Career
She served as First Lady of Argentina from 1999 until 2001. She also held the position of First Lady of Buenos Aires, the country"s capital city, from 1996 to 1999. Pertiné, the daughter of María Celia Urien Irigoyen and Julio Jorge Pertin, was born on December 27, 1942.
She attended colegio Asunción, which is now called San Martín de Tours.
Pertiné married Fernando de la Rúa, a lawyer and politician, on December 1, 1970, after dating for three years. She was 27 years old at the time, while he was 33.
The couple had three children, Antonio, Fernando and Agustina.
