Alberto Lleras Camargo President

Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) was the 20th President of Colombia (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.Lleras Camargo served as congressman of Colombia. He was also a cousin of later president Carlos Lleras Restrepo.

Personal facts

Alberto Lleras Camargo
Alias (AKA)Lleras Alberto
Birth dateJuly 03, 1906
Birth place
Colombia , Bogotá
Nationality
Colombian people
Religion
Catholic Church
Date of deathJanuary 04, 1990
Place of death
Colombia , Bogotá
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office
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
Minister of Government of Colombia
Minister of National Education of Colombia
Secretary General of the Organization of American States
party
Colombian Liberal Party
president
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