Alberto Lleras Camargo

Alberto Lleras Camargo
20th President of Colombia
In office
7 August 1958 (1958-08-07) – 7 August 1962 (1962-08-07)
Preceded byGustavo Rojas Pinilla
Succeeded byGuillermo León Valencia
1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States
In office
30 April 1948 (1948-04-30) – 1 August 1954 (1954-08-01)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCarlos Dávila
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 February 1945 (1945-02-12) – 2 August 1945 (1945-08-02)
Acting President:7 August 1945 - 7 August 1946
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded byDarío Echandía Olaya
Succeeded byFrancisco Umaña Bernal
Minister of Government
In office
8 October 1943 (1943-10-08) – 12 February 1945 (1945-02-12)
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded byDarío Echandía Olaya
Succeeded byAntonio Rocha Alvira
In office
27 February 1937 (1937-02-27) – 7 August 1938 (1938-08-07)
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded byDarío Echandía Olaya
Succeeded byCarlos Lozano y Lozano
In office
10 October 1935 (1935-10-10) – 12 January 1937 (1937-01-12)
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded byDarío Echandía Olaya
Succeeded byDarío Echandía Olaya
3rd Colombia Ambassador to the United States
In office
6 May 1943 (1943-05-06) – 8 October 1943 (1943-10-08)
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded byGabriel Turbay Abunader
Succeeded byGabriel Turbay Abunader
Minister of National Education
In office
28 January 1937 (1937-01-28) – 27 February 1937 (1937-02-27)
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded byDarío Echandía Olaya
Succeeded byTulio Enrique Tascón Pérez
Personal details
Born
Alberto Lleras Camargo

(1906-07-03)3 July 1906
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Died4 January 1990(1990-01-04) (aged 83)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseBertha Puga Martínez (1931–1990)
Children
  • Alberto Lleras Puga
  • Ximena Lleras Hi
  • Marcela Lleras Puga
  • Consuelo Lleras Puga
Alma materDel Rosario University

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.[1] He briefly attended the National University of Colombia in Bogotá to study politics, but dropped out later to pursue journalism.

Lleras Camargo served as congressman of Colombia.[2] He was also a cousin of later president Carlos Lleras Restrepo. He died in 1990 after suffering a long illness.[3]

  1. ^ "Alberto Lleras Camargo. Un estadista para la Colombia del siglo XX". Actividad cultural del Banco de la República de Colombia. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Alberto Lleras Camargo". Así es Colombia. Presidencia de la República. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Alberto Lleras, Twice President In Colombia, 83". New York Times. 5 January 1990.