María Clemencia de Santos explained

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]

Personal life

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]

Honours

Foreign honours

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (27 February 2015)[7]

Dynastic honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Arias. Andrés. María Clemencia Rodríguez de Santos: 'Quisiera tener una varita mágica para solucionar los problemas de la gente'. Credencial. 2012-02-07. 311. 3 November 2012. María Clemencia Rodríguez de Santos: 'I wish I had a magic wand to solve people's problems'. Bogotá. Spanish. 0121-7526. 39237275. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120822032007/http://www.revistacredencial.com/credencial/content/mar-clemencia-rodr-guez-de-santos-quisiera-tener-una-varita-m-gica-para-solucionar-los-probl. 22 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Usuarios califican a Tutina como icono de la moda que marcó la Casa de Nariño [FOTOS]. 8 August 2018.
  3. . Spanish . Un Susurro Para Santos . A Whisper For Santos . Alejandra de . Vengoechea . Bogotá . 2010-07-04 . 2012-02-07 .
  4. . Bogotá Social . 1982-12-11 . 2012-02-07 . Spanish . 103 (3D) .
  5. . Bogotá Social . 1982-12-14 . 2012-02-07 . Spanish . 55 (4B) .
  6. . Una vida en fotos . A Life on Photos . 2010-06-21 . 2012-02-14 . Spanish .
  7. Web site: Real Decreto 131/2015, de 27 de febrero, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a la señora María Clemencia Rodríguez de Santos. boe.es. es. 28 February 2015. 21 May 2023.
  8. Web site: Colombia's President Santos honoured for peace building at London ceremony - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.