María Cristina Arango Vega
| María Cristina Arango Vega | |
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| First Lady of Colombia | |
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In office 7 August 1970 – 7 August 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
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| Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Misael Pastrana Borrero (1951-1977) |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arango and the second or maternal family name is Vega.
María Cristina Arango Vega is the widow of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974.[1] She is also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana Arango.
Personal life
María Cristina was born in Bogotá to Carlos Arango Vélez, a Liberal party politician, and his wife María Vega Jaramillo.[1]
In 1950, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy.[2] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá.[3] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina.
See also
References
- 1 2 Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic) (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ "Pastrana Borrero, Misael". Current Biography Yearbook (The Bronx: H. W. Wilson Company) 32: 316. 1972. ISSN 0084-9499. OCLC 1565606. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ↑ Ágredo Tobar, Reinaldo (2007-12-27). Notas Biográficas y Genealógicas (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 14. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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