Maria Gloria Penayo de Duarte (née Solaeche, born 10 November 1962) is the former First Lady of Paraguay as the wife of Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay from 2003–2008.[1] She is a convert to the Mennonites.[2]

In 2005, she was nominated to be an ambassador of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization for that organism's alimentation world day.[3] By 2010, she was one of the organization's ambassadors, along with others such as Pierre Cardin, Lea Salonga, Gong Li and Dionne Warwick.[4]

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  1. ^ "Primera dama, Gloria Penayo de Duarte". Diario ABC Color (in Spanish). 26 September 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ^ MB Herald
  3. ^ "Detail Audio | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations".
  4. ^ "Lea Salonga: 'Imagine' a world without hunger - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Archived from the original on 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2015-09-11.