Bernardo Henao Mejía
Bernardo Henao Mejía | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Health of Colombia[1] | |
| In office 13 June 1953 – 20 January 1956 | |
| President | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Tarazona |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Velásquez Palau |
| Acting Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 4 February 1955 – 21 March 1955 | |
| Minister | Juan Guillermo Restrepo Jaramillo |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Spouse | Susana Valencia Bejarano |
| Parent(s) | José Tomás Henao Jaramillo, Clementina Mejía Jaramillo |
| Occupation | Physician, politician |
Bernardo Henao Mejía was a Colombian physician and politician.
Son of José Tomás Henao Jaramillo, an acclaimed Antioquian doctor, and Clementina Mejía Jaramillo, Henao Mejía was the first director of the Hospital San Juan de Dios, in Armenia.[2]
During the government of the General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, he served as Minister of Public Health of Colombia.[3] During his time in the ministry, he regularized the exercise of optometry[4] and supported the peace process that was being carried out with the Liberal Guerrillas.[5] He also was Acting Minister of Agriculture.
References
[edit]- ^ González Díaz, Andrés (1982). "Ministros bajo la presidencia del Teniente General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla". Ministros del Siglo XX (in Spanish). Bogotá: National Printing Office of Colombia. OCLC 11225363. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Historia" [History]. Hospital Departamental Universitario del Quindío, San Juan de Dios. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Renunció el Gabinete" [Resigned the Cabinet]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Salazar Ceballos, Uriel (18 March 2017). "Día nacional de la Optometría" [National Optometry Day]. Crónica del Quindío (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Tercera entrega de armas San Martín-Casanare, foto 5, 1953" [Third delivery of weapons San Martín-Casanare, photo 5, 1953] (in Spanish). University of Valle. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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