Gustavo Balcázar Monzón

Gustavo Balcázar Monzón
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1982  20 July 1994
In office
20 July 1966  18 January 1979
In office
20 July 1962  8 September 1962
15th Colombia Ambassador to United Kingdom
In office
18 January 1979  21 September 1981
President Julio César Turbay Ayala
Preceded by Jaime García Parra
Succeeded by Diego Andrés Restrepo Londoño
16th Colombian Minister of Agriculture
In office
6 October 1964  1 September 1965
President Guillermo León Valencia
Preceded by Virgilio Barco Vargas
Succeeded by José Mejía Salazar
48th Governor of Valle del Cauca
In office
8 September 1962  17 October 1964
President Guillermo León Valencia
Preceded by Carlos Humberto Morales
Succeeded by Humberto González Narváez
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
In office
20 July 1958  20 July 1962
Constituency Valle del Cauca Department
Personal details
Born (1927-08-10) 10 August 1927
Cali,
Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Bolivia Ramos (divorced)
Nydia Quintero Turbay (1984-present)
Children María Isabel Balcázar Ramos
Iliana Balcázar Ramos
Alma mater Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, LLM, LLD)
Profession Lawyer

Gustavo Balcázar Monzón (born 10 August 1927)[1] is a Colombian lawyer and retired politician. A member of the Colombian Liberal Party, he served as Member of both the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, presiding over both chambers of Congress. He also served in the administrations of President Guillermo León Valencia as the 48th Governor of Valle del Cauca, and as the 16th Minister of Agriculture,[2] and in the administration of President Julio César Turbay Ayala as the 18th Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom,[3] and Non-Resident Ambassador to Algeria.[4]

Personal life

He was born on 10 August 1927 in Santiago de Cali, to Ricardo Balcázar and Leonor Monzón and married Bolivia Ramos, with whom he had two daughters, María Isabel and Iliana.[1] Already divorced, he remarried to Nydia Quintero Turbay, former First Lady of Colombia, in a civil ceremony in 1984.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Balcázar Pasa a Agricultura" [Balcázar Transfers to Agriculture]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1964-10-07. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  2. González Díaz, Andrés (1982). "Guillermo León Valencia". Ministros del siglo XX, Vol. 2 [Minister of the 20th Century, Vol, 2]. Luis Ángel Arango Library. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  3. "List of Former Colombian Ambassadors to the United Kingdom". Colombian Embassy to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  4. Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (February 1980). "Lista de los Jefes de las Misiones Diplomaticas y Consulares de Colombia" [List of the Chiefs of Diplomatic and Consular Missions of Colombia]. Memoria (1978-1979) (National government publication) (in Spanish). p. 340. LCCN 10006960.
  5. Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1996-08-01). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Luis Ángel Arango Library (80). Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
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