Carmen Calisto Ponce (born 28 February 1942) is the wife of former Ecuadorian President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos and is thus the 36th First Lady of Ecuador, a position she held from 10 August 1988 to 9 August 1992.
Carmen Calisto | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Ecuador | |
| In role 10 August 1988 – 9 August 1992 | |
| President | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos |
| Preceded by | María Eugenia Cordovez |
| Succeeded by | Josefina Villalobos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carmen Calisto Ponce 28 February 1942 Quito, Ecuador |
| Political party | Democratic Left |
| Spouse | |
| Children | See Marriage and children |
| Awards |  Order of Isabella the Catholic |
Biography
editCarmen Calisto Ponce was born in Quito on 28 February 1942[1] the eldest daughter of Gonzalo Calisto Enríquez and María Ponce Martínez, making her a descendant of the Counts of Selva Florida through her mother.[2] When Calisto's mother died in her youth, she took on the responsibility of looking after her younger siblings.[3]
Marriage and children
editOn 16 December 1966, in the city of Quito, Calisto married Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, at that time Jurist Commission that then President Clemente Yerovi assembled to draft a new constitution. They had four children:[3]
- Gabriela Borja Calisto
- María del Carmen Borja Calisto
- Rodrigo Borja Calisto
- Verónica Borja Calisto
First Lady of Ecuador
editAs First Lady of Ecuador, Calisto was president of the National Institute of Children and Families (INNFA), hostess of Carondelet Palace, and companion to her husband to various formal functions at the national and international level. In a state visit to Spain, the couple were received by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía at the Palace of Zarzuela and Royal Palace of Madrid and Calisto was made a Grand Dame of Order of Isabella the Catholic.[4]
Awards
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Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Cross. Granted by Juan Carlos I of Spain on 8 September 1989.[5]
Citations
edit- ^ "¿Qué proponen las parejas de los aspirantes?". El Universo (in Spanish). Guayaquil. 20 October 2002. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ de Gangotena y Jijón, Cristóbal (1955). "Los Guerrero" (in Spanish). Quito: National Academy of History. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ a b Pérez Pimentel, Rodolfo. "Rodrigo Borja Cevallos". diccionariobiograficoecuador.com (in Spanish). Guayaquil: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Escribano 2005, p. 303.
- ^ Agencia Estatal BOE. "III. Otras disposiciones" (PDF). boe.es (in Spanish). Madrid: Boletín Oficial del Estado Español. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
References
edit- Escribano Úbeda-Portugués, José (2005). La dimensión europea de la política exterior española hacia América latina – Política internacional de los primeros Gobiernos socialistas. Madrid: Editorial Visión Net. ISBN 84-9821-244-8.
