| LC control no. | n 82031377 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barco, Virgilio |
| Variant(s) | Vargas, Virgilio Barco Barco Vargas, Virgilio Barco V., Virgilio (Barco Vargas) |
| See also | Colombia. President (1986-1990 : Barco) |
| Associated place | London (England) Washington (D.C.) Cambridge (Mass.) Boston (Mass.) Durania (Colombia) |
| Birth date | 1921-09-17 |
| Death date | 1997-05-20 |
| Place of birth | Cúcuta (Norte de Santander, Colombia) |
| Place of death | Bogotá (Colombia) |
| Field of activity | Social sciences |
| Affiliation | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston University Colombia. Embajada (U.S.) Colombia. Embajada (Great Britain) Colombia. Congreso. Senado Colombia. Congreso. Cámara de Representantes Bogotá (Colombia). Alcaldía Mayor World Bank |
| Profession or occupation | Senator Congressman Ambassador President Mayor Bank director Councilman |
| Found in | His Acción administrativa, 1981: t.p. (Virgilio Barco) His Lucha partidista y política internacional, 1981: t.p. (Virgilio Barco) p. 109 (Virgilio Barco Vargas) His Hacia una Colombia nueva, c1986: t.p. (Virgilio Barco) p. 226 (b. Cúcuta, Norte de Santander [Colombia], 9/17/21) Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 28, 2006 (Virgilio Barco Vargas: b. Sept. 17, 1921, Cúcuta, Norte de Santander; d. May 20, 1997, Bogotá; president of Colombia, Aug. 7, 1986-Aug. 7, 1990) Encyclopaedia Britannica website, November 23, 2018: (Virgilio Barco Vargas; Colombian politician; born September 17, 1921 in Cúcuta, Colombia; died May 20, 1997 in Bogotá; president of Colombia (1986-1990); his plans for social reform were interrupted when he was forced to combat the powerful Medellín-based drug cartel; born to a wealthy oil family; attended the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá; graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a degree in civil engineering (1943); master's degree in social sciences from Boston University (1952); Ph.D. in economics from MIT; his political career began in 1943 when he became a liberal councillor in the town of Durania; later was elected to the lower house of Congress; forced into exile during a volatile period in the late 1940s and early 1950s, known as La Violencia, in which the Liberal and Conservative factions waged a brutal war against one another and in which hundreds of thousands of people died; returned to Colombia in 1954 and was instrumental in negotiating an agreement that led to interparty peace; over the next 40 years, he held a variety of ministerial and diplomatic offices including two terms in the Senate (1958-66) and served as ambassador to Britain (1961-62 and 1990-92) and the United States (1977); appointed mayor of Bogotá in 1966; director of the World Bank (1969-1974); president (1986-1990) and campaigned for social reform, but violence--first by leftist guerrilla groups and then by drug lords--plagued his term as president; retired from political life in 1992) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virgilio-Barco-Vargas> |
| Not found in | Colombia. President (1986- : Barco). Diálogo democrático ... 1987: t.p. (Presidente de la República) p. 4 of cover (Virgilio Barco V.) |
| Associated language | eng spa |
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