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Bertha Puga Martínez

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Name
  
Bertha Martinez

Succeeded by
  
Susana Lopez Navia

Parents
  
Arturo Puga

Citizenship
  
Colombian

Nationality
  
Chilean-Colombian


Born
  
13 March 1909 Temuco, Araucania, Chile (
1909-03-13
)

Relations
  
Arturo Puga Osorio (father)

Children
  
Consuelo Lleras Puga Alberto Lleras Puga Ximena Lleras Puga Marcela Lleras Puga

Role
  
Alberto Lleras Camargo\'s wife

Died
  
August 9, 2007, Bogota, Colombia

Spouse
  
Alberto Lleras Camargo (m. 1931)

Similar People
  
Alberto Lleras Camargo, Arturo Puga, Bartolome Calvo, Santiago Perez de Manosalbas, Enrique Olaya Herrera

Preceded by
  
Carola Correa Londono

Political party
  
Colombian Liberal Party

Bertha Puga Martínez (13 March 1909–9 August 2007) was the wife of the 20th President of Colombia, Alberto Lleras Camargo, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1958 to 1962. She was also the daughter of Arturo Puga Osorio, Chairmain of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932.

Personal life

Bertha was born on 13 March 1909 in Temuco, Chile to Arturo Puga Osorio and Bertha Martínez. She moved to Colombia with her family when her father was named Ambassador of Chile to Colombia, and it was then that she met her future husband Alberto Lleras Camargo, whom she married on 10 August 1931. Alberto and Bertha had four children: Consuelo, Alberto, Ximena, and Marcela.

References

Bertha Puga Martínez Wikipedia