Julio César Turbay Quintero (born in 1949) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Liberal party

Colombian Liberal Party

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 politician, he served as the 33rd Comptroller General of Colombia

Comptroller General of Colombia

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, Senator and Chamber Representative

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, as well as Deputy to the Cundinamarca

Cundinamarca Department

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 Departamental Assembly, and Councilmember to various Municipal Councils in Cundinamarca including the Bogotá City Council.

Personal life

Julio César is the son of former President of Colombia

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 Julio César Turbay Ayala

Julio César Turbay Ayala

Julio César Turbay Ayala was a Colombian politician, member of the Colombian Liberal Party, elected president of the Senate of Colombia and and, was president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982.- Biographic data :...

 and his first wife and former First Lady of Colombia Nydia Quintero Turbay

Nydia Quintero Turbay

Nydia Quintero Turbay is a Colombian community organizer and philanthropist, President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and...

. He is of Lebanese

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 and Basque descent

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 through both his parents. The eldest out of four children, his other siblings are Diana Consuelo, a journalist who was killed during a rescue operation following her kidnapping, Claudia

Claudia Turbay Quintero

Claudia Turbay Quintero is a Colombian journalist and diplomat. She currently serves as Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland, with dual accreditation as Non-Resident Ambassador to Lichtenstein...

, current Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland

Switzerland

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, and María Victoria, a lawyer and Vice President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia a nonprofit organization

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 in Bogotá. He married Marta Josefina Noguera Vidales with whom he had three children, Marta Ximena, Julio César, and Alejandro Ángel, but later divorced. He later remarried Amparo Rodríguez Canal, his stepsister, with whom he has one son, Matías.