María Eugenia Cordovez Explained

María Eugenia Cordovez
Office:First Lady of Ecuador
Term Label:In role
Term Start:August 10, 1984
Term End:August 10, 1988
Predecessor:Margarita Pérez Pallares
Successor:Carmen Calisto
President:León Febres Cordero
Birth Date:11 November 1934
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Death Place:Guayaquil, Ecuador
Death Cause:Heart failure
Parents:Alfonso Cordovez Caicedo
María Pontón Ávila

María Eugenia Cordovez Pontón (November 11, 1934 – September 30, 2012) served as the former First Lady of Ecuador from 1984 to 1988. She was the ex-wife of the former President of Ecuador León Febres Cordero.[1] As First Lady, Cordovez served as the chairwoman of Ecuador's National Institute for Children and Family (Innfa).[1] She and former President Febres Cordero divorced in 1988 after thirty-four years of marriage.[2] Both later remarried.[2]

Cordovez died from cardiac arrest at her home Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 30, 2012.[1] [3] She was buried at Cemetery Parque de la Paz in Samborondón.[1] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Former First Lady Maria Eugenia Cordovez Ponton, dies in Guayaquil . . . 2012-10-01 . 2012-10-17 . dead . https://archive.today/20130221094027/http://www.ecuadortimes.net/2012/10/01/former-first-lady-maria-eugenia-cordovez-ponton-dies-in-guayaquil/ . 2013-02-21 .
  2. News: Muere María Eugenia Cordovez, ex Primera Dama de Ecuador . . 2012-09-30 . 2012-10-17.
  3. News: Fallece ex primera dama Eugenia Cordovéz, primera esposa de León Febres Cordero . . 2012-09-30 . 2012-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130109044627/http://www.ecuadorenvivo.com/2012093099360/politica/fallece_ex_primera_dama_eugenia_cordovez_primera_esposa_de_leon_febres_cordero.html . 2013-01-09 .
  4. News: Falleció María Eugenia Cordovez Pontón, ex primera dama del Ecuador . . 2012-09-30 . 2012-10-17.