Germán Zea Hernández

Germán Zea Hernández^[a] (15 April 1905 — 8 February 1989) was a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Liberal Party politician, he served twice as Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, and occupied the Ministries of Government, Justice, and Foreign Affairs, was appointed 11th Comptroller General of Colombia, Mayor of Bogotá, and Governor of Cundinamarca, and served in both Chambers of Congress as Senator and Representative.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Germán Zea Hernández
Official UN Portrait of Germán Zea Hernández.
Minister of Government
In office 7 August 1978 – 15 May 1981
President	Julio César Turbay Ayala
Preceded by	Alfredo Araújo Grau
Succeeded by	Jorge Mario Eastman Robledo
15th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 1975–1977
President	Alfonso López Michelsen
Preceded by	Aurelio Caicedo Ayerbe
Succeeded by	José Fernando Botero
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 August 1966 – 9 August 1968
President	Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Preceded by	Cástor Jaramillo Arrubla
Succeeded by	Alfonso López Michelsen
9th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 1961–1965
President	Guillermo León Valencia Muñóz
Preceded by	Alfonso Araújo Gaviria
Succeeded by	Alfonso Patiño Rosselli
Minister of Justice and Law
In office 7 August 1958 – 5 May 1960
President	Alberto Lleras Camargo
Preceded by	Rodrigo Noguera Laborde
Succeeded by	Alfredo Araújo Grau
Governor of Cundinamarca
In office 8 November 1943 – 23 March 1944
President	Darío Echandía Olaya
Preceded by	Agustín Aljure
Succeeded by	Parmenio Cárdenas
Comptroller General
In office May 1941 – October 1941
President	Eduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded by	Alfonso Romero Aguirre
Succeeded by	Leopoldo Lascarro Batista
Mayor of Bogotá
In office October 1938 – April 1941
President	Eduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded by	Gustavo Santos
Succeeded by	Julio Pardo Dávila
Personal details
Born	Germán Zea Hernández (1905-04-15)15 April 1905 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Died	8 February 1989(1989-02-08) (aged 83) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Beatriz Gutiérrez Muñoz
Relations	Fernando Botero Zea (grandson)
Children	Gloria Zea Soto Luis Germán Zea Gutiérrez Juan Manuel Zea Gutiérrez
Alma mater	Free University of Colombia (LLD)
Profession	Lawyer

Personal life

Germán was born on 15 April 1905 in Bogotá to Luis Zea Uribe and Clorinda Hernández Ospina.^[8] 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^[9] whom married painter Fernando Botero and had a second marriage with Colombian dynasty billionaire Andrés Uribe Campuzano ^[10] 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.^[11]