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The first family of Colombia is the family of the president of Colombia, who is both head of state and head of government of Colombia. It is an unofficial title for the family of a republic's head of state. Members of the first family consist of the president, the First Lady of Colombia, and any of their children. However, other close relatives of the president and first spouse, such as parents, grandchildren, stepchildren, and in-laws, may be classified as members of the first family for context purposes. The first family of Colombia live in the presidential residence Casa de Nariño in Bogotá, Colombia.
The current First family of Colombia is that of Gustavo Petro Urrego for the term 2022–2026.
Throughout history, Colombia has had more than 120 heads of state, including presidents, presidential appointees, military leaders, ministers with presidential functions, and politicians who have held the vacant position, throughout more than 200 years of history, since 1810 up to the present. [1] [2]
The South American country is one of the few countries in the world that, without being a monarchy, has been governed by people related to each other, either by maternal, paternal or mixed lines. [3] There are also kinships by affinity thanks to multiple marriages between these families, so that power has come to be concentrated in a handful of families. Some considered beurocratic dynasties, others political clans and more commonly known presidential families or first family. The use of the term "first family" to refer to the family of the President of Colombia only came into widespread use in North America during the Kennedy administration in the United States.
a compilation of those relationships, not just between presidents, but also between first ladies and presidents. The order of appearance of the families responds to a strictly alphabetical order.
Descendants of Spaniards that served as colonial royal officers during the 16th. Later family of Colonial Lawyers that became creole elite and got to the highest bureaucratic ranks during the 17th and 18th century, its members had exceptional bureaucratic careers and the family created an bureaucratic dynasty (1730s–1810s). Dismantled after the Bourbon Reforms. [4]
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External lineː Ricaurte-Nariño
External lineː Ricaurte-Lozano de Peralta
External lineː Olaya-Ricarte
External lineː Olaya-Londoño
The Arangos are pioneers in the conquest and colonization of American territories, being one of the oldest families in present-day Colombia. Its members came from the Asturian nobility, and had Italian ancestors. The family currently has an important presence in Antioquia, especially in Medellín. The most influential political branch settled in Bogotá, coming from Cartagena, with the lawyer from Cartagena from an Antioquian family, Carmelo Arango.
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Carlos Arango Vélez (1879–1974): Lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party, of which he was a promoter of the most radical wing, close to communism; in fact he was co-founder of the radical leftist movement close to communism called Unirismo with Jorge Eliecer Gaitán. Candidate for the presidency in 1942, losing to Alfonso López Pumarejo.
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The Arboledas are originally from the city of Popayán, which had its period of greatest influence between the 17th and 20th centuries. It has its origins in the Arboleya region in Asturias, Spain.
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Unionː Arboleda-Pombo
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Unionː Santos-Calderón
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Unionː Calderón-Pérez
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Unionsː Gomez-Hurtado
The Holguín have their center of power in the city of Cali, department of Valle del Cauca. It has its origins in Spain, and the most distant ancestor of the Holguín in Colombia was Nicolás Martín Holguín, comrade-in-arms of Sebastián de Belarcázar, founder from the city of Popayan.
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The mathematician and former mayor of Medellín, Sergio Fajardo, is a presidential candidate for the Compromiso Ciudadano party for the 2022 elections. He is partner of the diplomat María Ángela Holguín Cuellar, great-granddaughter of Jorge Holguín, and his wife Cecilia Arboleda, a her turn daughter of Julio Arboleda.
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Unionː Holguín-Caro
Unionː Holguín-Mallarino
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Union Lopez-Holguin
The daughter of former President Jorge Holguín and Cecilia Arboleda, Cecilia Holguín, married Eduardo López Pumarejo, brother of former President Alfonso López Pumarejo. Cecilia and Eduardo's son was Álvaro López Holguín, father of Clara López.
Unionː López-Michelsen
The first lady from 1934 to 1938 and 1942–1945, María Michelsen Lombana (1890–1949), was the niece of the presidential candidate for liberalism in 1918, José María Lombana (1854–1928). María was the mother of Alfonso López Michelsen.
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The Mosqueras are originally from the city of Popayán, whose members had enormous relevance in the political and social life of Colombia during the 19th century, with origins in Badajoz, Spain. The family was one of the richest in Colombia at the beginning of its history, since it owned the gold deposits in Cauca, and they were the most important slaveholders in the country along with the Arboledas, a family they married. several of its members. [5]
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Unionː Mosquera-Arboleda
External lineː Concha-Cárdenas
External lineː Olaya-Cárdenas
The Largacha are of Basque origin; his last name in Basque is Largatxa.29 The Colombian branch has the city of Popayán as its center of power, and they had some influence in Colombia in the mid-nineteenth century, through the Colombian Liberal Party, in the hands of the Mosquera family, and then on his own through marriages with other renowned families.
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Unionː Largacha-Gómezː
The Lleras are currently considered one of the most influential and powerful families in Colombia, being part of the group known as 'The Five Families of Colombia.' Its members descend from Catalan individuals, mainly from Barcelona and Girona, who settled in the country in the 18th century.30
The family's center of power is the Colombian capital.
