Biography
Bertha Puga Martínez de Lleras (13 March 1909 – 9 August 2007) was the first lady of Colombia from 1945 to 1946 and again from 1958 until 1962, as the wife of President Alberto Lleras Camargo. She was the third person to serve in this role during two nonconsecutive terms after María Michelsen de López, and the first naturalized citizen to become first lady.
Career
Puga de Lleras met Alberto in late 1929 in Bogotá while her father Arturo Puga Osorio was Chilean ambassador to Colombia. She married Alberto Lleras Camargo in 1931. The Lleras family lived a private life before Alberto's first election as president in 1945 and his reelection in 1958.
Personal Life
Bertha Puga de Lleras was born on March 13, 1909 in Temuco. As a politician, writer, Bertha Puga de Lleras is part of the public figures documented from Colombia.
References
- "Bertha Puga de Lleras." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Puga_de_Lleras
- "Wikidata entity: Q4120940 — Bertha Puga de Lleras." https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4120940
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