Telésforo Pedraza Ortega
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
for Bogotá
In office
12 November 2009 – 20 July 2018
Preceded bySandra Rocío Ceballos Arévalo
In office
11 April 2005 – 20 July 2006
Preceded byJaime Martínez
In office
20 July 2002 – 31 December 2004
Succeeded byJaime Martínez
Ambassador of Colombia to Netherlands
in The Hague
In office
14 January 1999 – 19 July 2002
Personal details
Born(1945-07-24)24 July 1945
Tunja, Colombia
Died17 May 2023(2023-05-17) (aged 77)
Bogotá, Colombia
Political partyColombian Conservative Party
EducationFree University of Colombia
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, diplomat

Telésforo Pedraza Ortega (24 July 1945 – 17 May 2023) was a Colombian politician, diplomat and lawyer.

Life

Born in Tunja, Boyacá, Pedraza studied law at the Free University of Colombia. A Colombian Conservative Party member, Pedraza served as Councilor of Bogotá,[1] Member of the Chamber of Representatives for the same city on five occasions (2002–2004; 2005–2006; 2009–2010; 2010–2014; 2014–2018), Senator and Secretary of Education of Bogotá.[2][3] He lost the leadership of the Conservative Party list in Bogotá in the 2018 legislative elections,[4] and lost the re-election.[5]

Pedraza was Ambassador to Netherlands and consul in Romania and Sweden.[2]

Pedraza died in Bogotá on 17 May 2023, at the age of 77.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Telésforo Pedraza". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 14 February 1998. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Perfil del ExRepresentante Telésforo Pedraza Ortega" [Profile of the ExRepresentative Telésforo Pedraza Ortega]. Congreso Visible. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Martínez, José Luis (9 July 2018). "Por su trabajo y dedicación por Bogotá, Peñalosa condecoró al representante Telésforo Pedraza" [For his work and dedication to Bogotá, Peñalosa honored representative Telésforo Pedraza]. Government of Bogotá (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Directivas azules buscan impedir que Telésforo Pedraza encabece lista a la Cámara por Bogotá, por un dirigente del Tolima". Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Estos son los congresistas que más periodos acumulan en el Capitolio" [These are the congressmen who accumulate the most terms on the Congress]. RCN (in Spanish). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fallece Telésforo Pedraza, excongresista del Partido Conservador". El Tiempo. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.


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