Carolina Vásquez Uribe Explained

Carolina Vásquez Uribe
Office:First Lady of Colombia
President:Pedro Nel Ospina
Term Start:August 7, 1922
Term End:August 7, 1926
Term Label:In role
Predecessor:Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín
Successor:Leonor de Velasco Álvarez
Office1:First Lady of Antioquia
Governor1:Pedro Nel Ospina
Term Start1:September 18, 1918
Term End1:April 12, 1920
Term Label1:In role
Predecessor1:Carlota González
Successor1:Manuela Ospina Villa
Birth Name:Carolina Vásquez Uribe
Birth Date:4 December 1869[1]
Birth Place:Medellín, Antioquia Colombia
Death Place:Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Party:Conservative

Carolina Vásquez Uribe (December 4, 1869 — May 12, 1955) was a Colombian politician, businesswoman, philanthropist and wife of President Pedro Nel Ospina, having served as First Lady of Colombia from 1922 to 1926 and previously as First Lady of Antioquia from 1918 to 1920. Vasquez is considered one of the precursors of the colonization of southwestern Antioquia.[2] [3]

Early life

Vásquez Uribe was born on December 4, 1869, in Medellín, Antioquia as the only child of Eduardo Vásquez and Elena Uribe Uribe.[4] His father was an important Antioquia businessman, son of businessman Pedro Vásquez Calle, nephew of Enriqueta Vásquez Jaramillo, wife of Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, 1st president of the Grenadine Confederation.[5]

Vásquez Uribe inherited several properties from her grandfather, later in 1922 her husband, the Conservative politician Pedro Nel Ospina, would be elected president of Colombia during the 1922 Colombian presidential election, in which he would obtain a wide advantage over the Liberal candidate Benjamín Herrera, thus becoming Ospina. became the 11th president of Colombia, so Carolina would serve as First Lady of Colombia from 1922 to 1926. After the death of her husband, she inherited all his businesses, among which the Marta Magdalena cattle ranch in Montería, Córdoba, as well as other properties, would stand out. Later in 1933, after the death of her father, she inherited shares of the Sociedad Agrícola del Sinú and The same year he would buy all the shares.[6] By 1942 Carolina would become the richest woman in Medellín with a net worth of COP 1,651,240.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolina Vasquez Uribe. October 29, 2023. May 20, 2009. ancestors.familysearch.org.
  2. Book: Mejía Cubillos, Javier . 19 March 2021 . March 2012 . primera . es . Pereira, Colombia . 221 . Red Alma Mater . Diccionario Biográfico y Genealógico de la élite antioqueña y viejocaldense. Segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primera del XX .
  3. 16 June 2021 . Cardoso . Ramírez . 2020 . Juan . Antonio . . Las élites del Paraíso Escondido: Configuraciones y transformaciones del poder y la naturaleza en Córdoba .
  4. Book: 16 June 2021 . Gallo . Álvaro Martínez . November 2010 . Luis . Álvaro . Bogotá . Diccionario Biográfico de Antioqueños .
  5. 29 May 2021 . Bustillo Naranjo . 24 September 2006 . Hugo . . Una raíz presidenciable .
  6. 16 June 2021 . Ramírez . José Ernesto . 133-155 . Historia empresarial . La construcción del poder económico: La familia Ospina, 1850 - 1960 .