Alberto Lleras Camargo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alberto Lleras Camargo

Colombian journalist and politician

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1906

Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1990

Profession: politician, diplomat, journalist

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) was the 20th President of Colombia (1958–1962), and the 1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948–1954).
A journalist and liberal party politician, he also served as Minister of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as Minister of National Education in the administrations of President Alfonso López Pumarejo.
He briefly attended the National University of Colombia in Bogotá to study politics, but dropped out later to pursue journalism.
Lleras Camargo served as congressman of Colombia.
He was also a cousin of later president Carlos Lleras Restrepo.
He died in 1990 after suffering a long illness.