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Chilean socialite (1919–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic (10 March 1919 – 21 January 2022) was a Chilean family therapist and member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). She served as the First Lady of Chile from 1990 until 1994 as the wife of President Patricio Aylwin.
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Leonor Oyarzún | |
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 Oyarzún in 1992 | |
| First Lady of Chile | |
| In role 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994 | |
| President | Patricio Aylwin |
| Preceded by | Lucía Hiriart |
| Succeeded by | Marta Larraechea |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic 10 March 1919 Temuco, Chile |
| Died | 21 January 2022 (aged 102) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
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She was born in 1919 in Temuco, the daughter of Manuel Oyarzún Lorca and Ana Ivanović Roccatagliata. She married Aylwin on 29 September 1948 and they have five children: Isabel, Miguel, José Antonio, Juan Francisco, and Mariana. Mariana was the Education Minister of Ricardo Lagos' government. Leonor Oyarzún also had 14 grandchildren (among them, telenovela actress Paz Bascuñán).[1]
As the First Lady, in 1990 Oyarzún transformed Fundación Nacional de Ayuda a la Comunidad (FUNACO) into Integra, which helps children in extreme poverty. The next year she inaugurated the Programa de Promoción de la Mujer (PRODEMU).[2] Her sister Mercedes was married to politician Hugo Trivelli.[3]
Oyarzún turned 100 in March 2019,[4] and died in Santiago on 21 January 2022, at the age of 102.[5][6]
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