Patricia Escobar | |
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First Lady of Guatemala | |
In role 14 January 1996 – 14 January 2000 | |
President | Álvaro Arzú |
Preceded by | María Eugenia Morales |
Succeeded by | Evelyn Morataya |
First Lady of the Guatemala City | |
In role 15 January 2000 – 27 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Wendy Widmann |
Succeeded by | Dominique Wilson Arzú |
In role 15 January 1986 – 30 June 1990 | |
Succeeded by | Wendy Widmann |
Personal details | |
Born | San Salvador | October 3, 1953
Nationality | Guatemala El Salvador |
Political party | Unionist Party |
Spouse | Álvaro Arzú (1965–2018 his death) |
Alma mater | Rafael Landívar University |
Patricia Escobar de Arzú (born October 3, 1953), also known as Patricia de Arzú, is a Salvadoran-Guatemalan entrepreneur and politician. She is the widow of former president of Guatemala and mayor of Guatemala City, Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen, having served as First Lady of Guatemala from January 14, 1996, to January 14, 2000, and as First Lady of Guatemala City from 1991 to 1996, and again from 2004 until his death in 2018. She was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in the 2011 elections for the Unionist Party.[1]