This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Colón, the second or maternal family name is Gerena, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Cortizo.
Yazmín Colón de Cortizo
First Lady of Panama
Assumed role
July 1, 2019
PresidentLaurentino Cortizo
Preceded byLorena Castillo de Varela
Personal details
Born
Yazmín Colón Gerena

(1959-07-31) July 31, 1959[1]
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
SpouseLaurentino Cortizo
ChildrenJorge Andrés & Carolina Esther

Yazmín Colón de Cortizo (born Yazmín Colón Gerena) is a businesswoman from Puerto Rico, the United States, who became the First Lady of Panama on July 1, 2019, when her husband President Laurentino Cortizo took office. She studied at The George Washington University, obtaining a degree in Literature in 1981.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "10 cosas que no sabías de Yazmín Colón de Cortizo". 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Conoce a la puertorriqueña Yazmín Colón de Cortizo, la nueva primera dama de Panamá". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. ↑ "La puertorriqueña Yazmín Colón Cortizo, primera dama de Panamá". www.notimerica.com. Europa Press. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Primera Dama se reúne con esposa del presidente electo, Yazmín Colón de Cortizo". TVN (in European Spanish). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-07-02.


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