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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva

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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
Marisa Letícia in 2007
Marisa Letícia in 2007
First Lady of Brazil
In role
1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by Ruth Cardoso
Succeeded by Marcela Temer (2016)
Personal details
Born Marisa Letícia Casa
7 April 1950
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died 3 February 2017 (aged 66)
São Paulo, Brazil
Resting place Jardim da Colina Cemetery
São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
23°42′24″S 46°31′37″W / 23.7065676°S 46.5269805°W
Citizenship Brazilian
Italian[1]
Party PT (1980–2017)
Spouses Marcos Cláudio dos Santos
(m. 1970; died 1971)
Luiz Inácio da Silva
(m. 1974)
Children 4
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

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

  • Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
  • Portugal:
    • Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (5 March 2008)
    • Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (23 July 2003)
  • Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (10 April 2008)
  • Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (7 October 2003)
  • Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  • Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star

References

  1. Back to citation "Cidadania de mulher de Lula vira polêmica na Itália". folha.uol.com.br. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. Back to citation "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. Back to citation "Marriage record". FamilySearch.
  4. Back to citation 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. Back to citation occurrence 5.0 Back to citation occurrence 5.1 Back to citation occurrence 5.2 Back to citation occurrence 5.3 Back to citation occurrence 5.4 John D. French (2020). Lula and His Politics of Cunning; From Metalworker to President of Brazil, London: Zed Books, pp. 184-185.
  6. Back to citation occurrence 6.0 Back to citation occurrence 6.1 Pagliarini, Andre (2025). Lula: A People's President and the Fight for Brazil's Future. Cambridge: Polity. p. 17. ISBN 9781509560240.
  7. Back to citation "Death record". FamilySearch.
  8. Back to citation "Dona Marisa, ex-primeira-dama, morre em SP - Notícias - Política". G1. 3 February 2017.
  9. Back to citation "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. Back to citation "Temer decreta luto oficial de três dias por morte de Marisa Letícia". Agência Brasil. 3 February 2017.
  11. Back to citation "Corpo de Marisa Letícia é cremado em São Bernardo do Campo". Veja.

Bibliography

Honorary titles
Preceded by
Ruth Cardoso 		First Lady of Brazil
2003–2011 		Vacant
Title next held by
Marcela Temer
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