Rocío González Navas
First Lady of Ecuador
Rocío González Navas (born November 6, 1953) is an Ecuadorian businesswoman. She was the First Lady of Ecuador from 2017 until 2021 as the wife of President Lenín Moreno.
Biography
Rocío González Navas is the first-born daughter of police colonel Oswaldo González Lalama and Graciela Navas. She has two siblings – Oswaldo and Gissela. She also has three half-siblings from her father's later relationships out of marriage – Soraya and Judith González Sánchez and Oswaldo González Flores.
In addition to Cotopaxi, a province in whose capital she was born and grew up, González's family also has roots in other areas in the center of the country such as Tungurahua, where her paternal grandmother Judith Lalama Jaramillo was chosen beauty queen of Ambato in the city's Festival of Fruits and Flowers.
Without going through higher education, González's professional life began in the world of private banking. She and her husband created a company aimed at promoting the tourism sector, and she currently also serves as director of the magazine Guía de Oro Ecuador.
Marriage and children
González met businessman Lenín Moreno at a Carnival party, and after a year of courtship they got married on October 4, 1974. On January 3, 1998, Moreno was shot during an attempted robbery, leaving him unable to walk.
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