Josefina Herrán
Josefina Herrán | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Uruguay | |
| In office 1 March 1972 – 12 June 1976 | |
| President | Juan María Bordaberry (de facto from 1973) |
| Preceded by | María Angélica Klein |
| Succeeded by | Sofía Álvarez Vignoli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Josefina Herrán Puig 26 April 1930 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | 7 July 2024 (aged 94) Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Political party | Colorado Party |
| Spouse | Juan María Bordaberry (died 2011) |
| Relations | Bordaberry family |
| Children | María Juan Martín Pedro Santiago Pablo Javier Andrés Ana |
| Occupation | Politician |
María Josefina Herrán Puig (26 April 1930 – 7 July 2024) was the First Lady of Uruguay from 1972 until 1976. She was the wife of Juan María Bordaberry, the constitutionally elected president from 1972 to 1973 and de facto presidential dictator from 1973 to 1976 as the head of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay. Herrán, who was nicknamed "China", was the country's oldest living former first lady at the time of her death on 7 July 2024, at the age of 94.