Pedro Gómez Valderrama | |
Ambassador From: | Colombia |
Country: | Spain |
Term Start: | 7 April 1986 |
Term End: | 28 January 1991 |
Predecessor: | Ramiro Andrade Terán |
Successor: | William Jaramillo Gómez |
President: | Belisario Betancur Cuartas |
Order2: | 1st |
Ambassador From2: | Colombia |
Country2: | Soviet Union |
Term Start2: | 19 January 1968 |
Term End2: | 1969 |
Predecessor2: |
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President2: | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
Office3: | Colombian Minister of Government |
Term Start3: | 1 September 1965 |
Term End3: | 7 August 1966 |
Predecessor3: | Alberto Mendoza Hoyos |
Successor3: | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
President3: | Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz |
Office4: | Colombian Minister of National Education |
Term Start4: | 7 August 1962 |
Term End4: | 1 September 1965 |
Predecessor4: | Jaime Posada Díaz |
Successor4: | Daniel Arango Jaramillo |
President4: | Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1923 |
Birth Place: | Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia |
Death Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Liberal |
Spouse: | Beatriz Vila Londoño |
Children: | Pedro Alejo Gómez Vila Carlos Alberto Gómez Vila Marcela Gómez Vila |
Alma Mater: | National University of Colombia (LLB) |
Occupation: | Writer |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Pedro Gómez Valderrama (13 February 1923 – 7 May 1992) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and career diplomat who served as the 1st Ambassador of Colombia to the Soviet Union and as Ambassador of Colombia to Spain.
Born on 13 February 1932 in Bucaramanga, Santander, he was the eldest child of Pedro Alejandro Gómez Naranjo and Lucía Valderrama, his younger siblings were: Hernando, José Luis, Carmen Lucía, and Mariá Cecilia. He took after his father, who was a lawyer, politician, writer, and former Governor of Santander. He married Beatriz Vila Londoño with whom he had three children: Pedro Alejandro, Carlos Alberto, and Marcela.