Carlos Lemos Simmonds
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Carlos Lemos Simmonds | |
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| 6th Vice President of Colombia | |
| In office September 19, 1996 – August 7, 1998 | |
| President | Ernesto Samper |
| Preceded by | Humberto de la Calle |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Bell |
| Colombian Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 15 November 1995 – 15 October 1998 | |
| President | Ernesto Samper |
| Preceded by | Noemí Sanín |
| Succeeded by | Humberto de la Calle |
| Colombia Ambassador to Austria | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| President | Ernesto Samper |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Gómez Méndez |
| Minister of Government of Colombia | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Preceded by | Orlando Vásquez Velásquez |
| Succeeded by | Horacio Serpa |
| 33rd Minister of Communications of Colombia | |
| President | Virgilio Barco Vargas |
| Preceded by | Pedro Martín Leyes |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Daníes Rincones |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia | |
| In office March 12, 1981 – August 7, 1982 | |
| President | Julio César Turbay Ayala |
| Preceded by | Diego Uribe Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Hernán Lloreda Caicedo |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia | |
| In office 20 July 1974 – 20 July 1978 | |
| Constituency | Cauca Department |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos Apolinar Lemos Simmonds 23 October 1933 Popayán, Cauca, Colombia |
| Died | 30 July 2003 (aged 69) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Party | Liberal |
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| Alma mater | University of Cauca |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Carlos Apolinar Lemos Simmonds (October 23, 1933 – July 30, 2003) was the sixth Vice President of Colombia.[1]
After graduating Lemos worked as a Municipal Judge in the town of Piendamó, Cauca. He later transferred to Bogotá where he was elected councilman in the early 1970s for three consecutive terms. He then ran for the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. During the government of President Julio César Turbay Lemos was appointed as Secretary General of the Presidency of Colombia. In the same administration he was promoted to minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after that he was shifted to different ministries, Ministry of Government, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Colombia).
Lemos served later as Ambassador of Colombia to the Organization of American States (OAS), drafter of the Colombian Constitution of 1991, Ambassador of Colombia to Austria, Ambassador of Colombia to Great Britain, senator, vice president and president of Colombia temporarily.
As a member of the Colombian Foreign Affairs Commission he contributed towards resolving the dispute over San Andrés y Providencia Islands in the Caribbean Sea between Colombia and Nicaragua for territorial waters. He also negotiated the peace process with the M-19 guerrilla.
