Juliana Awada
| Juliana Awada | |
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| First Lady of Argentina | |
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Assumed office December 10, 2015 |
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| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Preceded by |
Néstor Kirchner as First Gentleman |
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In role November 16, 2010 – December 10, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Eva Píccolo |
| Succeeded by | Bárbara Diez |
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| Born |
María Juliana Awada 3 April 1974 Villa Ballester, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Republican Proposal |
| Spouse(s) |
Gustavo Capello (m. 1997; div. 1998) Mauricio Macri (m. 2010) |
| Domestic partner | Count Bruno Laurent Barbier (2000–2008) |
| Relations | Alejandro Awada (brother) |
| Children | Valentina Antonia |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Juliana Awada (Spanish pronunciation: [xuˈljana aˈwaða]; born 3 April 1974) (Arabic: جوليانا عواضة) is an Argentine businesswoman and philanthropist of Lebanese and Syrian descent.
She is the current First Lady of Argentina, married to the 53rd President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri.
Awada was born in Villa Ballester on 3 April 1974, the daughter of Ibrahim Awada, a Lebanese Muslim immigrant native of Baalbek, and Elsa Esther "Pomi" Baker, of Syrian descent. She is the sister of entrepreneurs Zoraida and Daniel Awada, artist Leila Awada, and actor Alejandro Awada.
During her childhood and adolescence, she repeatedly traveled with her mother to Europe and the United States, mainly to Paris, London and New York, looking for fashion collections. After completing her secondary education at a bilingual English school in Belgrano, the now defunct Chester College, she honed her knowledge of that language in the city of Oxford, England.
As soon as she returned to Argentina, she was actively involved in the family business, a textile company set up by her father in the 1960s. In 1997, she married Gustavo Capello, who would divorce one year later. Later, she would enter into a relationship with the Belgian Count Bruno Barbier Laurent, whom she had met on a flight of Air France. Despite having lived together for almost ten years, they never married, but had a daughter named Valentina.
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