Bertha Puga Martínez
{{Short description|First Lady of Colombia from 1958 to 1962}}
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|office = First Lady of Colombia
|term_label = In role
|term_start = {{Start date|1958|08|07|df=yes}}
|term_end = {{End date|1962|08|07|df=yes}}
|president = Alberto Lleras Camargo
|predecessor = Carola Correa Londoño
|successor = Susana López de Valencia
|birth_place = Temuco, {{ill|Cautín Province (1887–1976)|es|Provincia de Cautín (1887-1976)|lt=Cautín Province}}, Chile{{cite journal|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-3672962|journal=El Tiempo|title=Murió Bertha Puga Martínez, esposa del ex presidente Alberto Lleras Camargo|date=2007-08-09|accessdate=2009-12-09|language=Spanish|location=Bogotá}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|03|13|df=yes}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2007|08|09|1909|08|09|df=yes}}
|death_place = Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
|nationality = Chilean-Colombian
|citizenship = Colombian
|party = Liberal
|spouse = Alberto Lleras Camargo {{nowrap|(1931–1990)}}
|relations = Arturo Puga Osorio (father)
|children = {{Plainlist|
- Consuelo Lleras Puga
- Alberto Lleras Puga
- Ximena Lleras Puga
- Marcela Lleras Puga
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Bertha Puga Martínez (13 March 1909 - 9 August 2007) was the wife of the 20th President of Colombia, Alberto Lleras Camargo, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1958 to 1962.{{cite journal|last=Ríos Peñaloza|first=Gilma|title=Primeras Damas del Siglo XX|journal=Credencial Historia|date=1 August 1996|issue=80|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/revistas/credencial/agosto1996/agosto2.htm|accessdate=6 November 2012|trans-title=First Ladies of the 20th Century|publisher=Colombia, Bank of the Republic|location=Bogotá|language=Spanish|issn=0121-3296|oclc=39236834}} She was also the daughter of Arturo Puga Osorio, Chairman of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932. She died on 9 August, 2007 in Bogota, D.C, Colombia.
Personal life
She moved to Colombia with her family when her father was named Ambassador of Chile to Colombia, and it was then that she met her future husband Alberto Lleras Camargo, whom she married on 10 August 1931.{{cite book|last=Adames|first=Luis Carlos|title=Periodistas, violencias y censuras|year=1999|publisher=Fundación Universidad Central|location=Bogotá|isbn=9789582600167|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9lAAQAAIAAJ|oclc=43363444|accessdate=11 November 2012|page=76|language=Spanish}} Alberto and Bertha had four children: Consuelo, Alberto, Ximena, and Marcela. Bertha died on 9 August 2007 at the age of 98.{{Cite web|url=https://m.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-3673909|title = A sus 98 años falleció Bertha Puga de Lleras, viuda del expresidente Alberto Lleras Camargo|date = 9 August 2007}}
See also
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Category:20th-century Chilean women
Category:Chilean emigrants to Colombia
Category:Naturalized citizens of Colombia
Category:Colombian people of Chilean descent
Category:First ladies of Colombia
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