Álvaro Gomez-Hurtado

Álvaro Gomez-Hurtado
Álvaro Gomez-Hurtado ; (lawyer, politician, spook);
Born	1919-05-08; Bogotá, Colombia
Died	1995-11-02 (Age 76); Bogotá, Colombia
Cause of death	gunshot
Nationality	Colombian
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University
Religion	Roman Catholic
Parents	• Laureano Gómez; • María Hurtado Cajiao
Children	• Mauricio Gómez Escobar; • Mercedes Gómez Escobar; • Álvaro José Gómez Escobar
Spouse	Margarita Escobar López
Member of	Le Cercle
Victim of	• kidnapping; • assassination
Party	Conservative
Relatives	Laureano Gómez
	Colombia Ambassador to France
In office
	1991 - 1993
	Colombia Ambassador to United States
In office
	March 9, 1983 - December 17, 1985
	Colombia Ambassador to Italy
In office
	1953
Preceded by	Álvaro Gomez-Hurtado
Succeeded by	Álvaro Gomez-Hurtado
	Senator of Colombia
In office
	1951 - 1952
	Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives
In office
	1949 - 1951
	Member of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives
In office
	1944 - 1946
	Colombia Ambassador to Switzerland
In office
	1947 - 1948

Background

Son of Laureano Gomez, former President of Colombia.

He co-wrote the Colombian Constitution of 1991.

Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, and his brother Enrique Gomez-Hurtado both attended Le Cercle.

In 1988, Gómez was kidnapped by the M-19 guerrillas, and was released after the intervention of Álvaro Leyva.^[1]

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1982 (Wildbad Kreuth)	11 June 1982	13 June 1982	Germany Hanns Seidel Foundation
Le Cercle/1985 (Washington)	7 January 1985	10 January 1985	US Washington DC	4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Washington exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011

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