Álvaro Gómez Hurtado

Álvaro Laureano Miguel Gómez Hurtado A.K.A. Álvaro Gómez Hurtado (May 8, 1919 – November 2, 1995) was a Colombian lawyer, politician, painter, writer, journalist and former active member of the Colombian Conservative Party. Gómez was founder of conservative dissidence known as Movimiento de Salvación Nacional (National Salvation Movement), and their first presidente since 1990 to 1995, when he was murdered.

Gómez was a son of the former President of Colombia, Laureano Gómez, who ruled that country from 1950 to 1951, until he was forced to resigned by army forces commanded by the general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Gómez was seen as successor of his father, and his father's political enemies became his adversaries.

He is mostly remembered for being one of the writers of the Colombian Constitution of 1991, for running three times for the presidency, without success (in 1974, 1986 and 1990), and for his murder at the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. He served separate appointments as ambassador to Switzerland, Italy, the United States and France, beginning in the 1940s.

Gómez also was the founder of Universidad Sergio Arboleda, former director and journalist of their family journal's El Siglo and owner of Noticiero 24 Horas, one of the most important TV News in Colombia from 80s to 2000s. His hobbies encompassed painting, writing poems, and other activities non-related to politics.

Gómez is considered in Colombia as the most important notionalist of conservative in that country, and his thinking continue to inspiring new generations of young politician in Colombia. Also is frequently cited by politicians of both ideologies as a reference of peace and understanding. Provided by Wikipedia