| Alfonso Araújo Gaviria | |
| Order: | 8th |
| Office: | Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations |
| Term Start: | 4 September 1957 |
| Term End: | 4 February 1961 |
| President: | Gabriel París Gordillo |
| Predecessor: | Francisco José Urrutia Holguín |
| Successor: | Germán Zea Hernández |
| Order2: | 3rd |
| Ambassador From2: | Colombia |
| Country2: | Brazil |
| Term Start2: | 1944 |
| Term End2: | 1946 |
| President2: | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| Predecessor2: | Carlos Lozano y Lozano |
| Order3: | 21st |
| Office3: | Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia |
| Term Start3: | 7 August 1942 |
| Term End3: | 23 August 1943 |
| President3: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Predecessor3: | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Successor3: | Arcesio Londoño Palacio |
| Office4: | Minister of Government of Colombia |
| Term Start4: | 1 February 1940 |
| Term End4: | 17 May 1940 |
| President4: | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
| Predecessor4: | Carlos Lozano y Lozano |
| Successor4: | Jorge Gartner de la Cuesta |
| Order5: | 15th |
| Office5: | Ministry of National Education (Colombia)Minister of National Education of Colombia |
| Term Start5: | 7 August 1938 |
| Term End5: | 1 February 1940 |
| President5: | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
| Predecessor5: | José Joaquín Castro Martínez |
| Successor5: | Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala |
| Office6: | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Venezuela |
| Term Start6: | 1937 |
| Term End6: | 1938 |
| President6: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Order7: | 38th |
| Office7: | Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial DevelopmentMinister of Public Works of Colombia |
| Term Start7: | 28 July 1931 |
| Term End7: | 7 August 1934 |
| President7: | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| Predecessor7: | Germán Uribe Hoyos |
| Successor7: | César García Alvarez |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, United States |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Spouse: | Emma Ortiz Márquez |
| Alma Mater: | Externado University (JD, 1923) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Alfonso Araújo Gaviria (28 July 1902 — 4 February 1961) was a Colombian lawyer, diplomat, and Liberal party politician, who served as the 8th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the 3rd Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil, the 21st Minister of Finance and Public Credit, the 15th Minister of National Education, and the 38th Minister of Public Works of Colombia, as well as Minister of Government, and Envoy of Colombia to Venezuela.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Alfonso was born on 28 July 1902 in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia to Simón Araújo Vélez and Ifigénia Gaviria Cobaleda. He graduated Juris Doctor from the Externado University in 1923.[5] He married Emma Ortiz Márquez and had four children: Emma, Helena, María Mercedes, and Roberto.[6]