Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a

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n publisher and politician who was

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from 1938 to 1942. He was active in the

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. He purchased the prominent Bogotá newspaper ''El Tiempo'' in 1913; ''El Tiempo'' was founded by his brother-in-law

Alfonso Villegas Restrepo Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. I ...

in 1911. Members of the Santos family were the main shareholders of the paper until 2007. He served as the

from August 1938 to August 1942, having been elected without opposition. He was born and died in

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, and was the great-uncle of the 32nd president of

Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by training and a journalist by trade, S ...

(2010–2018), and former Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon (2002–2010).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos Montejo, Eduardo 1888 births 1974 deaths Presidents of Colombia Governors of Santander Department Colombian male journalists 20th-century Colombian lawyers Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners

Eduardo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footballer, born 1 ...

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