Nelly Reig Castellanos

Nelly Reig Castellanos
First Lady of Paraguay
In office
3 February 1989  15 August 1992
PresidentAndrés Rodríguez
Preceded byLigia Stroessner
Succeeded byMaría Teresa Carrasco
Personal details
Born
Nélida Reig Castellanos

(1929-03-03)3 March 1929
Paraguay
Died15 May 2021(2021-05-15) (aged 92)
Asuncion, Paraguay
Spouse
(m. 1949; died 1997)
ChildrenDolly Rodriguez Reig
Mirtha Rodriguez Reig
Martha Rodriguez Reig

Nélida "Nelly" Reig Castellanos de Rodríguez, also known as Ña Nelly, (3 March 1929 – 15 May 2021) was the First Lady of Paraguay from February 1989 to August 1992 during the presidency of her husband, Andrés Rodríguez, who overthrew the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship in the 1989 Paraguayan coup d'état. Reig was the Paraguay's first First Lady during the transition to democracy following the end of El Stronato.