Susana López Navia

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Navia.
Susana López Navia
First Lady of Colombia
In office
7 August 1962 – 19 May 1964
Preceded by Bertha Puga Martínez
Succeeded by Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés
Personal details
Born 17 September 1910
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Died 19 May 1964 (aged 53)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz (1931—1964)
Children
Religion Roman Catholic

Susana López Navia (17 September 1910 — 19 May 1964) was the wife of the 21st President of Colombia, Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1962 to 1964.

Personal life

Susana López Navia was born on 17 September 1910 in Palmira, Valle del Cauca to Gustavo López Terreros and Lucrecia Navia Carvajal. She married Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz on 31 January 1931.[1] They had four children together: Pedro Felipe, Alma, Ignacio, and Diana.[2][1]

In 1958, López, who had been diagnosed with hypertension, suffered a stroke that left her with hemiplegia and confined to a wheelchair.[3]

López died on 19 May 1964 at the Palacio de Nariño in Bogotá of a pulmonary embolism brought on by her condition.[3] She was the first spouse of a Colombian president to die while her husband was still in office.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mrs. Guillermo Valencia, Wife of Colombian President". The New York Times (Bogotá, published 20 May 1964). 19 May 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX". Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Doña Susana López de Valencia: un alma grande". La Nueva Prensa (in Spanish) (Bogotá) (115-126): 12. ISSN 0550-3515. OCLC 6689784.