Cecilia Caballero Blanco

Cecilia Caballero Blanco (30 September 1913 – 13 August 2019) was the wife of the 24th President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978.[1]

The Most Excellent

Cecilia Caballero Blanco
First Lady of Colombia
In role
7 August 1974 (1974-08-07) – 7 August 1978 (1978-08-07)
PresidentAlfonso López Michelsen
Preceded byMaría Cristina Arango Vega
Succeeded byNydia Quintero Turbay
Personal details
Born(1913-09-30)30 September 1913
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Died13 August 2019(2019-08-13) (aged 105)
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Alfonso López Michelsen (1938–2007)
Children
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

Personal life

Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.[1] She married Alfonso López Michelsen, lawyer and politician on 23 October 1938. They had three children: Alfonso, an economist and diplomat, Juan Manuel, and Felipe. She turned 100 in September 2013,[2] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.[3][4], She was also the Longest lived First lady of Colombia.

References
  1. Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. "100 years of the Girl vital Ceci" (in Spanish). elherado.co. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.


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