Roberto Gerlein

Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría (18 November 1938 – 23 December 2021) was a Colombian lawyer and politician. A Conservative party politician, he was the longest-serving and most senior Member of the Senate of Colombia having been first elected in 1974. During his long political career, he served also as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives (1968–1974), as the 10th Colombian Minister of Economic Development, and as the 42nd Governor of Atlántico.^[1][2] He died in Barranquilla on 23 December 2021, at the age of 83.^[3]

PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas

Preceded byGabriel Melo Guevara

Succeeded byRodrigo Marín Bernal

PresidentAlfonso López Michelsen

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Roberto Gerlein Echeverría
Senator of Colombia
In office 20 July 1976 (1976-07-20) – 20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)
10th Minister of Economic Development of Colombia
In office 7 August 1982 (1982-08-07) – 1983
President	Belisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded by	Gabriel Melo Guevara
Succeeded by	Rodrigo Marín Bernal
42nd Governor of Atlántico
In office 1974–1975
President	Alfonso López Michelsen
Preceded by	José Tcherassi Guzmán
Succeeded by	Rafael Maldonado de Castro
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
In office 20 July 1968 (1968-07-20) – 20 July 1974 (1974-07-20)
Constituency	Atlántico
Personal details
Born	Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría (1938-11-18)18 November 1938 Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Died	23 December 2021(2021-12-23) (aged 83) Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Party	Conservative (after 2006)
Other political affiliations	National Movement (1998–2006)
Spouse	Lydia DaMarco Besada ​ ​ (m. 1964)​
Relations	Jorge Alberto Gerlein Echeverría (brother)
Children	María Alexandra Gerlein DaMarco
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University (LLB, LLD)

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