María Michelsen de López explained

María Michelsen de López
Office:First Lady of Colombia
President:Alfonso López Pumarejo
Term Start:August 7, 1942
Term End:August 7, 1946
Term Label:In role
Predecessor:Lorenza Villegas de Santos
Successor:Bertha Hernández
President2:Alfonso López Pumarejo
Term Start2:August 7, 1934
Term End2:August 7, 1938
Term Label2:In role
Successor2:Lorenza Villegas de Santos
Birth Name:María Michelsen Lombana
Birth Date:17 February 1890
Birth Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Death Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Restingplace:Central Cemetery of Bogotá
Party:Liberal
Parents:Carlos Michelsen Uribe (father)
Antonia Lombana Buendía (mother)

María Michelsen de López (née Michelsen Lombana; February 17, 1890 - January 22, 1949) was a Colombian philanthropist, scientist, and the first lady of Colombia from 1934 to 1938, and again from 1942 to 1946 as the wife of President Alfonso López Pumarejo.[1]

Early life

Maria Michelsen Lombana was born into a prestigious family of merchants and bankers. She was the daughter of scientist Carlos María Michelsen Uribe and his wife, Antonia Lombana Buendía y Barreneche.[2] [3]

Her father was the son of a Danish Jewish immigrant, Karl Michelsen Koppel,[4] who, in turn, was related to the German industrialists Kopp Koppel, founders of the Bavaria brewery. Michelsen was the first Danish consul in Colombia following his commercial success in his native country.

First Lady of Colombia (1934-1938 & 1942-1945)

María Michelsen de López'shusband, Alfonso López Pumarejo, was elected president of Colombia in 1934, to succeed fellow liberal Enrique Olaya Herrera. María was the first woman to carry the title of first lady of the nation in Colombia,[5] despite the fact that the figure already existed (tacitly) since the time of the republic with Simón Bolívar. From that moment on, the wife of the president of the day began to gain greater social importance.

María Michelsen de López co-founded, with Clemencia Holguín de Urdaneta, Tulia Umaña de Vargas, Jorge Bejarano, Emilio de Brigard Ortiz, Manuel Casabianca, José Antonio León Rey, Jorge Obando, and Manuel Antonio Suárez Hoyos, helter for Abandoned Children, which was inaugurated on November 22, 1934.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. 1076213970757869568. colombia_hist. María Michelsen Lombana, casada con Alfonso López Pumarejo, con ella se usó por primera vez la frase #PrimeraDama.. December 21, 2018. live. https://twitter.com/colombia_hist/status/1076213970757869568.
  2. Web site: 2021-05-24. es. María Michelsen Lombana. www.fucsia.co.
  3. Web site: 2021-05-24. 2020-12-07. es. Mariana Martínez: "Es un deber moral el aportar a la construcción de país". ELESPECTADOR.COM.
  4. Web site: 2021-05-24. es. Maria Michelsen Lombana Historia. pcweb.info.
  5. Web site: 2021-05-24. 1 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210501114213/https://www.banrepcultural.org/. dead. Subgerencia Cultural del Banco de la. es. República. Primeras Damas del siglo XX. www.banrepcultural.org.
  6. Web site: 2021-05-24. Amparo de niños - Granja Loyola. www.amparodeninos.org.co.