Jacquin Strouss Lucena

Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena
First Lady of Colombia
In office
7 August 1994 (1994-08-07)  7 August 1998 (1998-08-07)
Preceded by Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez
Succeeded by Nohra Puyana Bickenbach
Personal details
Born Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena
(1953-02-22) 22 February 1953
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s)
Children
  • Felipe Samper Strouss
  • Miguel Samper Strouss
Alma mater
Profession Economist
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Strouss and the second or maternal family name is Lucena.

Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena (born 22 February 1953)[1] is the wife of the 29th President of Colombia, Ernesto Samper Pizano, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1994 to 1998.[2]

Personal life

Jacquin Desiree was born on 22 February 1953[1] to Herbert S. Strouss and María Inés Lucena. Her father was an American Special Forces pilot who perished in Laos during the Laotian Civil War when his aircraft was shot down while delivering supplies to American troops; she was 9 years old at the time.[3] She attended Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogotá where she finished her primary studies, and later graduated from Colegio La Asunción.[4] She is an alumnus of the Universidad de los Andes where she obtained a degree in Economics in 1976;[4] she later obtain a Master's degree in History at Univerdidad de los Andes.

She was single and married Ernesto Samper Pizano on 16 June 1979. Ernesto and Jacquin have two children: Felipe and Miguel.

References

  1. 1 2 García Vásquez, Julio Cesar (2004-02-02). "Interconexion Colombia" (PDF) (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 33. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic) (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. "Operational Deaths in Laos (Americans)" (PDF). United States, Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 Gallo Rojas, Catalina (1994-08-07). "Por Amor a Ernesto" [For Ernesto's Love]. El Tiempo (in Spanish) (Bogotá). ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 5 November 2012.


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