President Patricio Aylwin Religion Roman Catholicism Preceded by Lucia Hiriart Name Leonor Oyarzun | Succeeded by Marta Larraechea Role Patricio Aylwin\'s wife Nationality Chilean Spouse Patricio Aylwin (m. 1948) | |
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Full Name Leonor Oyarzun Ivanovic Born 18 September 1922 (age 101)
Temuco, Chile ( 1922-09-18 ) Children Isabel
Miguel
Jose Antonio
Juan Francisco
Mariana Political party Christian Democratic Party | ||
Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic (born 10 March 1919) is a former First Lady of Chile and the widow of former President Patricio Aylwin.
She was born in 1919 in Temuco, the daughter of Manuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanovic Roccatagliata. She married Aylwin in 1948 and they have five children: Isabel, Miguel, José Antonio, Juan Francisco and Mariana, who was the Education Minister of Ricardo Lagos' government, and 14 grandchildren (among them, telenovela actress Paz Bascuñán).
As the First Lady, in 1990 Oyarzún transformed the Fundación Nacional de Ayuda a la Comunidad (FUNACO) into Integra, an institution which helps children in extreme poverty. The next year inaugurated the Programa de Promoción de la Mujer (PRODEMU). Her sister Mercedes was married with the politician Hugo Trivelli, both parents of Marcelo Trivelli.
