Amalia Solórzano de Cárdenas | |
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Born |
Amalia Solórzano Alejandra Bravo July 10, 1911 Tacámbaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
Died | December 12, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico |
(aged 97)
Predecessor | Aída Sullivan de Rodríguez |
Successor | Soledad Orozco de Ávila |
Spouse(s) | Lázaro Cárdenas |
Children | Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas |
Amalia Solórzano Alejandra Bravo (July 10, 1911 – December 12, 2008) was the First Lady of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. She was the spouse of president Lázaro Cárdenas, the mother of the thrice ex-presidential candidate and former Head of Government of the Federal District, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and the grandmother of the former Governor of Michoacán, Lázaro Cárdenas Batel.
She was born in Tacámbaro to Candido Solórzano Morales and Albertina Bravo Sosa. She was a leading member of the Aid Committee for Children of the Spanish People, an organization that helped children who were refugees in France due to the Spanish Civil War reach Mexico.
At the time of her death, she was the world's eldest surviving former First Lady, living 74 years after occupying the post on December 1, 1934. She was 23 years old when she became First Lady, which makes her the youngest one in Mexican history.