| Eduardo Restrepo Sáenz | |
| Office: | 2nd Ambassador of Colombia to Peru |
| Term Start: | 4 April 1940 |
| Term End: | 17 January 1941 |
| Predecessor: | Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez |
| Successor: | Francisco José Chaux Ferrer |
| President: | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
| Office2: | Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 8 Juney 1925 |
| Term End2: | 7 August 1926 |
| Predecessor2: | Jorge Vélez |
| Successor2: | Marco Fidel Suárez |
| President2: | Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez |
| Office3: | Colombian Minister of Public Instruction |
| Term Start3: | 19 September 1921 |
| Term End3: | 11 November 1921 |
| President3: | Marco Fidel Suárez |
| Predecessor3: | Miguel Abadía Méndez |
| Successor3: | Alfredo Vásquez Cobo |
| Office4: | Governor of Cundinamarca |
| Term Start4: | 1 October 1918 |
| Term End4: | 30 September 1921 |
| Predecessor4: | Jorge González García |
| Successor4: | Eduardo Briceño Díaz |
| President4: | Marco Fidel Suárez |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Spouse: | Elvira del Corral Castellanos (1899-her death) |
| Relations: | José Manuel Restrepo Veléz (great grandfather) |
| Children: | Elvira Restrepo del Corral Ana Restrepo del Corral Leonor Restrepo del Corral Eduardo Restrepo del Corral María Restrepo del Corral |
| Alma Mater: | Our Lady of the Rosary University (LLB) National University of Colombia (LLD) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Eduardo Restrepo Sáenz (5 August 1886 – 17 October 1955) was a Colombian lawyer and historian, he served as the 2nd Colombian Ambassador to Peru as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Public Instruction, and Governor of the Department of Cundinamarca.[1] [2] [3] He was also a founding member and president of the Colombian Academy of History.[4]
In 1940, President Eduardo Santos Montejo named Restrepo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Peru replacing Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez. On 4 April 1940,[5] Restrepo officially presented his Letters of Credence to President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, but presented his resignation later that year being replaced by Francisco José Chaux Ferrer on 17 January 1941.[6]
He was born on 5 August 1886 in Bogotá, Colombia to José Ruperto Restrepo Montoya and María Teresa Justa Germana Ramona Sáenz Montoya.[7] His paternal grandparents were José Manuel Restrepo Veléz and Mariana Montoya y Zapata, his maternal grandparents were José María Montoya Duque and María Josefa Zapata Ossa.[8] He married Elvira del Corral Castellanos on 18 September 1899[9] and together had five children: Elvira, Ana, Leonor, Eduardo, and María.[10]