Bertha Puga de Lleras
| Bertha Puga de Lleras | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 7 August 1958 – 7 August 1962 | |
| President | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| Preceded by | Carola Correa de Rojas Pinilla |
| Succeeded by | Susana López de Valencia |
| In role 7 August 1945 – 7 August 1946 | |
| President | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| Preceded by | María Michelsen de López |
| Succeeded by | Bertha Hernández de Ospina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bertha Puga Martínez 13 March 1909 Temuco, Cautín Province, Chile[1] |
| Died | 9 August 2007 (aged 98) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Citizenship | Colombian |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Alberto Lleras Camargo (m. 1931; died 1990) |
| Children | Consuelo Alberto Ximena Marcela |
| Parent | Arturo Puga Osorio (father) |
Bertha Puga Martínez de Lleras (13 March 1909 – 9 August 2007) was the first lady of Colombia from 1945 to 1946 and again from 1958 until 1962, as the wife of President Alberto Lleras Camargo. She was the third person to serve in this role during two nonconsecutive terms after María Michelsen de López, and the first naturalized citizen to become first lady.[2]
Puga de Lleras met Alberto in late 1929 in Bogotá while her father Arturo Puga Osorio was Chilean ambassador to Colombia. She married Alberto Lleras Camargo in 1931. The Lleras family lived a private life before Alberto's first election as president in 1945 and his reelection in 1958.
Personal life
She moved to Colombia with her family when her father was named Ambassador of Chile to Colombia, and it was then that she met her future husband Alberto Lleras Camargo, whom she married on 10 August 1931.[3] Alberto and Bertha had four children: Consuelo, Alberto, Ximena, and Marcela. Bertha died on 9 August 2007 at the age of 98.[4]
References
- Back to citation "Murió Bertha Puga Martínez, esposa del ex presidente Alberto Lleras Camargo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- Back to citation Ríos Peñalosa, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras damas del siglo XX". Bank of the Republic. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- Back to citation Adames, Luis Carlos (1999). Periodistas, violencias y censuras (in Spanish). Bogotá: Fundación Universidad Central. p. 76. ISBN 9789582600167. OCLC 43363444. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- Back to citation "A sus 98 años falleció Bertha Puga de Lleras, viuda del expresidente Alberto Lleras Camargo". 9 August 2007.