María Cristina Arango | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role 7 August 1970 – 7 August 1974 | |
President | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras |
Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
Personal details | |
Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | October 15, 1928
Died | September 15, 2017 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | (aged 88)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | |
Children |
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María Cristina Arango Vega (15 October 1928 [1] – 15 September 2017) was the First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974 as the wife of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero. [2] Arango was also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana.
María Cristina was born in Bogotá to Carlos Arango Vélez , a Liberal party politician and presidential candidate, [3] and his wife María Vega Jaramillo. [2]
In 1946, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy. [4] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February 1951 at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá. [5] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina. She died in Bogota on 15 September 2017 at the age of 88. [6]
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María Cristina Arango | |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role 7 August 1970 – 7 August 1974 | |
President | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras |
Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
Personal details | |
Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | October 15, 1928
Died | September 15, 2017 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia | (aged 88)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | |
Children |
|
María Cristina Arango Vega (15 October 1928 [1] – 15 September 2017) was the First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974 as the wife of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero. [2] Arango was also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana.
María Cristina was born in Bogotá to Carlos Arango Vélez , a Liberal party politician and presidential candidate, [3] and his wife María Vega Jaramillo. [2]
In 1946, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy. [4] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February 1951 at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá. [5] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina. She died in Bogota on 15 September 2017 at the age of 88. [6]
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