Lorenza Villegas Restrepo (5 October 1899 – 25 March 1960) was the wife of the

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Eduardo Santos Montejo Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a leading Colombian publisher and politician, active in the Colombian Liberal Party. He owned the prominent Bogotá newspaper ''El Tiempo'', and served as the President of Colombia ...

, and served as

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from 1938 to 1942.

Personal life

Born 5 October 1899 in

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, at that time Caldas, currently Risaralda to José Antonio Villegas y Villegas y de Carlota Restrepo Botero. On 25 November 1917 she married

, whom she had met through her brother,

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, founder and owner of '' El Tiempo'' who sold the newspaper to Santos in 1913. Together they had one daughter, Clara, who died of

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at the age of three. Lorenza died on 25 March 1960 in

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