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Julio César Turbay Quintero (born in 1949) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Liberal party politician, he served as the 33rd
Comptroller General of Colombia The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Contraloría General de la República de Colombia) is a Colombian independent government institution that acts as the highest form of fiscal control in the country. As such, i ...
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and Chamber Representative, as well as Deputy to the Cundinamarca Departmental Assembly, and Councilmember to various Municipal Councils in Cundinamarca including the Bogotá City Council. On September 17, 2009, the magazine Cambio revealed how the comptroller spent millions of pesos from the public budget on trips that he advertised as technicals, but which were more of a private nature. Likewise, a notable increase was discovered in the contracting of services, telephone expenses, vehicles and parties in the Comptroller's Office during his period. This case is currently being investigated by the General Auditor of the Republic. On the other hand, his successor in the Comptroller's Office, Sandra Morelli Rico, ordered the reopening of the processes that his predecessor had controversially closed: the Agro Ingreso Seguro corruption case and the investigation of Grupo Nule for the delays in the construction of Calle 26 in Bogotá. By January 2011, the Prosecutor's Office, the Attorney General's Office and the Comptroller's Office had 10 investigations against him. The Comptroller's Office carried out disciplinary investigations but, due to having jurisdiction, it is up to the Prosecutor's Office to investigate him for embezzlement due to appropriation and irregularities in hiring as a result of an alleged parallel payroll that would reach 18 billion pesos and that Morelli denounced. For its part, the Attorney General's Office is conducting four other disciplinary investigations, still in the preliminary stage, for excessive spending during her tenure. The Comptroller's Office also asked the Prosecutor's Office to investigate him for his alleged responsibility in the embezzlement of health. For now, Turbay has already given questioning to the Prosecutor's Office.


Personal life

Julio César is the son of former President of Colombia Julio César Turbay Ayala and his first wife and former First Lady of Colombia
Nydia Quintero Turbay Nydia Quintero Turbay (born 28 August 1932) is the ex-wife of the List of Presidents of Colombia, 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married. She is ...
. He is of Lebanese and Basque descent through both his parents. The eldest out of four children, his other siblings are Diana Consuelo, a journalist who was killed during a rescue operation following her kidnapping, Claudia, current Ambassador of Colombia to
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, and María Victoria, a lawyer and Vice President of ''Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia'' a
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in Bogotá. He is married with Marianela Manrique.


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1949 births Living people Politicians from Bogotá Julio Cesar Children of presidents of Colombia Colombian people of Lebanese descent Pontifical Xavierian University alumni New York University alumni University of Miami alumni 20th-century Colombian lawyers Colombian Liberal Party politicians Comptrollers General of Colombia Members of the Senate of Colombia Academic staff of the Free University of Colombia Academic staff of Del Rosario University {{Colombia-politician-stub