Telésforo Pedraza Ortega

Telésforo Pedraza Ortega (24 July 1945 – 17 May 2023) was a Colombian politician, diplomat and lawyer.

Telésforo Pedraza Ortega
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
for Bogotá
In office
12 November 2009 – 20 July 2018
Preceded bySandra Rocío Ceballos Arévalo
In office
11 April 2005 – 20 July 2006
Preceded byJaime Martínez
In office
20 July 2002 – 31 December 2004
Succeeded byJaime Martínez
Ambassador of Colombia to Netherlands
in The Hague
In office
14 January 1999 – 19 July 2002
Personal details
Born(1945-07-24)24 July 1945
Tunja, Colombia
Died17 May 2023(2023-05-17) (aged 77)
Bogotá, Colombia
Political partyColombian Conservative Party
EducationFree University of Colombia
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, diplomat
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pedraza and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.

Life

Born in Tunja, Boyacá, Pedraza studied law at the Free University of Colombia. A Colombian Conservative Party member, Pedraza served as Councilor of Bogotá,[1] Member of the Chamber of Representatives for the same city on five occasions (2002–2004; 2005–2006; 2009–2010; 2010–2014; 2014–2018), Senator and Secretary of Education of Bogotá.[2][3] He lost the leadership of the Conservative Party list in Bogotá in the 2018 legislative elections,[4] and lost the re-election.[5]

Pedraza was Ambassador to Netherlands and consul in Romania and Sweden.[2]

Pedraza died in Bogotá on 17 May 2023, at the age of 77.[6]

References
  1. "Telésforo Pedraza". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. "Perfil del ExRepresentante Telésforo Pedraza Ortega" [Profile of the ExRepresentative Telésforo Pedraza Ortega]. Congreso Visible. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. Martínez, José Luis (9 July 2018). "Por su trabajo y dedicación por Bogotá, Peñalosa condecoró al representante Telésforo Pedraza" [For his work and dedication to Bogotá, Peñalosa honored representative Telésforo Pedraza]. Government of Bogotá (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. "Directivas azules buscan impedir que Telésforo Pedraza encabece lista a la Cámara por Bogotá, por un dirigente del Tolima". Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. "Estos son los congresistas que más periodos acumulan en el Capitolio" [These are the congressmen who accumulate the most terms on the Congress]. RCN (in Spanish). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  6. "Fallece Telésforo Pedraza, excongresista del Partido Conservador". El Tiempo. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.


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