The Most Excellent
Jacquin Strouss Lucena
First Lady of Colombia
In role
August 7, 1994 (1994-08-07) – August 7, 1998 (1998-08-07)
PresidentErnesto Samper Pizano
Preceded byAna Milena Muñoz
Succeeded byNohra Puyana de Pastrana
Personal details
Born
Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena

(1953-02-22) February 22, 1953 (age 70)
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseErnesto Samper Pizano (1979-present)
Children
  • Felipe Samper Strouss
  • Miguel Samper Strouss
Alma mater
ProfessionEconomist

Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena (born February 22, 1953)[1] is married to the 29th president of Colombia, Ernesto Samper Pizano, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1994 to 1998.[2]

Personal life

Jacquin Desiree was born on 22 February 1953[1] to Herbert S. Strouss and María Inés Lucena. Her father was an American Special Forces pilot who perished in Laos during the Laotian Civil War when his aircraft was shot down while delivering supplies to American troops; she was 9 years old at the time.[3] She attended Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogotá where she finished her primary studies, and later graduated from Colegio La Asunción.[4] She is an alumnus of the Universidad de los Andes where she obtained a degree in Economics in 1976;[4] she later obtain a master's degree in History at Univerdidad de los Andes.

She was single and married Ernesto Samper Pizano on 16 June 1979. Ernesto and Jacquin have two children: Felipe and Miguel.

References

  1. ^ a b García Vásquez, Julio Cesar (2004-02-02). "Interconexion Colombia" (PDF) (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 33. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. ^ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Operational Deaths in Laos (Americans)" (PDF). United States, Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b Gallo Rojas, Catalina (1994-08-07). "Por Amor a Ernesto" [For Ernesto's Love]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISSN 0121-9987. OCLC 28894254. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
Honorary titles Preceded byAna Milena Muñoz First Lady of Colombia 1994–1998 Succeeded byNohra Puyana de Pastrana


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