María Auxiliadora Delgado

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Delgado and the second or maternal family name is San Martín.
María Auxiliadora Delgado
First Lady of Uruguay
Assumed office
March 1, 2015
President Tabaré Vázquez
Preceded by Lucía Topolansky
First Lady of Uruguay
In office
March 1, 2005  March 2, 2010
President Tabaré Vázquez
Preceded by Mercedes Menafra
Succeeded by Lucía Topolansky
Personal details
Born (1937-03-11) March 11, 1937
Montevideo, Uruguay
Spouse(s) Tabaré Vázquez (m. 1968)
Children Ignacio
Álvaro
Javier
Fabián

María Auxiliadora Delgado San Martín (born March 11, 1937 Montevideo) is a Uruguayan civil servant, health advocate, and wife of President Tabaré Vázquez. She has served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010. She regained the position on March 1, 2015, when Vázquez was sworn into a second term.

Auxiliadora met her future husband, Tabaré Vázquez, when she was just 16 years old, and he was 19 years old.[1] She worked for the Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones (Pension Fund) for 32 years before her retirement.[1]

Auxiliadora's signature initiative as First Lady has been a national program to improve dental health and oral hygiene. She has overseen the national campaign, with an emphasis on students from rural schools and communities.[1][2] Her program, Plan Bucal, which was launched in 2005, has provided dental services to more than 100,000 children across Uruguay, as of 2015.[3] In December 2015, the General Assembly of Uruguay honored her with an award for her work.[3]

The First Lady has rarely granted interviews during her tenures.[1]

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