Pedro Gómez Valderrama
| Pedro Gómez Valderrama | |
|---|---|
| Colombia Ambassador to Spain | |
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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 Soviet Union | |
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In office 19 January 1968 – 1969 | |
| President | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Preceded by |
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| Colombian Minister of Government | |
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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 | |
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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 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | 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 |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is 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.
Personal life
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
- Norma para lo efímero [Normes for the Ephemeral] (Poems) (in Spanish). Bucaramanga: Imprenta Departamental. 1943. OCLC 13682017.
- Muestras del diablo [Devil Signs] (essays) (in Spanish). Bogotá. ISBN 958-9232-26-4.
- 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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