Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid
| Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid | |
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| Colombia Ambassador to Austria | |
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In office 1966–1968 |
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| President | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Escobar López |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Huertas de Francisco |
| 10th Minister of Communications of Colombia | |
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In office 1 September 1961 – 7 August 1962 |
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| President | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| Preceded by | Carlos Martín Leyes |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Araújo Grau |
| Senator of Colombia | |
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In office 20 July 1958 – 1 September 1961 |
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In office 1966–1967 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 January 1921 Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Died | 16 April 1997 (aged 76) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Samuel Uribe Hoyos (1946-1968) Francisco Cuevas Cancino (1968-1997) |
| Children | Sergio Uribe Arboleda |
| Alma mater | University of Cauca (LLB, 1939) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid (January 7, 1921 – 16 April 1997) was a Colombian politician and the first woman elected to the Senate of Colombia, serving from 1958 to 1961.
A leader of the women's suffrage movement in Colombia, she and fellow suffragist Josefina Valencia Muñoz, were the first women appointed to a national legislative position in Colombia as part of the National Constituent Assembly in 1954, where they presented what would eventually be the Legislative Act No. 3, which modified Article 171 of the Colombian Constitution of 1886 granting universal suffrage to women. She also served as the 10th Minister of Communications of Colombia, as Ambassador of Colombia to Austria, and as Deputy Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations.
Esmeralda was born in Palmira, Valle del Cauca on January 7, 1921 to Fernando Arboleda López and Rosa Cadavid Medina with five other sisters named, Fabiola, Mireya, Violeta, Soffy & Pubenza "Puma". Her father was then the mayor of Palmira, Valle de Cauca. She attended school in Bogotá, and graduated from the University of Cauca where she earned a Bachelor of Laws in 1934, becoming the first female lawyer of her alma mater. In 1946 she married Samuel Uribe Hoyos, a Colombian engineer with whom she had her only son, Sergio Uribe.
She entered private practice in Cali, where she focused on labour law concerning the disparity in wages by the Pacific Railway to its employees. She later moved to Bogotá, where she entered the women's suffrage movement.
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