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]

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
PresidentBelisario Betancur Cuartas
Preceded byGabriel Melo Guevara
Succeeded byRodrigo Marín Bernal
42nd Governor of Atlántico
In office
1974–1975
PresidentAlfonso López Michelsen
Preceded byJosé Tcherassi Guzmán
Succeeded byRafael 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)
ConstituencyAtlántico
Personal details
Born
Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría

(1938-11-18)18 November 1938
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Died23 December 2021(2021-12-23) (aged 83)
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Political partyConservative (after 2006)
Other political
affiliations
National Movement (1998–2006)
Spouse
Lydia DaMarco Besada
(m. 1964)
RelationsJorge Alberto Gerlein Echeverría (brother)
ChildrenMaría Alexandra Gerlein DaMarco
Alma materPontifical Xavierian University (LLB, LLD)

Selected works

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  • Roberto, Gerlein Echeverría (1963). Apuntes Sobre el Juicio Ejecutivo (Thesis) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Minerva. OCLC 183904558.
  • Roberto, Gerlein Echeverría (1978). La Estructura del Poder en Colombia (Non-fiction) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Ediciones Tercer Mundo. OCLC 4575227.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Roberto Gerlein Echeverria - Comisión I" [Roberto Gerlein Echeverria - 1st Commission] (in Spanish). Colombian Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Senador Roberto Victor Gerlein Echeverria" (in Spanish). Congreso Visible. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ^ Falleció en Barranquilla el exsenador Roberto Gerlein (in Spanish)

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