Blanca Ibáñez

Blanca Alida Ibáñez Piña (born August 17, 1947) is a Venezuelan politician and widow of former President Jaime Lusinchi. She is the daughter of María del Rosario Ibáñez and Carlos Julio Ibáñez.

Blanca Ibáñez
Born (1947-08-17) August 17, 1947
San Cristóbal, Venezuela
Occupationpolitician
Spouse(s)Jaime Lusinchi (married 1991–2014)

Biography

At a very young age, Ibáñez moved with her mother to Caracas, where she performed different jobs and prepared to be a secretary, which eventually allowed her to get a job in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress. She worked for the parliamentary faction of the Acción Democrática party, whose parliamentary leader at the time was deputy Jaime Lusinchi, who was later elected President of the Republic for the 1984-89 period.[1]

When the government of Jaime Lusinchi started in February 1984, she was appointed "private secretary" of the Presidency. This designation sparked many reactions in public opinion. Many of her critics said that Ibáñez had a high degree of discretional power inside the government.[2][3][4]

After the end of the Lusinchi presidency, she moved to the United States and married him in New York City on September 11, 1991.[1] There, she founded and directed the magazine Mujeres en Acción (English: "Women in Action") for the denouncement of sexual abuse against women,[5] and also ran the CELAC Foundation, created by former president Lusinchi.

In 1998, she was tried for a corruption case in the Lusinchi era. The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela later acquitted her. Other politicians involved in the case included José Ángel Ciliberto and Jorge Mogna Salazar.

As of 2017, she lives in Costa Rica where she obtained Costa Rican citizenship. Ibáñez represents the International Society for Human Rights, which is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

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References
  1. "Gobierno en Línea: Nuestros Presidentes, Biografía del Presidente Jaime Lusinchi" (in Spanish). 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  2. País, Ediciones El (1987-07-19). "Reportaje | La irresistible ascensión de Blanca Ibáñez". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  3. País, Ediciones El (1987-07-19). "Blanca se defiende". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  4. Pérez Parra, Vladimir (2002). La lucha contra la corrupción en Venezuela: balance y perspectiva en el marco de la nueva administración pública. VII Congreso Internacional del CLAD sobre la Reforma del Estado y de la Administración Pública (in Spanish). Lisbon, Portugal.
  5. "Mujeres En Accion". 2010-12-23. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
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