Lu Alckmin | |
Office1: | Second Lady of Brazil |
Term Label1: | Assumed role |
Vicepresident1: | Geraldo Alckmin |
Term1: | 1 January 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Paula Mourão |
Office2: | First Lady of São Paulo |
Term Label2: | In role |
Governor2: | Geraldo Alckmin |
Term Start2: | 1 January 2011 |
Term End2: | 6 April 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Deuzeni Goldman |
Successor2: | Lúcia França |
Term Label3: | In role |
Governor3: | Geraldo Alckmin |
Term Start3: | 6 March 2001 |
Term End3: | 30 March 2006 Acting: 22 January 2001 – 6 March 2001 |
Predecessor3: | Lila Covas |
Successor3: | Renéa Lembo |
Office4: | Second Lady of São Paulo |
Term Label4: | In role |
Vicegovernor4: | Geraldo Alckmin |
Term Start4: | 1 January 1995 |
Term End4: | 6 March 2001 |
Predecessor4: | Gisele Nunes |
Successor4: | Renéa Lembo (2003) |
Office5: | First Lady of Pindamonhangaba |
1Blankname5: | Mayor |
1Namedata5: | Geraldo Alckmin |
Term Start5: | 16 March 1979 |
Term End5: | 15 May 1982 |
Birth Name: | Maria Lúcia Guimarães Ribeiro |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1951 |
Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | University of Taubaté (BM) |
Maria Lúcia Ribeiro Alckmin (born 28 December 1951), commonly known as Lu Alckmin, is former first lady of the state of São Paulo, occupying the position of president of the São Paulo Social Fund between 2001 and 2006 and 2011 and 2018. In the 2022 elections, her husband was elected the 26th Vice President of Brazil, making her the second lady of the country effective 1 January 2023.[1] [2]
Lu Alckmin has been married to Geraldo Alckmin since 16 March 1979, when he was still in office as mayor of Pindamonhangaba. They have three children. She became First Lady of São Paulo in 2001 after her husband took over the state government following the death of then-Governor Mário Covas. Withith the re-election of Geraldo Alckmin in 2002, Lu continued as first lady of the state until 31 March 2006, when Alckmin resigned to run for president.
In 2010, she returned to being first lady of the state due to her husband's election as governor. Geraldo was re-elected in 2014 for the same post. Lu remained the lady of the house at Palácio dos Bandeirantes until 2018, when her husband resigned again to run for president.
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