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Isabel da Costa Ferreira | |
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Spouse of the Prime Minister of East Timor | |
In office 22 June 2018 – 18 June 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Taur Matan Ruak |
Preceded by | Marina Ribeiro |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
First Lady of East Timor | |
In role 20 May 2012 – 20 May 2017 | |
President | Taur Matan Ruak |
Preceded by | Joy Aquino Siapno (2008) |
Succeeded by | Cidália Lopes Nobre Mouzinho Guterres |
Personal details | |
Born | Isabel da Costa Ferreira 15 April 1974 Same, Portuguese Timor |
Died | 18 June 2023 Dili, East Timor | (aged 49)
Nationality | East Timorese |
Political party | People's Liberation Party |
Spouse | |
Isabel da Costa Ferreira (15 April 1974 – 18 June 2023), also Isabel Ruak Ferreira, was an East Timorese jurist, human rights activist, politician, and wife of East Timor's former president and former prime minister, Taur Matan Ruak.[1] She was the First Lady of East Timor from 2012 to 2017. Along with her husband, she was a member of Partidu Libertasaun Popular (PLP).