Leticia Ocampos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ocampos and the second or maternal family name is Villate.
Leticia Ocampos
Ocampos in 2023
First Lady of Paraguay
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 August 2023
PresidentSantiago Peña
Preceded bySilvana López Moreira
Personal details
Born
Leticia Ocampos Villate

(1980-07-02) 2 July 1980 (age 44)
Asunción, Paraguay
Spouse
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(m. 1997)​
Children2
OccupationArchitect

Leticia Ocampos Villate (born 2 July 1980) is a Paraguayan architect and the current First Lady of Paraguay. She is married to Santiago Peña, current president of Paraguay.[1]

Biography

Ocampos was born into an upper-middle-class home and always lived with her parents Teresa Villate Garcete and Carlos Ocampos Zelada.[2]

She married Santiago Peña in 1997, when she was 17 years old. At the age of 18 she had her first child and years later her daughter was born.[1] She studied classical dance until she traveled with her husband to New York to study a master's degree at Columbia University, where they lived for two years. Upon their return, she worked at her father's construction company.[2]

She is a Catholic and describes herself as a follower of Padre Pio, and together with her husband they go to church every Sunday.[2]

Ocampos has been very active on social media since her husband's entry into politics, sharing pictures with her husband in political campaigns and with her children.[3]

In her photos, Ocampos is seen dressed usually in Paraguayan traditional clothes, with prints and touches of ñandutí.[4]

She accompanied her husband to and often gave speeches at political rallies. In one particular political rally, Ocampos promised that she would give priority to the family, assuring that her husband would "guarantee education, health and decent work for all."[1]

At the inauguration of her husband, he used a Bible that was gifted to them on their wedding day in 1997 for his swearing-in, describing it as a symbol of the union that both will have during the government that would begin.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Leticia Ocampos: ¿quién es la esposa de Santiago Peña?" [Leticia Ocampos: who is the wife of Santiago Peña?]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "La grieta de las primeras damas en la elección paraguaya" [The rift of the first ladies in the Paraguayan election]. Perfil (in Spanish). 27 April 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Leticia Ocampos: ¿quién es la esposa de Santiago Peña?" [Leticia Ocampos: who is the wife of Santiago Peña?]. Moopio (in Spanish). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Traje con inspiración nacional: artesana itaugüeña confeccionó vestido de la Primera Dama" [Costume with national inspiration: an artisan from Itauguá made the First Lady's dress]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Santiago Peña y Leticia Ocampos utilizarán la Biblia del día de su boda para el juramento" [Santiago Peña and Leticia Ocampos will use the Bible from their wedding day for the oath]. La Unión (in Spanish). 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.