Jacquin Strouss Lucena

Jacquin Desiree Strouss de Samper (née Strouss Lucena, February 22, 1953) is a Colombian historian and economist who served as First Lady of Colombia from 1994 to 1998 as the wife of President Ernesto Samper.

Personal life Jacquin Desiree Strouss Lucena was born on 22 February 1953 She attended Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogotá where she finished her primary studies, and later graduated from Colegio La Asunción. She is an alumnus of the Universidad de los Andes where she obtained a degree in Economics in 1976; she later obtain a master's degree in History at Univerdidad de los Andes.

She was single and married Ernesto Samper on 16 June 1979. Ernesto and Jacquin have two children: Felipe and Miguel.