en Cecilia Caballero Blanco

Cecilia Caballero Blanco
Cecilia Caballero Blanco
	1993 photograph by Hernán Díaz.
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 (aged 105); Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Alfonso López Michelsen (m. 1938; died 2007)
Children	Alfonso López Caballero; Juan Manuel López Caballero; Felipe López Caballero;

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]

Personal life

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.

References

^ "Murió Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen". eluniversal.com. August 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ "100 years of the Girl vital Ceci" (in Spanish). elherado.co. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "Fallece Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, wife of former president Alfonso López Michelsen dies]. Canal 1 (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ Restrepo, Carolina (14 August 2019). "Falleció Cecilia Caballero, viuda de Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, widow of Alfonso López Michelsen, has died]. La FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.

Honorary titles
New title	First Lady of Cesar 1967-1968	Next: Margarita Puche Lacoutire
Preceded by María Cristina Arango	First Lady of Colombia 1974–1978	Succeeded by Nydia Quintero Turbay

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[1] "Murió Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen". eluniversal.com. August 13, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[gilma-2] Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

[3] "100 years of the Girl vital Ceci" (in Spanish). elherado.co. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[4] "Fallece Cecilia Caballero, esposa del expresidente Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, wife of former president Alfonso López Michelsen dies]. Canal 1 (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[5] Restrepo, Carolina (14 August 2019). "Falleció Cecilia Caballero, viuda de Alfonso López Michelsen" [Cecilia Caballero, widow of Alfonso López Michelsen, has died]. La FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.

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