Eduardo Santos Montejo

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Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a Colombian publisher and politician who was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942.[1]

He was active in the Colombian Liberal Party.[2] He purchased the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo in 1913; El Tiempo was founded by his brother-in-law Alfonso Villegas Restrepo in 1911.[3] Members of the Santos family were the main shareholders of the paper until 2007.[3]

Life and career

He served as the President of Colombia from August 1938 to August 1942, having been elected without opposition.[3] During his presidency, a number of reforms were carried out in areas such as working conditions[4] and housing.[5][6]

He was born and died in Bogotá, and was the great-uncle of the 32nd president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos (2010–2018), and former Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon (2002–2010).

References

  1. 1.Abel, Christopher; Marco, Palacio (1991), "Columbia, 1930–58", in Bethell, Leslie (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, vol. 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, Cambridge University Press, pp. 585–628, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.011, ISBN 978-0-521-26652-9
  2. 2.Leonard, Thomas; Buchenau, Jurgen; Longley, Kyle; Mount, Graeme (2012-01-31). Encyclopedia of U.S. - Latin American Relations. CQ Press. pp. 809–810. ISBN 978-1-60871-792-7.
  3. 3.[3.2][3.3]Kline, Harvey F. (2012-06-01). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8108-7955-3.
  4. 4."THE I.L.O YEAR-BOOK 1939-1940" (PDF). ilo.org. pp. 98, 101.
  5. 5.Housing Legal Digest Decisions, Opinions, Legislation Relating to Housing Construction and Finance, Publisher: Central Housing Committee, No.76, November 1940, P.23
  6. 6."THE I.L.O YEAR-BOOK 1939-1940" (PDF). ilo.org. p. 286.