Marita Camacho Quirós
Marita Camacho Quirós | |
|---|---|
Camacho Quirós, from a 1962 publication of the U.S. State Department | |
| First Lady of Costa Rica | |
| In office 8 May 1962 – 8 May 1966 | |
| President | Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich |
| Preceded by | Olga de Benedictis Antonelli |
| Succeeded by | Clara Fonseca Guardia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós 10 March 1911 San Ramón, Costa Rica |
| Died | 20 June 2025 (aged 114 years, 102 days) San José, Costa Rica |
| Political party | PLN[1] |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | |
Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós (10 March 1911 – 20 June 2025) was a Costa Rican supercentenarian. She was the First Lady of Costa Rica when her husband Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich was president from 1962 to 1966.
She was the first person who was a First Lady to become a supercentenarian. Camacho Quirós was the oldest living person in Costa Rica and the oldest former First Lady in the world at the time of her death.[3][4]
Camacho Quirós died on 20 June 2025 in San José, Costa Rica at the age of 114.[5]
References
- ↑ Ferrer, José Figueres (2021-05-12). "Marita Camacho Quirós". El Espíritu del 48 – Dedicado a preservar los valores e ideales de la Revolución de 1948 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Goublaye (2004). Viajes a través de mi árbol genealógico (in Spanish). La Paz, Bolivia: Plural Editores. p. 72. ISBN 9789990575552. OCLC 948237007.
- ↑ "La persona famosa más longeva (Costa Rica)" [The oldest famous person (Costa Rica)]. Supercentenarios.net (in Spanish). Latin American Supercentenarians. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ↑ Lynch, Dudly (2021-03-10). "Ex primera dama doña Marita Camacho Quirós cumple 110 años de vida" [Former first lady Marita Camacho Quirós turns 110 years old]. Teletica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ↑ Marita Camacho Quirós, Oldest Costa Rican on Record, Dies at 114