Lina María Moreno de Uribe CYC (née Moreno Mejía; 13 November 1955) is the wife of the 31st president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 2002 to 2010.
Lina Moreno de Uribe | |
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| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 7 August 2002 – 7 August 2010 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe |
| Preceded by | Nohra Puyana de Pastrana |
| Succeeded by | María Clemencia de Santos |
| First Lady of Antioquia | |
| In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 1998 | |
| Governor | Álvaro Uribe |
| Preceded by | Margarita Duque |
| Succeeded by | Lina Bustamante |
| First Lady of Medellin | |
| In office 26 August 1982 – 16 December 1982 | |
| Mayor | Álvaro Uribe |
| Preceded by | Lina María Vélez |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Uribe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lina María Moreno Mejía 4 December 1955 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Political party | Democratic Center |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Bolivarian University (B.Phil.) |
Personal life
editLina María Moreno Mejía was born on 13 November 1955 in Medellín, Antioquia, to Darío Moreno Restrepo (b. 9 October 1920) and Marina Mejía Mejía (1 August 1929 — 21 June 1997),[1][2] the youngest and only daughter, she has one older brother named Carlos Enrique (b. 13 December 1953).
She met Álvaro Uribe Vélez, a 26-year Law graduate from the University of Antioquia, at the age of 23 in March 1979 by chance when she was walking with a friend in Medellín.[3] After a very short romance, the two became engaged, and on 1 December 1979 they got married.[4] She had dropped out of the Pontifical Bolivarian University to raise her children where she was studying literature and linguistics, but returned in 1986 and eventually graduated from it with a Bachelor of Philosophy.
Moreno and Uribe have two children: Tomás (b. 19 April 1981) a chemical engineer from the University of the Andes who is married (26 July 2008)[5] to Isabel Sofía Cabrales Baquero (b. 17 July 1979),[6] a Political Scientist from the Pontifical Xavierian University, former model and First Runner-Up at the Miss Colombia 2002 and who is expecting their first child; and Jerónimo Alberto (b. 16 July 1983) an Economist from the University of the Andes who is married (21 April 2012) to Shadia Farah Abuchaibe, a communications graduate from the Pontifical Xavierian University.[7][8]
First Lady of Colombia (2002–2010)
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Despite the long political career of her husband, she chose to remain distant from the political sphere and campaigns, often drawing attention only for "her sobriety, her detachment from power and her directness".[9] Months prior to her husband taking office, Moreno said in an interview that she would prefer not like to use the style of First Lady, referring to it as "petulant and pink",[10] pointing out that the title has been overused in that "there are many: that of the nation, of the department, of the municipality...",[10] and stating that she would have liked to be addressed solely as "Lina María Moreno, wife of Álvaro Uribe",[10] but establishing that that did not meant she was the sounding board of Uribe.[10]
On 11 April 2002, following the election of her husband in the 2002 presidential election, Clara Lía Mora and Clara Elena Moreno Mora, Moreno's aunt and first-cousin respectively, were kidnapped from their home in the Caldas, Antioquia at gunpoint. They were later rescued in a joint effort between the National Police and the 4th Brigade of the National Army, but during the operation the assailants shot Mrs Mora on the chest seriously injuring her; both mother and daughter were treated and successfully recovered, but it put pressure on authorities to take higher security precautions in the following months before and after the inauguration.
In 2005, in an interview for El Tiempo, she told Yamid Amat that she was for the decriminalization of abortion, but still opposed to its legalization, a move that although not radical, contradicted the official position of the State and of the President.[11]
Honours
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Spain:
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2005).
References
edit- ^ Restrepo Jaramillo, Iván (2003). "Genealogía de Álvaro Uribe Vélez Y Lina Moreno Mejía Y Sus Hijos Jerónimo Y Tomás" [Genealogy of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Lina Moreno Mejía and Their Sons Jerónimo and Tomás] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Retiro, Antioquia: University of Antioquia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Jiménez Morales, Germán (26 December 2010). "El Suegro de Uribe" [The Father-in-Law of Uribe]. El Colombiano (in Spanish). Medellín. ISSN 0122-0802. OCLC 37847519. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Giraldo Silva, Diego León (27 May 2002). "Paisa de Convicciones Firmes" [Paisa of Firm Convictions]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "La Media Naranja" [The Other Half]. Semana (in Spanish). Bogotá. 26 May 2002. ISSN 0124-5473. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ Gutiérrez, Vicente Arcieri; Villamarín, Paola; Rincón Prada, Manuel; Velasco, Luz Adriana (28 July 2010). "Así es Isabel Sofía Cabrales, la nuera del Presidente, quien este sábado se casó con Tomás Uribe" [Isabel Sofía Cabrales, the daughter-in-law of the President, who married this saturday Tomás Uribe]. El Tiempo. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Señorita Cartagena" [Miss Cartagena]. El Colombiano (in Spanish). 2002. ISSN 0122-0802.
- ^ "Hoy, matrimonio de Shadia Farah Abuchaibe y Jerónimo Uribe". Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Jerónimo Uribe y Shadia Farah se casarán el 21 de abril" [Jerónimo Uribe and Shadia Farah will be married on 21 April]. Jet-Set (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0123-7918. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Lina Moreno". Fucsia (in Spanish) (118). Bogotá. 13 August 2010. ISSN 0124-857X. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d Bejarano González, Bernardo (18 April 2002). "No soy el eco de Álvaro Uribe" [I am not the echo of Álvaro Uribe]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Amat, Yamid (16 October 2005). "Primera Dama, a favor de despenalizar el aborto" [First Lady, in favour of decriminalizing abortion]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2012.