Cecilia Caballero Blanco

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Cecilia Caballero Blanco de López (née Caballero Blanco; 30 September 1913 – 13 August 2019) was the first lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978 as the wife of Alfonso López Michelsen, the 25th president of Colombia. Caballero de López was also first lady of Cesar from 1967 to 1968 when her husband was governor.[1]

Personal life

Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.[1] She married Alfonso López Michelsen, lawyer and politician on 23 October 1938. They had three sons: Alfonso, an economist and diplomat, Juan Manuel, and Felipe. She turned 100 in September 2013,[2] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.[3][4] She was also the longest lived First Lady of Colombia.

References

  1. 1.[1.2]Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. 2."100 years of the Girl vital Ceci" (in Spanish). elherado.co. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. 3."Fallece Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, wife of former president Alfonso López Michelsen dies]. Canal 1 (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. 4.Restrepo, Carolina (14 August 2019). "Falleció Cecilia Caballero, viuda de Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, widow of Alfonso López Michelsen, has died]. La FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.