María Auxiliadora Delgado

María Auxiliadora Delgado San Martín (11 March 1937 – 31 July 2019) was an Uruguayan civil servant, health advocate, and wife of President Tabaré Vázquez. She served as First Lady of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 up to her death in 2019.

Early life Auxiliadora met her husband, Tabaré Vázquez, when he was just 16 years old, and she was 19 years old.

First Lady Auxiliadora's signature initiative as First Lady was a national program to improve dental health and oral hygiene. She oversaw the national campaign, with an emphasis on students from rural schools and communities. Her program, Plan Bucal, which was launched in 2005, has provided dental services to more than 100,000 children across Uruguay, as of 2015. In December 2015, the General Assembly of Uruguay honored her with an award for her work. Her husband survived her by 16 months, dying of cancer in December 2020. She was buried alongside him at Cementerio de La Teja, Montevideo.