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Cecilia Caballero Blanco | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role August 7, 1974 – August 7, 1978 | |
President | Alfonso López Michelsen |
Preceded by | María Cristina Arango Vega |
Succeeded by | Nydia Quintero Turbay |
First Lady of Cesar | |
In office 21 December 1967 – 14 August 1968 | |
Governor | Alfonso López Michelsen |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Margarita Puche Lacoutire |
Personal details | |
Born | Cecilia Caballero Blanco September 30, 1913 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Died | August 13, 2019 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia[1] | (aged 105)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | |
Children |
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Cecilia Caballero Blanco (30 September 1913 – 13 August 2019) was the wife of the 24th President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978.[2]
Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.[2] She married Alfonso López Michelsen, lawyer and politician on 23 October 1938. They had three sons: Alfonso, an economist and diplomat, Juan Manuel, and Felipe. She turned 100 in September 2013,[3] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.[4][5] She was also the Longest lived First lady of Colombia.