Alberto Lleras Camargo

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Alberto Lleras
28th President of the Republic of Colombia
In office August 7, 1958 – August 7, 1962
Preceded by	Colombian Military Junta
Succeeded by	Guillermo León Valencia
Born	July 3, 1906(1906-07-03) Bogotá
Died	January 4, 1990 (aged 83) Bogotá
Nationality	Colombian
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse	Berta Puga

Alberto Lleras Camargo (1906 – 1990) was an important Colombian diplomat and political figure.

He was a member of the Liberal Party of Colombia; he served as congressman (1931-1935), Minister of Education, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the governments of Alfonso López Pumarejo and Eduardo Santos. He served too as acting President of Colombia between 1945 and 1946. He then served as the first secretary general of the Organization of American States from 1948 to 1954. Finally, he served as President of Colombia between 1958 and 1962. During this later term, he founded the Colombian Institute for Agrarian Reform (INCORA), with the intention of implementing a needed degree of land reform in the country.

In 1931 he married Berta Puga, and together they had four children: Alberto, Ximena, Marcela and Consuelo Lleras Puga.

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• Berta Puga

[edit] References

• colombialink.com - biography of Alberto Lleras Camargo (Spanish)
• Luis Angel Arango Library - Alberto Lleras Camargo (Spanish)
• Obituary of Mr. Alberto Lleras Camargo (Spanish)

Preceded by Alfonso López Pumarejo	President of Colombia Acting July 1945–August 7, 1945	Succeeded by Alberto Lleras
Preceded by Alberto Lleras	President of Colombia August 7, 1945–August 7, 1946	Succeeded by Mariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded by Military Junta headed by General Gabriel París	President of Colombia August 7, 1958 – August 7, 1962	Succeeded by Guillermo León Valencia
Preceded by First OAS Secretary General	Secretary General of the Organization of American States 1948-1954	Succeeded by Carlos Dávila