Cecilia Caballero Blanco
| Cecilia Caballero de López | |
|---|---|
| File:Olga Duque de Ospina con Cecilia Caballero de López.jpg | |
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role August 7, 1974 – August 7, 1978 | |
| President | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Preceded by | María Cristina Arango Vega |
| Succeeded by | Nydia Quintero |
| First Lady of Cesar | |
| In office 21 December 1967 – 14 August 1968 | |
| Governor | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Margarita Puche Lacoutire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cecilia Caballero Blanco September 30, 1913 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Died | August 13, 2019 (aged 105) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia[1] |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Alfonso López Michelsen (m. 1938; died 2007) |
| Children | Alfonso López Caballero Juan Manuel López Caballero Felipe López Caballero |
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.[2]
Personal life
Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.[2] 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,[3] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.[4][5] She was also the longest lived First Lady of Colombia.
References
- Back to citation "Murió Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen". eluniversal.com. August 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 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.
- Back to citation "100 years of the Girl vital Ceci" (in Spanish). elherado.co. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- Back to citation "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.
- Back to citation 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.