Magda Bianchi Lázzari

Magda Bianchi Lázzari
First Lady of Guatemala
In role
January 14, 1991 – June 1, 1993
PresidentJorge Serrano Elías
Preceded byRaquel Blandón
Succeeded byMaría Eugenia Morales
Personal details
Born
Magda Bianchi Lázzari

(1949-10-07) 7 October 1949 (age 75)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
SpouseJorge Serrano Elías

Magda Bianchi Lázzari is a Guatemalan diplomat and activist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 1991 until 1993, as the wife of President Jorge Serrano Elías.[1]

Bianchi followed up on the activities initiated by her predecessor, Raquel Blandón. Bianchi is an activist focused on women's rights, children and the elderly, and issues affecting people with disabilities in Guatemala. She accompanied President Serrano Elías on many of his state visits.[2]

After President Serrano dissolved the Congress and initiated the "Serranazo", the Constitutional Court declared the President's decisions null and void and declared Vice President Gustavo Espina as illegitimate to succeed Serrano. Serrano and his wife went into exile in Panama, where they currently reside.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ex presidente Serrano desvirtúa acusaciones en su contra". Panamá América. Panamá América. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. ^ "Serrano Elías, "el pobrecito" – Prensa Libre".
  3. ^ "1993: Jorge Serrano Elías y "el Serranazo": Cómo fue el autogolpe de Estado con el que rompió el orden constitucional – Prensa Libre".
Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Guatemala
1991–1993
Succeeded by
María Eugenia Morales
Board of Social Work of the President's Wife
1991–1992
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Position established
President of the Secretary of Social Work
of the President's Wife

1992–1993
Succeeded by
María Eugenia Morales