Nydia Quintero
Nydia Quintero | |
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 Turbay in 1955 | |
| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In role 7 August 1978 – 7 August 1982 | |
| President | Julio César Turbay Ayala |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
| Succeeded by | Rosa Álvarez de Betancur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nydia Quintero Turbay 28 August 1932 Neiva, Huila, Colombia |
| Died | 30 June 2025 (aged 92) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
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Nydia Quintero Turbay de Balcázar (28 August 1932 – 30 June 2025)[1] was a Colombian philanthropist and the ex-wife of the 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.[1]
She was the President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor.[2]
Quintero Turbay died on 30 June 2025 at a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia from respiratory failure at the age of 92.[3]
References
- 1 2 Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ "Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ↑ Falleció Nydia Quintero de Turbay, abuela de Miguel Uribe y ex primera dama de Colombia (in Spanish)