Alfonso Araújo Gaviria
Alfonso Araújo Gaviria | |
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![]() Ambassador Alfonso Araújo (left) as he presented his credentials to Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld during a ceremony at UN Headquarters. | |
8th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations | |
In office 4 September 1957 – 4 February 1961 | |
President | Gabriel París Gordillo |
Preceded by | Francisco José Urrutia Holguín |
Succeeded by | Germán Zea Hernández |
3rd | |
In office 1944–1946 | |
President | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
Preceded by | Carlos Lozano y Lozano |
21st Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia | |
In office 7 August 1942 – 23 August 1943 | |
President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
Preceded by | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
Succeeded by | Arcesio Londoño Palacio |
Minister of Government of Colombia | |
In office 1 February 1940 – 17 May 1940 | |
President | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
Preceded by | Carlos Lozano y Lozano |
Succeeded by | Jorge Gartner de la Cuesta |
15th Minister of National Education of Colombia | |
In office 7 August 1938 – 1 February 1940 | |
President | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
Preceded by | José Joaquín Castro Martínez |
Succeeded by | Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala |
In office 1937–1938 | |
President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
38th Minister of Public Works of Colombia | |
In office 28 July 1931 – 7 August 1934 | |
President | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
Preceded by | Germán Uribe Hoyos |
Succeeded by | César García Alvarez |
Personal details | |
Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | 28 July 1902
Died | 4 February 1961 New York City, New York, United States | (aged 58)
Nationality | Colombian |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Emma Ortiz Márquez |
Children | |
Alma mater | Externado University (JD, 1923) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Alfonso Araújo Gaviria (28 July 1902 — 4 February 1961) was a Colombian lawyer, diplomat, and Liberal party politician, who served as the 8th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the 3rd , the 21st Minister of Finance and Public Credit, the 15th Minister of National Education, and the 38th Minister of Public Works of Colombia, as well as Minister of Government, and .[1][2][3][4]
Personal life[]
Alfonso was born on 28 July 1902 in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia to Simón Araújo Vélez and Ifigénia Gaviria Cobaleda. He graduated Juris Doctor from the Externado University in 1923.[5] He married Emma Ortiz Márquez and had four children: Tepa, Helena, María Mercedes, and Roberto.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Alfoso Araujo, 58, U.N. Aide". The New York Times (Obituary). New York City. 1961-02-05. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). Ministros del siglo XX, Vol. 1 [Minister of the 20th Century, Vol, 1]. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). Ministros del siglo XX, Vol. 1 [Minister of the 20th Century, Vol, 1]. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). Ministros del siglo XX, Vol. 2 [Minister of the 20th Century, Vol, 2]. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ Otero Muñoz, Gustavo (1948). El Banco de la República: 1923-1948 (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. p. 271. OCLC 1693599.
- ^ Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Rivas, Raimundo; Restrepo Posada, José (1995) [1991]. Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá (in Spanish). Vol. 6. Grupo de investigaciones Genealógicas José Maria Restrepo Sáenz. p. 280. OCLC 28546996.
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1961 deaths
- People from Bogotá
- Colombian Roman Catholics
- Colombian people of Galician descent
- Colombian Liberal Party politicians
- Universidad Externado de Colombia alumni
- Colombian lawyers
- Ambassadors of Colombia to Brazil
- Ambassadors of Colombia to Venezuela
- Colombian Ministers of Government
- Ministers of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
- Colombian Ministers of National Education
- Colombian Ministers of Public Works
- Permanent Representatives of Colombia to the United Nations
- 20th-century Colombian lawyers