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Lina María Moreno de Uribe CYC (née: Moreno Mejía; 13 November 1955) is the wife of the 31st president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 2002 to 2010.
Lina María Moreno de Uribe (Medellín, 4 de diciembre de 1955) fue la primera dama de Colombia entre los años 2002 y 2010. Está casada con el expresidente de Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez [1] , con quien tiene dos hijos: Tomás y Jerónimo Uribe. [2]
- Early Life and Education
- Political Career
- Presidency
- Post-Presidency
- Awards
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Álvaro Uribe was born in Medellín, the oldest of five children. His father, Alberto Uribe, was a landowner. When he was 10, his family left their Salgar ranch and moved to Medellín. He graduated in 1970 from the Instituto Jorge Robledo, after being expelled from the Medellín Benedictine School for arguing with the Benedictine monks. Uribe studied l...
In 1976, at the age of 24, Uribe was Chief of Assets for the Public Utilities of Medellín (Empresas Públicas de Medellín). He served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor under Alfonso López Michelsen from 1977 to 1978. During this time, he married Lina Moreno, a philosopher from Medellín[citation needed]. President Julio César Turbay named...
Internal conflict
During his tenure, Uribe's declared priority was to contain or defeat the three main armed groups in Colombia, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), National Liberation Army (ELN), and FARC.[citation needed]And by the end of his first term in office the AUC had other right-wing militias agree to disarm and go to jail under special sentences of seven years. Uribe stated that the government had to first show military superiority in order to eventually make the guerrillas return to t...
Colombian parapolitics scandal
In November 2006, a political crisis emerged as several of Uribe's congressional supporters were questioned or charged by the Colombian Supreme Court and the office of the Attorney General for having alleged links to paramilitary groups. Álvaro Araújo, brother of Uribe's Foreign Minister María Consuelo Araújo, was among those summoned for questioning. In November, the former ambassador to Chile, Salvador Arana, was charged with the murder of a mayor in a small town in the Department of Sucre....
Wiretapping scandal
In May 2009 Colombian prosecutors officially began an investigation on a series of illegal wiretapping and spying activities carried out against opposition politicians, judges, journalists and others by the Administrative Department of Security (DAS).The probe has involved several of Uribe's top aides and former high-ranking personnel within the department. Former DAS counterintelligence director Jorge Alberto Lagos has told investigators that information on the country's Supreme Court judges...
In late 2010, a few months after leaving office, Uribe was named visiting scholar at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service,where he taught students in different disciplines as a guest lecturer in seminars and classes. In 2011, Uribe was granted an honorary award by the Latin American Student Association of Georgetown, for his lead...
National awards
1. 1990: Star senator, by the Senate of the Republic. 2. 1992: Senator with the best initiatives, by the Senate of the Republic. 3. 1993: Best senator, by the Senate of the Republic. 4. 2013: El Gran Colombiano ("The Great Colombian"), through a poll conducted by History Channel. 5. 2015: Best senator, by the Senate of the Republic.
International awards
In 2003, Uribe received the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguayin the grade of Grand Cordon. In 2005, Uribe was made Knight of the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. In 2007, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) gave Uribe its "Light unto the nations" award. AJC President E. Robert Goodkind, who presented the award at AJC's Annual Dinner held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., stated: "President Uribe is a staunch ally of the Un...
Lina María Moreno de Uribe is the wife of the 31st president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 2002 to 2010.
En 1979 se casó con Lina Moreno y del matrimonio Uribe Moreno nacieron los dos únicos hijos del políticoː Tomás y Jerónimo. [206]
PERFIL. Lina Moreno: la gloria y el dolor. En medio de la tormenta política que atraviesa su familia, Lina Moreno deja al lado su habitual discreción y se convierte en la escudera de la causa...
Lina María Moreno de Uribe fue la primera dama de Colombia entre los años 2002 y 2010. Está casada con el expresidente de Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez, con quien tiene dos hijos: Tomás y Jerónimo Uribe.
