Amalia Solórzano

Amalia Solórzano
Amalia Solórzano
First Lady of Mexico
	In role; December 1, 1934 – November 30, 1940
President	Lázaro Cárdenas
Preceded by	Aída Sullivan
Succeeded by	Soledad Orozco
First Lady of Michoacan
Governor	Lázaro Cárdenas
Personal details
Born	Amalia Alejandra Solórzano Bravo; July 10, 1911; Tacámbaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Died	December 12, 2008 (aged 97); Mexico City, Mexico
Spouse	Lázaro Cárdenas (m. 1932; died 1970)
Children	Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

Amalia Alejandra Solórzano Bravo (July 10, 1911 – December 12, 2008) was the First Lady of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. She was the wife 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.

Biography

Solórzano was born in Tacámbaro to Cándido 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.^[1]

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.

Orders, awards and recognitions

Order of Charles III, Grand Cross, awarded by the Spanish State Secretary for Iberoamerica at Spain's Embassy in Mexico City, on November 20, 2007.^[2]