Víctor_Mosquera_Chaux

Víctor Mosquera Chaux

Víctor Mosquera Chaux

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Víctor Mosquera Chaux (October 1, 1919 – November 5, 1997) was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat. A Liberal party politician, he served as Councilman of Popayán, Assemblymean of Cauca, Chamber Representative for Cauca, Senator of Colombia,[1] and Governor of Cauca.[2] He also served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States,[3] and Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.[4]

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mosquera and the second or maternal family name is Chaux.

In February 1981, Mosquera held executive power for eight days as Presidential Designate, while President Julio César Turbay Ayala was indisposed due to health reasons.[5]

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  1. [1]
    "Nunca Acepto Ser Ministro" [He Never Accepted Being a Minister]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1997-11-11. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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    "Información General [del Departamento del Cauca]" [General Information [of the Department of Cauca]] (DOC) (in Spanish). National Administrative Department of Statistics. 2001-09-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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    "Diplomatic Representation for Republic of Colombia". Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States. 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  4. [4]
    "List of Colombian Ambassadors to the United Kingdom". Colombian Embassy to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 2007. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
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    Cárdenas Madrid, Marlon Rafael (October 1997). "Designados presidenciales de Colombia 1844-1993" [Presidential Designates of Colombia 1844-1993]. Revista Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (94). Luis Ángel Arango Library. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
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