Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán | |
|---|---|
| 5th Minister of Labour, Health and Social Welfare of Colombia | |
| In office 8 October 1943 – 6 March 1944 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Preceded by | Abelardo Forero Benavides |
| Succeeded by | Moisés Prieto |
| 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia | |
| In office 1 February 1940 – 15 February 1942 | |
| President | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Araújo Gaviria |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Nannetti Cárdenas |
| 746th Mayor of Bogotá | |
| In office June 1936 – March 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco José Arévalo |
| Succeeded by | Gonzalo Restrepo Jaramillo |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Colombia for Cundinamarca | |
| In office 1 March 1929 – 1 February 1931 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala 23 January 1903 Bogotá or Cucunubá or Manta, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Died | 9 April 1948 (aged 45) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Political party | Colombian Liberal Party (until 1933, 1935–1948) National Leftist Revolutionary Union (1933–1935) |
| Spouse |
Amparo Jaramillo (m. 1936) |
| Children | Gloria Gaitán |
| Alma mater | National University of Colombia (LL.D.) Sapienza University of Rome (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala Spanish pronunciation: ['xoɾxe eʎ'eθeɾ gai'tan aʝala] (23 January 1903 – 9 April 1948) was a Colombian politician and statesman who was the leader of the Liberal Party. A nationalist, he served as the mayor of Bogotá from 1936–37, the national Education Minister from 1940–41, and the Labor Minister from 1943–44.
He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off the Bogotazo and leading to the outbreak of a brutal ten-year civil war in Colombia known as La Violencia (1948–1958). His ideas, known as Gaitanismo, are considered a form of liberal socialism in Colombia.