Margarita Zavala

Margarita Zavala de Calderón
First Lady of Mexico
In office December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Preceded by	Marta Sahagún
Succeeded by	Angélica Rivera
Personal details
Born	Margarita Esther Zavala Gómez del Campo (1967-07-25) July 25, 1967 Mexico City, Mexico
Spouse(s)	Felipe Calderón (m. 1993)
Children	Maria, Luis Felipe, Juan Pablo
Alma mater	Escuela Libre de Derecho
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Margarita Zavala (born Margarita Esther Zavala Gómez del Campo, July 25, 1967) is the wife of the former Mexican President Felipe Calderón. She was a PAN deputy in 2006 in the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress.

Early life and personal life

She is the fifth of seven siblings: Diego, Mercedes, Pablo, Juan Ignacio, Rafael and Mónica. Her parents were lawyers. Margarita Zavala studied law at Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.

She married Felipe Calderón on January 1993. They have three children.

Margarita's primary objective in the changing Mexican government is to help her newly elected husband run the educational programs throughout the country.^[1]

First Lady of Mexico

As the wife of Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico during 2006-2012, Margarita Zavala is considered "First Lady" although such function is not defined by the legal frame in Mexico. She is the only wife of a Mexican president to have served in Congress. She is president of the civic advisory board to the DIF, a government agency that promotes child and family development in Mexico. She is also a high-school teacher at a private school.

Orders, awards and recognitions

• Order of Isabel the Catholic, Grand Cross, awarded by King Juan Carlos I 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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