Cecilia Caballero Blanco

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

Cecilia Caballero Blanco (30 September 1913  – 13 August 2019) was the wife of the 24th President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978.^[2]

Cecilia Caballero Blanco
1993 photograph by Hernán Díaz.
First Lady of Colombia
In role August 7, 1974 (1974-08-07) – August 7, 1978 (1978-08-07)
President	Alfonso López Michelsen
Preceded by	María Cristina Arango Vega
Succeeded by	Nydia Quintero Turbay
First Lady of Cesar
In office 21 December 1967 – 14 August 1968
Governor	Alfonso López Michelsen
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Margarita Puche Lacoutire
Personal details
Born	Cecilia Caballero Blanco (1913-09-30)September 30, 1913 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Died	August 13, 2019(2019-08-13) (aged 105) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia[1]
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Alfonso López Michelsen ​ ​ (m. 1938; died 2007)​
Children	Alfonso López Caballero Juan Manuel López Caballero Felipe López Caballero

Personal life

Cecilia was born on 30 September 1913 in Bogotá to Julio Caballero Barrera and Mary Blanco Barroso.^[2] She married Alfonso López Michelsen, lawyer and politician on 23 October 1938. They had three sons: Alfonso, an economist and diplomat, Juan Manuel, and Felipe. She turned 100 in September 2013,^[3] and died on 13 August 2019 at the age of 105.^[4][5] She was also the longest lived First Lady of Colombia.