Nydia Quintero

Nydia Quintero
First Lady of Colombia
In role
7 August 1978 – 7 August 1982
PresidentJulio César Turbay Ayala
Preceded byCecilia Caballero Blanco
Succeeded byRosa Álvarez de Betancur
Personal details
Born
Nydia Quintero Turbay

(1932-08-28)28 August 1932
Neiva, Huila, Colombia
Died30 June 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 92)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
NationalityColombian
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1948; div. 1983)​
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(m. 1984)​
Children

Nydia Quintero Turbay de Balcázar (28 August 1932 – 30 June 2025) was a Colombian philanthropist and the ex-wife of the 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.

She was the President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor.

Quintero Turbay died on 30 June 2025 at a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia from respiratory failure at the age of 92.

References

  1. 1 2 Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  3. ↑ Falleció Nydia Quintero de Turbay, abuela de Miguel Uribe y ex primera dama de Colombia (in Spanish)