Germán Zea Hernández (15 April 1905 — 8 February 1989) was a Colombian lawyer and politician. A
Liberal Party
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politician, he served twice as
Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
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The ...
, and occupied the Ministries of
Government, Justice, and
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, was appointed 11th
Comptroller General of Colombia,
Mayor of Bogotá
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, and Governor of
Cundinamarca, and served in both Chambers of Congress as
Senator
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and
Representative.
Personal life
Germán was born on 15 April 1905 in Bogotá to Luis Zea Uribe and Clorinda Hernández Ospina. He married Beatriz Gutiérrez Muñoz, with whom he had two sons, Luis Germán and Juan Manuel, but he also had a daughter out of wedlock with Carlota Soto named Gloria Zea whom married painter Fernando Botero and had a second marriage with Colombian dynasty billionaire Andrés Uribe Campuzano and creator of the Modern Art Museum of Bogota and one of the main figures of culture and arts in Colombia.
Germán raised Gloria in his household with his wife Beatriz.
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1905 births
1989 deaths
Politicians from Bogotá
Free University of Colombia alumni
Colombian Liberal Party politicians
Ministers of foreign affairs of Colombia
Ministers of government of Colombia
Ministers of justice and law of Colombia
Comptrollers general of Colombia
Governors of Cundinamarca Department
Mayors of Bogotá
Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Members of the Senate of Colombia
Presidents of the Senate of Colombia
Permanent representatives of Colombia to the United Nations
20th-century Colombian lawyers
Zea family