Víctor Mosquera Chaux

Víctor Mosquera Chaux
24th Colombia Ambassador to the United States
In office
21 December 1987 (1987-12-21) – 25 November 1990 (1990-11-25)
President Virgilio Barco Vargas
Preceded by Francisco Posada de La Peña
Succeeded by Jaime García Parra
10th Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
3 June 1967 (1967-06-03) – 21 April 1970 (1970-04-21)
President Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Preceded by Alfredo Araújo Grau
Succeeded by Camilo de Brigard Silva
Governor of Cauca
In office
4 February 1959 (1959-02-04) – 11 July 1960 (1960-07-11)
President Alberto Lleras Camargo
Preceded by Francisco Lemos Arboleda
Succeeded by Miguel Ángel Zúñiga
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1970 (1970-07-20) – 20 July 1974 (1974-07-20)
In office
20 July 1962 (1962-07-20) – 3 June 1967 (1967-06-03)
In office
20 July 1958 (1958-07-20) – 4 February 1959 (1959-02-04)
Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives
In office
20 July 1947 (1947-07-20) – 9 November 1949 (1949-11-09)
Constituency Cauca Department
Personal details
Born (1919-10-01)1 October 1919
Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
Died 5 November 1997(1997-11-05) (aged 78)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Resting place Templo de San Francisco
Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Cecilia Paz Salazar
Children Olga Lucía Mosquera Paz
Alma mater University of Cauca
Profession Lawyer

Víctor Mosquera Chaux (October 1, 1919 – November 5, 1997) was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat. A Liberal party politician, he served as Councilman of Popayán, Assemblymean of Cauca, Chamber Representative for Cauca, Senator of Colombia,[1] and Governor of Cauca.[2] He also served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States,[3] and Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.[4]

In February 1981, Mosquera held executive power for eight days as Presidential Designate, while President Julio César Turbay Ayala was indisposed due to health reasons.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nunca Acepto Ser Ministro" [He Never Accepted Being a Minister]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1997-11-11. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Información General [del Departamento del Cauca]" [General Information [of the Department of Cauca]] (DOC) (in Spanish). National Administrative Department of Statistics. 2001-09-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Diplomatic Representation for Republic of Colombia". Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States. 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  4. ↑ "List of Colombian Ambassadors to the United Kingdom". Colombian Embassy to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 2007. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  5. ↑ Cárdenas Madrid, Marlon Rafael (October 1997). "Designados presidenciales de Colombia 1844-1993" [Presidential Designates of Colombia 1844-1993]. Revista Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Luis Ángel Arango Library (94). Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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