María Cristina Arango Vega (15 October 1928 – 15 September 2017) was the

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from 1970 to 1974 as the wife of the 23rd

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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. ...

. Arango was also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana.

Personal life

María Cristina was born in Bogotá to , a

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politician, and his wife María Vega Jaramillo. In 1946, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met

, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy. They got engaged that year and married on 24 February 1951 at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá. Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina. She died in Bogota on 15 September 2017 at the age of 88.

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1928 births 2017 deaths People from Bogotá Pastrana family First Ladies of Colombia {{DEFAULTSORT:Arango Vega, Maria Cristina

Personal life

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