First Lady of Guatemala since 2024
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Peinado and the second or maternal family name is
Villanueva .
Lucrecia Eugenia Peinado Villanueva (born 1961) is a Guatemalan physician, surgeon, and health care administrator who has been the first lady of Guatemala since January 2024 as the wife of President Bernardo Arévalo .[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
Peinado was born in Guatemala City into an evangelical family. Her grandparents were evangelical pastors of small churches in Mixco .[ 1]
She graduated as a doctor and surgeon from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala , later specializing in anesthesiology and health management. She worked as an administrator of health projects focused on the fight against malaria , HIV/AIDS , and the reduction of maternal death . [ 2]
Personal life
Peinado met Bernardo Arévalo in 1999 while working at the United Nations Development Programme office in Guatemala . She and Arévalo married in 2011 and lived in Geneva , Switzerland . They returned to Guatemala in 2014.[ 2] Spanish , Peinado speaks English .[ 2]
Peinado's father, Rubén, died on 28 June 2023, three days after the 2023 general election , where Bernardo Arévalo qualified to participate in the second round .[ 3]
Peinado welcomes Queen Letizia of Spain at the National Palace
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