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Eduardo Santos Montejo

For other people named Eduardo Santos, see Eduardo Santos (disambiguation).
His Excellency
Eduardo Santos Montejo
15th President of Colombia
In office
7 August 1938 – 7 August 1942
Preceded byAlfonso Lopez Pumarejo
Succeeded byAlfonso Lopez Pumarejo
Governor of Santander
In office
2 May 1931 – 26 May 1931
Preceded byAlejandro Galvis Galvis
Succeeded byAlejandro Cadena D'Costa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
7 August 1930 – 13 December 1930
Preceded byFrancisco Samper Madrid
Succeeded byRaimundo Rivas
Personal details
Born(1888-08-28)August 28, 1888
Bogotá, Colombia
Died(1974-03-27)March 27, 1974 (aged 85)
Bogotá, Colombia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
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(m. 1917)​
Children1
Alma materUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Our Lady of the Rosary University
University of Paris
OccupationJournalist, politician
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Montejo.

Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a Colombian publisher and politician who was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942.[1]

He was active in the Colombian Liberal Party.[2] He purchased the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo in 1913; El Tiempo was founded by his brother-in-law Alfonso Villegas Restrepo in 1911.[3] Members of the Santos family were the main shareholders of the paper until 2007.[3]

He served as the President of Colombia from August 1938 to August 1942, having been elected without opposition.[3]

He was born and died in Bogotá, and was the great-uncle of the 32nd president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos (2010–2018), and former Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon (2002–2010).

References

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  1. ^ Abel, Christopher; Marco, Palacio (1991), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Columbia, 1930–58", The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, vol. 8, Cambridge University Press, pp. 585–628, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.011, ISBN 978-0-521-26652-9
  2. ^ Leonard, Thomas; Buchenau, Jurgen; Longley, Kyle; Mount, Graeme (2012-01-31). Encyclopedia of U.S. - Latin American Relations. CQ Press. pp. 809–810. ISBN 978-1-60871-792-7.
  3. ^ a b c Kline, Harvey F. (2012-06-01). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8108-7955-3.
Medals awarded to Eduardo Santos Montejo, including the "Cruz de Boyacá". Private Collection Montejo Family.
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