Roberto Gerlein Echeverría

Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría (born 18 November 1938) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Conservative party politician, he is the longest-serving and most senior Member of the Senate of Colombia having been first elected in 1974. During his long political career, he has also served as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives (1968–1974), as the 10th Colombian Minister of Economic Development, and as the 42nd Governor of Atlántico.[1][2]

Roberto Gerlein Echeverría
Senator of Colombia
Assumed office
20 July 1976 (1976-07-20)
10th Minister of Economic Development of Colombia
In office
7 August 1982 (1982-08-07) – 1983
PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded byGabriel Melo Guevara
Succeeded byRodrigo Marín Bernal
42nd Governor of Atlántico
In office
1974–1975
PresidentAlfonso López Michelsen
Preceded byJosé Tcherassi Guzmán
Succeeded byRafael Maldonado de Castro
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
In office
20 July 1968 (1968-07-20) – 20 July 1974 (1974-07-20)
ConstituencyAtlántico
Personal details
Born (1938-11-18) 18 November 1938
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Political partyConservative (2006–present)
Other political
affiliations		National Movement (1998–2006)
Spouse(s)
Lydia DaMarco Besada
(
m. 1964)
RelationsJorge Alberto Gerlein Echeverría (brother)
ChildrenMaría Alexandra Gerlein DaMarco
Alma materPontifical Xavierian University (LLB, 1961; LLD, 1963)
ProfessionLawyer
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gerlein and the second or maternal family name is Echeverría.

Selected works
  • Roberto, Gerlein Echeverría (1963). Apuntes Sobre el Juicio Ejecutivo (Thesis) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Minerva. OCLC 183904558.
  • Roberto, Gerlein Echeverría (1978). La Estructura del Poder en Colombia (Non-fiction) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Ediciones Tercer Mundo. OCLC 4575227.
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See also

References
  1. "Roberto Gerlein Echeverria - Comisión I" [Roberto Gerlein Echeverria - 1st Commission] (in Spanish). Colombian Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  2. "Senador Roberto Victor Gerlein Echeverria" (in Spanish). Congreso Visible. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

Further reading
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