José Name Terán | |
Term Start: | 20 July 2003 |
Term End: | 20 July 2006 |
Term Start2: | 20 July 1978 |
Term End2: | 16 October 2002 |
Office3: | President of the Senate |
Term Start3: | 20 July 1984 |
Term End3: | 20 July 1985 |
Predecessor3: | Carlos Holguín Sardi |
Successor3: | Álvaro Villegas Moreno |
Office4: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 20 July 1974 |
Term End4: | 20 July 1978 |
Constituency4: | Atlántico |
Term Start5: | 20 July 1964 |
Term End5: | 20 July 1968 |
Constituency5: | Atlántico |
Birth Name: | José Antonio Name Terán |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1936 |
Birth Place: | Sincelejo, Bolívar, Colombia |
Death Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Social Party of National Unity (2006-present) |
Otherparty: | Liberal (1964-2006) |
Spouse: | Yolanda Cardozo |
Children: | José David Name Cardozo Margarita Name Cardozo |
Relations: | Iván Name Vásquez (nephew) |
Alma Mater: | University of Atlántico (LLB) |
Profession: | Lawyer |
José Antonio Name Terán (5 February 1936 – 5 September 2011) was a lawyer and former Senator of Colombia. Considered a Liberal caudillo, he was one of the longest serving senators in Congress and one of the most influential politicians of the Caribbean Region of Colombia. He also served in Colombia as Minister of Labour, Member of the Chamber of Representatives, and a Deputy to the Atlántico Departmental Assembly.[1]
In 2007, Name ran for Governor of Atlántico as a Party of the U candidate, obtaining 213,270 votes (28.76% of the total) during the Colombian regional elections, but lost against Eduardo Verano De la Rosa.[2]
He died in Bogotá, D.C., on 5 September 2011, aged 75,[3] from a prolonged respiratory tract infection.