Party Colombian Liberal Party Education Del Rosario University | Name Dario Echandia | |
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Preceded by Jose Antonio Montalvo Berbeo Preceded by Hernan Salamanca Medina Succeeded by Fernando Hinestrosa Forero Preceded by Manuel Antonio Coronado Gonzalez Role Former President of Colombia Died May 7, 1989, Ibague, Colombia Spouse Emilia Arciniegas Castilla (m. 1936) Presidential term October 1, 1943 – May 1, 1944 Previous office President of Colombia (1943–1944) | ||
Succeeded by Antonio Rocha Alvira Preceded by Enrique Olaya Herrera | ||
Darío Echandía
Darío Echandía Olaya (October 13, 1897 – May 9, 1989) was a lawyer and a Colombian political figure, a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He was born on October 13, 1897 in Chaparral, Tolima, son of Vincente Enchandia and Carlota Olaya de E. The elder of seven brothers, he was educated at Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario and Colegio de Araujo (Bogota) receiving degrees of Attorney and Doctor in Law, 1917. He married Emelia Arciniega, August 2, 1936. He died on May 7, 1989 in Ibagué, Tolima.
During his lifetime, Darío Echandía served as deputy for Tolima, senator for Tolima, president of the senate, magistrate in the Supreme Court of Justice, and in the ministries of Government, Education, Justice and Foreign Relations. He was also the Colombian ambassador to London and to the Holy See.
Darío Echandía was designated as acting president of Colombia on four different occasions: From 1943 to 1944 due to the temporary absence of Alfonso López Pumarejo, in 1944 due to a kidnapping attempt against Pumarejo, briefly in 1960, and briefly in 1967.
The Darío Echandía Library (Biblioteca Darío Echandía) in Ibagué was inaugurated in 1984 in his honor.
