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Alicia Pizzimbono

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Alicia Pizzimbono
First Lady of Ecuador
In role
January 12, 1976 – August 9, 1979
PresidentAlfredo Poveda
Preceded byAída Judith León
Succeeded byMartha Bucaram
Personal details
Born1930 (age 93–94)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentinian
Spouse
(m. 1950; died 1990)
Children
  • María Alexandra
  • Mónica

Alicia Pizzimbono de Nicola (born 1930, Buenos Aires) was the First Lady of Ecuador.

Biography

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Alicia Pizzimbono de Nicola was born in 1930 in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. She met Alfredo Poveda in 1949 while he was a scholar at the Río Santiago Naval School [es] and wed him on 21 December 1950. Two days later, Poveda graduated as a lieutenant and took Pizzimbono with him back to Ecuador, where their two daughters were born.[1]

First Lady of Ecuador

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On 11 January 1976, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces forced the resignation of military dictator Guillermo Rodríguez. Poveda, along with Army and Air Force heads Guillermo Durán Arcentales [es] and Luis Leoro Franco [es] formed the Supreme Council of Government, which would govern the country until 1979.

On 8 October 1976, Pizzimbono traveled to Kiel, Germany for the ceremonial launch of Ecuador's first submarine the BAE Shyri, named after the First Lady's godmother.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ Sánchez Bravo, Mariano (4 October 2015). "Almirante Alfredo Poveda y el retorno a la democracia". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ Sánchez Bravo, Marino. "40 años de patrullaje submarino". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Preceded by
First Lady of Ecuador

1976–1979
Succeeded by