Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín explained

Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín
Office:First Lady of Colombia
President:Jorge Holguín
Term Label:In role
Term Start:11 November 1921
Term End:7 August 1922
Predecessor:María Antonia Suárez
Successor:Carolina Vásquez Uribe
Birth Name:María Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera
Birth Date:21 January 1859
Birth Place:París, France
Death Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Party:Conservative Party

María Cecilia Arboleda de Holguín (née: Arboleda Mosquera; 21 January 1859 - 3 February 1924), was a Colombian socialite, wife of the 10th President of Colombia, Jorge Holguín. Arboleda de Holguín served as First Lady of Colombia from 1921 to 1922.[1]

Biography

María Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera was born in Paris, France on January 21, 1859 to Julio Arboleda Pombo and Sofía Mosquera Hurtado. Her birth coincided with a brief stay with his family in Paris.

On 9 August 1877, she married the conservative politician from Cauca Jorge Holguín, who would later become the 10th President of Colombia.

First Lady of Colombia

On 11 November 1921, the resignation of the 9th President of Colombia, Marco Fidel Suárez, was officially presented, which made Jorge Holguín the 10th president of Colombia, being the next in line and one of the men of maximum confidence of Marco Fidel Suárez, making Cecilia the new first lady of Colombia, a position she held until 7 August 1922.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografia de Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera.