Margarita Zavala is the wife of Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 President Felipe Calderón

Felipe Calderón

Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...

. She was a PAN

National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...

 deputy

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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 in 2006 in the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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Early life and personal life

She is the fifth of seven siblings: Diego, Mercedes, Pablo, Juan Ignacio, Rafael and Mónica.
Her parents were lawyers. Margarita Zavala studied law at Escuela Libre de Derecho

Escuela Libre de Derecho

Escuela Libre de Derecho is a prestigious law school in Mexico. Founded in 1912, it has among its alumni some of the most distinguished Mexican attorneys...

 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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She married Felipe Calderón on January 1993. They have three children.

Margarita's primary objective in the changing Mexican government is to help her newly elected husband run the educational programs throughout the country.

First Lady of Mexico

As the wife of Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico during 2006-2012, Margarita Zavala is considered "First Lady" although such function is not defined by the legal frame in Mexico. She is the only wife of a Mexican president to have served in Congress. She is president of the civic advisory board to the DIF, a government agency that promotes child and family development in Mexico. She is also a high-school teacher at private school.

Orders, awards and recognitions

Order of Isabel the Catholic, Grand Cross, awarded by King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I of Spain

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 on Felipe Calderón

Felipe Calderón

Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...

 and Margarita Zavala State visit to Spain

Spain

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, June 11, 2008. Order of the Dannebrog

Order of the Dannebrog

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, Grand Cross, awarded by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Margrethe II of Denmark

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on her state visit to Mexico, February 18, 2008.