Fernando Tamayo Tamayo | |
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Born | February 13, 1950 |
Died | April 13, 2018 Bogotá, Colombia | (aged 68)
Nationality | Colombian |
Academic career | |
Institution | Del Rosario University |
Alma mater | Jorge Tadeo Lozano University |
Fernando Tamayo Tamayo (13 February 1950 – 13 April 2018) was a Colombian economist and politician.
He was raised in Paipa and attended Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.[1] Tamayo later taught at his alma mater and Del Rosario University. He was elected to the Paipa City Council between 1974 and 1980. He then moved to Bogotá, serving as councillor between 1982 and 1994.[2] Tamayo contested his first House of Representatives election that year as a member of the Conservative Party. After four terms as a representative, he ran for Senate in 2010.[3] Tamayo won reelection to the Senate in 2014,[4] but was diagnosed with cancer in September 2016, and announced that he would not seek a third senatorial term.[5] He died in Bogotá on 13 April 2018.[6][7]
References
- ^ "El congresista perdió la batalla contra el cáncer y murió en Bogotá" (in Spanish). RCN Radio. 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Muere senador conservador Fernando Tamayo". El Espectator (in Spanish). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Murió el senador del Partido Conservador Fernando Tamayo". El Colombiano (in Spanish). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Murió el senador conservador Fernando Tamayo". El País (in Spanish). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Muere senador conservador, Fernando Tamayo Tamayo" (in Spanish). Canal 1. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Luto en el Partido Conservador por la muerte del senador Fernando Tamayo". Semana (in Spanish). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Fernando Tamayo, senador conservador, murió en Bogotá" (in Spanish). LA FM. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- 1950 births
- 2018 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Colombia
- Colombian economists
- Politicians from Bogotá
- People from Paipa
- Colombian Conservative Party politicians
- Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
- Members of the Senate of Colombia
- Academic staff of Del Rosario University
- Jorge Tadeo Lozano University alumni
- Academic staff of Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
- 20th-century Colombian politicians
- 21st-century Colombian politicians