Marita Camacho Quirós

Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós (10 March 1911 – 20 June 2025) was a Costa Rican supercentenarian. She was the First Lady of Costa Rica when her husband Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich was president from 1962 to 1966.

Marita Camacho Quirós
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Camacho Quirós, from a 1962 publication of the U.S. State Department
First Lady of Costa Rica
In office
8 May 1962 – 8 May 1966
PresidentFrancisco Orlich Bolmarcich
Preceded byOlga de Benedictis Antonelli
Succeeded byClara Fonseca Guardia
Personal details
Born
Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós

(1911-03-10)10 March 1911
San Ramón, Costa Rica
Died20 June 2025
(aged 114 years, 102 days)
San José, Costa Rica
Political partyPLN[1]
Spouse(s)
(m. 1932; died 1969)
Children2
Relatives

She was the first person who was a First Lady to become a supercentenarian. Camacho Quirós was the oldest living person in Costa Rica and the oldest former First Lady in the world at the time of her death.[3][4]

Camacho Quirós died on 20 June 2025 in San José, Costa Rica at the age of 114.[5]

References

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  5. Marita Camacho Quirós, Oldest Costa Rican on Record, Dies at 114