Nation : 1st Lady to Go to Costa Rica Rite
First Lady Barbara Bush will represent the United States at the inaugural of Costa Rican President-elect Rafael Angel Calderon on May 8, aides said today.
Calderon met with Mrs. Bush earlier this week at the White House.
It will be the first time the President’s wife has been part of an official delegation to formal inauguration ceremonies of a foreign head of state.
The Bushes’ daughter, Dorothy Le Blond, was a member of a delegation that attended Throne Day in Morocco last month.
In recent years it has been customary for Presidents to assign members of their families to attend foreign ceremonies.
Former President Ronald Reagan sent his wife, Nancy, to events involving royalty and his daughter Maureen, who had a post at the United Nations, also was on several delegations to ceremonial functions abroad.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
