Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva facts for kids
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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
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Marisa Letícia in 2007
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| First Lady of Brazil | |
| In role 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2010 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Ruth Cardoso |
| Succeeded by | Marcela Temer (2016) |
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| Born |
Marisa Letícia Casa
7 April 1950 São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | 3 February 2017 (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 |
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| Political party | PT (1980–2017) |
| Spouses |
Marcos Cláudio dos Santos
(m. 1970; died 1971) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | •  - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit•  Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic•  - Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty•  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.
Awards and decorations
Denmark:
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
Spain:
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Gallery
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Marisa Letícia with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad at the National Museum of Damascus in 2003
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President Lula waves to the crowd with First Lady Marisa Letícia during the 2005 Independence Day military parade in Brasília
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Lula and Marisa Letícia with Pope Benedict XVI in São Paulo, Brazil, 10 May 2007
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Marisa Letícia and King Harald V of Norway attend a state dinner in the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 13 September 2007
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The President and First Lady pose for an official photo with the Dutch Royal Family in April 2008
See also
In Spanish: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva para niños
