Bernardo Henao Mejía was a Colombian physician and politician.
Bernardo Henao Mejía | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Health of Colombia[1] | |
| In office 13 June 1953 – 20 January 1956 | |
| President | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Tarazona |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Velásquez Palau |
| Acting Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 4 February 1955 – 21 March 1955 | |
| Minister | Juan Guillermo Restrepo Jaramillo |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Spouse | Susana Valencia Bejarano |
| Parent(s) | José Tomás Henao Jaramillo, Clementina Mejía Jaramillo |
| Occupation | Physician, politician |
Son of José Tomás Henao Jaramillo, an acclaimed Antioquian doctor, and Clementina Mejía Jaramillo, Henao Mejía was the first director of the Hospital San Juan de Dios, in Armenia.[2]
During the government of the General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, he served as Minister of Public Health of Colombia.[3] During his time in the ministry, he regularized the exercise of optometry[4] and supported the peace process that was being carried out with the Liberal Guerrillas.[5] He also was Acting Minister of Agriculture.
References edit
- ^ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). "Ministros bajo la presidencia del Teniente General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla". Ministros del Siglo XX (in Spanish). Bogotá: National Printing Office of Colombia. OCLC 11225363. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Historia" [History]. Hospital Departamental Universitario del Quindío, San Juan de Dios. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Renunció el Gabinete" [Resigned the Cabinet]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Salazar Ceballos, Uriel (18 March 2017). "Día nacional de la Optometría" [National Optometry Day]. Crónica del Quindío (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Tercera entrega de armas San Martín-Casanare, foto 5, 1953" [Third delivery of weapons San Martín-Casanare, photo 5, 1953] (in Spanish). University of Valle. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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