Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría (18 November 1938 – 23 December 2021) was a Colombian lawyer and politician. A

Conservative party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

politician, he was the longest-serving and most senior Member of the

Senate of Colombia The Senate of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the House of Representatives. The Senate has 108 members elected for concurrent (non-r ...

having been first elected in 1974. During his long political career, he served also as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives (1968–1974), as the 10th Colombian Minister of Economic Development, and as the 42nd

Governor of Atlántico The Governor of the Department of Atlantico heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian Department of Atlántico. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department and is elected by popular vote. The current gover ...

. He died in Barranquilla on 23 December 2021, at the age of 83.Falleció en Barranquilla el exsenador Roberto Gerlein

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* 1938 births 2021 deaths People from Barranquilla Pontifical Xavierian University alumni 20th-century Colombian lawyers Colombian Conservative Party politicians Governors of Atlántico Department Colombian Ministers of Economic Development Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia Members of the Senate of Colombia Colombian anti-abortion activists {{Colombia-politician-stub

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