Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a leading Colombian publisher and politician, active in the Colombian Liberal Party.[1] He purchased the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo in 1913; El Tiempo was founded by his brother-in-law Alfonso Villegas Restrepo in 1911.[2] Members of the Santos family were the main shareholders of the paper until 2007.[2]
He served as the President of Colombia from August 1938 to August 1942, having been elected without opposition.[2] He was born and died in Bogotá, and was the great-uncle of the 32nd president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos (2010–2018), and former Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderon (2002–2010).
References
- ^ Leonard, Thomas; Buchenau, Jurgen; Longley, Kyle; Mount, Graeme (2012-01-31). Encyclopedia of U.S. - Latin American Relations. CQ Press. pp. 809–810. ISBN 978-1-60871-792-7.
- ^ a b c Kline, Harvey F. (2012-06-01). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8108-7955-3.
