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Laureano Gomez
Laureano Eleuterio Gomez Castro (1889 1965) was President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953, and long time leader of the Colombian Conservative Party.
Gomez was born into an aristocratic family in Bogota on February 20, 1889. He studied engineering at the National University, graduating in 1909. He was the founder and editor of the periodical La Unidad from 1909 to 1916. he was first elected to parliament in 1911, serving until 1918. He was elected again in 1921 serving in various cabinet roles through the next twenty years. In 1932 Gomez took over as head of the Conservative party, a ...
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