Paula Mourão
Ana Paula Leandro de Oliveira Mourão is a Brazilian lawyer and military officer who served as Second Lady of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. She's the second spouse of the 25th Vice President of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão.
Biography
Personal life
Paula is carioca, daughter of lawyer Ivan Couto de Oliveira and the company administrator Alice Leandro Couto de Oliveira. She has two children from a previous relationship.Marriage
She met General Mourão in the Army, while she was 1st Lieutenant. They engaged in a relationship and, after a year, they married on 11 October 2018, travelling to Penedo, Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon.Career
Began her military career in the Army in 2010, reaching the office of 1st Lieutenant. After her marriage in 2018, she asked to leave and began a new journey in the Savings and Loan Association, of the Army Secretariat of Finances. Besides that, she is Bachelor of Laws and acts in the professional area. She's trilingual in English and Spanish.Second Lady of Brazil
During the inauguration of President Jair Bolsonaro, she wear a blue dress as a tribute to the flag of Brazil made by stylist Vivian Kherlakian, with an estimated value of R$ 15,000.She participated in an event hosted by the ambassadress of Gabon, Julie Pascale Moudoute-Bell, to raise funds for the Pestalozzi Association of Brasília, through the sell of many handmaid pieces of the African country.
On 12 April 2019, she received, along with Vice President Mourão in the Itamaraty Palace, the visit of State of the Vice President of Argentina, Gabriela Michetti, where they talked about the fortification of the production of food from Mercosur to the world.
In interview to Andréia Sadi, of GloboNews, on 22 May 2019, Mourão declared being an admirer of former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, affirming that "her intelligence is very great". Questioned about one of her husband's statements saying that "abortion is about the woman", she affirmed that she agrees of the same thought and says it's the right of the woman "if she wants or doesn't want". She claimed an aspect in common with First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro: the social cause. The journalist asked what was the main problem of the country in her point of view, and Mourão answered:
Paula travelled to Bahia's capital, Salvador, where she visited the historical center, the Sesc and Senac units, the neighbourhood of Pelourinho, and the Sister Dulce Memorial. She also met the work made by the Artisanal Training Center, kept by the Sesc of the region.
On 5 November 2019, along with First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro, she was present in a charity tea organized by NGO Jardim das Borboletas, specialized in help people with epidermolysis bullosa. This rare disease is, according to the Ministry of Health, "a genetic and hereditary disease, which causes formation of blisters in the skin due to minor friction or trauma and it can manifests after birth.
Due to the 11th BRICS summit in Brasília, Paula attended a dinner with Vice President Mourão in one of the main halls of the Itamaraty Palace, in tribute to the Heads of State and their wives in the Brazilian capital, where they could appreciate the Citizen Child Orchestra. President Jair Bolsonaro, First Lady Michelle, Ministers and other members of Brazilian and foreign government and other authorities also attended the banquet.
On 30 November 2019, alongside Hamilton Mourão, Jair and Michelle Bolsonaro, the Second Lady attended a solemnity to deliver swords to 414 cadets who conclude the fourth grade of AMAN, the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras, in Resende, Rio de Janeiro. In the rank of Aspirant, others could receive the sword of official, which were delivered to 11 cadets from five countries: Two from Angola, one from Guyana, one from Honduras, five from Namibia and two from Paraguay.