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]
María Michelsen de López | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role August 7, 1942 – August 7, 1946 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Preceded by | Lorenza Villegas de Santos |
| Succeeded by | Bertha Hernández |
| In role August 7, 1934 – August 7, 1938 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Preceded by | María Teresa Londoño |
| Succeeded by | Lorenza Villegas de Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Michelsen Lombana February 17, 1890 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Died | January 22, 1949 (aged 58) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Resting place | Central Cemetery of Bogotá |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | |
| Children |
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| Parent(s) | Carlos Michelsen Uribe (father) Antonia Lombana Buendía (mother) |
Early life
editMaria 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.[4][2]
First Lady of Colombia (1934-1938 & 1942-1945)
editMaría Michelsen de López's husband, 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.[5]
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]
References
edit- ^ @colombia_hist (December 21, 2018). "María Michelsen Lombana, casada con Alfonso López Pumarejo, con ella se usó por primera vez la frase #PrimeraDama" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "María Michelsen Lombana". www.fucsia.co (in Spanish). Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "Mariana Martínez: "Es un deber moral el aportar a la construcción de país"". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). December 7, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "Maria Michelsen Lombana Historia". pcweb.info (in Spanish). Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ a b República, Subgerencia Cultural del Banco de la. "Primeras Damas del siglo XX". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "Amparo de niños - Granja Loyola". www.amparodeninos.org.co. Retrieved May 24, 2021.