Ruler · 1913 – 2007

Alfonso López Michelsen

Lived 1913 – 2007; politician, diplomat, writer. President of Colombia (Colombia), 1974 – 1978.

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Lived: 1913 – 2007; 94 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Colombia
Left it: lost an election; the ruler's own article

President of Colombia

Colombia · the 58th of 70 dated reigns · 1812 – 2026

54 before

Guillermo León Valencia1962 – 1966

Carlos Lleras Restrepo1966 – 1970

Misael Pastrana Borrero1970 – 1974

Alfonso López Michelsen1974 – 1978

Julio César Turbay Ayala1978 – 1982

Belisario Betancur1982 – 1986

Virgilio Barco Vargas1986 – 1990

9 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1974 – 1978 · 4 years · came to it aged 61

Left it: lost an electionread from the ruler's own article

López lost the election by a large margin to Conservative candidate Guillermo León Valencia.

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