Marta Larraechea
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Marta Larraechea Bolívar (born August 30, 1944 in Constitución, Talca Province) is a social orientator, politician and wife of Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. She was a council member of the Santiago municipality (2000–2004) and First Lady of Chile (1994–2000). She is of Basque descent.[1] She is the daughter of Vasco de Larraechea Herrera and Victoria Bolívar Le Fort.
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First Lady of Chile | |
In role March 11, 1994 – March 11, 2000 | |
President | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
Preceded by | Leonor Oyarzún |
Succeeded by | Luisa Durán |
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Born | Marta de Larraechea y Bolívar (1944-08-30) August 30, 1944 (age 79) Constitución, Chile |
Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
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Awards | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru Order of Isabella the Catholic Dame Sash (Grand Cross) |
She studied as a child at "Inmaculada Concepción" school in Concepción, Secretaryship and Social Orientation at Instituto Carlos Casanueva. She and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle were married on November 30, 1967 and they have four children, Verónica, Cecilia, Magdalena and Catalina. She identifies as a Roman Catholic and close friend of Hillary Clinton and Carlos Menem.