Preceded by Mariza Gomes da Silva Nationality Brazilian | Succeeded by Position vacant Height 1.72 m Siblings Fernanda Tedeschi | |
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Full Name Marcela Tedeschi Araújo Parents Norma Tedeschi, Carlos Antônio de Araújo Similar Michel Temer, Dilma Rousseff, Geisy Arruda, Eduardo Cunha, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Profiles | ||
Marcela Tedeschi de Araújo Temer (born May 16, 1983) is the current First Lady of Brazil, married to President Michel Temer.
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Early life
Marcela Tedeschi Araújo was born on May 16, 1983 in Paulínia, São Paulo, to Carlos Antônio de Araújo and Norma Tedeschi. After graduating from the Escola Estadual Porphyrio da Paz, in her native Paulínia, Marcela worked as a receptionist for the newspaper O Momento. In 2002, at the age of nineteen, she won the title of Miss Paulínia, then moving on to share the state title as Miss São Paulo.
In 2002, Marcela accompanied her uncle Geraldo, a Paulínia municipal employee to the annual political convention of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). While there, Marcela met Michel Temer, a politician forty-three years her senior. The couple married on July 26, 2003, in a small ceremony.
In 2009, Marcela graduated with a law degree from Fadisp, a private school in São Paulo. In an interview, Marcela says that she never took the licensing exam because of the birth of the couple's son Michelzinho.
Controversies
During the recent economic crisis, Brazilian and foreign media have criticized Marcela Temer's spending habits, characterizing her foreign trips, extensive remodeling of the executive residence, and money spent on clothing as excessive.
On May 12, 2016, Brazilian police arrested three people for attempting to extort money from Marcela after they hacked her personal internet account.
The conservative Brazilian weekly magazine Veja featured a profile of Marcela Temer in their April 18, 2016 issue. The title, "Bela, recatada, e 'do lar'" (translated as "beautiful, demure, and a housewife") portrayed Marcela as a feminine helpmeet. Almost immediately, Brazilian feminists outraged by the transition from the country's first female president Dilma Rousseff to a more conservative government responded on social media by posting memes of themselves that questioned Marcela as a role model for Brazilian womanhood.