Alejandro Galvis Galvis | |
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| Colombia Ambassador to Spain | |
| In office 16 October 1969 – 14 October 1970 | |
| President | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Preceded by | Guillermo León Valencia Muñóz |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Augusto Noriega |
| Colombian Minister of War | |
| In office 7 August 1942 – 12 March 1943 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Preceded by | Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Santodomingo Vila |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Mexico | |
| In office 18 August 1936 – 1938 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Preceded by | Fabio Lozano Torrijos |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 37th Governor of Santander | |
| In office 4 September 1930 – 1 May 1931 | |
| President | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| Preceded by | Alfredo García Cadena |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1891 Curití, Santander, Colombia |
| Died | 17 June 1981 (aged 90) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Tina Baroni Montero (1938-1938) Alicia Ramírez Navas (1941-1981) |
| Children | Tina Galvis Baroni Hortensia Galvis Ramírez Alejandro Galvis Ramírez Silvia Galvis Ramírez Virgilio Galvis Ramírez |
| Alma mater | Republican University of Colombia |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Alejandro Galvis Galvis (13 February 1891 – 17 June 1981) was a Colombian publisher and politician.
He graduated the law school of the Universidad Republicana de Bogotá. From 1914 on he worked as journalist for the newspapers Juventud Liberal and El Progreso. In 1919 he founded the newspaper Vanguardia Liberal which is the leading newspaper of the Santander region of Colombia.
Besides his interest as publisher he dedicated his work to politics. He served Colombia as president of the house of representatives, president of the senate, governor of the Department of Santander in 1931 and 1932 and as secretary of defense from 1942 to 1943. Apart from these activities he was ambassador of Colombia in Mexico, Venezuela and Spain.