Pedro Gómez Valderrama

Pedro Gómez Valderrama (13 February 1923 – 7 May 1992) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and career diplomat who served as the 1st Ambassador of Colombia to the Soviet Union and as Ambassador of Colombia to Spain.

Pedro Gómez Valderrama
Colombia Ambassador to Spain
In office
7 April 1986 – 28 January 1991
PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded byRamiro Andrade Terán
Succeeded byWilliam Jaramillo Gómez
1st Colombia Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office
19 January 1968 – 1969
PresidentCarlos Lleras Restrepo
Preceded by
  • Office created
Colombian Minister of Government
In office
1 September 1965 – 7 August 1966
PresidentGuillermo León Valencia Muñoz
Preceded byAlberto Mendoza Hoyos
Succeeded byMisael Pastrana Borrero
Colombian Minister of National Education
In office
7 August 1962 – 1 September 1965
PresidentGuillermo León Valencia Muñoz
Preceded byJaime Posada Díaz
Succeeded byDaniel Arango Jaramillo
Personal details
Born(1923-02-13)13 February 1923
Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Died7 May 1992(1992-05-07) (aged 69)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseBeatriz Vila Londoño
ChildrenPedro Alejo Gómez Vila
Carlos Alberto Gómez Vila
Marcela Gómez Vila
Alma materNational University of Colombia (LLB)
OccupationWriter
ProfessionLawyer

Personal life

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Born on 13 February 1932 in Bucaramanga, Santander, he was the eldest child of Pedro Alejandro Gómez Naranjo and Lucía Valderrama, his younger siblings were: Hernando, José Luis, Carmen Lucía, and Mariá Cecilia. He took after his father, who was a lawyer, politician, writer, and former Governor of Santander. He married Beatriz Vila Londoño with whom he had three children: Pedro Alejandro, Carlos Alberto, and Marcela.

Selected works

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  • Norma para lo efímero [Normes for the Ephemeral] (Poems) (in Spanish). Bucaramanga: Imprenta Departamental. 1943. OCLC 13682017.
  • Valderrama, Pedro Gómez (1993). Muestras del diablo [Devil Signs] (essays) (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISBN 958-9232-26-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Los ojos del burgués: un año en la Unión Soviética [The Eyes of the Bourgeoisie: A Year in the Soviet Union] (non-fiction). Aventura del mundo (in Spanish). Bogotá: Argra. 1971. OCLC 7105629.
  • La otra raya del tigre [The Tiger's Other Stripe] (historical novel). La Creación literaria (in Spanish). Bogotá: Siglo Veintiuno Editores. 1977. ISBN 978-958-04-2603-5. OCLC 3391818.
  • Los infiernos del Jerarca Brown y otros textos [Hierarch Brown's Hells and Other Stories]. Colección Literaria (in Spanish). Bogotá: Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek. 1984. OCLC 13039670.

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