Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva: Meet Lula da Silva’s Second Wife

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva is the second wife of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva best known as Lula, a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and the president-elect of Brazil.

Marisa’s ex-husband will become the 39th president of Brazil in 2023, having previously served as the 35th president from 2003 to 2010.

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva was born on 7 April 1950 and she died on 3 February 2017 at age 66. She doubled as the First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.

Lula was Marisa’s second husband. Her first husband, Marcos Cláudio dos Santos, died in 1971.

• On 24 January 2017, at age 66, Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke.
• She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital.

Following her demise, President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning and Marisa was cremated the next day.

Her ashes were interred in the Cemitério Jardim da Colina, in her native São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.