Zulema María Eva Menem (

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politician who replaced her mother in the role of First Lady at formal occasions after the latter separated in 1991 from her father,

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Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) served as the 50th president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronism, Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years (from 1990 to 200 ...

. Menem was born in La Rioja Province. To avoid confusion with her mother,

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, since both could be called "Zulema Menem", the media refers to her as ''Zulemita''.

Biography

Zulemita initially appeared in

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s as the daughter of the President. She began to perform protocol work after her parents divorced. Zulemita accepted the first lady role. She received decorations from the kings of Spain and Sweden. Zulemita broke her relationship with her father after his marriage to Chilean

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. This marriage affected her

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due to the subsequent birth of Máximo Saul Menem.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menem, Zulema Maria Eva 1970 births Living people People from La Rioja Province, Argentina Argentine people of Syrian descent Argentine people of Arab descent

Zulema Zulema Cusseaux (January 3, 1947 – September 30, 2013),Allmusic (((Zulema>Biography)))Accessed May 25, 2010 and attended Howard W. Blake High School. Career Zulema and her school friend Brenda Hilliard joined a local group called The 5 ...

First ladies and gentlemen of Argentina Children of presidents of Argentina