Evaristo Sourdis Juliao (27 March 1905 – 22 September 1970) was a lawyer and diplomat who served as 23rd
Comptroller General of Colombia, from 1967–69, the sixth
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
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The P ...
in 1953, and as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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of
Colombia
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first in 1950 and again from 1953–56.
As a politician, he rose from local politics starting as Deputy to the Departmental Assembly of
Atlántico, Councilman of Barranquilla, and Secretary of Government of Atlántico, and moving to the national stage first as Member of the
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
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Electoral system
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for Atlántico, and then as
Senator of Colombia
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.
His popularity, career and good bipartisan relations allowed him to run as candidate during Colombian presidential election of 1970 during the last period of the
National Front that went to the
Conservative
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party, but at the end lost to
Misael Pastrana Borrero
Misael Eduardo Pastrana Borrero (14 November 1923 – 21 August 1997) was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of Colombia from 1970 to 1974. He was also the father of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana Arango.
...
. After the election, Sourdis was named Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, but died before he could take up his post.
Personal life
Evaristo was born on 27 March 1905 in
Sabanalarga,
Atlántico to Arístides Sourdis and Raquel Henriquez Juliao Tatis, both of
Sephardic Jewish
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
descent. He studied
Law
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in the
Free University of Colombia
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and the
Externado University between
1924 and
1929
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.
He married Adelaida Nájera del Castillo, and together they had three children, Adelaida, María Teresa and Evaristo.
References
Links
Profile uninorte.edu.co; accessed 12 March 2016.
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1905 births
1970 deaths
People from Atlántico Department
Colombian Sephardi Jews
Colombian people of Jewish descent
Free University of Colombia alumni
Comptrollers General of Colombia
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Members of the Senate of Colombia
Foreign ministers of Colombia
Permanent Representatives of Colombia to the United Nations
Ambassadors of Colombia to the Holy See
20th-century Sephardi Jews
Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany