Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
{{Short description|35th First Lady of Brazil}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
| image = Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Marisa Letícia in 2007
| order = First Lady of Brazil
| term_label = In role
| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
| term_start = 1 January 2003
| term_end = 1 January 2011
| predecessor = Ruth Cardoso
| successor = Marcela Temer (2016)
| birth_name = Marisa Letícia Casa
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|4|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|2|3|1950|4|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| resting_place = Jardim da Colina Cemetery
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|-23.7065676|-46.5269805|display=inline}}
| party = PT (1980–2017)
| citizenship = {{hlist|Brazilian|Italian{{cite web |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/bbc/ult272u48600.shtml |title=Cidadania de mulher de Lula vira polêmica na Itália |publisher=folha.uol.com.br |date=30 November 2005 |accessdate=23 January 2014}}}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{Marriage|Marcos Cláudio dos Santos|1970|1971|end=d.}}
- {{Marriage|Luiz Inácio da Silva|1974}}
}}
| children = 4
| awards = • 50px - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
• 50px Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
• 50px - Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
• 50px Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
| signature = Marisa Letícia signature.svg
}}
Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Casa;{{Cite web|title=FamilySearch.org|url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/pt/LTQB-2ZV/marisa-let%C3%ADcia-casa-1950-2017|access-date=2021-12-07|website=ancestors.familysearch.org}}{{Cite web|title=Marriage record|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ9-494C-G|website=FamilySearch}} 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the second wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,{{cite book|last1=East|first1=Roger|last2=Thomas|first2=Richard|title=Profiles of people in power: the world's government leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz-fXRsedPMC&pg=PA68|accessdate=24 June 2011|date=5 August 2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-126-1|pages=68–}} and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2011.
Biography
In 1970, Marisa was married her first husband Marcos Cláudio dos Santos, they have one child.{{Cite web|title=Death record|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDP-3SKT-F|website=FamilySearch}} In 1971, her husband died during a robbery assault.
In May 1974, Marisa married Lula da Silva, whom she had met the prior year. They had three sons together.John D. French (2020). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yfdiDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22lula%22+%22Lurian+%22&pg=PA73 Lula and His Politics of Cunning; From Metalworker to President of Brazil], Zed Books.
On 24 January 2017, Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke. She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/dona-marisa-ex-primeira-dama-morre-em-sp.ghtml|title=Dona Marisa, ex-primeira-dama, morre em SP - Notícias - Política|date=3 February 2017 |publisher=G1}}{{cite news|title=Brazil's former first lady, central to the rise and fall of a president, dies at 66|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-lula-da-silva-20170203-story.html|date=3 February 2017|agency=Associated Press|work=Los Angeles Times}} President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning.{{cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2017-02/temer-decreta-luto-oficial-de-tres-dias-por-morte-de-marisa-leticia|title=Temer decreta luto oficial de três dias por morte de Marisa Letícia|date=3 February 2017 |publisher=Agência Brasil}} She was cremated the next day. Her ashes were interred in the Cemitério Jardim da Colina, in her native São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.{{cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/corpo-de-marisa-leticia-cremado-em-sao-bernardo-do-campo/|title=Corpo de Marisa Letícia é cremado em São Bernardo do Campo|publisher=Veja}}
Awards and decorations
- {{flag|Denmark}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
- {{flag|Portugal}}:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (5 March 2008)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (23 July 2003)
- {{flag|Netherlands}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (10 April 2008)
- {{flag|Norway}}: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (7 October 2003)
- {{flag|Spain}}: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- {{flag|Sweden}}: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
Gallery
Asma al-Assad and Marisa Leticia.jpg|Marisa Letícia with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad at the National Museum of Damascus in 2003
File:LulaRollsRoyce123295.jpeg|President Lula waves to the crowd with First Lady Marisa Letícia during the 2005 Independence Day military parade in Brasília
File:BentoXVI-18-10052007.jpg|Lula and Marisa Letícia with Pope Benedict XVI in São Paulo, Brazil, 10 May 2007
File:Harald V state dinner.jpg|Marisa Letícia and King Harald V of Norway attend a state dinner in the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 13 September 2007
File:Lula and Dutch Royal Family.jpg|The President and First Lady pose for an official photo with the Dutch Royal Family in April 2008
References
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Category:People from São Bernardo do Campo
Category:First ladies of Brazil
Category:Brazilian people of Italian descent
Category:Brazilian expatriates in Spain
Category:Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
Category:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Category:Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Category:Dames Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic