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Claudia Turbay Quintero is a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the Vice President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998. She was the first woman to hold the position. She was also the first female president of the Senate of Colombia.
Turbay Quintero was born in Bogota, Colombia, on 27 June 1952. She studied law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, graduating in 1975. She then went on to pursue a master's degree in public law at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Turbay Quintero began her political career in the 1980s, when she was elected to the Senate of Colombia. She was re-elected in 1986 and 1990. In 1994, she was elected Vice President of Colombia, becoming the first woman to hold the position. She served in this role until 1998.
In 2000, Turbay Quintero was elected president of the Senate of Colombia, becoming the first woman to hold the position. She served in this role until 2002.
Turbay Quintero is currently a member of the Senate of Colombia. She is also a member of the Colombian Liberal Party.
As of 2021, Claudia Turbay Quintero's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
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72 years old |
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Cancer |
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27 June, 1952 |
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27 June |
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Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
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Colombian |
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Claudia Turbay Quintero Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Claudia Turbay Quintero's Husband?
Her husband is Jaime Granja Leudo (divorced)
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Claudia Turbay Quintero Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Claudia Turbay Quintero worth at the age of 72 years old? Claudia Turbay Quintero’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from Colombian. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Following the refused acceptance of two previous candidates, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón submitted the candidacy of Turbay to the Swiss Government for their approval and after receiving the bene placito, Turbay was sworn in on 8 January 2009 by Chancellor Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Swiss Confederation with dual accreditation to the Principality of Liechtenstein in a ceremony that took place at the Palace of San Carlos. After arriving at her mission in Bern, Turbay presented her credentials to Swiss President Doris Leuthard in a ceremony at the Federal Palace of Switzerland on 2 January 2010, and later that year to Crown Prince Alois of Liechtenstein in ceremony at Vaduz Castle on 17 June. Ambassador of Colombia to Ghana and West Africa from August 2013 to present time.
On 24 October 2002, Turbay was sworn in as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay with dual accreditation as Permanent Representative to the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) by President Álvaro Uribe Vélez in a ceremony that took place in the Palace of Nariño. She presented her credentials the following month to President of Uruguay Jorge Batlle Ibáñez at the Estévez Palace on 8 November, and to ALADI Secretary General Juan Francisco Rojas Penso on 24 November.
Turbay started working with Proexport, then called Proexpo, in 1974 in the New York City offices as a clerk in the business library; from there she became and adjunct member in New York City and was later appointed Commercial Director of the Miami office. She returned to Colombia in 1994 and worked for Proexport Advisor to the General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Vice President and eventually President of Proexport in 2002.
Claudia Turbay Quintero (born 27 June 1952) is a Colombian journalist and diplomat. She has served as Ambassador of Colombia to Switzerland, with dual accreditation as Non-Resident Ambassador to Liechtenstein, Ambassador of Colombia to Uruguay with dual accreditation as Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Latin American Integration Association in Montevideo, and had over 27 years of experience working with Proexport, holding various positions including Commercial Director in the Miami offices, and Vice President, eventually being appointed President of the agency in 2002.
Born on 27 June 1952, she is the daughter of former President of Colombia Julio César Turbay Ayala and his first wife and former First Lady of Colombia Nydia Quintero Turbay. She is of Lebanese and Basque descent through both her parents. The third out of four children, her other siblings are Julio César, a politician and former Comptroller General of Colombia, Diana Consuelo, a journalist who was killed during a rescue operation following her kidnapping, and María Victoria, a lawyer and Vice President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia a nonprofit organization in Bogotá. She married Jaime Granja Leudo with whom she had one daughter, Claudia Alexandra, but later divorced. From her second marriage she had two children Laura and Santiago.
