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.