiempo, this time in a civil ceremony.[6]
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (27 February 2015)[7]