Eduardo Restrepo Sáenz

Eduardo Restrepo Sáenz
2nd Colombia Ambassador to Peru
In office
4 April 1940 – 17 January 1941
President Eduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded by Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez
Succeeded by Francisco José Chaux Ferrer
Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
8 Juney 1925 – 7 August 1926
President Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez
Preceded by Jorge Vélez
Succeeded by Marco Fidel Suárez
Colombian Minister of Public Instruction
In office
19 September 1921 – 11 November 1921
President Marco Fidel Suárez
Preceded by Miguel Abadía Méndez
Succeeded by Alfredo Vásquez Cobo
Governor of Cundinamarca
In office
1 October 1918 – 30 September 1921
President Marco Fidel Suárez
Preceded by Jorge González García
Succeeded by Eduardo Briceño Díaz
Personal details
Born (1886-08-05)5 August 1886
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Died 17 October 1955(1955-10-17) (aged 69)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Spouse(s) Elvira del Corral Castellanos (1899-her death)
Relations José Manuel Restrepo Veléz (great grandfather)
Children Elvira Restrepo del Corral
Ana Restrepo del Corral
Leonor Restrepo del Corral
Eduardo Restrepo del Corral
María Restrepo del Corral
Alma mater Our Lady of the Rosary University (LLB)
National University of Colombia (LLD)
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Restrepo and the second or maternal family name is Sáenz.

Eduardo Restrepo Sáenz (5 August 1886 - 17 October 1955)[1][2] was a Colombian lawyer and historian, he served as the 2nd Colombian Ambassador to Peru as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Public Instruction, and Governor of the Department of Cundinamarca.[3][4][5] He was also a founding member and president of the Colombian Academy of History.[2]

Ambassadorship in Peru

In 1940, President Eduardo Santos Montejo named Restrepo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Peru replacing Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez. On 4 April 1940,[6] Restrepo officially presented his Letters of Credence to President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, but presented his resignation later that year being replaced by Francisco José Chaux Ferrer on 17 January 1941.[7]

Personal life

He was born on 5 August 1886 in Bogotá, Colombia to José Ruperto Restrepo Montoya and María Teresa Justa Germana Ramona Sáenz Montoya.[1] His paternal grandparents were José Manuel Restrepo Veléz and Mariana Montoya y Zapata, his maternal grandparents were José María Montoya Duque and María Josefa Zapata Ossa.[8] He married Elvira del Corral Castellanos on 18 September 1899[9] and together had five children: Elvira, Ana, Leonor, Eduardo, and María.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 López de Mesa Gómez, Luis (1942). Historia de la cancillería de San Carlos [History of the Chancellery of Saint Charles] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Imprenta del Estado Mayor General. p. 393. OCLC 318306795. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  2. 1 2 Boletín de historia y antigüedades (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombian Academy of History (758-759). ISSN 0006-6303. OCLC 1606508. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). "Marco Fidel Suárez". Ministros del siglo XX, Vol. 1 [Minister of the 20th Century, Vol, 1]. Luis Ángel Arango Library. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  4. ↑ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). "General Pedro Nel Ospina". Ministros del siglo XX, Vol. 1 [Minister of the 20th Century, Vol, 1]. Luis Ángel Arango Library. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Mandatarios Del Departamento de Cundinamarca: D 1470 al 2000" (in Spanish). Office of the Governor of Cundinamarca. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  6. ↑ Memoria de relaciones exteriores [Memoirs of Foreign Affairs] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1940. p. 141. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  7. ↑ Memoria de relaciones exteriores [Memoirs of Foreign Affairs] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1941. p. 139. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  8. ↑ Muñoz Castaño, Alonso (July 2008) [1905]. Aguilar Rodas, Raúl, ed. Repertorio Histórico de la Academia Antioqueña de Historia (in Spanish). Medellín: CI Paniberica Ltda (Año 108 No. 18): 100–101. ISSN 0122-3232. OCLC 645107174. Retrieved 2011-05-16. Missing or empty |title= (help); |chapter= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ Carrizosa Argáez, Enrique (1990) [1983]. Linajes y bibliografías de nuestros gobernantes, 1830-1990 [Lineage and bibliographies of our rulers, 1830-1990]. Colección Quinto centenario del descubrimiento de América (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica. ISBN 978-958-9004-07-4. OCLC 25187713.
  10. ↑ Quién es quién en Colombia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Kelly. 1948. p. 372. OCLC 1644305. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
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