Luisa Durán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Durán and the second or maternal family name is de la Fuente.

Luisa Durán de la Fuente
First Lady of Chile
In role 11 March 2000 (2000-03-11) – 11 March 2006 (2006-03-11)
President	Ricardo Lagos Escobar
Preceded by	Marta Larraechea Bolívar
Succeeded by	Cecilia Morel
Personal details
Born	(1941-02-27) 27 February 1941 (age 83) Santiago, Chile
Spouse	Ricardo Lagos Escobar ​ ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	Hernán, Alejandro y Francisca

Luisa Durán de la Fuente (born 27 February 1941) is the wife of the former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos. She was First Lady of Chile during her husband's tenure (2000-2006).

Personal life

Durán was born to Hernán Durán Morales and Luisa de la Fuente Tavolara. She studied at the Alliance Française school in Santiago and the Number 7 High School of Providencia.

Public life

During her time as First Lady, she preferred to be referred to as the President's wife.^[1] After the end of Lagos presidency, she was appointed executive director of the Youth and Children's Orchestras Foundation of Chile (2007-2010), and board member of Centro Cultural Matucana 100 and the Cultural Corporation of Santiago.

In 2013 she took over as director of the Corporación Cultural de Santiago.^[2]

In 2017 she returned to the public arena, regarding her spouse's presidential pre-candidacy, declaring in an interview that she had apprehensions regarding Lagos' decision, in order "not to have to be on the spot again, and to have this permanent bullying".^[3]

In October 2018 she resigned from the Party for Democracy.^[4]

References

1. "Las confesiones de las ex Primeras damas". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 24 June 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014. A Marta Larraechea y Luisa Durán nunca les gustó que las llamaran "Primera Dama". Firmaban como "Señora del Presidente", pero a poco andar se rindieron.
2. S.A.P, El Mercurio. "La Segunda.com". LaSegunda.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-14.
3. LUN. "El Mercurio | SABADO| Página 5 | sábado, 28 de enero de 2017". impresa.elmercurio.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
4. Reportajes, Equipo de (2018-10-13). "Luisa Durán renuncia a su militancia PPD". La Tercera. Retrieved 2020-05-14.

External links

• Official government site at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-09-15)
• Photographic gallery of activities at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-03-09)

Honorary titles
Preceded by Marta Larraechea	First Lady of Chile 2000—2006	Succeeded by Cecilia Morel