First Lady of Puerto Rico
First Lady of Puerto Rico | |
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Style |
First Lady of Puerto Rico (diplomatic) The First Lady (third person) |
Residence | La Fortaleza |
Inaugural holder | Inés Mendoza |
Formation | 2 January 1949 |
Website | Official website |
First Lady of Puerto Rico is the title given by the government of Puerto Rico to the spouse of the Governor of Puerto Rico or the daughters of the Governor should the Governor be a woman or he be single. The First Lady leads the Office of the First Lady of Puerto Rico and is expected to represent the women of Puerto Rico in elegance and demeanor. The current First Lady is Beatriz Areizaga, wife of Ricardo Rosselló.
Role
The position of First Lady carries no official duty and receives no compensation for their service. They generally oversee the administration of La Fortaleza, the mansion that serves as the Governor's residence and office. They also organize events and civic programs, and typically get involved in different charities and social causes.
Portraits
The official portraits of each First Lady, beginning with Jesús T. Piñero's wife, are exhibited in La Fortaleza since Rafael Hernández Colón's administration. They are located in the staircase that leads to the third floor private gubernatorial residence. First Lady Lucé Vela had the portraits loaned to the Puerto Rico Department of State, to be seen by the public during two weeks in May 2009. The opening reception of the exhibit, presided by Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock, was attended by three governors (Luis Fortuño, Rafael Hernández Colón, and Carlos Romero Barceló), and four first ladies (Jeannette Ramos, Kate Donnelly, María Elena González, and Lucé Vela).
List of First Ladies
First Lady | Date of birth | Date of marriage | Governor (Husband) |
Date tenure began | Date tenure ended | Length of retirement |
Date of death (age) | ||
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Melza Riggs Wood | 1870[1] | October 7, 1903 | Beekman Winthrop | 1904 | 1907 | 21 years, 0 days | January 1, 1928 (148 years, 284 days) | ||
Aurelia Bou Ledesma | 1931[2] | Jesús T. Piñero | January 2, 1946 | January 1, 1949 | |||||
1 | Inés Mendoza | January 10, 1908 | November 16, 1946 | Luis Muñoz Marín | January 2, 1949 | January 1, 1965 | 25 years, 224 days | August 13, 1990 (82 years, 215 days) | |
2 | Conchita Dapena | 1913 | July 10, 1936[3] | Roberto Sánchez Vilella | January 2, 1965 | January 1, 1966 | 37 years, 55 days | February 25, 2003[4] | |
3 | Jeannette Ramos | 1967 | 1967 | January 1, 1969 | 49 years, 284 days | Living | |||
4 | Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano | 1906 | May 30, 1931 | Luis A. Ferré & (father) |
January 2, 1969 | 1970 | 1970 | ||
5 | Rosario Ferré | September 28, 1938 | N/A | 1970 | January 1, 1972 | 46 years, 284 days | Living (80 years, 14 days) | ||
6 | Lila Mayoral Wirshing | May 12, 1942 | October 24, 1959 | Rafael Hernández Colón | January 2, 1972 | January 1, 1977 | N/A | July 1, 2003 (61 years, 50 days) | |
7 | Kate Donnelly | Carlos Romero Barceló | January 2, 1977 | January 1, 1985 | 33 years, 284 days | Living | |||
8 | Lila Mayoral Wirshing | May 12, 1942 | October 24, 1959 | Rafael Hernández Colón | January 2, 1985 | January 1, 1993 | 10 years, 181 days | July 1, 2003 (61 years, 50 days) | |
9 | Irma Margarita Neváres | August 9, 1969 | Pedro Rosselló | January 2, 1993 | January 1, 2001 | 17 years, 284 days | Living | ||
10 | Sila María González Calderón and María Elena González Calderón |
N/A | Sila Calderón (mother) |
January 2, 2001 | January 1, 2005 | 13 years, 284 days | Living | ||
11 | Luisa Gándara | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | January 2, 2005 | January 1, 2009 | 9 years, 284 days | Living | |||
12 | Lucé Vela | 1961 (age 56–57) | August 3, 1984[5] | Luis Fortuño | January 2, 2009 | January 1, 2013 | 5 years, 284 days | Living | |
13 | Wilma Pastrana | 1970 (age 47–48) | April 7, 2001[6] | Alejandro García Padilla | January 3, 2013 | January 2, 2017 | 1 year, 284 days | Living | |
14 | Beatriz Rosselló | January 4, 1985 | April 7, 2001[7] | Ricardo Rosselló | January 3, 2017 | Incumbent | Incumbent | Living |
See also
External links
- First Lady on La Fortaleza
References
- ↑ https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/melza-riggs-wood-1870-1928
- ↑ Biografia Jesús T. Piñero on SUAGM
- ↑ Conchita Dapena on FindaGrave
- ↑ Fallece otra ex primera dama on Primera Hora (February 26, 2003)
- ↑ "Fortuño y Lucé celebrarán aniversario "bajo la luz de la luna"" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. August 3, 2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "De aniversario García Padilla" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. April 7, 2011. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
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