María Hurtado de Gómez

María Hurtado de Gómez (née Hurtado Cajiao; March 18, 1876 - May 13, 1971) was the First Lady of Colombia from 1950 to 1953 as wife of the 18th President Laureano Gómez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hurtado, the second or maternal family name is Cajiao, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Gómez.

María Hurtado de Gómez
First Lady of Colombia
In role
August 7, 1950 – June 13, 1953
PresidentLaureano Gómez
Preceded byBertha Hernández
Succeeded byCarolina Correa
Personal details
Born
María Hurtado Cajiao

(1876-03-18)March 18, 1876
Bogotá, Colombia
DiedMay 13, 1971(1971-05-13) (aged 94)
Bogotá, Colombia
Resting placeCentral Cemetery of Bogotá
Political partyConservative
Spouse
​
(m. 1916)​
[1]
Children

First Lady of Colombia (1950-1953)

Laureano Gómez was elected president of Colombia in the 1949 presidential elections,[2][3] when he presented himself as the only candidate, after the resignation of the Liberal candidate Dario Echandia, due to a lack of guarantees from the government in the face of the murder of his brother.

María discreetly took care of the prisoners in Colombia, and later, continuing the work of former first lady María Michelsen de López, she helped underprivileged children in her country.[4]

Laureano Gómez's health was improving so that on November 5, 1951, he appointed his Minister of Government Roberto Urdaneta to act as Acting President of Colombia during his health treatments.[5][6]

References
  1. "Maria Hurtado Cajiao". ancestors.familysearch.org. November 6, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  2. Casa Editorial El Tiempo. "SIGLO XX EN EL TIEMPO. AÑO. 1949". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  3. Gómez Barrera, Andrés (June 2011). "From Gaitanist Resistance to Liberal Resistance; VillaVicencio 1948-1950". Tabula Rasa (14): 229–264. ISSN 1794-2489. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  4. "MarÍa Hurtado Cajiao, su actuación como #PrimeraDama está marcada por la discreción: se dedicó en especial a los presos". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  5. "La violencia en Colombia, Ospina Pérez y Laureano Gómez". prezi.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  6. "Pugnas en el Partido Conservador: Laureano contra Mariano". Señal Memoria (in Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.