Evaristo Sourdis Juliao (27 March 1905 – 22 September 1970) was a lawyer and diplomat who served as 23rd

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, from 1967–69, the sixth

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in 1953, and as

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first in 1950 and again from 1953–56. As a politician, he rose from local politics starting as Deputy to the Departmental Assembly of Atlántico, Councilman of Barranquilla, and Secretary of Government of Atlántico, and moving to the national stage first as Member of the

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for Atlántico, and then as

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. His popularity, career and good bipartisan relations allowed him to run as candidate during Colombian presidential election of 1970 during the last period of the National Front that went to the

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party, but at the end lost to

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. After the election, Sourdis was named Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela, but died before he could take up his post.

Personal life

Evaristo was born on 27 March 1905 in Sabanalarga, Atlántico to Arístides Sourdis and Raquel Henriquez Juliao Tatis, both of

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descent. He studied

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in the

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and the Externado University between 1924 and 1929. He married Adelaida Nájera del Castillo, and together they had three children, Adelaida, María Teresa and Evaristo.

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