Margarita Zavala

Margarita Zavala
Born	July 25, 1967 (1967-07-25) (age 44) Mexico City, Mexico
Predecessor	Marta Sahagún de Fox
Successor	incumbent
Spouse	Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Children	Maria, Luis Felipe, Juan Pablo

Margarita Zavala (born Margarita Esther Zavala Gómez del Campo, July 25, 1967) is the wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderón. She was a PAN deputy in 2006 in the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress.

Early life and personal life

She is the fifth of seven siblings: Diego, Mercedes, Pablo, Juan Ignacio, Rafael and Mónica. Her parents were lawyers. Margarita Zavala studied law at Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.

She married Felipe Calderón on January 1993. They have three children.

Margarita's primary objective in the changing Mexican government is to help her newly elected husband run the educational programs throughout the country.^[1]

First Lady of Mexico

As the wife of the President of Mexico during 2006-2012, Felipe Calderón, Margarita Zavala is considered "First Lady" in the country. Although, such function is not defined by the legal frame in Mexico. She's the only wife of a Mexican president who have served in Congress. Currently, she serves as president of the civic advisory board to the DIF, a government agency for the integral development of the family in Mexico, as well as a high-school teacher in the private school Asuncion.

Orders, awards and recognitions

• Order of Isabel the Catholic, Grand Cross, awarded by King Juan Carlos I of Spain on Felipe Calderón and Margarita Zavala State visit to Spain, June 11, 2008.
• Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross, awarded by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on her state visit to Mexico, February 18, 2008.

References

1. ^ http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/margarita_zavala_con_vida_propia-456772.html

Honorary titles
Preceded by Marta Sahagún de Fox	First Lady of Mexico 2006 - present	Incumbent
Vacant Title last held by Nilda Patricia Velasco de Zedillo	President of the Consultative Council of Integral Family Development 2006 - present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Zavala, Margarita
Alternative names
Short description	Mexican politician
Date of birth	July 25, 1967
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death