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Gabriel Betancourt

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President
  
Carlos Lleras Restrepo

Role
  
Economist

Name
  
Gabriel Betancourt


President
  
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

Children
  
Ingrid Betancourt

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Preceded by
  
Daniel Arango Jaramillo

Succeeded by
  
Octavio Arizmendi Posada

Succeeded by
  
Josefina Valencia Munoz

Died
  
March 23, 2002, Bogota, Colombia

Spouse
  
Yolanda Pulecio (m. 1959–1980)

Grandchildren
  
Lorenzo Delloye, Melanie Delloye

Similar People
  
Ingrid Betancourt, Yolanda Pulecio, Juan Carlos Lecompte, Melanie Delloye

Preceded by
  
Aurelio Caicedo Ayerbe

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Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

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Early life

Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children.

Betancourt was a member of the government of president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He later became assistant director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was also head of the education commission of the Alliance for Progress in Washington, D.C. under John F. Kennedy.

Personal life

Gabriel Betancourt was the father of the politician and former FARC hostage Íngrid Betancourt. Gabriel Betancourt divorced his wife Yolanda Pulecio in 1980 and was granted custody of his daughters. Gabriel Betancourt died of heart and respiratory trouble a month after Íngrid's kidnapping, without seeing his daughter again.

References

Gabriel Betancourt Wikipedia