Luis López de Mesa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López de Mesa and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Luis López de Mesa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office April 23, 1947 – May 5, 1947
President	Mariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded by	Carlos Lozano y Lozano
Succeeded by	Domingo Esguerra Plata
In office August 12, 1938 – August 7, 1942
President	Eduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded by	Francisco Samper Madrid
Succeeded by	Gabriel Turbay Abunader
Minister of National Education
In office August 13, 1934 – September 24, 1935
President	Alfonso López Pumarejo
Preceded by	Carlos Lozano y Lozano
Succeeded by	Calixto Torres Umaña
Personal details
Born	Luis Eduardo López de Mesa Gómez (1884-10-12)October 12, 1884 Don Matías, Antioquia, Colombia
Died	October 18, 1967(1967-10-18) (aged 83) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Alma mater	National University of Colombia (MD)
Profession	Medical Doctor

Luis Eduardo López de Mesa Gómez (October 12, 1884 – October 18, 1967) was a Colombian medical doctor, Harvard psychiatrist, Dean of the National University of Colombia, Minister of National Education, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Works

• El libro de los apólogos (1918)
• La biografía de Gloria Etzel (1921)
• El factor étnico (1927)
• Civilización contemporánea (1926)
• La tragedia de Nilse (novela, 1928)
• Biografía de Gloria Etzel (novela, 1929)
• Introducción a la historia de la cultura en Colombia (1930)
• Cómo se ha formado la Nación colombiana (1934)
• Disertación sociológica(1939)
• Miguel Antonio Caro y Rufino José Cuervo (1944)
• Nosotros y la Esfinge (1947)
• Perspectivas culturales (1949)
• Escrutinio sociológico de la historia colombiana (1955)
• Escrutinio sociológico de la historia colombiana (1956)
• Rudimentos de onomatología (1960)
• Oraciones panegíricas (1964).