Elíseo Arango Ramos

Elíseo Arango Ramos (16 April 1900 – 17 December 1977)[1] was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as the fourth Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and as Minister of Foreign Affairs. A Conservative Party ideologue and politician, he was part of the far-right group known as "Los Leopardos" (The Leopards).[2]

Elíseo Arango Ramos
1923 photograph by Juan Nepomuceno Gómez.
4th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
In office 1950–1952
President	Laureano Gómez Castro
Preceded by	Fernando Londoño y Londoño
Succeeded by	Carlos Echeverri Cortés
Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1949–1950
President	Mariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded by	Eduardo Zuleta Ángel
Succeeded by	Evaristo Sourdis Juliao
Personal details
Born	(1900-04-16)16 April 1900 Bagadó, Chocó, Colombia
Died	17 December 1977(1977-12-17) (aged 77) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Mercedes Roa Cervantes
Alma mater	Our Lady of the Rosary University University of Paris
Profession	Lawyer, Economist

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arango and the second or maternal family name is Ramos.

References

1. Historia de la Cancillería de San Carlos, Vol. 2 [History of the San Carlos Chancellery, Vol. 2] (National government publication) (in Spanish). Bogotá: National Printing Office of Colombia. 1983. OCLC 11113042.
2. Pérez Silva, Vicente (December 2000). "Garra y perfil del grupo de Los Leopardos" [Force and Profile of the Group known as "The Leopards"]. Revista Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Luis Ángel Arango Library (132). Retrieved 2010-12-23.

Further reading

• Arias Trujillo, Ricardo (November 2007). Los Leopardos: Una Historia Intelectual de los Años 1920 [The Leopards: An Intellectual History of the 1920s] (in Spanish). University of the Andes. ISBN 978-958-695-307-8. OCLC 220993948.