López family
| López family | |
|---|---|
| Current region | Bogotá, D.C. |
| Place of origin | Honda Bogotá, D.C. Valencia |
| Titles | List President of Colombia First Lady of Colombia Governor of Cesar First Lady of Cesar Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of the Interior and Justice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Colombian Ambassador (to the United Kingdom) Senator Colombian Congressman (from Bogotá) |
| Connected families | Michelsen family Pumarejo family Caballero family Santos family Lleras family Holguín family |
The López family is a Colombian political family that that has played a prominent role in Colombian politics since the 1950s, foremost as the first family of Colombia from 1934 to 1938, 1942 to 1945 and again from 1974 to 1978, during the respective presidencies of Alfonso López Pumarejo and Alfonso López Michelsen. They also played prominent roles in areas of Colombian diplomtic, art, journalism, and business. The López family is one of six families to have produced two presidents of Colombia by the same surname; the others were the Santos, Pastrana, Holguín, Ospina and Lleras families.
Best known for their involvement in politics, family members have held various national and state offices spanning across four generations, including that of Colombian Ambassador (Alfonso López Caballero; senator Clara López; President Alfonso López Michelsen and Alfonso López Pumarejo). Other family members include the businessman and banker Pedro Aquilino López; the economist Juan Manuel López Caballero and Minister María Mercedes Cuellar.
The López family is of primarily Spanish descent from the region of Valencia.
Relatives
- Jerónimo López
- Ambrosio López (1809–1897), father of Pedro Aquilino López [1]
- Pedro Aquilino López (1857–1935), father of Alfonso López Pumarejo.[2][3]
- Rosario Pumarejo de López, wife of Pedro López Medina
- Pedro López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's eldest son.
- Paulina López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's eldest daughter
- Rosario López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's second daughter
- Sofía López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina´s third daughter
- María López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's youngest daughter
- Alfonso López Pumarejo (1886–1959), Pedro López Medina's youngest son; 14th and 16th president of Colombia, Colombian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Colombia Ambassador to United Nations.
- María Michelsen de López (1890–1949), wife of Alfonso López Pumarejo; niece of the doctor, physiologist, professor and politician José María Lombana chemist and first First Lady to serve two non-consecutive terms.
- Alfonso López Michelsen (1913–2007), Alonso López Pumarejo's third child; 24th president of Colombia, 1st governor of Cesar and Minister of foreign affairs.[4]
- Cecilia Caballero de López (1913–2019), wife of Alfonso López Michelsen and First Lady.
- Alfonso López Caballero (b. 1944), Alfonso López Michelsen's eldest son; Colombian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Minister of the Interior and Justice, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, representative from Cundinamarca and Senator.[5]
- Juan Manuel López Caballero
- Felipe López Caballero (b. 1947)
- Mercedes López Michelsen, Alfonso López Pumarejo's second daughter
- Luis Cuéllar Calderón, Alfonso López Pumarejo's son-in-law
- Eduardo López Pumarejo, Pedro López Medina's third son
- Cecilia Holguín de López, wife of Eduardo López Pumarejo
- Álvaro López Holguín (1915–1972)
- Cecilia Obregón de López, wife of Álvaro López Holguín
- Clara López (b. 1950), Senator and Minister of Labour.[8][9]
- Miguel López Pumarejo (1892–1976), Minister of National Economy and Colombian Ambassador to the United States.[10]
- Ambrosio López (1809–1897), father of Pedro Aquilino López [1]
See also
References
- Back to citation "Ambrosio López, fundador de la sociedad de artesanos". KienyKe. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- Back to citation Editorial (2018-05-10). "Nace el banco de los bancos colombianos". Colombia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- Back to citation C, Elber Berdugo (23 May 2018). "Trayectoria empresarial de Pedro Aquilino López Medina | Tiempo y economía". revistas.utadeo.edu.co. 5 (2): 209–225. doi:10.21789/24222704.1336. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- Back to citation "ELESPECTADOR.COM - Noticias". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14.
- Back to citation Restrepo Sáenz, José María; Rivas, Raimundo; Restrepo Posada, José (1995). Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá: Volume 4 [Genealogies of Santa Fe de Bogotá: Volume 4] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Presencia. p. 389. OCLC 28546996. “Alfonso López Caballero...Casado en Caracas el 22 de febrero de 1969, con doña Josefina Milagros Andreu Roca”
- Back to citation http://www.dinero.com/edicion-impresa/top-executive/maria-mercedes-cuellar_29068.aspx
- Back to citation "María Mercedes Cuellar fue designada nueva presidenta de la Asobancaria". El Tiempo. Bogotá: El Tiempo Casa Editorial. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- Back to citation "FACTBOX-Candidates in Colombia's presidential election". Reuters. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- Back to citation "Clara Eugenia López Obregón, Colombia, Ministra de Trabajo (2016-) y candidata presidencial (2014)". www.cidob.org. 2014.
- Back to citation Andrés González Díaz (1982). "Ministros bajo la presidencia de Eduardo Santos". Ministros del Siglo XX. 1. Bogotá: Imprenta Nacional de Colombia. OCLC 11225363. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2024.