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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
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Marisa Letícia in 2007
First Lady of Brazil
In role
1 January 2003 – 31 December 2010
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by Ruth Cardoso
Succeeded by Marcela Temer (2016)
Personal details
Born
Marisa Letícia Casa

(1950-04-07)7 April 1950
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died 3 February 2017(2017-02-03) (aged 66)
São Paulo, Brazil
Resting place Jardim da Colina Cemetery
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
23°42′24″S 46°31′37″W / 23.7065676°S 46.5269805°W / -23.7065676; -46.5269805
Citizenship
  • Brazilian
  • Italian
Political party PT (1980–2017)
Spouses
Marcos Cláudio dos Santos
(m. 1970; died 1971)

(m. 1974)
Children 4
Awards Den kongelige norske fortjenstorden storkors stripe.svg - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Cross BAR.svg - Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
PRT Order of Christ - Grand Cross BAR.svg Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Casa; 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 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's first spouse, Marcos Cláudio dos Santos, died in 1971.

On 24 January 2017, Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke. She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital. President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning. 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.

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