| Darío Echandía | |
| Order: | 2nd |
| Ambassador From: | Colombia |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Term Start: | December 10, 1945 |
| Term End: | August 20, 1946 |
| Predecessor: | Jaime Jaramillo Arango |
| Successor: | Domingo Esguerra Plata |
| President: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Office1: | Acting President of Colombia |
| Term Start1: | October 16, 1943 |
| Term End1: | May 16, 1944 |
| Predecessor1: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Successor1: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start2: | March 27, 1967 |
| Term End2: | April 19, 1968 |
| Predecessor2: | Hernán Salamanca Medina |
| Successor2: | Fernando Hinestrosa Forero |
| President2: | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Office3: | Governor of Tolima |
| Term Start3: | 1958 |
| Term End3: | 1959 |
| Predecessor3: | Manuel Antonio Coronado González |
| Successor3: | Rafael Parga Cortés |
| Office4: | Minister of Government |
| Term Start4: | April 10, 1948 |
| Term End4: | May 21, 1949 |
| Predecessor4: | Eduardo Zuleta Ángel |
| Successor4: | Regulo Gaitan Patiño |
| President4: | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Term Start5: | August 7, 1942 |
| Term End5: | October 8, 1943 |
| Predecessor5: | Luis Tamayo |
| Successor5: | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| President5: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Term Start6: | August 13, 1934 |
| Term End6: | October 7, 1935 |
| Predecessor6: | Luis Cano |
| Successor6: | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| President6: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Ambassador From7: | Colombia |
| Country7: | Holy See |
| Term Start7: | 1968 |
| Term End7: | 1973 |
| Predecessor7: | José Antonio Montalvo Berbeo |
| Successor7: | Antonio Rocha Alvira |
| President7: | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Ambassador From8: | Colombia |
| Country8: | Holy See |
| Term Start8: | 1937 |
| Term End8: | 1942 |
| Predecessor8: | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| President8: | Alfonso López Pumarejo (1937-1938) Eduardo Santos (1938-1942) |
| Office9: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start9: | June 30, 1944 |
| Term End9: | February 12, 1945 |
| Predecessor9: | Carlos Lozano y Lozano |
| Successor9: | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| President9: | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Chaparral, Tolima, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Spouse: | Emilia Arciniegas Castilla (1936-1973) |
| Alma Mater: | Our Lady of the Rosary University |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Darío Echandía Olaya (October 13, 1897 - May 7, 1989)[1] [2] was a lawyer and a Colombian political figure, a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He was born on October 13, 1897, in Chaparral, Tolima, son of Vincente Enchandia and Carlota Olaya de E. The elder of seven brothers, he was educated at Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario and Colegio de Araujo (Bogota) receiving degrees of Attorney and Doctor in Law, 1917. He married Emilia Arciniegas, August 2, 1936. He died on May 7, 1989, in Ibagué, Tolima.
During his lifetime, Darío Echandía served as deputy for Tolima, senator for Tolima, president of the senate, magistrate in the Supreme Court of Justice, and in the ministries of Government, Education, Justice and Foreign Relations. He was also the Colombian ambassador to London and to the Holy See.
Darío Echandía was designated as acting president of Colombia on four occasions: From 1943 to 1944 due to the temporary absence of Alfonso López Pumarejo, in 1944 due to a kidnapping attempt against Pumarejo, briefly in 1960, and briefly in 1967.
The Darío Echandía Library (Biblioteca Darío Echandía) in Ibagué was inaugurated in 1984 in his honor.