Nydia Quintero Turbay

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Quintero, the second or maternal family name is Turbay, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Balcázar.

Nydia Quintero
First Lady of Colombia
In role
7 August 1978 (1978-08-07) – 7 August 1982 (1982-08-07)
PresidentJulio César Turbay Ayala
Preceded byCecilia Caballero Blanco
Succeeded byRosa Helena Álvarez Yepes
Personal details
Born
Nydia Quintero Turbay

(1932-08-28) 28 August 1932
Neiva, Huila, Colombia
Political partyLiberal
Spouses
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(m. 1948; div. 1983)​
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    Children

    Nydia Quintero Turbay de Balcázar (born 28 August 1932) is a Colombian civic leader and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 due to her marriage to President Julio César Turbay Ayala.

    Born in Neiva, Huila, Quintero is the founder of the Solidarity for Colombia Foundation, which she founded in 1975. She was married to her first cousin, Julio César Turbay Ayala. She is one of the most influential first ladies of Colombia.

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