Germán Zea Hernández (15 April 1905 — 8 February 1989) was a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Liberal Party politician, he served twice as

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, and occupied the Ministries of Government, Justice, and

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, was appointed 11th

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, and Governor of Cundinamarca, and served in both Chambers of Congress as

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and

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Personal life

Germán was born on 15 April 1905 in Bogotá to Luis Zea Uribe and Clorinda Hernández Ospina. He married Beatriz Gutiérrez Muñoz, with whom he had two sons, Luis Germán and Juan Manuel, but he also had a daughter out of wedlock with Carlota Soto named Gloria Zea whom married painter Fernando Botero and had a second marriage with Colombian dynasty billionaire Andrés Uribe Campuzano ≤http://www.semana.com/especiales/articulo/gloria-zea/32761-3≥ and creator of the Modern Art Museum of Bogota and one of the main figures of culture and arts in Colombia. Germán raised Gloria in his household with his wife Beatriz.

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