María Cristina Arango Vega
María Cristina Arango Vega | |
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| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In office 7 August 1970 – 7 August 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
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| Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Misael Pastrana Borrero (1951-1977) |
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María Cristina Arango Vega is the widow of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974.[1] She is also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana Arango.
Personal life
María Cristina was born in Bogotá to Carlos Arango Vélez, a Liberal party politician, and his wife María Vega Jaramillo.[1]
In 1950, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy.[2] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá.[3] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina.
See also
References
- ^ a b Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX". Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Pastrana Borrero, Misael". Current Biography Yearbook. 32. The Bronx: H. W. Wilson Company: 316. 1972. ISSN 0084-9499. OCLC 1565606. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Ágredo Tobar, Reinaldo (2007-12-27). Notas Biográficas y Genealógicas (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 14. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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