Margarita Pérez Pallares Explained

Margarita Pérez Pallares
Office:First Lady of Ecuador
Predecessor:Martha Bucaram
Successor:María Eugenia Cordovez
Term Label:In role
Term Start:24 May 1981
Term End:10 October 1984
President:Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea
Birth Date:23 September 1943
Birth Place:Quito, Ecuador

Margarita Pérez Pallares (born 23 September 1943) was the First Lady of Ecuador, as the wife of Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea, from 24 May 1981 to 10 October 1984.

Biography

On 23 September 1943 in the Ecuadorian capital Quito,[1] the last of four children to Rodrigo Pérez Serrano and his first wife, Rebeca Pallares Guarderas.[2] In 1968, Pérez married future President of Ecuador Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea and they would have five children,[3] (Sebastián, Andrés, Cristina, Isabel, and Felipe) the last two of which are twins and born in the Carondelet Palace.[4]

First Lady

As the First Lady, Pérez was president of the National Institute of Children and Families and the hostess of the Carondelet Palace, accompanying the President in all formal functions such as the reception of the remains of Jaime Roldós Aguilera and Martha Bucaram, the previous President and First Lady whom had died in a plane crash, at the palace. Pérez would, in 1982, host Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, the President of Spain at the time.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: ¿Qué proponen las parejas de los aspirantes?. 28 April 2016. El Universo. Guayaquil. 20 October 2002. es.
  2. Web site: Margarita Pérez (Margarita Pérez Pallares). gw.geneanet.org. Geneanet. 20 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Pérez Pimentel. Rodolfo. Uswaldo Hurtado Larrea. diccionariobiograficoecuador.com. Dictionary of Ecuadorian Biographies. 20 November 2017. es.
  4. Web site: Biografía. osvaldohurtado.com. Osvaldo Hurtado. 28 April 2016. es.
  5. Web site: Multimedia. osvaldohurtado.com. Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea. 28 April 2016. es.