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(Redirected from Irma Margarita Neváres) First Lady of Puerto Rico This name uses Hispanic American naming customs. The birth family name is Nevares and the married name is Rosselló.
Maga Nevares de Rosselló
9th First Lady of Puerto Rico
In role
January 2, 1993 - January 2, 2001
GovernorPedro Rosselló
Preceded byLila Mayoral
Succeeded bySila María and María Elena González Calderón
Personal details
BornIrma Margarita Nevares Padilla
(1948-12-07) December 7, 1948 (age 76)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Spouse Pedro Rosselló ​(m. 1969)
Children3, including Ricardo
Websitebmgpr.org/primera-dama

Irma Margarita "Maga" Nevares Padilla (born December 7, 1948) is married to the former Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Rosselló and also the mother of former Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló. She served as First Lady from 1993 to 2001.

Early life

Nevares is the daughter of Oscar Nevares del Valle and Irma Padilla. The Nevares direct line goes back to Asturias, Spain. Graduated from high school at Colegio San Antonio in San Juan.

Rosselló married Pedro Rosselló on August 9, 1969. They had three children: Juan Oscar (b. 1971), Luis Roberto (b. 1973), and Ricardo (b. 1979). Nevares de Rossello is also the aunt in law of former Menudo member and international singer Roy Rossello.

Later life

Nevares and her husband live in Dorado, near Dorado Beach. On July 23, 2019 police in Puerto Rico had to provide extra security to their residence and neighborhood due to protesters calling for their son to resign as governor of Puerto Rico.

See also

References

  1. The Nevares of Puerto Rico Genealogy
  2. González, Jennifer (July 23, 2019). "Policía refuerza seguridad en Dorado". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved July 25, 2019.
First ladies and gentlemen of Puerto Rico
   

1st (1943): Inés Mendoza
2nd (1965): Conchita Dapena
3rd (1967): Jeannette Ramos
4th (1969): Lorenza Ramírez
5th (1970): Rosario Ferré
6th (1973): Lila Mayoral

6th (1973): Lila Mayoral
7th (1977): Kate de Romero
8th (1985): Lila Mayoral
9th (1993): Maga Nevares de Rosselló
10th (2001): Sila María and María Elena González
11th (2005): Luisa Gándara

12th (2009): Lucé Vela
13th (2013): Wilma Pastrana
14th (2017): Beatriz Rosselló
15th (2019): Jorge Díaz Reverón
16th (2021): Caridad Pierluisi
17th (2024): Fabiola Ansótegui


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