María Cristina Arango Vega
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María Cristina Arango Vega | |
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| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 7 August 1970 – 7 August 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
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| Born | October 15, 1928 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Died | September 15, 2017 (aged 88) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Political party | Liberal |
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María Cristina Arango Vega (15 October 1928[1] – 15 September 2017) was the widow of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974.[2] She was 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.[2]
In 1946, 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.[3] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February 1951 at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá.[4] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina. She died in Bogota on 15 September 2017 at the age of 88.[5]
See also
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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