Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
First Lady of Brazil
In role
1 January 2003  1 January 2011
Preceded by Ruth Cardoso
Succeeded by Marcela Temer (2016)
Personal details
Born Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa
(1950-04-07)7 April 1950
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Died 3 February 2017(2017-02-03) (aged 66)
São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of death Stroke
Nationality Brazilian and Italian[1]
Political party PT (1980–2017)
Spouse(s) Marcos Cláudio da Silva (1970–71; his death)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1974–2017; her death)
Children Marcos Cláudio (b. 1970)
Fábio Luís (b. 1975)
Sandro Luís (b. 1980)
Luís Cláudio (b. 1987)

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Rocco Casa; São Bernardo do Campo, 7 April 1950 – São Paulo, 3 February 2017) was the second wife of former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[2] and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes da Silva, died in labour when Lula was in his twenties. And Marisa'a first spouse, Marcos Cláudio da Silva, died in 1971. On January 24, 2017 Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke. She died on February 3, 10 days later at the age of 66 in Sírio-Libanês Hospital.[3][4] President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning.[5] 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.[6]

Marisa Letícia with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad at the National Museum of Damascus in 2003.

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