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Unionː Pérez-Lleras
Aristocratic family of Spanish origins, traditional post colonial family of lawyers with important networks. Family of noble ancestry mark of superior status that held the titles of Marquis of San Jorge and honorary title Viscount of Pastrana. Traced back centuries to Spanish rule for having occupied high-ranking colonial positions. Members of the Church hierarchy and colonial state bureaucracy. [6]
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Union: Lozano de Peralta-Vergara-Caycedo
The Ospinas, another of the great families of the Colombian aristocracy, have their origins in the Basque Country. Their most important sphere of influence was until the middle of the 20th century. Its members include important and wealthy Colombian coffee businessmen, a product that gave them wealth in the second half of the 19th century, and from which they benefited in the so-called Coffee Bonanza of the 1920s. [8]
They are frequently accused by the extreme left as the quintessential oligarchs of the Conservative Party, since several of its notable members were active militants, including the party's founder himself, Mariano Ospina I. Their center of power was Medellín and they currently share it with Bogota.
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Unionː Pastrana-Nicholls
The Pastranas, a family with significant influence today in Colombia, come from the Pastrana region, in Guadalajara, Spain. There are stories that link them to the Creole nobility of the 18th century, through the Duchy of Pastrana.34
The family is powerful in Bogotá, but its center of power historically is the current department of Huila, the city of Neiva and the municipality of Gigante. [9]
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The Restrepos, a respectable family among the people of Antioquia, are of Asturian origin.353637 Powerful family clan from the mid-17th century and the following centuries, and for several decades of the 20th century whose center of power are the cities of Medellín, Rionegro and various towns in the department of Antioquia.
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Unionː Lleras-Restrepo
Unionː Camacho-Restrepo
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The Sampers are currently one of the most prestigious and powerful families in Colombia. They controlled the media such as Semana and Alternativa magazines, they founded institutions, schools, companies and think tanks, and they have shares in soccer teams such as Independiente Santafe, and they are renowned members of the Colombian Liberal Party.39 Among their members, journalists stand out, businessmen, liberal politicians, artists, etc.
The family comes from imperial France in the 11th century, whose members settled in Navarre and Aragon, from where they later embarked for America.
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Los Santos are originally from the department of Santander, but based in Bogotá, which has significantly influenced the country's politics and journalism since the early 20th century. Among its members stands out the heroine of the independence of Colombia, Antonia Santos Plata.
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Uniónː Ricaurte-Camachoː Juan Manuel Santos's maternal great-great-grandmother, Francisca Ricaurte Camacho, from whom the Calderón Nietos descend, was the great-niece of José Joaquín Camacho (1766–1816), president of Colombia between 1814 and 1815.42
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The Urdanetas are originally from Guipúzcoa, Spain.
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Unionː Holguin-Urdaneta
The daughter of Carlos Holguín and Margarita Caro, Clemencia Holguín Caro, married Roberto Urdaneta Arbelaéz.
The Valencias have their business center and political and family activity in the city of Popayán in Cauca. The origins go back to the Italian nobility, passing through the Castilian kings Alfonso X el Sabio, his son, the infante Juan de Castilla, and his great-great-grandson Alfonso de Valencia, from whom the Colombian branch and surname come.43
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Descendants of Navarrese nobility and important manors of the Basque Country, more specifically from the town of Bergara in the province of Guipúzcoa, Spain. One of the oldest family of Colombia, first family clans and bureaucratic dynasties of the late Spanish colonial era (1740s–1810s), [11] gained influence and political power in the New Kingdom of Granada, viceroyalty of New Granada, later the United Provinces of New Granada after the independence from Spain, Gran Colombia, Republic of New Granada and culminated during the Granadine Confederation with its last ruler Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara.
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Union: Vergara-Arboleda
Union: Vergara-Caicedo
Union Vergara-Mosquera
Union: Vergara-Lozano de Peralta
Union: Vergara-Sanz de Santamaría
Nicolás Sanz de Santamaría was great-grandfather of Domingo Caycedo, he is descendant of the colonial treasurer Antonio de Vergara Azcárate.
Union Vergara-Samper
The great-granduncle of Ernesto Samper, José María Samper Brush married Ana Saturia Vergara y Balcazar daughter of writer José María Vergara y Vergara who was cousin of Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara. Descendants of the brother of president Felipe de Vergara and uncle of the also president Estanislao Vergara.
Tomás Cipriano Ignacio Maria de Mosquera y Figueroa Arboleda Salazar, Prieto de Tovar, Vergara, Silva, Hurtado de Mendoza, Urrutia y Guzmán was a Colombian general, political figure. He was president of Colombia four times. The first time was as president of Republic of New Granada from 1845 to 1849. During the Colombian Civil War of 1860–1862 he led liberal forces in a civil war against conservative factions. After the liberals won, a new, federalist constitution was implemented, which established a two-year presidency, and the nation renamed the United States of Colombia. Mosquera served twice as president of the new government. From 1861 to 1862 he served in a non-elected, interim manner, while the constitution was written. From 1862 to 1864 he served in an elected manner. He had a fourth term from 1866 to 1867. Due to the liberal reforms carried out under his leadership, he is considered one of the most important persons in Colombian history of the 19th century.
