Estrella Zeledón Lizano (April 21, 1929 – April 10, 2019) was a Costa Rican public figure who served as the
First Lady of Costa Rica
First Lady or First Gentleman of Costa Rica (Spanish: ''Primera dama o Primer caballero de Costa Rica'') is the title of the wife or husband of the president of Costa Rica. Traditionally, the president's wife was colloquially known as ''la presi ...
from 1978 to 1982 during the presidency of her husband,
Rodrigo Carazo Odio. She also served on the Executive Council of the
(
UNESCO
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) from 1981 until 1985.
Biography
Zeledón, the daughter of Jorge Zeledón Venegas and María Lizano Matamoros, was born in
San José, Costa Rica, on April 21, 1929. She was the granddaughter of
Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez, who was briefly
President of Costa Rica
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in 1882.
She attended the Colegio Nuestra Señora de Sion in San José.
Zeledón married
Rodrigo Carazo Odio at a ceremony in San José on April 16, 1947. The couple had five children:
Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón, Mario Ernesto, Álvaro, Rolando Martin, and Jorge Manuel. Rolando died in a car accident in 1979 at the age of 26.
Former President Rodrigo Carazo died in December 2009.
Estrella Zeledón Lizano died on April 10, 2019, 11 days before her 90th birthday. She was survived by four of her five children.
References
1929 births
2019 deaths
First ladies and gentlemen of Costa Rica
UNESCO officials
People from San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rican officials of the United Nations
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