Margarita Villalta de Sánchez

Rosa Margarita Villalta de Sánchez (born 4 April 1950) is a Salvadoran activist, politician and public figure. The wife of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén, she served as the First Lady of El Salvador from 1 June 2014 to 1 June 2019.[1]

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Villalta, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Sánchez.
Margarita Villalta de Sánchez
Margarita Villalta de Sánchez in 2014
First Lady of El Salvador
In role
1 June 2014 – 1 June 2019
PresidentSalvador Sánchez Cerén
Preceded byVanda Pignato
Succeeded byGabriela Rodríguez de Bukele
Second Lady of El Salvador
In role
1 June 2009 – 1 June 2014
Vice PresidentSalvador Sánchez Cerén
Preceded byCarlos Patricio Escobar Thompson (as Second Gentleman)
Succeeded byLilian Alvarenga de Ulloa (2019)
Personal details
Born (1950-04-04) 4 April 1950
Quezaltepeque, La Libertad Department, El Salvador
Political partyFMLN
Spouse
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(m. 1968)​
ChildrenFour

Villalta was born on 4 April 1950, in the city of Quezaltepeque, La Libertad Department, to Cristina Villalta and Marcos Morales.[1] In 1968, she married Salvador Sánchez Cerén, with whom she had four children.[1]

As the country's Second Lady, Villalta de Sánchez served as the coordinator of the Comisión de Acción Social (CAS), commission under the Vice President's office which developments programs for women and children in the country.[2]

Margarita Villalta de Sánchez became the First Lady of El Salvador on 1 June 2014, upon the inauguration of her husband, a former leftist rebel commander during the Salvadoran Civil War. On 11 June 2014, Margarita Villalta de Sánchez was sworn in as the Director of the Instituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo Integral de la Niñez y la Adolescencia (ISNA), a government organization which works with children and adolescents.[2] The head of 18 other government agencies and departments were also sworn in within the Salón de Honor Presidencial Óscar Arnulfo Romero at the Casa Presidencial.[2]

The President and First Lady announced that they would reside in their home during their tenures, rather than the Casa Presidencial, the official residence of the president. In July 2014, the couple converted the Casa Presidencial into a museum and arts center, featuring the works of 45 Salvadoran artists.[3][4]

References
  1. "Primera Dama Rosa Margarita Villalta de Sánchez". President of El Salvador. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. "Primera Dama Margarita Villalta de Sánchez es juramentada como directora presidenta del ISNA". Diario1.com. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. "Salvadoran president's home becomes gallery with focus on poor". Tico Times (AFP). 6 July 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. "El Salvador leader turns palace into museum". Al Jazeera English). 7 July 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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