Aura Rosario Rosal López

Aura Rosario Rosal López de Mejía (May 12, 1928 – November 3, 2021)[1] was the wife of former Guatemalan President Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores and Firs Lady of Guatemala from 1983 to 1986.

Aura Rosario Rosal López
First Lady of Guatemala
In role
8 August 1983 – 14 January 1986
PresidentÓscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
Preceded byMaría Teresa Sosa
Succeeded byRaquel Blandón
Personal details
Born
Aura Rosario Rosal López

(1928-05-12)12 May 1928
Flores Costa Cuca, Guatemala
DiedNovember 3, 2021(2021-11-03) (aged 93)
Guatemala City
Spouse
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(m. 1953; died 2016)​
Children2

Life

She was born on May 12, 1928 in Flores Costa Cuca, in Quetzaltenango, her father was José Humberto Rosal Estrada and her mother Luz Otilia Lopez Giron.[1]

She married Óscar Mejía Víctores in 1953 and had two daughters: Aura and Juana Rosario.[2][3]

After the overthrow of Efraín Ríos Montt, Mejía Víctores assumed the position of Head of State. She maintained a low profile as First Lady. Mejía Víctores died on February 1, 2016.[4][5]

She died on 3 November 2021, in Guatemala, Guatemala, at the age of 93, she is buried in the Guatemala City General Cemetery.

References
  1. "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. "MAN IN THE NEWS - IN COMMAND IN GUATEMALA". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. "Guatemala!". Guatemala. Guatemala News and Information Bureau. (v. 4-7). 1983. ISSN 0893-6196. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. Copley, G.R.; International Strategic Studies Association (1980). "Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook". Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook: Political, Economic and Defense Data on Every Country in the World. G. R. Copley. ISSN 0160-5836. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. "La Hora 16-02-2017 by La Hora". issuu. Retrieved 2018-03-05.


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