Gustavo Balcázar Monzón (born 10 August 1927) is a Colombian lawyer and retired politician. A member of the Colombian Liberal Party

Colombian Liberal Party

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, he served as Member of both the Senate

Senate of Colombia

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 and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

Chamber of Representatives of Colombia

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, presiding over both chambers of Congress

Congress of Colombia

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. He also served in the administrations of President Guillermo León Valencia

Guillermo León Valencia

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 as the 48th Governor of Valle del Cauca, and as the 16th Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Colombia)Minister of Agriculture, and in the administration of President Julio César Turbay Ayala

Julio César Turbay Ayala

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 as the 18th Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom

Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom

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, and Non-Resident Ambassador to Algeria.

Personal life

He was born on 10 August 1927 in Santiago de Cali, to Ricardo Balcázar and Leonor Monzón and married Bolivia Ramos, with whom he had two daughters, María Isabel and Iliana. Already divorced, he remarried to Nydia Quintero Turbay

Nydia Quintero Turbay

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, former First Lady of Colombia, in a civil ceremony

Civil marriage

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in 1984.