Lucila Santos Trujillo

Lucila Santos Trujillo (9 July 1928[2] – 4 May 2020)[1] was First Lady of Ecuador to Otto Arosemena from 16 November 1966 to 31 August 1968.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Trujillo.
Lucila Santos Trujillo
First Lady of Ecuador
In role
November 16, 1966 – August 31, 1968
PresidentOtto Arosemena
Preceded byVictoria Mercedes Gómez Icaza
Succeeded byCorina del Parral
Personal details
Born(1928-07-09)July 9, 1928[1] (disputed)
Portoviejo, Ecuador
DiedMay 4, 2020(2020-05-04) (aged 91)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Spouse
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(m. 1947; died 1984)​
Children
  • Otto Luis
  • Fabiola Lucila
  • María Auxiliadora

Biography

Santos was born in Portoviejo, the daughter of Atanasio Santos Chávez, Governor of Manabí Province, and Lucila Trujillo Gutiérrez.[3]

In 1947, she married Otto Arosemena in Guayaquil,[4] and the couple had three children.[5] In 1955, they acquired a neocolonial property in Guayaquil and named it Villa Lucile. They sold the property in 1962 and moved to Quito,[4] where Arosemena had been living since 1957 for his political offices. When he became President of Ecuador in 1966, Santos likewise became First Lady and the host of Carondelet Palace during her husband's presidency.

In addition to the First Lady's traditional role as president of the National Institute for Children and the Family, Santos promoted the "One School a Day" program, which built schools across Ecuador.[6] She died in Guayaquil.

References
  1. "Ecuador" – via PressReader.
  3. "Lucila Santos Trujillo". geni.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. Aleaga Ramírez, Edison (7 March 2012). "La casa de Otto Arosemena es ahora una radio FM". Diario PP El Verdadero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. Saxon, Wolfgang (22 April 1984). "Otto Arosemena, 58, is dead in Ecuador; President in 1960's". New York Times.
  6. "Historia de la institución" (in Spanish). Balzar, Ecuador: Lucila Santos School of Arosemena. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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