María Cristina Arango Vega
| María Cristina Arango Vega | |
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| First Lady of Colombia | |
| In office 7 August 1970 – 7 August 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Cecilia de la Fuente Cortés |
| Succeeded by | Cecilia Caballero Blanco |
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| Born | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Misael Pastrana Borrero (1951-1977) |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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María Cristina Arango Vega is the widow of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974.[1] She is also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana Arango.
Personal life
María Cristina was born in Bogotá to Carlos Arango Vélez, a Liberal party politician, and his wife María Vega Jaramillo.[1]
In 1950, while her father was serving as Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, she met Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was working as a diplomat in the embassy.[2] They got engaged that year and married on 24 February at the Saint Bartholomew School's Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Bogotá.[3] Together they had four children, Juan Carlos, Andrés, Jaime, and María Cristina.
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