Martha Bucaram

Martha Bucaram Ortiz (12 October 1941, Guayaquil – 24 May 1981, Celica)[1] was an Ecuadorian lawyer and feminist who was First Lady of Ecuador to President Jaime Roldós Aguilera, with whom she was killed in a plane crash.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bucaram and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz.
Martha Bucaram Ortiz
First Lady of Ecuador
In role
August 10, 1979 – May 24, 1981
Preceded byAlicia Pizzimbono
Succeeded byMargarita Pérez Pallares
Personal details
Born(1941-10-12)October 12, 1941
Guayaquil, Ecuador
DiedMay 24, 1981(1981-05-24) (aged 39)
Celica, Ecuador
Cause of deathPlane crash
Resting placeGuayaquil General Cemetery
NationalityEcuadorian
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1962)​
Children
OccupationLawyer

Biography
Graves of Martha Bucaram and Jaime Roldós at Guayaquil General Cemetery.

Martha Bucaram Ortiz was the firstborn child of Lebanese immigrant Jacobo Bucaram Elmhalin and Ecuadorian Rina Ortiz Caicedo, sister of athlete Jacobo Bucaram and future President of Ecuador, Abdalá Bucaram. In 1962, she married Jaime Roldós Aguilera and gave birth to three children.[2] Her firstborn daughter, Martha Roldós, has entered politics and became a deputy in the Ethics and Democracy Network party.[3]

First Lady of Ecuador

When Jaime Roldós Aguilera assumed the Presidency of Ecuador, Bucaram became the First Lady and assumed the traditional office of president of the National Institute for Children and the Family.[4][5]

As a feminist, Bucaram fought for changes to the Civil Code of Ecuador that would expand the role of women in Ecuadorian society. As First Lady, she created the Office of Women, attached to the Presidency since 1980.[5]

Death
1981 Ecuadorian presidential plane crash
Accident
Date24 May 1981 at 14:55 p.m. CET
SummaryCFIT of disputed cause, officially pilot error
SiteHuairapungo Hill, Loja Province, Ecuador
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBeechcraft Super King Air 200
OperatorEcuadorian Air Force
RegistrationHC-BHG (civil)
FAE-723 (military)
Flight originMarsical Sucre International Airport, Quito
DestinationMacará Airport, Loja
Passengers9
Crew3
Survivors0

On Sunday, May 24, 1981 a Beechcraft Super King Air, carrying the President and an entourage to a military ceremony in honor of the fallen in the Paquisha War, crashed into Huairapungo Hill, near the town of Guachanamá, in the Celica Canton of Loja Province. The crash, at 2360 meters over sea level (7800 ft.), left no survivors: killed were the president, his wife, the Minister of Defense Marco Subía Martinez and his wife, two aides-de-camp, a flight attendant and both pilots. The bodies were reportedly burned beyond recognition.[6]

Citations
  1. https://gw.geneanet.org/ferneche?lang=es&p=martha+rina&n=bucaram
  2. Alvarado-Dávila, Mauricio. "Ab. Martha Bucaram". gw.geneanet.org. Genea. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. "Martha Roldós". iknowpolitics.org. iknowpolitics. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. "Corina Parral de Velasco Ibarra, cien años de intensa presencia". Diario La Hora (in Spanish). 27 January 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. "La figura de la Primera Dama ha cambiado". El Comercio (in Spanish). 14 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  6. The Associated Press. "ECUADORAN LEADER DIES IN PLANE CRASH". Retrieved April 7, 2018.
Preceded by
Alicia Pizzimbono
First Lady of Ecuador
1979–1981		 Succeeded by
Margarita Pérez Pallares
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