Ana Mae Díaz
Ana Mae Diaz de Endara (born May 16, 1967) was the First Lady of Panama from 1990–1994.
Ana Mae Diaz | |
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| First Lady of Panama | |
| In role June 11, 1990 – September 1, 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Mariela de Delvalle |
| Succeeded by | Dora Boyd de Perez Balladares |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 16, 1967 |
| Spouse(s) | Guillermo Endara (m. 1990–2009) |
A Panamanian of Chinese origin, Diaz met future president Guillermo Endara in September 1989, while he was on hunger strike to protest the autocratic military rule of Manuel Noriega. Diaz was a law student at the time. The former First Lady-desdignate, Marcela Endara, Guillermo's wife of 28 years, had died in June of a heart attack while Endara was hospitalized due to a beating by Noriega's forces. International observers had reported Endara to be the clear leader in the May presidential election, and — although he had earlier showed discomfort with US patronage — during the US invasion of Panama in December, he was sworn in as president from the safety of a US military base in the Canal Zone.
Panamanian newspapers began to publish photographs of Diaz and Endara together in January 1990, and Endara told press the pair were "going out".