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| Affiliation | Colombian Conservative |
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| Name | Laureano Gómez Castro |
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| Email | None |
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February 20, 1889
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| Died | July 13, 1965
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Gómez Castro, Laureano (Eleuterio) (b. Feb. 20, 1889, Bogotá, Colombia - d. July 13, 1965, Bogotá), president of Colombia (1950-53). From 1911 to 1918 and again from 1921 to 1923 he served as a national deputy. In 1931, after serving as minister plenipotentiary to Argentina (1924) and to Germany (1930) and as minister of public works (1925-26), he was elected a senator. In 1932 he became the head of the Conservative Party. His strong support for both Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco caused him frequent trouble in Colombia, and he was forced into exile several times. He was credited with engineering the choice of Mariano Ospina Pérez as Conservative candidate for the presidency, which the latter won in 1946. In 1948 Pérez appointed Gómez foreign minister. As such, Gómez presided over the ninth International Conference of American States at Bogotá, which was disrupted by rioting following the assassination of Liberal leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. The day after the assassination Gómez, being suspected of involvement, resigned and went abroad. He returned to Colombia from Spain after being nominated Conservative candidate for the presidency. The election of 1949 was marked by the imposition of martial law and press censorship and by the failure of the Liberals to participate. His rule earned him the enmity of most Colombians of all political shades. He censored the press, shackled the courts, terrorized Protestants, and caused violent rebellion in the countryside. Deposed in 1953, he fled once again to Spain. But his successor as president, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was so savage and incompetent that in 1957 Gómez joined with the Liberals in establishing the national front that placed Alberto Lleras Camargo in the presidency.
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