María Cristina Vilanova

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vilanova, the second or maternal family name is Castro, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Árbenz.
María Cristina Vilanova
First Lady of Guatemala
In role
15 March 1951 (1951-03-15) – 27 June 1954 (1954-06-27)
PresidentJacobo Árbenz Guzmán
Preceded byElisa Martínez Contreras
Succeeded byOdilia Palomo Paíz
In role
20 October 1944 (1944-10-20) – 15 March 1945 (1945-03-15)
Serving with Amalia Mancilla and María Leonor Saravia
LeaderJacobo Arbenz Guzmán
Preceded byJudith Ramírez Prado
Succeeded byElisa Martínez Contreras
Personal details
Born(1915-04-17)17 April 1915
San Salvador, El Salvador
Died5 January 2009(2009-01-05) (aged 93)
San José, Costa Rica
Spouse
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(m. 1939; died 1971)​
Children3 (including Arabella and Jacobo)
Alma materNotre Dame de Namur University

María Cristina Vilanova Castro de Árbenz (17 April 1915 – 5 January 2009) was the First Lady of Guatemala from 1951-1954, as wife of the Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán.

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