| Evaristo Sourdis Juliao | |
| Order: | 23rd |
| Office: | Office of the Comptroller General of ColombiaComptroller General of Colombia |
| Term Start: | August 1967 |
| Term End: | February 1969 |
| President: | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Successor: | Víctor Guillermo Ricardo Piñeros |
| Predecessor: | Reginaldo Mendoza Pantoja |
| Order2: | 6th |
| Office2: | Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations |
| Term Start2: | 5 March 1953 |
| Term End2: | 13 June 1953 |
| President2: | Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez |
| Predecessor2: | Carlos Echeverri Cortés |
| Successor2: | Francisco José Urrutia Holguín |
| Office3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia |
| Term Start3: | 13 June 1953 |
| Term End3: | 19 September 1956 |
| President3: | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
| Predecessor3: | Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz |
| Successor3: | José Manuel Rivas Sacconi |
| Term Start4: | 2 February 1950 |
| Term End4: | 7 August 1950 |
| President4: | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Predecessor4: | Elíseo Arango Ramos |
| Successor4: | Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Sabanalarga, Atlántico, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian people |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Spouse: | Adelaida Nájera del Castillo |
| Children: | Adelaida Sourdis Nájera María Teresa Sourdis Nájera Evaristo Sourdis Nájera |
| Alma Mater: | Free University of Colombia Externado University |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Evaristo Sourdis Juliao (27 March 1905 - 22 September 1970) was a lawyer and diplomat who served as 23rd Comptroller General of Colombia, from 1967 - 69, the sixth Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in 1953, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia first in 1950 and again from 1953 - 56.[1]
As a politician, he rose from local politics starting as Deputy to the Departmental Assembly of Atlántico, Councilman of Barranquilla, and Secretary of Government of Atlántico, and moving to the national stage first as Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for Atlántico, and then as Senator of Colombia.
His popularity, career and good bipartisan relations allowed him to run as candidate during Colombian presidential election of 1970 during the last period of the National Front that went to the Conservative party, but at the end lost to Misael Pastrana Borrero. After the election, Sourdis was named Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, but died before he could take up his post.
Evaristo was born on 27 March 1905 in Sabanalarga, Atlántico to Arístides Sourdis and Raquel Henriquez Juliao Tatis, both of Sephardic Jewish descent. He studied Law in the Free University of Colombia and the Externado University between 1924 and 1929.
He married Adelaida Nájera del Castillo, and together they had three children, Adelaida, María Teresa and Evaristo.[2] [3]