María Clemencia Rodríguez Múnera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Múnera.

María Clemencia "Tutina" Rodríguez Múnera (born 13 November 1955) is the wife of the 32nd President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, and served as First Lady of Colombia until August 2018.

She is also known for being one of the most influent Fashion icons in Colombia.

Contents

  • 1 Personal life
  • 2 Honours
    • 2.1 Foreign honours
    • 2.2 Dynastic honours
  • 3 See also
  • 4 References

Personal life

María Clemencia was born on 13 November 1955 in Bucaramanga, Santander to Jorge Rodríguez Rodríguez and his wife Cecilia Múnera Cambas. She is the sixth of eight children.

On 11 December 1982 she married Christian Toro Ibler, a respected and well known Colombian publicist, in a Roman Catholic ceremony that took place at the Church of Our Lady of the Waters in Bogotá officiated by Fr Jesús Adán Londoño Rodas and attended by, among others, the then-President Belisario Betancur Cuartas and First Lady Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes who were not only the guests of honour, but also the godparents of the couple for the ceremony. The marriage however, did not last long and the couple divorced shortly after.

In 1987 she married Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, then Deputy Director of El Tiempo, this time in a civil ceremony.

Honours

Foreign honours

  • :Portugal:
    • Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (13 November 2017)
    • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (14 November 2012)
  • :Spain:
    • Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (27 February 2015)

Dynastic honours

  • Two Sicilian Royal Family:
    • Dame Grand Cross of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, Special Cl* (7 June 2013)

See also

  • Lorenza Villegas Restrepo

References