| Lucrecia Peinado | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Peinado in 2024 | |
| First Lady of Guatemala | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed role 15 January 2024 | |
| President | Bernardo Arévalo |
| Preceded by | Patricia Marroquín (2020) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Political party | Semilla |
| Spouse |
Bernardo Arévalo (m. 2011) |
| Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
Lucrecia Eugenia Peinado Villanueva (born 1961) is a Guatemalan physician, surgeon, and health care administrator who has been the first lady of Guatemala since January 2024 as the wife of President Bernardo Arévalo.
Biography
Peinado was born in Guatemala City into an evangelical family. Her grandparents were evangelical pastors of small churches in Mixco.
She graduated as a doctor and surgeon from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, later specializing in anesthesiology and health management. She worked as an administrator of health projects focused on the fight against malaria, HIV/AIDS, and the reduction of maternal death.
Personal life
Peinado met Bernardo Arévalo in 1999 while working at the United Nations Development Programme office in Guatemala. She and Arévalo married in 2011 and lived in Geneva, Switzerland. They returned to Guatemala in 2014. In addition to her native Spanish, Peinado speaks English.
Peinado's father, Rubén, died on 28 June 2023, three days after the 2023 general election, where Bernardo Arévalo qualified to participate in the second round.
References
- ^ "Quién es Lucrecia Peinado, esposa de Bernardo Arévalo, el presidente electo para el periodo 2024-2028". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Ella es Lucrecia Peinado, la próxima primera dama de Guatemala". Soy502 (in Spanish). 21 August 2023.
- "Fallece el suegro del candidato presidencial Bernardo Arévalo". Azteca Guate (in Spanish). 29 June 2023.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byPatricia Marroquín (2020) |
First Lady of Guatemala 2024–present |
Incumbent |
| Head of the Secretary of Social Work of the President's Wife 2024–present | ||
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