María Cristina Arango Vega
María Cristina Arango | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role 7 August 1970 (1970-08-07) – 7 August 1974 (1974-08-07) | |
President | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras |
Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
Personal details | |
Born | (1928-10-15)October 15, 1928 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Died | September 15, 2017(2017-09-15) (aged 88) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Misael Pastrana Borrero (m.
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María Cristina Arango Vega (15 October 1928[1] – 15 September 2017) was the First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974 as the wife of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero.[2] Arango was also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana.
Personal life
María Cristina was born in Bogotá to Carlos Arango Vélez, a Liberal party politician and presidential candidate,[3] and his wife María Vega Jaramillo.[2]
In 1946, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy.[4] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February 1951 at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá.[5] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina. She died in Bogota on 15 September 2017 at the age of 88.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Arango, María Cristina de (2006). Publicaciones periódicas en Antioquia 1814-1960: Del chibalete a la rotativa. Universidad Eafit. ISBN 9789588281223.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Semana (1998-09-07). "LA PRIMERA MADRE". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "Pastrana Borrero, Misael". Current Biography Yearbook. 32. The Bronx: H. W. Wilson Company: 316. 1972. ISSN 0084-9499. OCLC 1565606. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Ágredo Tobar, Reinaldo (2007-12-27). Notas Biográficas y Genealógicas (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 14. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Pesar por muerte de la madre de expresidente Andrés Pastrana". 15 September 2017.
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Preceded by | First Lady of Colombia 1970–1974 | Succeeded by |
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- Soledad Román de Núñez
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