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| Affiliation | Colombian Liberal |
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| Name | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
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January 31, 1886
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| Died | November 20, 1959
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
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| Info | López Pumarejo, Alfonso (b. Jan. 31, 1886, Honda, Tolima department, Colombia - d. Nov. 20, 1959, London), president of Colombia (1934-38, 1942-45). He first entered politics in 1915 when he was elected to the Chamber of Representatives as a Liberal. In 1930 he helped to elect as president Enrique Olaya Herrera, bringing the Liberal Party to power for the first time in 45 years. López was then named minister to Britain. In 1934 he was elected president himself, being opposed only by a Communist candidate, Estiquio Timote. A friendship he had formed in Britain with Óscar R. Benavides, who became president of Peru in 1933, averted a threatened war between the two countries over the ownership of Leticia on the upper Amazon and led to the signing of a protocol of peace and friendship. He formally tendered his resignation in 1937 because he was dissatisfied with the action of parties in Congress, but it was refused. The constitution prohibited a president from serving two consecutive terms, but after an interval of four years he was elected a second time in 1942, defeating Carlos Arango Vélez. He was on leave of absence from November 1943 to May 1944, to take his wife to the United States for medical treatment, and thereafter again attempted to resign, but rescinding the resignation after the Senate rejected it. In an abortive coup by an army faction in July 1944, he was kidnapped and held for a short time. He finally resigned in July 1945. López has been hailed as a great reformer and one of Colombia's best presidents in the 20th century. He headed the Colombian delegation to United Nations assemblies in 1945, 1948, and 1958, and served as ambassador to Britain since June 1959.
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