The Colombian Conservative Party is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was formally established in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro.
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was a Colombian army general, civil engineer and politician who ruled as 19th President of Colombia in a military dictatorship from June 1953 to May 1957.
Colombian Conservatism is a system of conservative political beliefs in Colombia that is characterized by protectionism, support of Catholic values, social stability and anti-totalitarianism. Its history began with the creation of two conservative political parties in Colombia. One characteristic of the Colombian Conservatism, in contrast to many other geographic subsets of conservatism, is its strong emphasis on protectionism, which is considered by many Colombian conservatives to be necessary to create a fair market.
Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen was the 8th Vice President of New Granada, and as such served as Acting President from 1855 to 1857.
Colombian literature, as an expression of the culture of Colombia, is heterogeneous due to the coexistence of Spanish, African and Native American heritages in an extremely diverse geography. Five distinct historical and cultural traditions can be identified, with their own socioeconomic history: the Caribbean coast, Greater Antioquia, the Cundinamarca-Boyacá Highlands, Greater Tolima and the Western Valley. Colombia produced one of the richest literatures of Latin America, as much for its abundance as for its variety and innovation during the 19th and 20th centuries. Colombian intellectuals who forged the literature of this period also contributed decisively to the consolidation of Latin American literature.
Germán Vargas Lleras is a Colombian politician who recently served as Vice President of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A member of the Radical Change political party, he served four consecutive terms in the Senate, having been elected in 1994. German Vargas also served in the Cabinet as the Minister of Interior and then as the Minister of Housing, City and Territory. He was elected Vice President of Colombia in 2014, running alongside Juan Manuel Santos who was seeking re-election for a second term as president. On 15 March 2017, Vargas Lleras resigned as vice president in order to be eligible to run for president in the 2018 presidential elections. He finished in fourth place.
Juan José Nieto Gil was a Colombian politician, Army general and writer. A Liberal party caudillo of Cartagena, he served interimly as Governor of the Province of Cartagena, and was later elected President of the Sovereign State of Bolívar from 1859 to 1864. In 1861, during the Colombian Civil War, he fought on the side of the Liberal rebels against the Administration of President Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, and acting in rebellion proclaimed himself President of the Granadine Confederation in his right as the Presidential Designate, relinquishing power four months later to the Liberal leader, General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera y Arboleda, who led a successful coup d'état against the Conservative Government in Bogotá.
Federico Alonso Renjifo Vélez is the 25th Ambassador of Colombia to France dually accredited as Non-Resident Ambassador of Colombia to Algeria and Monaco. A Colombian lawyer and economist, he also served as the 30th Minister of Mines and Energy, and 10th Minister of the Interior.
First Lady of Colombia is the title held by the hostess of the Casa de Nariño, generally the wife of the president of Colombia, coinciding with the president's mandate. Although the role of the first lady has never been codified or officially defined, according to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, the first lady holds the title of private citizen before the public administration, but this gives the first lady an additional special role, since that, Being the wife of the president, the first lady symbolically embodies, together with the president, under the idea of national unity in accordance with article 188 of the Constitution of Colombia. Since 1978, the first lady has been honorary president of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, an institution founded by the 22nd president Carlos Lleras Restrepo.
María Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín, was a Colombian socialite, wife of the 10th President of Colombia, Jorge Holguín. Arboleda de Holguín served as First Lady of Colombia from 1921 to 1922.
Luis de Ayala y Vergara was a criollo lawyer, politician from the capital of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada. During the South American independence he exercised the executive power as State Councilor of the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca in 1812, due to the absence of President Antonio Nariño. Ayala y Vergara is considered one of the first heads of state of the young Colombia.
Felipe de Vergara Azcárate y Caycedo was a Colombian lawyer, professor, rector, Senator and Congressional Representative who held the presidency of Colombia from November 26, 1812, to December 14, 1812, also Lieutenant Governor of Cartagena de Indias and Prosecutor of the same, Royal Accountant of the treasury of Panamá, served as Secretary of State, War and Foreign Relations. He was principal member of the Government Junta appointed by General Antonio Nariño to govern Cundinamarca in his absence. Felipe was considered one of the best patriots who have distinguished themselves in all their vows and personal services.
José Gregorio Ignacio Gutiérrez Vergara Azcárate was a Colombian politician and journalist, who served as Designated President of Colombia in 1861, during the War of Sovereignties. He was also Secretary (Minister) of Finance and President (Governor) of the Sovereign State of Cundinamarca.
José Maria Vergara y Lozano de Peralta (1792–1857) was a Colombian major general and hero of Independence of New Granada and Gran Colombia, Deputy for Casanare in the Congress of Angostura and diplomat of Colombia in London representing the South American country in the Congress of Troppau.
Carlos Arango Vélez, was a Colombian Jurist and Liberal Party Politician.
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