Margarita Zavala
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| HE, Margarita Zavala de Calderón | |
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| Born | July 25, 1967 Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Occupation | First Lady of Mexico |
| Predecessor | Marta Sahagún de Fox |
| Successor | incumbent |
| Spouse | Felipe Calderón Hinojosa |
Margarita Zavala de Calderón (born Margarita Esther Zavala Gómez del Campo) (b. July 25, 1967) is the wife of the Mexican President Felipe Calderón and thereby the First Lady of Mexico. They married in January 1993. She was a PAN deputy in 2006 in the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
They have three children: María (b. 1997), Luis Felipe (b. 2000), and Juan Pablo (b. 2003).
In her earlier life, she was the fifth of seven siblings: Diego, Mercedes, Pablo, Juan Ignacio, her, Rafael and Mónica. Her parents were lawyers. Margarita Zavala attended the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.
[edit] First Lady of Mexico
As the wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Margarita Zavala de Calderon will serve as First Lady of Mexico from 2006-2012. She's the only first lady of Mexico to have served in Congress, and is very involved in her husband's presidency.
[edit] Orders, awards and recognitions
Order of Isabel the Catholic, Grand Cross, awarded by the King of Spain on Felipe Calderón and Margarita Zavala State visit to Spain, June 11, 2008.
Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross, awarded by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on her state visit to Mexico, February 18, 2008.
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| Preceded by Marta Sahagún de Fox |
First Lady of Mexico 2006 - present |
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| Preceded by Nilda Patricia Velasco de Zedillo |
President of the Consultative Council of Integral Family Development 2006 - present |
Succeeded by ' |
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