Nydia Quintero Turbay | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role 7 August 1978 – 7 August 1982 | |
President | Julio César Turbay Ayala |
Preceded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
Succeeded by | Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes |
Personal details | |
Born | Nydia Quintero Turbay 28 August 1932 Neiva, Huila, Colombia |
Political party | Liberal |
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Nydia Quintero Turbay (born 28 August 1932)[1] is the ex-wife of the 25th president of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.[1]
She is the president of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor.[2]