Maria Eugenia Cordovez

Maria Eugenia Cordovez Ponton (? – September 30, 2012) served as the former First Lady of Ecuador from 1984 to 1988. She was the ex-wife of the former President of Ecuador Leon Febres Cordero. As First Lady, Cordovez served as the chairwoman of Ecuador's National Institute for Children and Family (Innfa). She and former President Febres Cordero divorced in 1988 after thirty-four years of marriage. Both later remarried.

Cordovez died from cardiac arrest at her home Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 30, 2012. She was buried at Cemetery Parque de la Paz in Samborondon. She was survived by her four daughters from her marriage to President Febres Cordero - Maria Eugenia, Maria Fernanda, Maria Liliana and Maria Auxiliadora.