22 Notable alumni of
University of Cauca
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The University of Cauca is 1667th in the world, 69th in Latin America, and 10th in Colombia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from the University of Cauca sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Julio César Turbay Ayala
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- lawyereconomistpoliticiandiplomat
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Julio César Turbay Ayala was a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1978 to 1982. He also held the positions of Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States.
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Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
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- statespersondiplomatpolitician
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Tomás Cipriano Ignacio Maria de Mosquera y Figueroa Arboleda Salazar, Prieto de Tovar, Vergara, Silva, Hurtado de Mendoza, Urrutia y Guzmán was a Colombian general, political figure. He was president of Colombia four times. The first time was as president of Republic of New Granada from 1845 to 1849. During the Colombian Civil War of 1860–1862 he led liberal forces in a civil war against conservative factions. After the liberals won, a new, federalist constitution was implemented, which established a two-year presidency, and the nation renamed the United States of Colombia. Mosquera served twice as president of the new government. From 1861 to 1862 he served in a non-elected, interim manner, while the constitution was written. From 1862 to 1864 he served in an elected manner. He had a fourth term from 1866 to 1867. Due to the liberal reforms carried out under his leadership, he is considered one of the most important persons in Colombian history of the 19th century.
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Guillermo León Valencia
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- journalistlawyerpoliticiandiplomat
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Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz was a Colombian politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the 21st President of Colombia from 1962 to 1966.
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Carlos Holmes Trujillo
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- politicianlawyer
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Carlos Holmes Trujillo García was a Colombian dynasty politician, diplomat, scholar, and attorney who served as minister of defense, foreign affairs, interior, and education. He also served as the mayor of Cali and as ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union, and a number of nations.
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Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
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- military personnelpoliticianlawyer
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Manuel Antonio Sanclemente Sanclemente was President of Colombia between 1898 and 1900.
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Rodrigo Armando Lara Sánchez
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- physicianpoliticianenvironmentalist
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Rodrigo Armando Lara Sánchez is a Colombian politician and physician who was mayor of Neiva from 2016 to 2019. Lara Sánchez was the vice presidential candidate of Federico Gutiérrez of the Team for Colombia coalition in the 2022 presidential election, which they ended on third place.
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Julio Arboleda Pombo
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- diplomatwriterpoliticianpoetjournalist
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Julio Arboleda Pombo was a Colombian poet, journalist, and politician. He was also a prominent slave owner, and led a failed rebellion in 1851 with the aim of preventing the abolition of slavery in the country.
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Manuel Cepeda Vargas
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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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Manuel Cepeda Vargas was a lawyer and Senator of Colombia, gunned down in Bogotá on 9 August 1994 as part of a campaign against the Patriotic Union. A Communist party politician, he had been a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1992 to 1994, and had served a sentence in prison because of his political ideology, charged for revolutionary activity.
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Luis Fernando Velasco
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- politicianlawyer
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Luis Fernando Velasco Chaves is a Colombian politician and lawyer, graduated from the University of Cauca, with a master's degree in government and public administration. He has served as a member of the chamber of representatives for Cauca between 1998 and 2006, after this he served as a senator of Colombia between 2006 and 2022 and President of the Senate between 2015 and 2016, more later between August 24, 2022, and April 26, 2023, he served as councilor for the regions of the presidency, on April 26 he was announced as the new Minister of the Interior.
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Benjamín Herrera
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- politician
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Benjamín Herrera Cortés was a Colombian politician and general, born in Cali, Republic of New Granada. In 1875, while he was a student at the University of Cauca, Herrera joined the liberal army under César Conto to topple the conservative governor of Antioquia. He fought in the civil war for a decade until 1885, when the liberal forces were defeated and he decided to settle down in Pamplona, Colombia. In 1895 he returned to the political scene, gaining resources for a new liberal army against a new conservative governor. In the Thousand Days' War he became the main military strategist on the liberal side of the war, and, second to Rafael Uribe Uribe he became the main figure of Colombian liberalism. After the war, in 1905, he was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. In 1905 and early 1906, he commanded the Colombian army forces confronting Venezuela, In 1909 Herrera became a senator, and in 1914 he became Minister of Agriculture under the government of Jose Vicente Concha. In 1922 he was the presidential candidate for the Colombian Liberal Party. He founded the Universidad Libre in 1923 (Free University). Herrera died in 1924.
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Carlos Albán
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- physicistastronomerphysicianchemistmathematician
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Carlos Albán was a Colombian inventor who specialized in mathematics, chemistry, medicine, and surgery. Albán also practiced as a political philosopher, journalist, and lawyer.
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Manuel María Mallarino
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen was the 8th Vice President of New Granada, and as such served as Acting President from 1855 to 1857.
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Eliseo Payán
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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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José Eliseo Payán Hurtado was a Colombian lawyer, politician, and military officer. Payán as Vice President of Colombia assumed the Presidency of Colombia because of the absence of President Rafael Núñez in 1887.
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Julián Trujillo Largacha
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Julián Trujillo Largacha was a Colombian lawyer, statesman, General of the Army and President of Colombia from 1878 to 1880.
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Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid
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- lawyersuffragistpoliticiandiplomat
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Maria Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid was a Colombian politician, suffragist and the first woman elected to the Senate of Colombia, serving from 1958 to 1961.
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Ezequiel Hurtado
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- politician
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Ezequiel Hurtado Hurtado was a politician, military general and statesman who became President of Colombia. He was born in Silvia, in the department of Cauca, December 14, 1825, and died in Popayán, September 4, 1890. His parents were Nicolas Hurtado and Maria Trinidad Hurtado. He went to school at Colegio San Jose and then studied law at the University of Cauca, where he graduated on January 27, 1852. He subsequently became a University lecturer in law.
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Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza
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- civil engineerpolitician
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Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza was a Colombian politician who served as the President of the Chamber of Representatives and a Senator.
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Víctor Mosquera Chaux
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- politiciandiplomat
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Víctor Mosquera Chaux was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat. A Liberal party politician, he served as Councilman of Popayán, Assemblymean of Cauca, Chamber Representative for Cauca, Senator of Colombia, and Governor of Cauca. He also served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, and Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.
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Rufino Cuervo
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- politician
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Rufino Cuervo y Barreto was a Grenadine politician, lawyer and journalist.
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Gilberto Vieira
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- politician
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Gilberto Vieira White was a Colombian politician. He was a founder of the Colombian Communist Party, and served as the General Secretary of the party between 1947 and 1991. He was also a parliamentarian for a period.
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José María Quijano Wallis
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- diplomatlawyerpoliticianeconomistsociologist
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Jose Maria Quijano Wallis was a Colombian lawyer, diplomat, politician and historian.
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Ruben Varona
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- novelistwriter
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Ruben Varona is a Colombian author and literary critic specialized in crime and historical fiction.
