Cecilia Caballero Blanco
First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978
Cecilia Caballero Blanco | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role August 7, 1974 (1974-08-07) – August 7, 1978 (1978-08-07) | |
President | Alfonso López Michelsen |
Preceded by | María Cristina Arango Vega |
Succeeded by | Nydia Quintero Turbay |
First Lady of Cesar | |
In office 21 December 1967 – 14 August 1968 | |
Governor | Alfonso López Michelsen |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Margarita Puche Lacoutire |
Personal details | |
Born | Cecilia Caballero Blanco (1913-09-30)September 30, 1913 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Died | August 13, 2019(2019-08-13) (aged 105) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia[1] |
Political party | Liberal |
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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.[2]
Personal life
Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.[2] She married Alfonso López Michelsen, lawyer and politician on 23 October 1938. They had three sons: Alfonso, an economist and diplomat, Juan Manuel, and Felipe. She turned 100 in September 2013,[3] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.[4][5] She was also the Longest lived First lady of Colombia.
References
- ^ "Murió Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen". eluniversal.com. August 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ 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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New title | First Lady of Cesar 1967-1968 | Next: Margarita Puche Lacoutire |
Preceded by | First Lady of Colombia 1974–1978 | Succeeded by |
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