María Cristina Vilanova
María Cristina Vilanova Castro de Árbenz (17 April 1915 – 5 January 2009) was the First Lady of Guatemala from 1951-1954, as wife of the Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. Biography Vilanova de Arbenz was born in San Salvador in 1915, where her parents belonged to the society elite. She received a privileged education in elite European institutions. On a family trip to Guatemala she met the then-colonel Arbenz, and they eventually married there in 1937. Vilanova was the first wife of a Guatemalan president to attend all of his public functions, and also the first one to perform socially active work. She has been often compared to Eva Perón given that she was also a feminist and had strong influence in the government during her husband's time in office. She was accused, along with her husband, of sympathies to Communism, and of exacting influence over him while in exile. After her husband died in 1971 in Mexico, Vilanova moved to Costa Rica with her family, whe ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

First Lady Of Guatemala
First Lady of Guatemala is the title held by the wife of the president of Guatemala or designee. The current first lady is Lucrecia Peinado, wife of President Bernardo Arévalo, since 15 January 2024. In the First Lady's Office, located in the Presidential House, only the portraits of sixteen recognized former first ladies are exhibited. First ladies of Guatemala See also *Presidents of Guatemala Notes References

{{First Ladies and Gentlemen First ladies of Guatemala, * Guatemala politics-related lists, First ladies Lists of spouses of heads of state, Guatemala Lists of Guatemalan people ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]