Leonor Oyarzún

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oyarzún and the second or maternal family name is Ivanovic.
Leonor Oyarzún
Oyarzún in 1992
First Lady of Chile
In role
11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994
PresidentPatricio Aylwin
Preceded byLucía Hiriart
Succeeded byMarta Larraechea
Personal details
Born
Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic

(1919-03-10)10 March 1919
Temuco, Chile
Died21 January 2022(2022-01-21) (aged 102)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyChristian Democratic Party
Spouse
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(m. 1948; died 2016)​
Children
  • Isabel
  • Miguel
  • José Antonio
  • Juan Francisco
  • Mariana

Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic (10 March 1919 – 21 January 2022) was a Chilean family therapist and member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). She served as the First Lady of Chile from 1990 until 1994 as the wife of President Patricio Aylwin.

She was born in 1919 in Temuco, the daughter of Manuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanović Roccatagliata. She married Aylwin on 29 September 1948 and they have five children: Isabel, Miguel, José Antonio, Juan Francisco, and Mariana. Mariana was the Education Minister of Ricardo Lagos' government. Leonor Oyarzún also had 14 grandchildren (among them, telenovela actress Paz Bascuñán).[1]

As the First Lady, in 1990 Oyarzún transformed Fundación Nacional de Ayuda a la Comunidad (FUNACO) into Integra, which helps children in extreme poverty. The next year she inaugurated the Programa de Promoción de la Mujer (PRODEMU).[2] Her sister Mercedes was married to politician Hugo Trivelli.[3]

Oyarzún turned 100 in March 2019,[4] and died in Santiago on 21 January 2022, at the age of 102.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Nace "Leonor", la hija de Paz Bascuñán". LaSegunda.com. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. ^ Acción de las Primeras Damas
  3. ^ Correa, Raquel (24 February 2002). "Marcelo Trivelli. Más que un intendente: ¿Sombra para Lavín?" [Marcelo Trivelli. More than a mayor: shadow for Lavín?]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ^ Pérez Vallejos, Ricardo (10 March 2019). "DC celebra los 100 años de la viuda de Patricio Aylwin". La Nación. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ "A los 102 años fallece Leonor Oyarzún, viuda de Patricio Aylwin". 24 Horas. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Muere a los 102 años Leonor Oyarzún, ex Primera Dama y viuda de Patricio Aylwin". Emol. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Chile
1990–1994 		Succeeded by


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