Indalecio Liévano Aguirre (24 July 1917 – 29 March 1982) was a Colombian politician and diplomat, who as the 17th

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served as the 33rd

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in 1978. He also served as

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and

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Biography

Liévano Aguirre was born on 24 July 1917 in

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, Colombia to Nicolás Liévano Danies and Emilia Aguirre. In 1939, Liévano Aguirre studied Philosophy and Letters at the

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and went on to receive a degree in law at the

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, graduating in 1944. While at La Javeriana, Liévano Aguirre led a student committee that would go on to organise a major strike in May 1938.

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Biography

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