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]