Presidente carlos lleras restrepo biografia

Colombian politician and lawyer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lleras and the second or maternal family name is Restrepo.

Carlos Alberto Lleras Restrepo (12 April 1908 – 27 September 1994) was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served the 22nd President of Colombia from 1966 to 1970.

Biographic data

Lleras was born in Bogotá, on 12 April 1908.^[2] He was the third son of the doctor physician and researcher, Federico Lleras and Amalia Restrepo. He died in Bogotá, on 27 September 1994.

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Early life

Lleras studied in La Salle Institute in Bogotá and later studied jurisprudence at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He obtained his law degree in 1930.^[3] He was also a member of Phi Iota Alpha, the oldest inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization for international Latin American students.

Private life

Lleras was a cousin of Alberto Lleras Camargo, another important Colo