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 | |
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| Colombia Ambassador to Spain | |
| In office 7 April 1986 – 28 January 1991 | |
| President | Belisario Betancur Cuartas |
| Preceded by | Ramiro Andrade Terán |
| Succeeded by | William Jaramillo Gómez |
| 1st Colombia Ambassador to the Soviet Union | |
| In office 19 January 1968 – 1969 | |
| President | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
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| Colombian Minister of Government | |
| In office 1 September 1965 – 7 August 1966 | |
| President | Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz |
| Preceded by | Alberto Mendoza Hoyos |
| Succeeded by | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
| Colombian Minister of National Education | |
| In office 7 August 1962 – 1 September 1965 | |
| President | Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz |
| Preceded by | Jaime Posada Díaz |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Arango Jaramillo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1923 Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia |
| Died | 7 May 1992 (aged 69) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Beatriz Vila Londoño |
| Children | Pedro Alejo Gómez Vila Carlos Alberto Gómez Vila Marcela Gómez Vila |
| Alma mater | National University of Colombia (LLB) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Personal life edit
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 edit
- 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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