Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
Marisa Letícia in 2007
First Lady of Brazil
In role
1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byRuth Cardoso
Succeeded byMarcela Temer (2016)
Personal details
BornMarisa Letícia Casa
(1950-04-07)7 April 1950
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died3 February 2017(2017-02-03) (aged 66)
São Paulo, Brazil
Resting placeJardim 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[1]
PartyPT (1980–2017)
Spouses
Marcos Cláudio dos Santos
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(m. 1970; died 1971)​
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(m. 1974)​
Children4
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
Signature

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Casa;[2][3] 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the second wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[4] and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2011.

Biography

Marisa Letícia Casa da Silva was born in São Bernardo do Campo[5] as the tenth child in a working-class family of Italian descent.[6] She worked as a caregiver from the age of nine onwards, and later in a chocolate factory from the age of fourteen.[5]

In 1970, da Silva married her first husband Marcos Cláudio dos Santos, with whom she had one child.[7] That same year, her husband died during a robbery assault.[5]

In May 1974, da Silva married Lula da Silva, whom she had met the prior year. They had three sons together.[5] Described as an "activist in her own right" and a "close advisor to Lula", she led the campaign for her husband's release after the military regime jailed him for his involvement in the 1978–1980 strike wave.[6] However, da Silva was later seen as a "private person" who rarely gave interviews.[5]

On 24 January 2017, Marisa Letícia da Silva suffered a stroke. She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital.[8][9] President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning.[10] 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.[11]

Awards and decorations

References

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  1. ↑ "Cidadania de mulher de Lula vira polêmica na Itália". folha.uol.com.br. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marriage record". FamilySearch.
  4. ↑ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (5 August 2003). Profiles of people in power: the world's government leaders. Psychology Press. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-1-85743-126-1. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 John D. French (2020). Lula and His Politics of Cunning; From Metalworker to President of Brazil, London: Zed Books, pp. 184-185.
  6. 1 2 Pagliarini, Andre (2025). Lula: A People's President and the Fight for Brazil's Future. Cambridge: Polity. p. 17. ISBN 9781509560240.
  7. ↑ "Death record". FamilySearch.
  8. ↑ "Dona Marisa, ex-primeira-dama, morre em SP - Notícias - Política". G1. 3 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Brazil's former first lady, central to the rise and fall of a president, dies at 66". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 3 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Temer decreta luto oficial de três dias por morte de Marisa Letícia". Agência Brasil. 3 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Corpo de Marisa Letícia é cremado em São Bernardo do Campo". Veja.
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