Ana Elisa Villanueva

Ana Elisa Aurora Villanueva Callot (July 28, 1930 – April 5, 1998) was a Dominican politician and children's advocate. She served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from July 4, 1982, to August 16, 1982, during the brief 43-day presidency of her husband, Jacobo Majluta. Villanueva was also the vice president of the Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Biography Villanueva was born on July 28, 1930, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to an elite family. Her parents were Fernando Villanueva Astol and Consuelo Callot Guridi. Through her mother, Villanueva was distantly related to Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz. She was raised in Puerto Plata. As the wife of the vice president, Ana Elisa Villanueva became the vice president of CONANI until the end of the Guzmán administration in 1982.

President Antonio Guzmán Fernández committed suicide on July 4, 1982. As a result, Vice President Jacobo Majluta became acting president for the remaining 43 days of Guzmán term and Ana Elisa Villanueva served as first lady from July 4, 1982, to August 16, 1982. Majluta attempted to win the Dominican Revolutionary Party's (PRD) presidential nomination, but lost to Salvador Jorge Blanco, who succeeded him as president.

In 1986, Joaquín Balaguer was elected President of the Dominican Republic. Balaguer appointed Ana Elisa Villanueva as the president of the National Council for Children (CONANI). Villanueva served as head of CONANI until her death in April 1998.

In 1989, Jacobo Majluta founded the Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI) to advance his own political ambitions. Ana Elisa Villanueva became the vice president of the new political party.

Ana Elisa Villanueva died in Santo Domingo on April 5, 1998, at the age of 67. Majluta died from lung cancer in March 1996 in Tampa, Florida.