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Gustavo Balcázar Monzón

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Preceded by
  
Jaime Garcia Parra

Role
  
Lawyer

Name
  
Gustavo Monzon


Succeeded by
  
Jose Mejia Salazar

Party
  
Colombian Liberal Party

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President
  
Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala

Succeeded by
  
Diego Andres Restrepo Londono

President
  
Guillermo Leon Valencia

Spouse
  
Nydia Quintero Turbay (m. 1984)

Education
  
Pontifical Xavierian University

Similar People
  
Nydia Quintero Turbay, Diana Turbay, Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala

Preceded by
  
Virgilio Barco Vargas

Gustavo Balcázar Monzón (born 10 August 1927) is a Colombian lawyer and retired politician. A member of the Colombian Liberal Party, he served as Member of both the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, presiding over both chambers of Congress. He also served in the administrations of President Guillermo León Valencia as the 48th Governor of Valle del Cauca, and as the 16th Minister of Agriculture, and in the administration of President Julio César Turbay Ayala as the 18th Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, and Non-Resident Ambassador to Algeria.

Personal life

He was born on 10 August 1927 in Santiago de Cali, to Ricardo Balcázar and Leonor Monzón and married Bolivia Ramos, with whom he had two daughters, María Isabel and Iliana. Already divorced, he remarried to Nydia Quintero Turbay, former First Lady of Colombia, in a civil ceremony in 1984.

References

Gustavo Balcázar Monzón Wikipedia