Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes | |
Office: | First Lady of Colombia |
Term Label: | In role |
President: | Belisario Betancur |
Predecessor: | Nydia Quintero Turbay |
Successor: | Carolina Isakson Proctor |
Birth Date: | 15 November 1924 |
Birth Place: | Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
Death Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Liberal |
Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes (15 November 1924 – 4 June 1998) was the wife of the 26th president of Colombia, Belisario Betancur Cuartas, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1982 to 1986.[1]
Rosa Helena was born in Medellín, Antioquia to Pedro Luis Álvarez and Evelia Yepes;[2] [3] She was baptised on 15 November 1924.[4] On 21 January 1946, Álvarez married Belisario Betancur Cuartas at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel in Medellín.[4] Betancur served as President of Colombia from 7 August 1982 to 7 August 1986. Together they had three children, Beatríz Helena, Diego, and María Clara.