Alberto Lleras Camargo
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Colombian journalist and politician (1906-1990)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
- Succeeded by
- Guillermo León Valencia
- President
- Alfonso López Pumarejo
- Born
- Alberto Lleras Camargo , ( 1906-07-03 ) 3 July 1906, Bogotá , Colombia
- Died
- 4 January 1990 (1990-01-04) (aged 83), Bogotá, Colombia
- Party
- Liberal
- Spouse
- Bertha Puga Martínez ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 )
- Children
- Alberto Lleras Puga Ximena Lleras Hi Marcela Lleras Puga Consuelo Lleras Puga
- Alma mater
- Del Rosario University
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Colombia
- Place of birth
- Bogotá
- Place of death
- Bogotá
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Universidad Externado de Colombia
- Political party
- Colombian Liberal Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Alberto Lleras Camargo.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1906-07-03
- date of death
- 1990-01-04
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- birth name
- Alberto Lleras Camargo
- place of burial
- Bogotá
- Commons category
- Alberto Lleras Camargo
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) was President of Colombia twice (1945–1946, 1958–1962), and the 1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948–1954). A journalist and liberal party politician, he also served as Minister of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as Minister of National Education in the administrations of President Alfonso López Pumarejo. He briefly attended the National University of Colombia in Bogotá to study politics, but dropped out later to pursue journalism.
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