Pedro Gómez Valderrama (13 February 1923 – 7 May 1992) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and career diplomat who served as the 1st Ambassador of Colombia to the Soviet Union and as
Ambassador of Colombia to Spain
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Personal life
Born on 13 February 1932 in
Bucaramanga,
Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
, he was the eldest child of Pedro Alejandro Gómez Naranjo and Lucía Valderrama, his younger siblings were: Hernando, José Luis, Carmen Lucía, and Mariá Cecilia. He took after his father, who was a lawyer, politician, writer, and former
Governor of Santander. He married Beatriz Vila Londoño with whom he had three children: Pedro Alejandro, Carlos Alberto, and Marcela.
Selected works
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See also
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Hernando Téllez
References
1923 births
1992 deaths
People from Bucaramanga
National University of Colombia alumni
Academic staff of the Free University of Colombia
20th-century Colombian lawyers
Colombian male writers
Demonologists
Ambassadors of Colombia to Russia
Ambassadors of Colombia to Spain
Ministers of national education of Colombia
Ministers of government of Colombia
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