Nydia Quintero Turbay

Nydia Quintero
First Lady of Colombia
In role
7 August 1978 (1978-08-07) – 7 August 1982 (1982-08-07)
Preceded byCecilia Caballero Blanco
Succeeded byRosa Helena Álvarez Yepes
Personal details
Born(1932-08-28)28 August 1932
Neiva, Huila, Colombia
Died30 June 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 92)
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
(m. 1948; div. 1983)
(m. 1984)
Children
  • Julio César Turbay Quintero
  • Diana Consuelo Turbay Quintero
  • Claudia Turbay Quintero
  • María Victoria Turbay Quintero

Nydia Quintero Turbay (28 August 1932 – 30 June 2025)[1] was a Colombian philanthropist and the ex-wife of the 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.[1]

She was the President of Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor.[2]

Quintero Turbay died on 30 June 2025 at a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia from respiratory failure at the age of 92.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish) (80). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic. ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. "Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  3. Falleció Nydia Quintero de Turbay, abuela de Miguel Uribe y ex primera dama de Colombia (in Spanish)