The Most Excellent Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes |
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First Lady of Colombia | |
In role 7 August 1982 – 7 August 1986 |
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Preceded by | Nydia Quintero Turbay |
Succeeded by | Carolina Isakson Proctor |
Personal details | |
Born |
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
15 November 1924
Died | 4 June 1998 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
(aged 73)
Nationality | Colombian |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Belisario Betancur Cuartas (1946-1998) |
Children |
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Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes (15 November 1924 – 4 June 1998) was the wife of the 26th President of Colombia, Belisario Betancur Cuartas, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1982 to 1986.
Rosa Helena was born in Medellín, Antioquia to Pedro Luis Álvarez and Evelia Yepes; She was baptised on 15 November 1924. On 21 January 1946, Álvarez married Belisario Betancur Cuartas at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel in Medellín. Together they had three children, Beatríz Helena, Diego, and María Clara.