Alfonso Araújo Gaviria (28 July 1902 — 4 February 1961) was a Colombian lawyer, diplomat, and Liberal party politician, who served as the 8th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the 3rd

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, the 21st Minister of Finance and Public Credit, the 15th Minister of National Education, and the 38th Minister of Public Works of Colombia, as well as

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, and Envoy of Colombia to Venezuela.

Personal life

Alfonso was born on 28 July 1902 in Bogotá, D.C.,

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to Simón Araújo Vélez and Ifigénia Gaviria Cobaleda. He graduated

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from the

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in 1923. He married Emma Ortiz Márquez and had four children: Emma,

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, María Mercedes, and Roberto.

References

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