Martha Bucaram
Martha Bucaram Ortiz | |
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First Lady of Ecuador | |
In role August 10, 1979 – May 24, 1981 | |
Preceded by | Alicia Pizzimbono |
Succeeded by | Margarita Pérez Pallares |
Personal details | |
Born | Martha Bucaram Ortiz October 12, 1941 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Died | May 24, 1981 Celica, Ecuador | (aged 39)
Cause of death | Plane crash |
Resting place | |
Nationality | Ecuadorian |
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Children |
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Occupation | Lawyer |
Martha Bucaram Ortiz (b. 12 October 1941, Guayaquil – d. 24 May 1981, Celica)[1] was an Ecuadorian lawyer and feminist who was First Lady of Ecuador to President Jaime Roldós Aguilera, with whom she was killed in a plane crash.
Biography[]
Martha Bucaram Ortiz was the firstborn child of Lebanese immigrant Jacobo Bucaram Elmhalin and Ecuadorian Rina Ortiz Caicedo, sister of athlete and future President of Ecuador, Abdalá Bucaram. In 1962, she married Jaime Roldós Aguilera and gave birth to three children.[2] Her firstborn daughter, Martha Roldós, has entered politics and became a deputy in the Ethics and Democracy Network party.[3]
First Lady of Ecuador[]
When Jaime Roldós Aguilera assumed the Presidency of Ecuador, Bucaram became the First Lady and assumed the traditional office of president of the .[4][5]
As a feminist, Bucaram fought for changes to the Civil Code of Ecuador that would expand the role of women in Ecuadorian society. As First Lady, she created the Office of Women, attached to the Presidency since 1980.[5]
Death[]
Accident | |
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Date | 24 May 1981 at 14:55 p.m. CET |
Summary | CFIT of disputed cause, officially pilot error |
Site | Huairapungo Hill, Loja Province, Ecuador |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 |
Operator | Ecuadorian Air Force |
Registration | HC-BHG (civil) FAE-723 (military) |
Flight origin | Marsical Sucre International Airport, Quito |
Destination | Macará Airport, Loja |
Passengers | 9 |
Crew | 3 |
Survivors | 0 |
On Sunday, May 24, 1981 a Beechcraft Super King Air, carrying the President and an entourage to a military ceremony in honor of the fallen in the Paquisha War, crashed into Huairapungo Hill, near the town of , in the Celica Canton of Loja Province. The crash, at 2360 meters over sea level (7800 ft.), left no survivors: killed were the president, his wife, the Minister of Defense and his wife, two aides-de-camp, a flight attendant and both pilots. The bodies were reportedly burned beyond recognition.[6]
Citations[]
- ^ "Genealogía de Martha Rina Bucaram".
- ^ Alvarado-Dávila, Mauricio. "Ab. Martha Bucaram". gw.geneanet.org. Genea. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Martha Roldós". iknowpolitics.org. iknowpolitics. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Corina Parral de Velasco Ibarra, cien años de intensa presencia". Diario La Hora (in Spanish). 27 January 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ a b "La figura de la Primera Dama ha cambiado". El Comercio (in Spanish). 14 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ The Associated Press (25 May 1981). "ECUADORAN LEADER DIES IN PLANE CRASH". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- 1941 births
- 1981 deaths
- Ecuadorian people of Lebanese descent
- First Ladies of Ecuador
- Ecuadorian women lawyers
- Ecuadorian feminists
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Ecuador
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1981
- 20th-century women lawyers