Bertha Puga Martínez (13 March 1909 - 9 August 2007) was the wife of the 20th

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Alberto Lleras Camargo Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) was President of Colombia twice (1945-1946, 1958–1962), and the 1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948–1954). A journalist and liberal party politician, he ...

, and served as

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from 1958 to 1962. She was also the daughter of Arturo Puga Osorio, Chairman of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932. She died on 9 August, 2007 in Bogota, D.C,

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Personal life

She moved to Colombia with her family when her father was named Ambassador of Chile to Colombia, and it was then that she met her future husband

, whom she married on 10 August 1931. Alberto and Bertha had four children: Consuelo, Alberto, Ximena, and Marcela. Bertha died on 9 August 2007 at the age of 98.

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1909 births 2007 deaths People from Temuco 20th-century Chilean women Chilean emigrants to Colombia Naturalized citizens of Colombia Colombian people of Chilean descent First ladies of Colombia {{Colombia-politician-stub

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