María Auxiliadora Delgado
| María Auxiliadora Delgado | |
|---|---|
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| First Lady of Uruguay | |
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Assumed office March 1, 2015 | |
| President | Tabaré Vázquez |
| Preceded by | Lucía Topolansky |
| First Lady of Uruguay | |
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In office March 1, 2005 – March 2, 2010 | |
| President | Tabaré Vázquez |
| Preceded by | Mercedes Menafra |
| Succeeded by | Lucía Topolansky |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 11, 1937 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Spouse(s) | Tabaré Vázquez (m. 1968) |
| Children |
Ignacio Álvaro Javier Fabián |
María Auxiliadora Delgado San Martín (born March 11, 1937 Montevideo) is a Uruguayan civil servant, health advocate, and wife of President Tabaré Vázquez. She has served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010. She regained the position on March 1, 2015, when Vázquez was sworn into a second term.
Auxiliadora met her future husband, Tabaré Vázquez, when she was just 16 years old, and he was 19 years old.[1] She worked for the Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones (Pension Fund) for 32 years before her retirement.[1]
Auxiliadora's signature initiative as First Lady has been a national program to improve dental health and oral hygiene. She has overseen the national campaign, with an emphasis on students from rural schools and communities.[1][2] Her program, Plan Bucal, which was launched in 2005, has provided dental services to more than 100,000 children across Uruguay, as of 2015.[3] In December 2015, the General Assembly of Uruguay honored her with an award for her work.[3]
The First Lady has rarely granted interviews during her tenures.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "María Auxiliadora no se muestra pero se deja ver". El País. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ↑ "La salud bucal llegó a las escuelas rurales". El País. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- 1 2 "María Auxiliadora Delgado recibió un reconocimiento en el Palacio Legislativo". Teledoce. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2016-01-23.