Ancízar López López Explained

Ancízar López López
Office:Senator of Colombia
Term Start:1970
Term End:1991
Office2:President of the Senate of Colombia
Term Start2:July 20, 1987
Term End2:July 20, 1989
Predecessor2:Humberto Peláez
Successor2:Luis Guillermo Giraldo
Order3:1st
Office3:Governor of Quindío
Term Start3:June 1, 1966
Term End3:March 14, 1969
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:Jorge Arango Mejía
Office4:Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Term Start4:1960
Term End4:1966
Constituency4:Caldas
Birth Date:25 May 1926
Birth Place:Montenegro, Quindío, Colombia
Death Date:Unknown
Death Place:Colombian Jungle
Nationality:Colombian
Party:Liberal
Spouse:Cornelia Botero Mejia
Children:Claudia Constanza, Maria Fernanda, Maria Teresa, Manuel, and Cesar Augusto López Botero

Ancízar López López was a Colombian politician, born in Quindio. He was a representative, and as senator he developed the project for the creation of the Quindio Department, becoming its first governor when created.

According to police reports, on April 11, 2002, he was kidnapped by the National Liberation Army (ELN). For several months there was no news about his condition, but it was learned that he eventually died in an unknown location, probably due to complications of an unattended kidney failure. His body was finally turned over to the Red Cross.[1]

The national government declared two days of grief. An avenue and a cenotaph were built in the city of Armenia in his honor.

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  1. http://www.fac.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=4793&PHPSESSID=67bc89b67fbff609069aee1db Colombian Air Force: The Eln gave the body of the ex politician from Quindio, Ancizar Lopez Lopez