Cecilia Caballero Blanco
Cecilia Caballero Blanco | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 7 August 1974 – 7 August 1978 | |
| President | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Preceded by | María Cristina Arango Vega |
| Succeeded by | Nydia Quintero Turbay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1913 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Died | 13 August 2019 (aged 105) Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Alfonso López Michelsen (1938–2007) |
| Children |
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Cecilia Caballero Blanco (30 September 1913 – 13 August 2019) was the wife of the 24th President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978.[1]
Personal life
Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.[1] She married Alfonso López Michelsen, lawyer and politician on 23 October 1938. They had three children: Alfonso, an economist and diplomat, Juan Manuel, and Felipe. She turned 100 in September 2013,[2] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.[3][4], She was also the Longest lived First lady of Colombia.
References
- ^ a b Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "100 years of the Girl vital Ceci" (in Spanish). elherado.co. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Fallece Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, wife of former president Alfonso López Michelsen dies]. Canal 1 (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Restrepo, Carolina (14 August 2019). "Falleció Cecilia Caballero, viuda de Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, widow of Alfonso López Michelsen, has died]. La FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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