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Jul 03, 1906 Bogotá, Colombia Died on 04 Jan 1990 (aged 83)
Colombian journalist and politician
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About Alberto Lleras Camargo
- Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) was the 20th President of Colombia (1958–1962), and the 1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948–1954).
- A journalist and liberal party politician, he also served as Minister of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as Minister of National Education in the administrations of President Alfonso López Pumarejo.
- He briefly attended the National University of Colombia in Bogotá to study politics, but dropped out later to pursue journalism.
- Lleras Camargo served as congressman of Colombia.
- He was also a cousin of later president Carlos Lleras Restrepo.
- He died in 1990 after suffering a long illness.
